Avoiding a Two-Speed Energy Transition

October 15, 2025
16:45–17:30 (Asia/Dubai time zone)

About this session

From AI-driven grid optimization to advanced energy storage, innovation is reshaping the energy transition landscape – but uneven adoption risks creating a two-speed transition. What strategies can better align innovation with real energy transition needs?

This is a livestreamed session. Simultaneous interpretation in English and Arabic.

Speakers

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Doug Arent
Emeritus Executive Director, Strategic Public-Private Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); Executive Director
NREL Foundation
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Eric Parrado
Managing Director
IDB Invest
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Elizabeth Thurbon
Professor of International Political Economy; Director, Green Energy Statecraft Project
University of New South Wales
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Vijay Vythianathan Vaitheeswaran
Editor, Global Energy and Climate Innovation
The Economist