The 4th Asia Finance Forum (AFF), organized by the Asian Development Bank, aims to bring together policymakers, financial sector supervisors, regulators, financial institutions, academia, and financial sector experts to discuss the latest trends in sustainable finance and innovations to support financial inclusion.

The conference will focus on:

• Innovative use of green, blue and climate financing instruments, and business models that can drive investments toward a net zero economy, as well as enabling the environment to deploy these investments at scale.
• New developments in sustainable finance and innovations driving financial inclusion including MSME and agricultural finance and affordable housing;
• The role of governments and multilateral development banks in supporting sustainable, climate-resilient infrastructure development that reduces the risks or vulnerabilities posed by climate change; and
• Raising climate change awareness and digital financial and risk literacy.

Featured speakers 

• Bruno Carrasco, Director General, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
• Eleazar Ricote, Deputy Executive Director, Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines
• Jost Wagner, Managing Director, Change Initiative Co. Ltd; Chief Navigator, Asia-Pacific Futures Network
• Junkyu Lee, Chief, Finance Sector Group, Sector Advisory Services Division, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
• Mayada El-Zoghbi, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion
• Patrick Canagasingham, International Chief Operating Officer, Habitat for Humanity
• Regula-Schegg, Managing Director, Asia Circulate Capital, Singapore
• Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, Temasek, Singapore
• Sungsup Ra, Chief Sector Officer, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, 
• Asian Development Bank
• Woochong Um, Managing Director General and Officer-in-Charge, Vice-President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank