The Third Asian Energy Conference:
Diversity in Urban Energy Transitions in Asia:
Trajectories, Governance and Policy Innovations

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Opening Remarks

Adrian J. Bailey
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences;
Chair Professor of Geography;
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS),
Hong Kong Baptist University

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Keynote Speech

New energy for new cities: Challenges and solutions to building sustainable cities

John Byrne
Chairman and President, Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment;
Director & Distinguished Professor, Energy & Climate Policy,
Center for Energy & Environmental Policy, University of Delaware

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Session 1: Socially Enabled Urban Energy Transition

Smart energy transition scenario development from a trust, social learning, and deliberative participation perspective: A preliminary framework and research agenda in the contexts of Japan and South Korea

Daphne Mah
Director, Asian Energy Studies Centre;
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography,
Hong Kong Baptist University

Alice Siu
Associate Director, Center for Deliberative Democracy, Stanford University

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Shifting environmental and social burdens and benefits of clean energy transitions

Benjamin McLellan
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University

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Smart island energy transition

Taedong Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies,
Yonsei University

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European pathways towards market based support schemes for renewables

Gilles Lepesant
Senior Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS);
Researcher, Centre Marc Bloch Berlin

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Session 2: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Energy Policy Innovations

Modelling household energy consumption using climatic and demographic variables in Hong Lok Yuen and Fairview Park, Hong Kong

Kwok Pan Chun
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

Rita Fan
PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

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An interdisciplinary approach to examine Singapore’s drive towards energy efficiency: Policies for a low carbon future

Melissa Low
Research Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore

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“Solar cities”: Municipal opportunity for strategic infrastructure-scale photovoltaic development incorporating market, finance, and policy conditions

Job Taminiau
Research Principal, Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment

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Morning Panel Discussion

Chair: Peter Hills

Panelists: Daphne Mah, Gilles Lepesant, Kwok Pan Chun, Job Taminiau,
Benjamin McLellan, Melissa Low and Taedong Lee

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Session 3: Governance Innovation for Low-carbon China

Socio-technical and political economy perspectives in the Chinese energy transition

Akihisa Mori
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,
Kyoto University

Varieties of local governance and environmental policy innovations in China

Kyoung Marvin Shin
Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Management,
National Tsing Hua University

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Climate experimentation and the limits of top-down control: Local variation of climate pilots in China

Kevin Lo
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

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Revisiting multi-level governance theory: Politics and innovation in the urban climate transition in Rizhao, China

Linda Westman
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield

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Session 4: Just and Social Perspective of Energy Transitions

Energy poverty and just Social Perspective of Energy Transitions

Shinichiro Okushima
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems,
University of Tsukuba

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Territorial equity in energy transition: Reflections on the Yellow Jackets Movement in France

Richard Balme
University Professor, Paris School of International Affairs;
Research Fellow, Center for European Studies And Comparative Politics, Sciences Po

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