• Progress toward Sustainable Energy Global Tracking Framework 2015 (Ms. Vivien Foster, Global Lead, Energy Economics, Markets and Institutions, World Bank )
• Household Energy, Air Pollution and Health Impacts (Ms. Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, WHO)
• Implementing SDG 7(Mr. Martin Niemetz, Policy Analysis Officer, SE4All)
National perspectives:
• Cambodia (Mr. Chhe Lidin, Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Mines and Energy)
• The perspective of Uganda (Mr. Peter Opio, Director, Bureau of Statistics)

• Renewable Energy Technology for Rural and Remote/Island Areas (Mr. Yong Chen, Regional Program Officer, IRENA)
• Green Technologies (Ms. Radia Sedaoui, Chief, Energy Section, ESCWA)
• Lessons learned to facilitate access to modern energy services in rural areas in Asia (Mr. Jan Sohlemann, Energizing Development)

• Clean, affordable and User-friendly Cooking Energy(Ms. Priyadarshini Karve, Managing Director, Samuchit Enviro Tech)
• Off-grid PV systems, Technologies and Innovations for rural area electrification (Mr. Yonas Workie Cherenet, Managing Director, Suntransfer Tech)
• Off-grid Renewable Energy Access in Bhutan (Ms. Dawa Chhoedron, Executive Engineer, Research and Development Division, Department of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs)
• Off-grid electricity supply in Mongolia (Mr. Khishigt Tamir, Member of the Management Committee, Mongolia Energy Engineer''s Association)

• Enabling factors and policies supporting access to affordable , reliable and modern energy services (Mr. Kohji Iwakami, Economic Affairs Officer, Energy Section, ESCAP)
• Scaling clean cooking to achieve SDG7 (Mr. Jichong Wu, Country Manager for China, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves)
• Renewable energy and energy access (Mr. Gautam Wahi, Deputy Secretary, Investment and Technology Promotion and Energy Security Division)
• Nepal experience (Mr. Mukesh Ghimire, Senior Officer, Program Manager,AEPC)

• UNEP (Ms. Parimita Mohanty, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific)
• China (Mr. Zhongying Wang, Deputy Director-General, Energy Research Institute of NDRC)
• Lao PDR (Mr. Litthanoulok Laspho, Director, Energy Policy Division, Department of Energy Policy and Planning, Ministry of Energy and Mines)
• Indonesia (Mr. Artody Nurgropho Jati, Energy Policy Analyst, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources)
• Philippines (Mr. Jesus Torres Tamang, Director, Energy Policy and Planning Bureau)
• Sri Lanka (Mr. Hetti Arachige Kithsiri Ruwan Tissera, Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy)

• SE4ALL Financing energy access (Mr. Martin Niemetz, Policy Analysis Officer, SE4ALL)
• ADB(Mr. Elmar Elbling, Access to Energy Specialist)
• Access finance access investment model (Ms. Vivien Foster, Global Lead,Energy Economics, World Bank)

• Bangladesh (Mr. Mohammad Hossain, Director General, Power Cell, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources)
• Myanmar
• UNECE (Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division)

• DESA (Mr. Ivan Vera, UN-Energy Secretary)
• ESCAP (Mr. Alberto E. Isgut, Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division)
• ESCWA (Ms. Radia Sedaoui, Chief, Energy Section, Sustainable Development Policies Division)
• WHO (Ms. Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer)
• UNDP Fuel-saving stoves: Ethiopia
• UN-Habitat (Mr. Avi Sarkar, Regional Adviser, South-East Asia, Urban Basic Services Branch)

• Agenda on Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 7, Target 7.1 (updated on 15 July 2016).

More than 1.1 billion people lack access to electricity and 2.9 billion still rely on unsustainable solid biomass as fuel for cooking and heating. Around 1 billion of those without electricity and 2.2 billion depending on solid biomass live in rural areas. Communities in rural isolated areas represent, in many cases, the poorest segment of the population in developing regions, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. SDG 7 is a stand-alone fully dedicated goal on energy with five targets, two of which are means of implementation. Energy SDG 7, Target 7.1 calls to " By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services".

The focus of the seminar, organized by UNDESA, UNESCAP and UNOSD in cooperation with UN-Energy and SE4ALL, was to bring together representatives of governments, practitioners along with experts and multilateral, regional and national organization representatives, was to exchange knowledge on good practices on:

• Promoting dialogue among practitioners, experts, donors and policy-makers to facilitate closer cooperation on sustainable energy access
• Assessing potential integrated policy options to address energy access and to identify synergies that can be realized from the links between energy and other development factors including health, education, economic growth, gender, water and food security
• Discussing ways to apply models and best practices to allow the scaling up of the use of clean cookstoves and stand-alone renewable energy systems
• Identifying best practices and lessons learned and sharing international and country-level experiences in energy-access development
• Discussing latest developments related to renewable energy products, systems and services.