Asia and Pacific Round Table

Prosperity for the billions in Asia and the Pacific: green growth and poverty reduction

Welcome remarks by Amita Misra, Director of Regional Programmes, UNIDO

Remarks on green growth by Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director General, UNIDO

Briefing on Tokyo Green Industry Conference, Tsutomu Osawa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to UNIDO and Heinz Leuenberger, Director of Environmental Management Branch, UNIDO

Presentation of the panel by Moderator Peggy Liu, Chairperson of the Joint US China Collaboration on Clean Energy

Issue Paper presentation, “Towards Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific”, Prof. Hyun-Hoon Lee, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea

Panel Discussion

•    Peggy Liu - Moderator
•    Hyun-Hoon Lee- Keynote speaker
•    K. M. Reyaul Hasanat, CEO Viyellatex Group, Bangladesh
•    Ajay Shankar Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India
•    Nam Viyaketh, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
•    Michael Weinhold

Concluding Remarks, Edward Clarence-Smith, UNIDO Representative to China