Last update: February 25, 2010

Morning session: Energy Trade and Investment in Asia and the Pacific

	Energy Trade and investment situation in Asia and the Pacific – Mr. Jessie Todoc, Consultant to ESCAP

	Multi-lateral Trade Agreements and the energy sector – Mr. Joong-Wan Cho, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP

Afternoon session: Perspectives of energy exporting countries regarding energy security and energy trade and investment potential

	Facilitator: Mr Shaoyi Li, Officer-in-Charge, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

	Mr. Rashad Novruzov, Second Secretary for Energy/Oil & Gas Affairs, Division for UN & Global Economic Organizations, Department of Economic Cooperation &Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan

	Mr. Masoud Hashemian Esfahani, Acting Deputy Petroleum Minister for Commerce, and Interantional Affairs, Director General of Economics and Investment Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum, Islamic Republic of Iran

	Mr. Malyshev Igor, Head of Multilateral Cooperation Division, Ministry of Energy, Russian Federation

10 December 2009

Morning session: Energy Trade and Investment in Asia and the Pacific

	Facilitator: Mr Roger Raufer, Consultant, Energy Security Section, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

	Mr. Sunil Jain, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India and

	Mr. Sanjay Verma Joint Secretary, Energy Security, Ministry of External Affairs, India

	Mr. Vichai Assavarittiprom, Director, International Energy Cooperation Office, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Thailand

	Mr. Masatoshi Sato, Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan, Bangkok

Afternoon session: Perspectives of energy exporting countries regarding energy security and energy trade and investment potential

	Facilitator: Mr Rashad Novruzov, Second Secretary for Energy/Oil & Gas Affairs, Division for UN & Global Economic Organizations, Department of Economic Cooperation &Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan

	Mr. Akhmad Nidlom, Energy Policy and Planning Specialist, ASEAN Centre for Energy

	Mr. Sergey Trubarov, Acting Head of the Transport Policy and Market Infrastructure Department, Eurasian Economic Community

	Mr. Michael Shshatski, Adviser of the Economic Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Community

	Mr. Muhammad Pervaz, Porgramme Leader, Technology Transfer, SAARC Energy Centre

11 December 2009

Morning session: Identifying ways to move forward from a concept on regional cooperation to enhance energy security to practical measures that the secretariat could undertake

	Facilitator: Mr Sanjay Verma Joint Secretary, Energy Security, Ministry of External Affairs, India

	Mr Hongpeng Liu, Economic Affairs Officer, Energy Security Section, Environment and Development, ESCAP, on behalf of Mr Zhou Dadi, Senior Researcher, Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, China

	Mr. Foiz Ahamed, Joint Secretary Power, Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh Secretariat, Bangladesh

	Experience of Transport Division in promoting a integrated regional transport infrastructure – Mr. Barry Cable, Director of Transport Division, ESCAP

	Concept of Regional Energy Cooperation for Energy Security – Mr Pranesh Chandra Saha, Consultant, ESCAP