Energy Industry leaders to converge in Abu Dhabi to participate at 6th WFES

Abu Dhabi, Jan 9, 2013 (WAM) - Energy Industry leaders and government officials from key renewable energy markets will gather in Abu Dhabi from 15 - 17 January for the sixth World Future Energy Summit (WFES), the world's leading platform for renewable energy innovation and investment, as a part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Sustainable Energy For All,' continues the United Nation's theme for 2012 which was launched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at last year's WFES and will be moderated by Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Other Ministerial Panels will discuss Sustainable Development,' Renewable Energy Policy Revolution in Economically Challenging Times' and the Water-Energy Nexus. Participants of these Ministerial Panels will include, among others: Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy, India Liu Qi, Vice Minister and Deputy Administrator of the National Energy Administration, China Fouad Douiri, Minister for Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, the Kingdom of Morocco Richard Marles MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Australia Manuel Gerardo Pedro Pulgar-Vidal Otarola, Minister of Environment, Peru Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar Dr. Khaled Al Sulaiman, Vice-President for Renewable Energy at the King Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy, Saudi Arabia. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Vienna-based OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Dr. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF). Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN Water. Keynote speeches of the Ministerial Panels include Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade; Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Todd Stern, USA's Special Envoy for Climate Change; Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner Climate Action in the European Commission; and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General on the Millennium Development Goals. The sixth World Future Energy Summit, from 15 - 17 January 2013, hosted by Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, is the centrepiece of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and will be co-located with the inaugural International Water Summit, also hosted by Masdar. The World Future Energy Summit 2013 will also be the host venue for the prestigious biennial International Renewable Energy Conference. The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week will open with the third session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). - Emirates News Agency, WAM