Online Webinar | 16 June 2026 | 10:00 -11:30 CEST | 06:00pm – 7:30pm AEST
Asia will play a defining role in the global transition to climate-neutral industry. Across China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, energy-intensive sectors such as steel, cement and chemicals are under growing pressure to decarbonise while maintaining industrial competitiveness and energy security.
This joint webinar by the Net-Zero Industries Mission and the Green Powered Future Mission, taking place on 16 June at 10:00 CEST / 16:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8), will explore how industrial electrification can accelerate the transition towards near-zero industrial production.
The session will focus on the role of clean electricity, power system flexibility, industrial heat electrification and enabling infrastructure in replacing fossil-based industrial processes. Particular attention will be given to the conditions required to scale electrification across Asian industries, including affordable renewable power, grid readiness, investment frameworks and supportive policy environments.
Bringing together international experts, industry representatives and regional perspectives, the webinar will highlight practical pathways for linking industrial decarbonisation with the transformation of future energy systems.
Agenda Highlights
- Welcome Remarks by Alan Monaghan, Net-Zero Industries Mission, and Yibo Wang, Green Powered Future Mission
- Keynote: Markets and Global Trends for Near-Zero Industry in Asia – Riccardo Savigliano, Chief of the Energy Systems and Industrial Decarbonization Unit, UNIDO
- Keynote: Industrial Transformation in the Age of Electricity – Nicholas Salmon, Energy Modeller, International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Industry Perspectives on Industrial Electrification, Clean Power Integration and Enabling Policy Frameworks across Asia – Eiji Ohira (Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe), Yi Yang (Tianrun New Energy), Shane Miller (Meranti Green Steel)
- Audience Q&A and Closing Remarks
This session will provide valuable insights into the technologies, infrastructure and policy conditions needed to accelerate industrial electrification and strengthen the competitiveness of net-zero industries across Asia.
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Speakers
Yibo Wang, GPFM Co-lead China
Yibo Wang is Director and Research Professor at the Department of Renewable Energy Power Generation Systems, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the Pillar 1 “Affordable and Reliable VRE” lead of the Green Powered Future Mission, Chair of the Expert Group for the Renewable Energy Special Project under the 14th Five-Year Plan National Key R&D Program, Member of the Smart Grid Science & Technology Strategy Research Working Group, Ministry of Science and Technology. With over 20 years of experience in renewable energy power generation systems and grid integration technologies, he has led several key national R&D programs and led the team to develop the world’s first high-power PV DC boost grid-connected converter.
Riccardo Savigliano, Chief of the Energy System and Decarbonization Unit, UNIDO
Riccardo Savigliano joined UNIDO in 2008 in the department of Montreal Protocol, and currently serves as Chief of Energy Systems and Industrial Decarbonization Unit. Among several assignments at UNIDO in the field of sustainable industrial development and environmental protection, Riccardo is proud to mention that he also served as UNIDO Rotational Gender Officer in 2018. Riccardo holds a PHD in Plant Pathology and Pest Management and conducted researches on economic impact of businesses and productive activities to local communities, including innovative models to identify and quantify externalities from regenerative businesses, sustainable land use and natural resources management.
Nicholas Salmon, Energy Modeller in the Demand Sectors, IEA
Nick is an energy modeller in the Demand Sectors Unit at the IEA, where he has worked since 2024. He is responsible for modelling and analysis of the industry sector, with particular focus on heavy industrial sectors including cement and chemicals as part of the World Energy Outlook. He holds a Bachelor and Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Queensland and a PhD from the University of Oxford, where he researched the role of electrolytic hydrogen for industry decarbonisation.
Eiji Ohira, Head of Hydrogen Business Development, Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe GmbH
Eiji Ohira is European Representative of JH2A, and Strategy Architect / Head of Hydrogen Business Development of the Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe, affiliate company of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries. He is responsible for developing, executing and coordinating KHI’s global hydrogen business. Before joining KHI, he was a general manager for NEDO’s research, development and demonstration projects on fuel cells and hydrogen over a decade.
He represented Japan in international hydrogen forums such as the International Energy Agency’s Technical Cooperation Program (IEA Hydrogen TCP, Advanced Fuel Cells TCP) and the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE).
Yi Yang, Head of Energy & Carbon Solutions, Tianrun New Energy, China
Yi Yang, Assistant General Manager and Head of Energy & Carbon Solutions at Tianrun New Energy, a subsidiary of Goldwind Group. She started her career at Goldwind Group in 2011, focusing on market and public relations. Her current work centers on load-side business, wind-solar-storage integration, and carbon-electricity synergy. With extensive hands-on experience in project execution and regional operations, Yi is a results-driven leader in the new energy and integrated energy sectors. As a female executive in clean energy, she is committed to advancing low-carbon solutions and empowering more women to lead the energy transition.
Shane Miller, Senior Manager of Constructions, Meranti Green Steel, Thailand
Moderator
Dr Alan Monaghan, NIM Mission Coordinator
Dr Alan Monaghan, Global Mission Coordinator of the Net-Zero Industries Mission, is a physicist, specialising in developing and delivering executive level strategy and change programs, from organisational restructures and project delivery capability establishment, through to the special risk management needed for technology development, implementation and commercialisation. He is currently the Senior Vice President of the global Technology & Expert Solutions team for Worley’s Resources sector, where Worley’s global SME pool is engaged to provide high priority customer solutions, across innovation and solution validation, through to project delivery, including leading their First of a Kind technology delivery and external technology partnership programs.