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[Webinar] Singapore as the Financial Architect of Advanced Baseload for ASEAN
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Unlocking the Bankability of SMRs for the Region’s AI-Driven Future.
📅 Date: April 9, 2026
🕒 Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM GMT+8
📍 Location: Zoom webinar
The Challenge: Energy is the Bottleneck of the AI Revolution
Southeast Asia is at a critical inflection point. The explosion of AI-driven data centers is outpacing the region’s ability to supply reliable, 24/7 baseload power. While Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) offer a modular, flexible solution, the primary barrier isn't the technology—it’s the bankability.
The Opportunity: Singapore’s Strategic Role
Singapore’s competitive advantage lies not in hosting reactors, but in its status as a global financial powerhouse and R&D hub. By leveraging advanced capital markets and institutional credibility, Singapore can structure the financing models and risk-sharing mechanisms required to make SMR deployment investable across ASEAN.
Join Earth Venture Capital and a panel of industry leaders as we move beyond the "if" of nuclear and focus on the "how" of financing.
What We Will Explore
Our discussion is structured around three critical pillars of the nuclear transition:
De-risking First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Projects: How can blended finance and tiered risk structures attract private investment to early SMR deployments?
Nuclear-as-a-Service: Exploring "BuildCo" and "OpCo" models to provide baseload power without the burden of ownership risk.
Bridging the Timeline Gap: Aligning long nuclear development cycles with the immediate, skyrocketing energy demands of hyperscalers and industrial buyers.
Meet the Panel of Experts
Moderator: Earth Venture Capital
Suchitra Narayan - Head of Advanced Manufacturing & Energy, SGInnovate
Andrew Wong - Director, TRIREC
Lathika Chandra Mouli - Project Lead, Advisory Aurora Energy Research, Aurora Energy Research
Emily Bolon - Chief Commercial Officer, Blykalla
Who Should Attend?
Investors (VC/CVC/PE): Looking for structured, de-risked pathways into nuclear infrastructure.
Data Center Operators: Seeking frameworks for long-term, stable baseload energy.
Policymakers: Interested in regional coordination and financial structures to accelerate deployment.
SMR Developers: Navigating the gap between tech validation and commercial bankability.