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A total of over 250 participants and resource persons participated in the Forum, including key business leaders and executives, senior government officials and investment policy makers, academics and civil society representatives from energy industries across the Asia-Pacific.

• List of Participants (Final)

This year’s prominent guest speakers (in order of appearance) include:

• H.E. Dr. Sahas Banditkul, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand;
• Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary, ESCAP
• Dr. Sorajak Kasemsuvan, Executive Director, ITD
• Dato' Mohamed Iqbal, Group Excutive Director, Farlim Group and a member of ESCAP Business Advisory Council (BAC);
• Mr. Pramon Sutivong, Chairman, JSCCIB;
• Dr.Yonghun Jung, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC);
• Dr. Kurujit Nakornthap, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Thailand;
• Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice-President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank;
• Mr. Joseph Geagea, Managing Director, Chevron Asia South;
• H.E. Honorable Fred Fono, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development and Indigenous Business Affairs, Solomon Islands;
• Mr. Lobo Balia, Senior Adviser to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia;
• Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited and the Petroleum Federation of India;
• Mr. Tevin Vongvanich, Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, PTT PLC;
• Dr. Nandita Mongia, Chief, Regional Energy Programme, Asia and Pacific Region, UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok;
• H.E. Honorable Tuuu Anasil Leota, Minister of Revenue, Samoa;
• Mr. Tariq M. Rangoonwala, Chairman of the Rangoonwala Group of Companies and a member of the ESCAP Business Advisory Council (BAC);
• Mr. Man Onn Lim, WEC PPP Coordinator, APEC Energy Business Network Member of Malaysia;
• Mr. Ibrahim H. Rehman, Director, Action Programmes Division, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI);
• Mr. Hoang Van Dung, Chairman, GMS Business Forum;
• Dr. Chun Hee Young, Director, CCOP;
• Dr. Weerawat Chantanakome, Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE);
• Mr. Huang Ming, Board Chairman, Himin Solar Energy Group;
• Dr. Ugrit Asadatorn, Vice-President, Thai Ethanol Manufacturers Association;
• Mr. Hilal A. Raza, Director, SAARC Energy Centre;
• Dr. Suthep Chimklai, Director, System Planning Division, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT);
• Dr. Ken Koyama, Director, Institute of Energy Economics of Japan;
• Mr. K. V. Ramani, Senior Energy Consultant, ESCAP; and
• Mr. Rae Kwon Chung, Director, Environment and Sustainable Development Division, ESCAP.