SIEW TechTable

Welcome Remarks by Energy Market Authority

Speaker:

Eugene Toh, Assistant Chief Executive, Energy Market Authority

Presentations on Grids

This session explores the technologies shaping the grid of tomorrow and enabling more connected, resilient and intelligent energy systems. Speakers will showcase advancements in grid-enhancing technologies, advanced transmission and distribution systems, grid digitalisation, energy storage integration, and power system flexibility solutions. Key focus areas include modernising electricity networks to support growing renewable energy deployment, improving system flexibility and reliability, and strengthening regional grid interconnectivity to support a secure and sustainable energy future.

Presentation on Grid

Speaker:

Representative from Schneider Electric

Technology & Digital for Tomorrow's Power Grids

Speaker:

Akilur Rahman, Market Innovation Lead - South Asia & Chief Technology Officer – India, Hitachi Energy

The rapid energy transition, rise of distributed energy resources, and deep electrification are making power systems and grids increasingly complex. Managing this shift requires advanced control, protection, and prediction capabilities. Core power electronics technologies—such as HVDC, STATCOM, and power conversion systems for solar, EV, BESS, hydrogen, and data centres—are vital to preparing grids for the future. Additionally, digitalisation and AI will introduce greater predictability while strengthening protection and control frameworks. Complementing these advancements, sustainable solutions like SF6-free switchgear will actively reduce the carbon footprint of grid operations and maintenance. This session will present and explore these critical technologies to outline how we can effectively shape the future grid.

Presentation on Grid

Speaker:

Dr Kathiresan Ramprakash Programme Director ERI@N-Energy Centre of Innovation Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)

Moderator for Q&A for Grids

Speaker:

Landon Derentz, Senior Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council

Presentations on AI/Data Centres

This session examines how hyperscalers are reshaping energy strategies through technology ecosystems. Speakers will explore AI-driven energy optimisation, renewable procurement at scale, advanced cooling innovations, and nuclear-powered data centres to meet surging compute demands. Key focus areas include cross-sector partnerships for grid stability, and policy frameworks enabling hyperscaler investments in clean energy transition.

Beyond the Sandbox: Turning AI Potential into Real-World Outcomes

The next frontier for AI in utilities is not about finding more use-cases. It is about operationalizing them. Explore the data, technology, and organization foundations required to take AI from promising trials and experiments to scalable solutions that drive quantifiable business outcomes.

Speaker:

Jim Bullock, Managing Director, Power Utilities & Energy Transition, Asia, Microsoft

Sovereign AI: Powering the Future of Energy and Utilities

Gina Wong, General Manager, Cohere Inc

This presentation would focus on how sovereign AI enables energy and utilities companies to deploy AI solutions with full control over their data and infrastructure, addressing critical security and compliance requirements in the sector. Key points would include:

• The Sovereign AI Imperative: Why energy and utilities need AI that operates within their own security boundaries
• Use Cases: Predictive maintenance, grid optimization, demand forecasting, and cybersecurity applications
• Technical Advantages: Air-gapped deployment, on-premises control, and compliance with regulatory requirements
• Cohere's Approach: Enterprise-grade models designed for secure, sovereign environments
• Real-World Impact: How sovereign AI can improve operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance grid resilience
• Future Outlook: The evolution of sovereign AI in critical infrastructure and what's next for the energy sector 

Data Centres and Sustainability, and specifically, Decarbonising Backup Fuels for Power Plants and Data Centres

Jukka Siukosaari, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Geopolitics, Neste 

Moderator for Q&A for AI/ Data Centres

Gurbuz Gonul, Director, Country Engagement & Partnerships, IRENA

Session 3 – Presentations on Solar and Battery Storage Solutions

This session explores innovations in solar power and battery storage to drive the energy transition. Speakers will discuss scalable hybrid solutions, cost reductions in lithium-ion and emerging solid-state technologies, grid integration challenges, policy incentives for deployment, and battery storage's critical role in supporting solar intermittency. Key focus areas include optimising dispatchable solar for peak demand and long-duration storage to enhance reliability in ASEAN's decarbonisation goals.

Presentation on Solar

Representative from CATL

Unlocking New Urban Solar Markets with Perovskite BIPV for ASEAN's Energy Transition

Speaker:

Yushi Nakamura, Head of Business Development, Perovskite PV Business Promotion Office, Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Japan's pursuit of decarbonization, energy security, and urban sustainability is creating opportunities for new energy solutions that go beyond conventional solar deployment. Among these, perovskite photovoltaic technology has the potential to unlock previously untapped surfaces for power generation, including lightweight rooftops, building facades, and other urban spaces where traditional silicon solar panels face practical limitations.

This presentation will introduce Panasonic's vision for commercializing perovskite Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), starting in Japan and expanding to global markets. By transforming buildings into energy-generating assets, perovskite BIPV can create entirely new solar markets while supporting the decarbonization of cities and the built environment.

Beyond technology development, Panasonic will share its perspective on building a sustainable business ecosystem that connects technology providers, construction and real estate stakeholders, utilities, and policymakers. The session will explore how collaboration across industries can accelerate market creation and large-scale deployment.

Drawing on Japan's experience as an early market for perovskite PV, Panasonic will discuss the potential for future adoption across ASEAN, where rapid urbanization, growing electricity demand, and ambitious sustainability goals present significant opportunities for next-generation solar solutions. The presentation will highlight how perovskite BIPV can complement existing renewable energy technologies and contribute to a more resilient, distributed, and sustainable energy future.

Presentation on Battery Storage Solutions

Speaker:

Dan Tennakoon, Founder & CEO, RE24

This session looks at battery storage from the demand side. In grids where connection capacity is tight and renewables are scaling, a battery storage's value is not only to store excess solar. It is to let large energy users do more with the grid they already have. Speakers will show how large energy users like data centres use behind the meter batteries and flexible demand to shave peak import. This lets a site serve more peak load, without increasing its grid connection or waiting for reinforcement. The same flexibility lowers cost and carbon. It cuts import when power is most expensive and the grid is at its dirtiest, and charges when power is cheaper and cleaner. Over time, this demand flexibility is also the foundation for 24/7, hourly matched clean power. Key focus areas include peak demand optimisation to unlock capacity on a constrained grid, cost and carbon intensity reduction and move toward 24/7 hourly matched clear power through intelligent dispatch.

Moderator for Q&A for Solar and Battery Storage Solutions

Speaker:

Gurbuz Gonul, Director, Country Engagement & Partnerships IRENA

Session 4 – Presentations on SMRs & Advanced Nuclear

This session dives into small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear technologies as scalable solutions for decarbonisation. Speakers will cover factory-built modular designs, next-gen coolants, fuel recycling to minimise waste, and enhanced safety features for rapid deployment. Key focus areas include grid flexibility for renewables integration, cost reductions through serial production, regulatory pathways, and commercial pathways that enhance overall energy security and resilience for industrial off-takers.

Presentation on SMRs & Advanced Nuclear

Speaker:

Ted Jones, Senior Director for National Security and International Programmes, Nuclear Energy Institute

This discussion will explore the latest developments across the U.S. small modular reactor and advanced nuclear technology landscape, including the range of designs under development and how continued innovation is expanding the options available to meet different energy needs and deployment conditions. The conversation will consider how these technologies are evolving, the capabilities they can offer, and progress toward commercialization and deployment. It will also place these innovations within the broader U.S. nuclear industry ecosystem, highlighting the experience, supply chain, and long-term industry partnerships that can support countries as they evaluate and ultimately deploy nuclear energy.

Presentation on SMRs & Advanced Nuclear

Speaker:

Miriam D’Onofrio, Senior Director, International Market Development and Policy, X-energy

Presentations on SMRs & Advanced Nuclear

Speaker:

Mr James Walker, Chief Executive Officer, NANO Nuclear Energy

This discussion will explore the latest developments across the U.S. small modular reactor and advanced nuclear technology landscape, including the range of designs under development and how continued innovation is expanding the options available to meet different energy needs and deployment conditions. The conversation will consider how these technologies are evolving, the capabilities they can offer, and progress toward commercialization and deployment. It will also place these innovations within the broader U.S. nuclear industry ecosystem, highlighting the experience, supply chain, and long-term industry partnerships that can support countries as they evaluate and ultimately deploy nuclear energy.

Q&A Moderator for SMRs & Advanced Nuclear

Landon Derentz, Senior Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council (Invited)