Asia Methane Convening

Start Date: 22.05.2024
End Date: 24.05.2024
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Contact Info:

2024 Asia Methane Convening Agenda (tentative, confirmed speakers as of April 15th)

May 22-24, Hotel Naru (Gallery 1&2), Seoul, South Korea Agenda

Day 0: Arrivals & Welcoming Dinner – Tuesday May 21^st, 2024
Time	Session
All day	Arrival & Check-in
	Welcome Dinner
Day 1: Presentation Day – Wednesday May 22^nd, 2024
Time	Session
9:00-9:30	Registration & Coffee
9:30-10:00	Welcome & Opening Remarks Jungwon Doh, Head, Climate Change Implementation Team, Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Government Manjyot Ahluwalia, Regional Lead - Asia, Global Methane Hub Joojin Kim, CEO, Solutions for Our Climate Tour De Table - Sharing our methane win-win aspirations
10:00-10:40	Methane 101: The Asia Methane Landscape & Trends in the Global Context Fan Dai, Director, California-China Climate Institute, UC Berkeley
10:40-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-12:00	China: An Overview of the Methane Landscape Fu Sha, Director, Strategy & Planning, Energy Foundation China Xiaonan Zhang, Methane Manager, Environmental Defense Fund
12:00-13:30	Lunch Break
13:30-14:30	Japan, Korea, Australia: An Overview of the Methane Landscape Jinsun Roh, Head of Industry & Methane Lead, Solutions for Our Climate Toshikazu Ishihara, Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change, Renewable Energy Institute Harkiran Narulla, Senior Strategist, The Sunrise Project
14:30-14:45	Coffee Break
14:45-15:45	Methane Data to Action 1: Emission Inventories Sarah Ann Smith, Program Director – Energy, Global Methane Hub Irina Semykina Senior Consultant, Carbon Limits Kwang-Joo Moon, Senior Researcher, Korea Environmental Science Institute Rachael Shin, Senior Researcher, Oil & Gas, Solutions for Our Climate
15:45-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-17:00	Methane Data to Action 2: Measurement Shareen Yawanarajah, Director, Energy Transition, Environmental Defense Fund Alexandra Hegarty, Critical Minerals & Methane Analyst, International Energy Agency (Virtual)
17:00-17:30	Wrap-up - Summary of points discussed, glimpse of Day 2
17:30-18:00	Break Time
18:00-20:00	Dinner
Day 2: Joint Strategy Sessions – Thursday, May 23^rd, 2024
Time	Session
9:00-9:30	Coffee
9:30-10:00	Day 1 Summary - Panel session (3 panelists)
10:00-11:00	India, Indonesia & Malaysia: An Overview of the Methane Landscape Vidyapati Bajpai, Associate Fellow – Energy, Climate & Development, Swaniti Global Anjulie Razak, Project Coordinator & Researcher, UM-CERAH
11:00-11:20	Coffee Break
11:20-13:00	[Interactive Session] Identifying Cross-regional Opportunities and Challenges Designed to facilitate exchange. Each group will designate a notetaker and rapporteur report back at the end of the session. Group discussion by country groupings Report back (rapporteurs)
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	[Strategic Objective Session] Identifying Regional Opportunities Through Pillars This breakout group discussion aims to identify Asia-wide regional goals on each pillar. Each group will designate a notetaker and rapporteur report back at the end of the session. Breakout group discussions Pillar 1: Coal (Upstream) Pillar 2: Oil & Gas (Upstream) Pillar 3: Leveraging Import Standards/Buyers’ Club to Drive Down Methane Emissions Pillar 4: Leveraging Industry for Fossil Energy Methane Reduction Report back (pillar rapporteurs)
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-17:40	[Action Plan] Timeline of Key Actions This breakout group session is designed to identify key moments that could be leveraged to advance our objectives. Breakout Group discussions by pillar Report Back (pillar rapporteurs)
17:40-17:55	Wrap-up - Summary of points discussed, glimpse of Day 3
17:55-18:00	Commemorative Photo
18:00-20:00	Networking Session & Official Dinner
Day 3: Convening Wrap-Up & Skill Sharing Session – Friday, May 24^th,2024
Time	Session
10:00-11:00	Skill Sharing Session: Tactics & Tools in Achieving Goals This panel session aims to share our tactics, tools and best practices to advance our shared goal to reduce methane emissions throughout Asia. Research & Data Corporate Engagement Policy Engagement Wrap-up: flipchart exercise
11:00-12:00	Drafting Convening Outcomes This session aims to document the outcomes and agreements of the Convening, namely an action plan (timeline) for 2024 and beyond & a collective agreement on the regular cadence for future Cooperation. Wrap-up: Documentation on future channels and sectional talks
12:00-13:00	Lunch
14:00-15:00	(Optional) Gas Power Plant Visit or Departure

Travel Schedule Tracker / (Optional) Gas Power Plant Visit Registration (Day 3: Friday, May 24^th) Mandatory

For logistical record keeping, we would like to kindly ask all participants to fill in the following Google Form which covers approximate arrival times and a survey for the optional power plant visit on Day 3.

For those planning to attend the power plant visit, please keep in mind that only 15 participants will be able to join (first-come first serve basis).

Pre-convening (Friday, April 26^th 16:00-17:40 KST)

As a reminder, GMH and SFOC will be virtually hosting the Pre-convening on Friday, April 26^th to introduce the Convening Agenda and provide context for the important conversations at the Convening.

You can join the Pre-Convening through the following link: Pre-Convening Zoom Link