GETPPP invited 26 alumni from 12 countries and drew around 40 graduate students and faculty from Korea University’s Green School and Department of Economics, along with roughly 10 external dignitaries including former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan and Koo Ja-Young of K-water. 

The result was both a revitalized alumni network and an expanded pipeline for international collaboration anchored at KU-GETPPP.

 

 

 

Alumni speakers from Lao PDR, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Kenya, Botswana, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Cambodia presented. 

 

 

The cross-country dialogue distilled shared priorities for the energy transition—renewables scale-up, grid modernization and storage, standards and certification—and traded concrete pathways to move from declarations to delivery.

 

The closing session highlighted “co-growth” as a guiding principle. Speakers called for tackling energy poverty and security through multilateral cooperation, blended finance, and policy networks, underscoring KU-GETPPP’s role in convening cross-border execution partnerships.

 

 

An Alumni Meeting the following day revisited the conference takeaways and gathered proposals to further activate the network—clarifying GETPPP’s operational direction and near-term priorities. 

Participants highlighted the need to formalize information exchange, scale joint research and training, and structure pilot-to-project pathways in areas such as smart-city energy management, renewable integration, and water-resource analytics.