2009 Pacific Energy Summit
Pacific Energy Summit 2009 | Summit Mission | Leadership, Sponsors, and Collaborating Institutions
Summit held on November 3-5, 2009 - Tokyo, Japan
The inaugural Pacific Energy Summit convened in Tokyo, Japan on November 3-5, 2009 and focused on the theme "Energy security and economic growth in the Asia-Pacific: Innovations, markets and smart policies for a low-carbon future." Discussions focused on developing a roadmap for action around efficient and clean energy technologies, the various mechanisms to promote implementation of these technologies, as well as the related uncertainties and challenges that countries such as China, India, Japan, and the United States face.
2009 Summit Report
The 2009 Pacific Energy Summit Report outlines the key findings that emerged over the two days of discussion.
Download the 2009 Summit report
Summit Materials
Download the Pacific Energy Summit Overview
Download the Summit Agenda
Featured Summit Participants
Geographical Focus
The focus of the 2009 summit was on the Asia-Pacific region.
Location
The Pacific Energy Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan on November 3-5, 2009. Each year, the location will shift to a different Asian capital city.
Mission of the Summit
The Asia-Pacific lies at the center of concerns about rising energy demand and limited energy supplies and the associated environmental consequences. There is an urgent need for a sustained, comprehensive dialogue among stakeholders on technical solutions and the policies necessary to implement them. The Pacific Energy Summit brings together the world’s top leaders in science, policy, and industry to meet this need. Through ongoing collaboration, the initiative seeks to advance the adoption of policies and technologies necessary to improve resource security, sustain economic growth, and reduce environmental impact.
Promoting Long-term Impact
Through the engagement of an exclusive, cross-sectoral network of policy leaders at the Summits and in ongoing efforts, the initiative provides a unique, high-level, and sustained effort aimed at identifying and promoting concrete solutions. In addition to the annual Summits and associated reports, interim workshops, briefings, and seminars will be held in the region throughout the year to advance work on the Summit agenda and to maximize impact on policy decisions.
Summit Leadership
The National Bureau of Asian Research is grateful to the efforts of our Senior Advisory Group and Steering Committee in helping to launch the inaugural Pacific Energy Summit:
Senior Advisory Group
William M. Castell, Chairman, The Wellcome Trust
Carla Hills, Chair and CEO, Hills & Company
Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank
Rajendra K. Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute
Kenneth B. Pyle, Founding President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
William Ruckelshaus, Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group
Steering Committee
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus Holdings AG, Switzerland
Erica Downs, China Energy Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Yonghun Jung, Director, Energy Policy Research Center, Korea Energy Economics Institute
Ken Koyama, Director, Strategy and Industry Research Unit, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Mark Levine, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tadashi Maeda, Head, Corporate Planning Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Summit Senior Director
Robert S. Price Jr., President, International Risk Strategies
Sponsors and Collaborating Institutions
The Pacific Energy Summit would not be possible without the contributions of our sponsors – Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership (CGP), Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil, General Electric (GE), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) – and collaborating institutions – The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India, the Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), and the Kenneth B. and Anne H.H. Pyle Center For Northeast Asian Studies
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you or your organization are interested in being a part of this important initiative, please contact Maureen Johnson to learn more about the Summit and the multiple ways to participate.