Session 1: New Energy Reality and Emerging Trends in Solar, Storage, and Flexibility + New Rules of Solar – Secured World
Pakistan is already in the midst of one of the world’s most dramatic bottom-up energy transitions. With over 30 GW of distributed solar reshaping the electricity system, the pace of change has moved far faster than policy, planning, and institutions have been able to adapt to.
09:00-09:20 – Setting Shared Vision: Agenda Setting Remarks – Why We Are Here?
Sonia Dunlop, CEO, Global Solar Council
Muhammad Zeeshan Ashfaq, CEO, Renewables First
Chairman, Pakistan Solar Association
09:20 – 10:40 – New Energy Reality and Emerging Trends in Solar, Storage, and Flexibility
The session will examine global, regional and Pakistan-specific trends, beginning with the evolving global energy landscape and lessons from leading renewable energy markets before turning to Pakistan's rapidly changing electricity market. Together, the presentations and discussion will help establish a common understanding of the new energy reality and the trends that will shape the rest of the conference.
Presenters/Speakers:
Sohaib R. Malik, Sr. Fellow Energy Transition, Renewables First
John Grimmes, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Council Asia Pacific (RECAP)
Kostantsa Rangelova, Global Electricity Analyst, Ember
Moderated by Muhammad Basit Ghauri, Renewables First
10:40 – 11:10 – Ministerial Address: Setting Foundations for a Clean Energy Future
11:10 – 11:40 – Tea Break
11:40 – 12:50 – Panel 2: New Rules of Solar – Secured World
The second one explores how policy mechanisms, regulators, institutions, and market frameworks must evolve to respond to an increasingly solarised economy, regardless of whether the system is ready for it.
Bringing together policymakers, regulators, financiers, technology leaders, and international experts from Australia, China, and beyond, these discussions will focus on a central question: How can Pakistan develop a roadmap to unlock the benefits of consumer-led solarisation?