[2018] Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Application of Waste to Energy in Asian Region

Programme

Agenda

Formal Opening

Facilitator: Okhyun Yang (Associate Policy Expert, UNOSD)

Opening Remarks

Eunhae Jeong (Senior Development Management Expert, UNOSD)

Congratulatory Remarks

Young-Mok Kim (Former President of Korean International Cooperation Agency)

Objectives of the seminar

Eunhae Jeong (Senior Sustainable Management Expert, UNOSD)

Day 1 (February 22, 2018)

Session 1: (Setting the Scene) Sustainable Waste Management in the Context of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement

Facilitator:  Dr. Jurgen Vehlow (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) 

• "Overview on waste and biowaste generation and their management status in Southeast Asian countries" - Dr. Somrat Kerdsuwan (King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand)
• "Climate Change Challenges by the Paris Agreement and renewable energy application from waste" - Dr. Young-Soo Choi (Korea University, the Republic of Korea)
• "Waste-biomass based biogas production and energy utilization to cope with climate change issue in Malaysia" - Dr.  Nasehir Khan Yahaya (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia) 

Session 2: Eco-Friendly Approaches towards Waste and Biomass-to-energy Conversion 

Facilitator: Mr. Dae-Won Park (Professor, Seoul National University of Technology) 

• "Renewable energy application from waste and biomass: European case study" - Dr. Jurgen Vehlow (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
• "Waste-to-energy Perspective and Energy Conversion Efficiency Analysis in Korea" - Dr. Jong-In Dong (Seoul National University, Korea)
• "New and renewable energy application and its future in Thailand" - Ms. Sutthasini Glawgitigul (Scientist, Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, Ministry of Energy, Thailand)
• "Biomass Co-firing Studies for Commercial-Scale Application in Korea" - Dr. Won Yang (Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea)

Session 3 : Country Presentations 

Facilitator: Mr. Jin-Do Chung (Professor, Hoseo University, Korea)

Countries Cases

• Thailand - Dr. Somrat Kerdsuwan (King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok)
• Vietnam - Dr. Nguyen Sy Linh (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment/ Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment)
• Myanmar - Dr. Hla Toe (Ministry of Education/ Pray University)
• Malaysia - Prof. Mohd Ali Hassan (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
• Indonesia - Dr. Fadjar Goembira (Andalas University)
• Philippines - Dr. Ofero Caparino (Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization)
• Pakistan - Mr. Wasim Udin Ghauri (Asian Institute for Environmental Research and Energy)
• Korea - Dr. Young-Sam Yoon (National Institute of Environmental Research)
• China - Prof. Yong Chi (Zhejiang University)
• Japan - Prof. Katsuya Kawamoto (Okayama University) 

Day 2 (February 23, 2018)

Session 4 : Technology Development and International Cooperation 

Facilitators: Mr. Mohd Ali Hassan (Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia) 

• "Energy valorization and human health: Biomass-to-energy potential in Cuba" - Dr. Luc Hens (Frije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium)
• "Green technology field application for coping with climate change issues" - Dr. Kyung-Nam Shin (Director, Center for Climate Technology Cooperation, Green Technology Center Korea, ROK)
• "Fluidized Bed Combustion of MSW" - Dr. Yong Chi (Professor, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, China)
• "Bio-methane production and energy conversion by anerobic digestion of organic wastes" - Mr. Ki Hyung Lee (Korea Environment Corporation, Korea)
• "Biogas from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) to Syngas for Sustainable Production of Chemicals/ Fuels" - Prof. Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia) 
• "Waste-to-fuel conversion with advanced separation and treatment technologies" - Mr. HyunSoo Kim (ACI, Korea) 

Formal Closing

Session 5 : Conclusion 

Facilitators: Dr. Seong Seok Seo (TS Environmental Technolgy Institute, Korea) 

EGM Forum summary

Mr. Jong-In Dong (President, KAECE)

EGM Forum closing remark

Ms. Eunhae Jeong (Senior Sustainable Mangement Expert, UNOSD)

Documents

Information Note

List of Participants

Pictures

You can find meeting pictures here.