earthwitness launch issue
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The premier print publication in the Middle East focusing on the Green Economy: Environment, Conservation, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Social Responsibility, CSR, Green Buildings and more.TRANSCRIPT
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USD10 | AED35February 2008
Launch Issue
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PLATINUM SPONSORS: GOLD SPONSORS:
Under the Patronage of H.H General Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
MEET THE LEADERSCHANGE THE WORLD
Business leaders, politicians, environmentalistswill be coming to Abu Dhabi next January for the
MAKE IT HAPPEN. KEY TOPICS INCLUDE – carbon management finance solar power cleantransport strategy biofuels investment wind power green buildings turning the desert into apower source waste to energy cleaner fossil fuels nuclear power and much more…
Abu Dhabi Environment AgencyADWEAAir Com SolarAl QuadrahAlliance to Save Energy BP ConergyCredit Suisse
DolphinEco SecuritiesEtihadFuture FuelsGEGreenpeace InternationalGulf Energy SolarInternational Power
International PowerMasdarMitsubishiMitsuiNashwann Tech ServicesOccidentalPetroleum InstituteShell
SiemensSole S.ATabreedTAQTotalUnited NationsZones Corp
P A R T I C I P A T I N G C O M P A N I E S I N C L U D E :
Organised by Turret Middle East on behalf of Masdar and the Future Energy Company.
GET INVOLVED: www.wfes08.comor call Gary Gilmour on +971 2 444 6011
Under the Patronage of H.H General Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
MEET THE LEADERSCHANGE THE WORLD
Business leaders, politicians, environmentalistswill be coming to Abu Dhabi next January for the
MAKE IT HAPPEN. KEY TOPICS INCLUDE – carbon management finance solar power cleantransport strategy biofuels investment wind power green buildings turning the desert into apower source waste to energy cleaner fossil fuels nuclear power and much more…
Abu Dhabi Environment AgencyADWEAAir Com SolarAl QuadrahAlliance to Save Energy BP ConergyCredit Suisse
DolphinEco SecuritiesEtihadFuture FuelsGEGreenpeace InternationalGulf Energy SolarInternational Power
International PowerMasdarMitsubishiMitsuiNashwann Tech ServicesOccidentalPetroleum InstituteShell
SiemensSole S.ATabreedTAQTotalUnited NationsZones Corp
P A R T I C I P A T I N G C O M P A N I E S I N C L U D E :
Organised by Turret Middle East on behalf of Masdar and the Future Energy Company.
GET INVOLVED: www.wfes08.comor call Gary Gilmour on +971 2 444 6011
Meet the companies, the investors, the inventors and the entrepreneurs that have 100s of ideas and business opportunities that you can pro� t from
Discover the big opportunities in the Renewable Energy Marketplace
200 international companies 100s of ideas for the future
7 country pavilions 6 free features
1,000s of visitors from around the worlddevelopers
constructorsarchitects
engineersinventors
venture capitalistsinvestorsforward thinkers
. . . and YOU
open to all pre-registered exhibition visitors free of charge go
online now to reserve your place – WWW.WFES08.COM
Chaired by: Prof. Klaus Töpfer, former Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duke of York
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, Icelandic Government
Ismail Omer Guelleh, President of Djibouti
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of The Maldives
HE Mohammad Ahmad Al Bowardi, Secretary General of theExecutive Council, Abu Dhabi
William McDonough, architect, designer and Time magazine winner of a “Hero for the Planet”
Lord Browne, Managing Director, (alternative and renewable energy markets), Riverstone Holdings LLC
OPENING CEREMONY - Monday 21st January
Under the Patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al NahyanCrown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
presented by
Principal Sponsor
Abu Dhabi, January 21-23 2008Where the Renewable Energy Industry Meets
www.wfes08.com/ew
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The green economy will happen, but I don’t think it will be called green because of the greenery
The Stone Age didn’t come to an end because the world ran out of stones
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10 Feb ‘08
Green Investments
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Yingli Green Energy
PV Crystalox Solar
Motech
BP Solar
Suntech
Ersol
Conergy
Sunpower
Sanyo
Wacker
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Sharp
Q-Cells
REC
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(The report “Solar Energy 2007 – The industry continues to boom”, was published in November 2007)
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Masdar has grown out of Abu Dhabi’s half century of energy leadership
16 Feb ‘08
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The WFES’08 summit is a big step forward for Abu Dhabi and the region
There is no ‘silver bullet’ when it comes to the future energy challenge
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Masdar draws inspiration from the example of Sheikh Zayed and his willingness to challenge conventional wisdom
20 Feb ‘08
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“Our firm aims to become one of the world’s leading investors in the fight against global warming,”
22 Feb ‘08
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Ethanol - Dry Mill Process
23Feb ‘08
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