Topic:         Future Energy Systems: Implications and Opportunities to Developing Countries
Speaker:   ZHAI Yongping, Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank
Time：      14:00 - 17:00, Sunday, November 18, 2018 
Venue:       Stanford Center at Peking University

ZHAI Yongping is Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB), in charge of overall energy policy coordination and technical support. He is also in charge of developing energy sector knowledge work and interacts with worldwide energy sector knowledge partners. He was Director of South Asia Energy Division of ADB, covering energy sector operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He led ADB’s support to renewable energy, energy efficiency and power trade in South Asia. He also served as Lead Energy Specialist in charge of energy sector in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Philippines, and the Greater Mekong Subregion. He was a Principal Program Coordinator/Public Utilities Economist at the African Development Bank for energy projects in Southern African Development Community. 
He served as an Assistant Professor at Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Zhai received PhD in Energy Economics from Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, affiliated with the University of Pierre-Mendès France in Grenoble, France.