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PREVIEW: World Future Energy
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Energy has become a mainstream issue, but how much do we know about the business leaders in the area? The policy makers are going to
The epicenter of the alternative and renewable industry will gather for three days of global strategy sessions, future energy technical streams and an in-depth look at the green building industry.
Whether the speaker is a head of state or a senior project manager, all have been selected due to their experience in successful commercial projects. The World Future Energy Summit has been developed to be solution-orientated for businesses, politicians and NGOs across the board.
Over 100 speakers from 6 continents will inspire an international audience. Each keynote will feature an impressive line up of influential thought leaders from government, industry and academia. The keynote theme is “Future Energy Policy and Strategy”. Each session deliberately includes a mix of politicians, policy influencers and industrialists. The heterogeneous make up of the panel will ensure a lively and at times controversial debate. (see some examples of speaker profiles below)
The technical programme (see table) hosts a range of international case studies looking at the success stories and obstacles implementation. Full details of the conference programme can be found online at www.WorldFutureEnergySummit.com
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The summit is open for all relevant business professionals to attend, however places are limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis. See www.WorldFutureEnergySummit.com/register for more information.
A SELECTION OF SPEAKER PROFILES:
ANDRIS PIEBALGS, EU COMMISSIONER OF ENERGY
Andris Piebalgs became the Energy Commissioner for the European Union in 2004. The EU now consists of 27 member states with a population of nearly 500million people with a total GDP of €11.5 trillion. Between now and 2030, the EU estimates that €1 trillion will be spent on its electricity network and power generation to modernize towards low carbon consumption. The EU Energy Security Plan announced
This security plan also covers the ambitious 20-20-20 targets, which involves a 20% increase by 2020 in energy efficiency, transportation powered by sustainable biofuels and power generation from renewable and alternative energy. In January 2005 the European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) commenced operation as the largest multi-country, multi-sector Greenhouse Gas emission trading scheme, reportedly worth $50billion.
FRANK MASTIAUX, CEO, E.ON CLIMATE AND RENEWABLES
Frank Mastiaux is CEO of E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC+R), headquartered in
EC+R operates more than 60 wind farms with total capacity of 1500mw and plans to increase to 4000mw capacity through investment and expansion, such as the London Array project with the MASDAR initiative. Their portfolio includes biomass, tidal, wave, nuclear, energy efficiency projects such as thermal efficient coal powered electricity plants. Frank Mastiaux will be speaking in the technical stream on wind alongside Ditlev Engel, CEO of Vestas.
DR SUSAN HOCKFIELD, PRESIDENT, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Susan Hockfield has served as the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 2004; she is a director for General Electric and the World Economic Forum Foundation and was formerly provost for
Hockfield will speaking on Jan 19 about ‘Sparking an Energy Technology Revolution’, such as the information technology and biotechnology booms we have seen. These revolutions created new industries, thousands of jobs and most of the 21 century technology that we now take for granted – how do we do that in energy? Hockfield will highlight the need for basic research and how to transform today’s energy research into tomorrow’s economic growth and environmental opportunities.
VINOD KHOSLA, FOUNDER, KHOSLA VENTURES
Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures and formerly, founding C.E.O. of Sun Microsystems. Khosla is considered a
Khosla Ventures was set up in 2004 and investments in 65 start-up companies across wind, solar, biofuels, geothermal, clearer battery technology and green building materials. Khosla says cleaner energy has to be more competitive with fossil fuels, not just its carbon emission but its price and mass production ability. Khosla will be speaking on
DITLEV ENGEL, CEO, VESTAS
Ditlev Engel is C.E.O and group president of VESTAS since 2005. VESTAS is the world’s largest wind turbine producer and has a 23% market share. They have installed more than 35,500 wind turbines in 63 countries in 5 continents. Their wind turbines generate more than 60 million MW of energy every year.
Engel is one of the most visible faces of renewable energy, regularly cited on CNBC, BBC, Financial Times and beyond. Recently, he says that it is time to keep a cool head and that the fundamental of our energy needs have not changed and a solution is required regardless of the financial crisis. Engel will be speaking in
FURTHER INFORMATION:
ABOUT THE WORLD FUTURE ENERGY
The World Future Energy Summit held its inaugural event on 21-23 January 2008 in
The first summit in January brought together 11,272 attendees from 77 countries, 213 exhibitors from 23 countries, over 80 speakers and 423 international and regional media.
Hosted by Masdar, WFES 08 took place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre with Credit Suisse as the Principal Sponsor. The Platinum Sponsors were BP, Shell, Standard Chartered and Merrill Lynch and the Gold Sponsors were International Power, Total, Dolphin Energy and Occidental.
Please visit the official website for additional information, www.WorldFutureEnergySummit.com
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