Background

The establishment of the Advisory Board was endorsed by the APEC Energy Working Group (EWG) at their 16th meeting in Cairns, Australia, in August 1998.

Terms of Reference

The Advisory Board is a group of representatives of major research institutions located in the APEC region to facilitate APERC to conduct cooperative research studies.

Its primary role is to give professional advice on the on-going and proposed research of APERC with respect to the issues to be covered such as methodologies, approaches, databases, and information sources, as well as relevant experts to be involved.

APERC carefully considers the advice provided by its members in proposing its research plan to the EWG.

The views and suggestions expressed by the Advisory Board remain anonymous.

Members

Members (as of Apr. 2020) are as follows:

Mr. Allan Fogwill

President & CEO, Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI), Calgary

Canada

Prof. Zhou Dadi

Director General Emeritus and Senior Researcher, Energy Research Institute(ERI), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)

China

Dr. Nuki Agya Utama

Exective Director, ASEAN Centre for Energy

Indonesia

Mr. Masakazu Toyoda

Chairman & CEO, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)

Japan

Dr. Yongsung Cho

President, Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)

Korea

Dr. Sanjayan Velautham

CEO, Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA)

Malaysia

Dr. Tatiana Mitrova

Director, Energy Center, Skolkovo School of Management

Russia

Prof. Kulyos Audomvongseree

Director, Energy Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University

Thailand

Dr. Cary Neal Bloyd

Senior Staff Scientist, Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

USA

Dr. Nan Zhou

Group Leader, China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

USA

Terms of Reference for the Advisory Board were adopted at the 10th meeting of the APEC Expert Group on Energy Data and Outlook (currently Expert Group on Energy Data and Analysis) held in Brunei Darussalam in March 1999, and was endorsed by the APEC EWG at their 17th meeting in Oakland, the United States, in April 1999.