Energy Economics and Policy Seminar Curriculum
The Energy Economics and Policy Seminar is an opportunity for Fellows to learn about some of today’s most important and complex issues from leading experts through thought-provoking panels, engaging keynote discussions and exciting experiential elements. By integrating those diverse activities, we hope to overcome the challenges of a virtual event and create a synergetic dynamic to achieve the objectives of the Seminar – identifying mainstream and emerging energy technologies in Southeast Asia and adopting key macroeconomic and policy tools for analyzing and impacting these trends.
The Seminar will be divided into three sections – fundamentals of energy, energy economics and policy, and leadership and teamwork.
Major theme - Energy Economics and Policy
Two-week seminar providing an overview of mainstream and emerging energy technologies in Southeast Asia, and key macroeconomic and policy tools for analyzing and impacting these trends.
Seminar topics
Topic 1 – Basics of Energy Use and Conservation:
Topic 2 – Macroeconomic Frameworks and Policy Tools for Energy Management
Topic 3 – Energy Trends and Issues in Southeast Asia
Topic 4 – Future Energy
Seminar format
As the 2021 seminar is conducted wholly online without field trips, it will be delivered in diverse formats to maximize the engagement of participants, including faculty lectures, guest talk/presentation, panel discussion, team projects and class discussion.
SEMINAR AGENDA
Morning (M): 9:00-10:30; Afternoon (A): 14:00-16:00; Evening (E): 19:00-20:30 Hanoi/Bangkok time (UTC+7)
Date/Time |
Topic |
Speaker/Host |
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Day 1 Monday July 5, 2021
INTRO |
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Plenary Session
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Wendy R. Sherman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Pham Thai Lai, President and CEO of Siemens ASEAN Dam Bich Thuy, President, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Vu Quan, Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Trung Dung, Public Policy Faculty Lead, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Tran Thi Thuy Trang, Program Manager, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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Fellows’ networking |
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Lecture 1 Intro to Energy Economics: Essential knowledge and terminology (topic 1) |
Le Thai Ha, Director of Research, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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Day 2 Tuesday July 6, 2021 BASICS |
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Homework |
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Leadership skill workshop |
Sanjeev Nanavati, Leadership and Business Performance Advisor, Falcon Associates Malaysia |
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E
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Lecture 2 Understand the Basics: Energy Use and Conservation (topic 1) |
David Dapice, Senior Economist, Vietnam and Myanmar Program, Harvard Kennedy School Edward Cunningham, Director of Ash Center China Programs and of the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School |
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Day 3 Wednesday July 7, 2021 TOOLS AND POLICIES |
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Homework |
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Leadership skill workshop |
Sanjeev Nanavati, Falcon Associates Malaysia |
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E
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Lecture 3 Market Power, Market Structure, Pricing and Regulation of Energy (topic 2) |
David Dapice, Senior Economist, Vietnam and Myanmar Program, Harvard Kennedy School Edward Cunningham, Director of Ash Center China Programs and of the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School |
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Day 4 Thursday July 8, 2021 SEA CLEAN ENERGY |
M |
Homework |
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A |
Teamwork for team project |
Le Vu Quan, Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Trung Dung, Public Policy Faculty Lead, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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E
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Lecture 4 Clean energy and environment in Southeast Asia (topic 3) |
Minh Ha-Duong, Senior researcher, International expert on energy, development and environment, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Indonesia |
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Day 5 Friday July 9, 2021 RENEWABLE VS. NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY |
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Homework |
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Panel discussion 1 Traditional, Clean, and Renewable Energy: Alternatives, Transition or Synergy (topic 2)
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Hugh “Huy” Sykes, Former President & Country Manager of Mubadala Petroleum in Vietnam Bernard Casey, Development Director, Mainstream Renewable Power, Vietnam. Luu Hoang Ha, Founder and Chairman, Nami Energy Thanh Pham, Vietnam Country Manager, Wartsilla Corporation Bui Thi Hong Van, Managing Director, Angelin Energy Moderator: Le Viet Phu, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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Lecture 5 Renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption, economic growth, and emissions: International evidence (topic 2) |
Le Thai Ha, Director of Research, Fulbright University Vietnam Youngho Chang, Associate Professor and Head (Business and Management Minors), Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore |
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Day 6 Monday July 12, 2021 SOLAR ENERGY |
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Homework |
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Panel discussion 2 Solar Energy: Opportunities and Challenges (topic 3) |
Michael Luong, CEO, Asia Clean Capital Vietnam Company Limited Kheng Joo Ung, Managing Director, First Solar Vietnam Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Frederick (Fred) R. Burke, Senior Advisor, Baker & McKenzie (Vietnam) Ltd. Moderator: Le Thai Ha, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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E
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Lecture 6 Energy trends, issues, and case studies in Southeast Asia (topic 3) |
Youngho Chang, Associate Professor and Head (Business and Management Minors), Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director, Executive Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Indonesia |
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Day 7 Tuesday July 13, 2021 WIND ENERGY |
M |
Homework |
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A |
Teamwork for team project |
Le Vu Quan, Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Trung Dung, Public Policy Faculty Lead, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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E
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Lecture 7 Offshore Wind Energy: Development Trends, Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions for Risk Reduction (topic 2) |
Nguyen Dinh, MaREI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine; University College Cork, Ireland Du Van Toan, Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
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Day 8 Wednesday July 14, 2021 MIXED ENERGY - CASE STUDY |
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Homework |
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Team presentation
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Le Vu Quan, Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Thai Ha, Director of Research, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Viet Phu, Environmental Policy Lecturer, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Trung Dung, Public Policy Faculty Lead, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Nhat Nam, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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E
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Lecture 8 Coal, LNG, Wind, Solar Energy: A case of Vietnam (tentative – topic 3) |
Le Viet Phu, Environmental Policy Lecturer, Fulbright University Vietnam Luu Hoang Ha, Founder and Chairman, Nami Energy |
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Day 9 Thursday July 15, 2021
GEOPOLITICAL – RENEWABLE ENERGY NEXUS |
M |
Homework |
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A |
Team presentation |
Le Vu Quan, Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Thai Ha, Director of Research, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Viet Phu, Environmental Policy Lecturer, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Trung Dung, Public Policy Faculty Lead, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Huynh Nhat Nam, Fulbright University Vietnam |
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E
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Lecture 9 Time-varying interactions between geopolitical risks and renewable energy consumption (tentative – topic 2) |
Yanrui Wu, Professor, Head of Department (Economics), University of Western Australia Jingzheng Ren, Assistant Professor (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Adjunct Associate Professor (University of Southern Denmark) |
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Day 10 Friday July 16, 2021 ELECTRIC VEHICLES |
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Lecture 10 Clean energy transition: the costs/benefits/risks of various postures towards electric vehicles (topic 4) |
Gordon Leslie, Lecturer in Economics (Energy and Environmental Economics), Monash University. David Rapson, Associate professor of Economics, Director of the Davis Energy Economics Program (DEEP), University of California, Davis. |
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Class review and reflection Closing Session and Graduation Ceremony |
Marie C. Damour, U.S. Consul General Jay Siegel, Provost, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Vu Quan, Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright University Vietnam Le Thai Ha & Huynh Trung Dung, Faculty Fulbright University Vietnam |
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Free |
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