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World summit on renewable energy

World leaders to attend energy summit in Abu Dhabi, Khaleej Times, Haseeb Haider, 14 January 2011 ABU DHABI— World leaders including heads of state and government, along with United Nation’s Secretary General and other officials are assembling in Abu Dhabi to discuss renewable energy issues, at the Four day the World Future Energy Summit or WFES-2011, Abu Dhabi’s flagship annual show.

The largest gathering of the renewable energy bigwigs from the world, the WFES-2011 will be hosted by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company or Masdar, on the theme ‘Enabling Future Energy Solutions’.

It will run from January 17-20 and comprises the four day conference, alongside two exhibitions – a World Future Energy Exhibition and World Future Environment Exhibition.

Over 600 companies and institutions from 14 countries engaged in renewable energy will showcase their projects and technologies to an anticipated 25,000 strong visitors from 100 countries

According to an official of Reed Exhibition “despite tough economic conditions across the world the number of participating companies has risen” by about 50, while area under the exhibition has also expanded substantially.

The opening ceremony of the conference has drawn global leaders including Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland; Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan. The heads of government, who will share their vision with over 1000 attendees at the conference, will include Jose Socrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Prime Minister of Portugal and Shaikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Bangladesh; and Nikoloz Gilauri, Prime Minister, Georgia.

According organisers, Guillaume, Crown Prince of Luxembourg and Crown Princess Victoria, Princess of Sweden, are confirmed to be taking part in the Opening Ceremony.

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations will make his first appearance at the Abu Dhabi event and closely follows the recent progress made to renew international efforts to combat climate change during talks at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November – 10 December 2010.

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January 14, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general