Speaking

Conference platforms, government workshops, and the rooms where decisions get made

Sohail Hasnie speaks on electric mobility, distributed energy, and how projects in emerging Asian markets actually get financed — drawing on twenty-two years inside a development bank and a continuing practice developing projects on the other side of that table.

Topics

01What public venture funds are actually looking for in a project. Not what the guidelines say — what gets a submission through the room, from someone who has sat on that side of the table.
02What tomorrow's technology can we bring today? Technology leapfrogging: which proven technologies are already sitting on a shelf in one market and could be deployed in another right now.
03A roadmap for energy transition and high-technology adoption. How a country moves from a commitment to a sequenced, financeable programme of work.
04Electrifying informal transport. Jeepneys, three-wheelers and the economics of converting fleets that are owned by thousands of individual drivers rather than one operator.
05Battery swapping as infrastructure. What the network economics look like when the vehicle and the battery are financed separately.
06Distributed solar in low-tariff markets. Why the models that work in Australia and Europe do not transfer, and what does.
07Climate finance that reaches the ground. Carbon mechanisms, concessional windows and blended structures, judged by whether projects actually get built.

Formats

Keynote

Conference and industry-event platforms, 20–45 minutes.

Panel and moderation

Panellist or chair, including sessions run under Chatham House terms.

Technical workshop

Half-day and full-day sessions for government, utility and developer teams.

Expert briefing

Closed sessions for boards, investment committees and delegations.

Where I'll be next

Upcoming platforms and workshops. If you are attending one of these and want to meet, say so — it is usually easier to arrange in advance.

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Upcoming engagements for the coming year will be listed here shortly.

Selected engagements

Keynotes, panels, technical workshops and government briefings from 2005 onward, across Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caucasus and the People's Republic of China — the majority delivered while at the Asian Development Bank. Click any image for the full-size version.

Sohail Hasnie speaking at the Annual Meeting of the CAREC Members Electricity Regulators Forum, Beijing, July 2005 — **Annual Meeting of the CAREC Electricity Regulators Forum** Beijing, 4–6 July 2005 — the forum he founded, convened with ADB, China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission and PPIAF

Sohail Hasnie speaking at the 27th CAREC Energy Sector Coordinating Committee — **27th CAREC Energy Sector Coordinating Committee** Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 13–14 March 2018 — as Principal Energy Specialist, ADB Central and West Asia

Plenary session of the 27th CAREC Energy Sector Coordinating Committee — **ESCC plenary, eleven member countries** Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, March 2018

Sohail Hasnie on the top table at the CAREC Electricity Regulators Forum, Beijing 2005 — **Annual Meeting of the CAREC Members Electricity Regulators Forum** Beijing, People's Republic of China, 4–6 July 2005

Sohail Hasnie delivering a keynote titled Disruption is coming, Turkmenistan — **“Disruption is coming”** Address to energy officials, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Plenary of the CAREC Electricity Regulators Forum, Beijing 2005, convened by ADB, SERC and PPIAF — **Regulators Forum plenary** Convened with ADB, China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission and PPIAF — Beijing, July 2005

Sohail Hasnie interviewed by Turkmenistan national television — **Interviewed by Turkmenistan national television** CAREC energy committee meeting, Ashgabat, March 2018

Organising team of the 3rd CAREC Energy Investment Forum, Batumi, Georgia, 2018 — **3rd CAREC Energy Investment Forum — “Unlocking Private Investments in High Technology Projects”** Batumi, Georgia, 11–13 September 2018 — convened with ADB, the ESCC, the Government of Georgia and the ADB Institute

Sohail Hasnie presenting off-grid impact stories at the Asia Clean Energy Forum — **Asia Clean Energy Forum — “Off-Grid Impact Stories”** Manila, 2018

Sohail Hasnie on the Energy for All panel — **Energy for All — maximising energy access for the poor** ADB 50th anniversary programme, 2017

Sohail Hasnie delivering a keynote at CAREC, Seoul — **CAREC conference on information and energy** Seoul, Republic of Korea — year to be confirmed

Sohail Hasnie on a conference panel — **Panel discussion** ADB 50th anniversary programme, 2017 — event to be confirmed

Sohail Hasnie speaking at an energy forum in Tashkent — **Regional energy forum** Tashkent, Uzbekistan — year to be confirmed

Sohail Hasnie running a technical workshop for government delegates — **Technical workshop for government delegations** Location and year to be confirmed

Sohail Hasnie briefing at the Asian Development Bank Institute — **Briefing at the Asian Development Bank Institute** Tokyo — year to be confirmed

Sohail Hasnie at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum — **Tbilisi Silk Road Forum** Tbilisi, Georgia, 15–16 October 2015

Sohail Hasnie at the lectern, CAREC Seoul — **CAREC conference** Seoul, Republic of Korea — year to be confirmed

In the media

Sohail Hasnie interviewed on CommSec — **“Energy Freedom and Tackling Climate Change Bottom Up”** CommSec, Australia — date to be confirmed

Sohail Hasnie in the Sputnik Kyrgyzstan radio studio, Bishkek — **Radio interview** Sputnik Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek 105 FM — date to be confirmed

Television, podcast and press appearances on household energy, electric mobility and climate finance in emerging markets.

Further broadcast and press appearances will be added here.

**Sohail Hasnie**Available for keynotes, panels, workshops and briefings

Booking

For conference, workshop and briefing enquiries, the useful first message covers the audience, the format, the date and where it is being held.

Speaking enquiries

Speaker materials

A downloadable speaker kit — short and long biography, high-resolution photograph and talk description — is being prepared.

Sohail also hosts the Energypreneurs podcast — a continuing series of conversations with the people delivering Asia's energy transition. Browse the archive.