Fifth Assembly of the ISA

Agenda

Day 0: Monday, 17 October 2022

Time	Particular
	Arrival of delegations from ISA Member Countries
14:00 – 17:00 IST	Pre-scheduled meetings with the Hon’ble President of the ISA Assembly and the Director-General, ISA
19.00 – 21.00 IST	Welcome Dinner hosted by ISA Secretariat

Day 1: Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Time	Particular
09:00 – 10:30 IST	Inaugural Session Opening of the Meeting by the Hon’ble President of the ISA Assembly Opening Remarks of the Hon’ble Co-President of the ISA Assembly Keynote Address by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary- General for Sustainable Energy for All Inauguration of Demonstration Projects in 4 ISA Member Countries (Solar Pumps in Togo, Solarization of School in Kiribati, Retrofitting of Solar Pumps in Jamaica and Solarization of Hospital in Guyana) Presidential Remarks Vote of Thanks by the Director-General, ISA
10:30 – 10:45 IST	Group Photograph of Heads of Delegations
10:45 – 11:00 IST	Tea Break
11:00 – 13:00 IST	Session of the ISA Assembly Agenda Items 1 to 15
13:00 – 14:00 IST	Lunch Break
14:00 – 19:00 IST	Session of the ISA Assembly Agenda Items 16 to 31

Day 2: Wednesday, 19 October 2022

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HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION

19 October 2022
Venue: Hotel Ashok | New Delhi | Time: 10:00 – 18:30 hours IST | Mode: Hybrid (In-person and Virtual)

The International Solar Alliance (ISA), in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is hosting a High-Level Conference on New Technologies for Clean Energy Transition on the sidelines of the Fifth Assembly of the ISA.

The conference is divided into plenary and thematic sessions. The plenary will address prominent sub-themes of the conference in a broader context, with the launch of ISA’s flagship World Solar Report. The plenary will frame the key issues around solar energy technologies, investments, and markets, to deepen understanding in subsequent thematic sessions. The conference will feature speakers from government agencies, academia, think tanks, industry, and the financial sector. Five technical panel discussions will provide perspectives from technology experts, developers, financial experts, and other stakeholders to enable thriving markets for new technologies.

The thematic sessions on the ‘New Technologies in Solar Energy’ and ‘Technology Transfer and Absorption in Solar Energy’ will focus on new technologies and applications in the solar PV and related sectors that are at the precipice of large-scale commercialisation to support the economy-wide clean energy transition, including hard-to-abate sectors. New technologies and applications such as green hydrogen and derivative fuels, E-mobility, long-duration storage for round-the-clock green electricity, floating solar PV, particularly marine solar, and emerging solar PV technologies are aimed to be the focus of the conference.

The thematic sessions on World Solar Reports will highlight the scope of the reports, the evolutions in technology, market and investment scenario through appropriate indicators and methodologies, reviewing guidelines and presenting highlights of the year. The sessions will serve as a basis for dialogue among member countries, government agencies, the private sector, research institutions and academia; enabling international collaboration vital to reach global climate goals.

The experts during the thematic technical sessions will delve into technology development, policy & regulatory support to create an innovative ecosystem for clean energy transition, catalysing private sector investment in R&D and commercialisation, government-academia-corporate linkages, and market creation for new technologies. Each session is followed by a Q & A session, which is incorporated into the agenda as a means to offer an opportunity for various stakeholders, media persons, and lead discussants present in the audience to interact with the subject experts and have their opinions/inputs considered to enhance the utility of these sessions.

INAUGURAL SESSION
Time (Hours IST)		Agenda Item	Speakers
Opening Plenary: 10:00 – 11:00 hours IST (60 minutes)
i	10:00 – 10:05	Welcome Address	Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, ISA
ii	10:05 – 10:15	Inaugural Address	Mr. Takeo Konishi, Country Director, India Asian Development Bank
iii	10:15 – 10:30	Special Address	Shri Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
iv	10:30 – 10:45	Key Note Address	H.E Shri Raj Kumar Singh Hon’ble Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy and President of the ISA Assembly
v	10:45 – 11:00	Launch of World Solar Reports on Technology, Investments & Markets	H.E Shri Raj Kumar Singh Hon’ble Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy and President of the ISA Assembly

BREAK: 11:00 – 11:15 hours IST (15 minutes)
Technical Session – I
Panel Discussion on Global Solar Technology Update
Time: 11:15 – 12:30 hours IST (1 hour 15 minutes)
Session Chair: Mr. IBRAHIM YACOUBOU, Hon’ble Minister and ISA Vice President for Africa Region, Minister de l'Energie et Energies Renouvelables, Republic of Niger Moderator: Dr. Philippe Malbranche, Assistant Director General, ISA
i	11:15 – 11:20	Special Address	Session Chair: Mr. IBRAHIM YACOUBOU, Hon’ble Minister and ISA Vice President for Africa Region, Minister de l'Energie et Energies Renouvelables, Republic of Niger
ii	11:20 – 11:25	Introduction of the Panelist by the Moderator	Dr. Philippe Malbranche Assistant Director General, ISA
iii	11:25 – 11:35	Presentation on World Solar Report on Technology	ISA and KPMG
iv	11:35 – 12:20	Panel Discussion	Panelist
		Questions to be asked to panelist by the Moderator 9 minutes to each panelist for 2 questions	Mr. Máté Heisz Director of Global Affairs, SolarPower Europe Belgium Chair-elect of Global Solar Council
			Mr. Neil Spann CEO, Power Roll, United Kingdom
			Ms Mahua Acharya MD & CEO CESL, Ministry of Power, India
			Mr. Gaëtan Masson Managing Director Becquerel Institute Belgium
			Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya Director (Projects) NTPC Ltd, India
			Dr. Christian Breyer, Professor Solar Economy, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland
v	12:20 – 12:30	Q & A Session and Way Forward	Dr. Philippe Malbranche Assistant Director General, ISA

Lunch: 12:30 – 14:00 hours (1 hour 30 minutes)
Technical Session II				Technical Session III
Panel Discussion on Global Solar Markets Update				Panel Discussion on New Technologies in Solar Energy
Time: 14:00 – 15:30 hours (1 hour 30 minutes)				Time: 14:00 – 15:30 hours (1 hour 30 minutes)
Session Chair: Ms. UWASE PATRICIE, Minister of State in charge of Energy, Ministry of Infrastructure, Republic of Rwanda Moderator: Mr. Joshua Wycliffe, COO, ISA				Session Chair and Moderator: Professor Juzer Vasi, IIT Bombay, India
i	14:00 – 14:05	Special Address	Session Chair	i	14:00 – 14:05	Special Address	Dr. Vandana Kumar Additional Secretary, MNRE
ii	14:05 – 15:05	Panel Discussion	Panelist	ii	14:05 – 15:05	Panel Discussion	Panelist
iii	15:05 – 15:30	Q & A session and Way forward	Moderator	iii	15:05 – 15:30	Q & A session and Way forward	Moderator
PANELIST **				PANELIST **
i	Mr. Raffaele Rossi	Head of Market Intelligence, Solar Power Europe, Belgium		i	Dr. William Tumas	Associate Laboratory Director, Materials, Chemicals & Computational Science NREL, USA
ii	Mr. Manish Karna	Head Business Development, Adani Green Energy, India		ii	Dr. SSV Ramakumar	Director (R&D) and Board Member, Indian Oil Corporation, India
iii	Mr. Somesh Kumar	Partner, E&Y		iii	Mr. Jonas Moberg	CEO, The Green Hydrogen Organization Geneva, Switzerland
iv	Mr. Arnulf Jaeger Waldau	Senior Expert at EU Joint Research Centre (JRC- Europe)		iv	Mr. Máté Heisz	Director of Global Affairs, SolarPower Europe Belgium Chair-elect of Global Solar Council
v	Mr. Gaëtan Masson	Managing Director Becquerel Institute Belgium		v	Dr. Milind Kulkarni	President PV Manufacturing Reliance New Energy, India
vi	Mr. Pranav Mehta	Chairman, National Solar Federation of India		vi	Dr. Heinz Ossenbrink	Band Gap Consult, Germany
				vii	Mr. Anurag Agrawal	Director, South Asia SOURCE, India
				viii	Mr. Manoj Gupta	Vice President, Renewable Energy Business-Asia, Fortum India Pvt Ltd, India

Break: 15:30 – 16:00 hours (30 minutes)
Technical Session IV				Technical Session V
Panel Discussion on Global Solar Investment				Panel Discussion on Technology Transfer &
Update				Absorption in Solar Energy
Time: 16:00 – 17:30 hours (1 hour 30 minutes)				Time: 16:00 – 17:30 hours (1 hour 30 minutes)
Session Chair: Mr. JONE USAMATE, Hon’ble				Session Chair: Gurdeep Singh, NTPC Ltd, India
Minister and ISA Vice President for Asia &				Moderator: Mr. Jiwan S Acharya
Pacific Region, Ministry of Infrastructure,				Principal Energy Specialist, South Asia Energy
Meteorological Services, Lands and Mineral				Division, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
Resources.
Moderator: Dr Philippe Malbranche, Assistant Director General, ISA
i	16:00 – 16:05	Special	Session Chair	i	16:00 – 16:05	Special	Session Chair
		Address				Address
ii	16:05 – 17:05	Panel	Panelist	ii	16:05 – 17:05	Panel	Panelist
		Discussion				Discussion
		Q & A				Q & A
iii	17:05 – 17:25	session and Way	Moderator	iii	17:05 – 17:30	session and Way	Moderator
		Forward				Forward
PANELIST **				PANELIST **
i	Ms. Sabine Cornieti	Energy Specialist at World Bank Group, France		i	Dr. Rikiye Abe	Chairman of DG Consortium and CEO of DG Capital Group, Japan
ii	Mr Chintan N Shah	Director (Technicon), IREDA		ii	Mr. Scott Woodard	Deputy Director, Bureau of Energy Resources, Office of Energy Transformation U.S. Department of State
iii	Dr. Philippe Malbranche	Assistant Director General, ISA		iii	Mr. Mathieu Geze	Director Asia HDF Energy, Indonesia
iv	Mr. Gagan Sidhu	Director of the CEEW Centre for Energy Finance		iv	Mr. Are Gløersen	Director Southeast Asia and Pacific, Oceansun, Singapore
v	Ms. Neha Kumar	Head India Programme- Climate Brands Initiative		v	Ms. Belen Linares	Innovation Director, Acciona, Spain
vi	Mr Dushyant- Thakor	Senior VP, Invest India & Senior Advisor, WAIPA		vi	Dr. Neeraj Gupta	Senior Team Lead New Battery Systems, Reliance, India
				vii	Ms. Eva Vandest	Group Head, Public Affairs Amarenco, France
				viii	Mr. Sandith Thandasherry	CEO Navalt Solar and Electric Boats Pvt. Limited, India

Tea Break: 17:30 – 18:00 hours (30 minutes)
	Closing Plenary: 18:00 – 18:30 hours IST (30 minutes)
i	18:00 - 18:05	Opening Address	Dr. Ajay Mathur Director General, ISA
ii	18:05 - 18:10	Special Address	Mr. Hoe Yun Jeong Deputy Country Director, India Asian Development Bank
iii	18:10 - 18:25	Keynote Address	H.E Shri. Bhagwanth Khuba * Hon’ble Minister of State, New and Renewable Energy, Chemicals and Fertilizers
iv	18:25 - 18:30	Vote of Thanks	Mr. Jiwan S Acharya, Principal Energy Specialist, South Asia Energy Division Asian Development Bank, Philippines

*To be confirmed

**The panel may be amended should unforeseen circumstances arise.

Detailed agenda as on 16 October 2022

Day 3: Thursday, 20 October 2022

Time	Particular
9.00 a.m.	Departure of delegates from Ashok Hotel
10.00 a.m.	The arrival of delegates at the Indira Gandhi International Airport- Domestic Cargo Terminal - Gate No.6, New Delhi
10.15 – 10.30 a.m.	Briefing by IGI officials - Including Presentation in the Conference Hall
10.30 – 11.30 a.m.	Solar Rooftop Visit – Domestic Cargo Terminal
11:30 – 12 noon	Feedback from delegates and refreshments
12 noon	Departure from Indira Gandhi International Airport

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