Keynote Speaker
Prof. Indra Overland, Ph.D
He is Head of the Center for Energy Research at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a Research Associate at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. His research focuses on energy and climate policy in Southeast and Central Asia, particularly Indonesia and Myanmar. A contributing author to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, he has published in *Nature Energy* and received multiple international awards. Frequently cited by leading global media, he is also a reviewer for prestigious journals, academic publishers, international organizations, and global university ranking bodies across energy, climate, and policy.
Prof. Dr. Evan Lau Poh Hock
Evan Lau is an accomplished Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He has a wealth of academic experience, having held several key positions within UNIMAS, including Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate, Director of the Centre for Business, Economics and Finance Forecasting (BEFfore) and Head of Strategy. He is now serving as Deputy Dean of Research and Commercialization. Evan is also an internationally recognized scholar, having held visiting positions at the University of Cambridge and various universities in Indonesia. and also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business & Society.
Prof. Yohanes Eko Riyanto, Ph.D
He is an experimental and behavioral economist whose research employs controlled laboratory experiments to examine decision-making in financial markets, social networks, and institutional environments. His work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Finance, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Games and Economic Behavior, among others. Beyond his research, he serves as Chair of the School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), overseeing the disciplines of Economics, Psychology, Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Sociology. He also serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
