THE ACF CONFERENCE
Asia Climate Forum International Conference
Overall theme: Ideas and technologies to build resilience and mitigate climate related hazards.
Please note: the programme is subject to change & confirmation, and some presentations will be pre-recorded.
Advisory Board
TUESDAY 18th April
WEDNESDAY 19th April
THURSDAY 20th April
TUESDAY 18th April
09:30 – 13:30
WMO PPE Forum
09:30 Opening Remarks
Michael Wilton, CEO and Managing Director, MMI Asia
09:40 Keynote Presentations (Challenges and Opportunities)
Panel Discussion and Q&A
12:00 Lunch Break
13:30 – 18:00
13:30 Keynote Presentations (Enabling Strategy and Legislation)
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Closing Remarks
16:00 Guided Tour in Exhibition
17:00 Networking Reception
WEDNESDAY 19th April
09:30 – 11:00
Opening Plenary
09:30 Welcome Remarks by WMO
Ben Churchill, Head, Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific, World Meteorological Organization
09:40 Opening Address by GOH
10:00 Panel: Asian Perspectives: The role of enterprises in climate management, mitigation, and resilience
Ben Churchill, Head, Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific, World Meteorological Organization (Moderator)
Alan Jenkins, Deputy Director, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Jim Anderson, Consultant and Author, Color of Carbon Consulting
Patricia Cummens, Director, Government Strategy and Policy Solutions, Esri
10:40 – 11:00: Networking Break
11:00 – 14:00
InterMET Session – Applications of Meteorology and Urban Resilience
11:00 Presentation
Patricia Cummens, Director, Government Strategy and Policy Solutions, Esri
11:20 Understand, Monitor and Predict Climate Risks for Strategic Climate Resilience in Uncertain Times
Daniel Martens, Climate Resilience Lead, Digital Solutions, Royal Haskoning DHV
11:40 Presentation
Krisha Patel, Marketing Manager, Weatherzone
12:00 Leveraging satellite-powered weather data to improve climate resilience
Jeff Rex, VP of Business Development, Earth Intelligence, Spire Global
12:20 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Balancing Act
Valerie Risk, Vice President, Everbridge International Public Safety Solutions
12:40 Presentation
Dale Barker, Director, Centre for Climate Research Singapore (TBC)
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00
InterFLOOD Session – Sea Level Rise and Flood Mitigation
14:00 Presentation
Jay Wilson, Director, Business Development and Sustainability, OTT HydroMET
14:20 Presentation
Reserved for OTT HydroMET
14:40 Decision Support system for Flood Impact forecasting in a multi-hazard early warning framework
Itesh Dash, Head, Systems Development, Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES)
15:00 Development Of Flood Risk Reduction Investment Strategies Through Global Flood Risk Tool and Application of Adaptation Pathways
Matthijs Bos, Climate Adaptation & Flood Resilience Lead, Royal HaskoningDHV
15:20 Flood Abatement Solution – Resilience is a Choice
Rusnah Koh, Approvals Engineer, FM Approvals
15:40 – 16:00 Networking Break
16:00 – 17:05
Closing Plenary – Governance and Investing in Climate for Businesses
16:00 Task force for climate and nature related financial disclosures (TCFD and TNFD)
– Role of business in climate change
Danielle King, Head of Climate Strategy and Decarbonisation, RSK Centre for Sustainability Excellence
16:20 Climate investing for businesses
Chung Yen Wong, Associate Partner, Bain & Company
16:40 Presentation
by a Financial Institution
17:00 Closing Remarks
17:05 Cocktail Reception
THURSDAY 20th April
09:30 – 11:00
Opening Plenary
09:30 Welcome Remarks
09:35 Presentation
Alon Harris, Program Manager, Research & Search, Google
09:55 Embedding climate change in business processes
Dr. Robert Charnock, Director, Metis Research Institute for Climate Strategy
10:15 Presentation
Patricia Cummens, Director, Government Strategy and Policy Solutions, Esri
10:40 – 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 – 13:40
InterMET Session – Weather data analysis for climate defence decisions
11:00 Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Big Data for Climate Action: Unlocking Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Eugenie Humeau, Insights Manager, GSMA
11:20 A Novel Camera-Based Approach to Increase the Quality, Objectivity, and Efficiency of Meteorological Observations
Patrik Synek, Meteorologist, MicroStep-MIS
11:40 Presentation
Jeff Obbard, Head of the Climate Impacts Branch, Centre for Climate Research Singapore (TBC)
12:00 Flood risk assessment with the World Avatar project
Markus Kraft, CARES Director, Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education
12:20 Urban Heat Island Effect and Implications
Alexandra Humphrey Cifuentes, Economic Consultant, Frontier Economics
12:40 – 13:40 Lunch Break
13:40 – 15:00
InterAIR Session – Air quality monitoring and control
13:40 Air pollution and factors affecting the emission of SPM and SO2 in manufacturing industries of Iran
Azam Gohardoust, Professor and Researcher, University of Science and Application
14:00 Enabling a Greener Future in Southeast Asia: The Role of Low-Cost Air Sensors in Bridging the Air Quality Monitoring Gap
Ethel Garcia, Regional Account Manager,Southeast Asia, Clarity Movement
TBD, Clean Air Asia
14:20 Presentation
Justin Fisher, Vice President Atmospheric Lidar Business Development, Droplet Measurement Technologies
14:40 – 15:00: Networking Break
15:00 – 16:00
InterFLOOD Session – Environmental Innovation for Action on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation (Session Sponsors – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and World Bank Group)
Session Chairs:
Prof. Alan Jenkins, Deputy Director, UKCEH and World Bank (representative TBC)
15:00 Presentation
Ben Churchill, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific, World Meteorological Organisation
15:20 Presentation
Ann Jeanette Glauber, Practice Manager, The World Bank
15:40 Presentation
Kian Kang, Presales Director, APJ, Planet
16:00 Panel
Ben Churchill, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific, World Meteorological Organisation
Lauren Babuik, Climate Change and Energy Attaché, British High Commission Singapore
Anjali Viswamohanan, Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change TBC, The World Bank
Ben Allard, Vice President of Sales, APJ, Planet
16:30 – 17:00
Closing Plenary
16:30 Fireside Chat: Future Outlook on the Global Weather Enterprise
17:00 Closing Remarks
