2nd Annual
GMS POWER SUMMIT
& EXPO 2015
Don Chan Palace Hotel & Convention, Vientiane, Laos
19-21 May, 2015
Mekong’s Largest Regional Power, Energy & Utility Congress
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
Presenting Sponsor
Official Host by
Ministry of Planning and Investment
Exhibitors
2015 Keynote Speakers (Confirmed Speakers up-to-date)
Jean Comby
Chanin Chaonirattisai
EDF
Mnaging Director - Hydropower
Cyril Cabanes
SVP - Development
Marubeni Asian Power
Stephen Sparkes
VP, Environmental Development
Statkraft AS
Jarrett Cantrell
VP, Global Business Development
Samsung Engineering
Datuk Rozimi bin Remeli
Li kai
Deputy Governor
Vice President, Transmission
EGAT
TNB
CWE (China Three Gorges)
Nopporn Prapaitrakul
Pongsapat Theppratuangthip
Voravudhi Linananda
GMS Power Public Company
EGCO
Banpu Public Company
Deputy Managing Director
Jatuporn Soparaksa
SVP - Business Investment
RATCH
SVP, Business Development
Milorad Zecevic
Regional Manager, Asia Pacific
Energy Exemplar
Rakesh Gaur
Thomas Parkinson
KEC International Ltd
The Lantau Group
Vice President, T&D
Partner
General Manager, Lao PDR
Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Gaefke
Managing Director
Annex Power
Andy Schroeter
Managing Director
Sunlabob Renewable Energy
Dejan Ostojic
Sector Leader - Energy Asia
World Bank Group
Frederic Hofmann
Chief Executive Officer
Nam Theun 2 Power Company
Duncan Ritchie
Chief Executive Officer
Aequero
Jay Jung
Country Manager, Korea
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories
Frederic Carron
Mario Savastano
Daovong Phonkeo
Wartsila
GDF Suez
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Regional Director, Southeast Asia EVP, Business Development, Asia
Allard Nooy
Chief Executive Officer
Carlos Gatmaitan
Chief Executive Officer
InfraCo Asia
PNOC Renewables Corporation
Peter Bird
Franck Constant
American Capital Energy
and Infrastructure
Sonnedix
Senior Adviser
Sean Purdie
Managing Partner, Power
Environmental Resources
Management
President
Mark Giblett
Group Head of Project Finance
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation
Director General
Chong Chi Nai
Director Energy, SEA
Asian Development Bank
Deon James
Chief Executive Officer
Dagupan Electric Corporation
Royal Daniel
Managing Director
Burns and Roe Asia, Ltd
Pre-Conference Day
0900-1200
Tuesday, 19th May
Laos Power Investment Workshop
The half day intensive workshop will focus on analysis of power resources potential, power
investment policy and power projects development, discussing the current problems in Laos
power industry and the best plans to develop power projects in mekong region.
DFDL Legal and Tax Services
1400-1700
Hydropower Forum
Forum Chairman:
Jean Comby, Managing Director-Hydropower, France, EDF
Board member of the Nam Theun Power Company
World Water Council Alternate Governor
1400-1430
Hydro and Water Resources Scenario
1430-1500
Civil Engineering Dam Materials and Design
1500-1530
To Be Confirmed
1530-1600
Jean Comby, Managing Director-Hydropower, France, EDF
Matthieu BERAUD, Senior Design Engineer - Project Manager, Tractebel Engineering
Coffee Break
1600-1630
Case Study: To Be Confirmed
1630-1700
Case Study: To Be Confirmed
1800-2000
Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
Li Kai, General Manager, Lao PDR, China International Water & Electric Corporation
Managing Director, Nam Ngiep 2 Power Company Limited
Managing Director, Houaphan Mining and Power Company Limited
VIP Dinner (Only for Speakers)
AGENDA
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY
OPENING CEREMONY
POWER & ELECTRICITY
08:50 Welcoming Address
09:00 H. E. Minister, Ministry of Planning and Investment Invited
14:00
14:30
Power Plant Rehabilitation & Modernization
Royal Daniel, Managing Director, Burns and Roe Asia, Ltd
09:00 Opening Address
09:10 H. E. Prime Minister, Lao PDR Invited
14:30
15:00
Combined Cycle Gas Engines Power Plants: When
and where?
Frederic Carron, Regional Director Southeast Asia & Australia,
Power Plants, Wartsila Pte Ltd
15:00
15:30
To Be Comfirmed
Edwin Vanderbruggen, Partner, VDB Loi
15:30
16:00
Afternoon Refreshment & Networking
16:00
16:30
Sustainable Hydropower Development and Livelihood
Restoration-Experiences in GMS
• Careful and detail assessment of resources, land and overall
09:10 Opening Keynote
09:30 H. E. Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mine, Lao PDR Invited
PLENARY SESSION
09:30 GMS Battery – Laos’ Power Development Program
Daovong Phonkeo, Director General, Energy Policy and
09:55
Planning Department, Ministry of Energy and Mine, Laos
09:55 Challenges & Openness – Laos’ Power Projects
Sisavath Thiravong, Chief Executive Officer,
10:20
Electricite du Laos (EDL)
restoration options for impacted communities
• Understanding of local trends, regional opportunities and markets
• Presence on the ground and close follow-up with extension work,
training and capacity building
• Long-term assessment of institutional aspects for affected communities,
local organizations, local government and project assistance
• Identification of simple and meaningful monitoring indicators that
“prove” restoration and sustainability
Responsibility & Future - EGAT’s Power Planning
10:20
Chanin Chaonirattisai, Deputy Governor – Policy & Planning,
10:45 Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
10:45
Morning Refreshment & Networking
11:15
Transform to a Competitive Market – Power
11:15
Development of Vietnam
11:40
Vietnam Electricity (EVN)
Stephen Sparkes, Vice President, Head of Social and
Environmental Development, Statkraft AS
16:30
17:15
Sustainable Power Development from TNB Perspective
11:40
Datuk Rozimi bin Remeli, Vice President, Transmission,
12:05
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)
Moderator: David Doran, Partner & Chairman, DFDL Legal and
Tax Services
Panelists:
Frederic Hofmann, Chief Executive Officer, Nam Theun 2 Power
Company
Nopporn Prapaitrakul, Deputy Managing Director, GMS Power
Public Co., Ltd
Carlos Gatmaitan, President & Chief Executive Officer, PNOC
Renewables Corporation
12:05 MANAGEMENT PANEL: ASEAN Power Grids
Interconnection-Energy Efficiency & Security Supply
12:50
Moderator: Chong Chi Nai, Director Energy Division, SEA,
Asian Development Bank
Panelists:
Sisavath Thiravong, Chief Executive Officer, Electricite du
Laos (EDL)
Chanin Chaonirattisai, Deputy Governor – Policy & Planning,
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Datuk Rozimi bin Remeli, Vice President, Transmission,
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)
Vietnam Electricity (EVN)
12:50
Delegate Lunch
14:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: Hydropower Development in
GMS Region
- Renovation of the existing hydropower plants
- Capacity in dry season
- Impact on mid & downstream area of water flow from upstream
17:15
18:00
INVESTORS PANEL: How Effectively is Energy
Developer Making Positive Impact on the Environment
Moderator: Sean Purdie, Managing Partner, Power,
Environmental Resources Management
Panelists:
Voravudhi Linananda, Chief Operating Officer, Banpu Public
Company Limited
Cyril Cabanes, Senior Vice President - Development , Marubeni
Asian Power Singapore Pte Ltd
Mario Savastano, Executive Vice President, Business Development,
Asia, GDF Suez
AGENDA
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO
THURSDAY 21 MAY
09:00 The Fuel Mix Development Conundrum
09:30 Thomas Parkinson, Partner, The Lantau Group
09:30 Fuel-Mix Power Projects Development in GMS from
RATCH Perspective
10:00
Jatuporn Soparaksa, Senior Vice President, Business
Investment Division, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating
Holding PLC (RATCH)
Strategic Power Infrastructure Defense System
10:00
• Introduce challenges and new trend in the power systems we are
10:30 facing these days.
14:00
14:30
To Be Confirmed
Voith Hydro
14:30
15:00
Dynamic Models for Power System Planning
Milorad Zecevic, Regional Manager,
Asia Pacific, Energy Exemplar
15:00
15:30
• Introduce crucial points of operation to keep the power system reliable
• Propose a solution/introduce new technologies to prohibit the power
10:30 Morning Refreshment & Networking
11:00
15:30
16:00
16:00
16:45
11:00 To Be Confirmed
Jarrett Cantrell, Vice President, Global Marketing & Business
11:30
Development, Samsung Engineering
11:30 The Future of Large-scale Solar Sector in GMS: Case
12:00 Study from One of the Biggest Solar Project in
Thailand
Pongsapat Theppratuangthip, Senior Vice President,
Business Development, Electricity Generating Public
Company Limited (EGCO)
12:00
12:45
Panelists:
Pongsapat Theppratuangthip, Senior Vice President,
Business Development, EGCO
Andy Schroeter, Managing Director, Sunlabob Renewable
Energy Ltd
Daniel Gaefke, Managing Director, Annex Power
Franck Constant, President, Sonnedix
12:45
14:00
Afternoon Refreshment & Networking
PANEL DISCUSSION: Southeast Asia Power Growth:
Strategic Development and Technology Challenge
Moderator:
Panelists:
Meralco PowerGen Corporation
CLP Holdings Ltd
Deon James, Chief Executive Officer, Dagupan Electric
Corporation
Frederic Carron, Regional Director Southeast Asia & Australia,
Power Plants, Wartsila Pte Ltd
16:45
17:15
PANEL DISCUSSION: Shaping a Game Changing
Business: The Future of Solar Power in Asia
Moderator:
Duncan Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer, Aequero
• The Evolution of Interconnected Power Systems
• Technical Complexities and Risks of Grid Interconnections.
• General Requirements of AC Grid Connection
• Technical Issues Related to HVDC Interconnections
• Future Trends and Experience of Indian Power Grid
Rakesh Gaur, Vice President-T&D, KEC International Ltd
system from catastrophic failure
Jay Jung, Country Manager, Korea, Schweitzer
Engineering Laboratories
Ensuring a Reliable Energy Supply: Grid Design and
Planning
Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy
Development
Dejan Ostojic, Sector Leader - Energy East Asia & Pacific,
World Bank Group
17:15
17:45
Licensing and Regulatory Aspects of Power Projects
in GMS
DFDL Legal and Tax Services
17:45
18:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: Financing Power Projects in
GMS Region
Moderator:
Panelists:
Dejan Ostojic, Sector Leader-Energy East Asia & Pacific,
World Bank Group
Peter Bird, Senior Adviser, American Capital Energy and
Infrastructure
Allard Nooy, Chief Executive Officer, InfraCo Asia
Mark Giblett, Group Head of Project Finance (Asia),
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Delegate Lunch
18:30
18:40
Closing Remarks by Chairman