Green World Forum

The Green World Forum is a global platform of opinion leaders and decision makers who are actively engaged in making our world a better and more sustainable place. Participants from business, science, politics, the media, the arts, and civil society will address pressing global issues such as climate change, water scarcity, the worldwide energy crisis and transitions towards democracy.

 

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Knies (developer of the DESERTEC Concept)
Start: 12/05/2012 at 12:30 h
Language: English

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5th Middle East and North Africa Renewable Energy Conference (MENAREC 5)

This conference is organized by the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of the Kingdom of Morocco in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). The list of participants includes ministers from the EU and the MENA region, officials from international organizations and finance institutions, decision-makers from the private sector, academics, and NGO and media representatives. The central theme of the MENAREC 5 has been set to be “Prospects and Challenges for a Sustainable Socio-economic Development of the MENA Region through Renewable Energy”.

 

Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Hani El Nokraschy
Start: 15/05/2012 at 10:45 h
Language: English

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Mexican International Renewable Energy Congress (MIREC)

Building on the success of Wind Power Mexico 2011, the Mexican International Renewable Energy Congress will bring together power producers, ministers, and energy officials to develop a strategy to best make use of the opportunities presented by Mexico’s renewable energy resources.

 

Speaker: Brian Schmidly

Language: English and Spanish

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African Utility Week in Johannesburg

African Utility Week is an exhibition that covers the entire spectrum of the power, water and waste management utilities industry in all its many forms. It's designed for African utilities, large industrial end users in Africa and solution providers from across the globe.

 

Speaker: Peter Weißferdt

Language: English

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Dutch Offshore Industry 2012

Network Meeting for the Dutch offshore industry.

 

Speaker: René Bönsel
Language: English

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Solar Maghreb 2012 Congress and Exhibition

At Solar Maghreb 2012, official delegations from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and Libya as well as private sector representatives will formulate the next steps for the region's solar market. The schedule of events includes themes such as ‘Evaluating & Restoring Investor Confidence across North Africa’ or ‘Creating Knowledge & Industrial Clusters’.

 

Language: English and French

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Environment Week in Berlin

German Federal President Joachim Gauck is inviting together with the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) around 200 companies, institutions, research institutions, associations and initiatives to the fourth "Environment Week" in the park of Schloss Bellevue on 5 and 6 June 2012. They will have the opportunity to present their new technologies, products, projects and concepts for a sustainable and efficient use of our resources. An independent jury selected the best projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to combine ecology, economics and social issues as an important contribution to the existing practice in Germany as the leading industrial nation. At the exhibition, some 12,000 invited guests from politics, economy, science society and the media are expected. Within this framework, a specialist forum of the DESERTEC Foundation will take place on  June 06, between 2:00 and 3:00 pm.

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10th European Mechatronics Meeting

Wind and solar energy, energy-efficient building, hybrid and electric vehicles, efficient production lines: mechatronics is by nature at the heart of all attempts to optimize our use of energy resources. EMM 2012 will explore the prospects, opportunities and new concepts for putting mechatronics at the service of sustainable development.

 

Speaker: Dr. Oliver Steinmetz

Language: French and English

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1st Latin American Solar Energy Summit

Latin America is embracing solar energy as an integral part of its environmental and economic future and is implementing governmental policies to open up the market for further private development. Regional Coordinator of the DESERTEC Foundation Brian Schmidly will deliver a talk titled ‘Harnessing the Latin American solar potential and exposing inter border development to open new markets as seen in the Mexican context’ on 14/06/2012.

 

Speaker: Brian Schmidly

Language: English and Spanish

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DESERTEC – Clean energy for a world with 10 billion people

The people of ancient Egypt appreciated the importance of the sun for all life on Earth. Today, natural sciences and technology have advanced to such a degree that we are in a position to apply this insight from one of the greatest ancient civilizations by using solar energy to help us meet global challenges such as climate change, energy security, water scarcity and the dramatic increase in our world’s population. The talk will explain how the DESERTEC Concept envisions an all-encompassing approach to solving these issues through harnessing the energy of the sun in the deserts of our world.

 

Speaker: René Bönsel

Language: German

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Chilean International Renewable Energy Congress

Chile’s energy demands are expected to increase considerably, possibly doubling over the next 10 years. Increasing energy needs – especially in the Chilean mining sector – have encouraged wide public support to look beyond large-scale hydro projects to Non-Conventional Renewable Energy (NCRE). The Chilean government is bringing together power producers, ministers, and energy officials in order to take advantage of the country’s vast renewable resources to realize up to 8GW of NCRE installations by 2020.

 

Speaker: Brian Schmidly

Language: English

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44th Conference on Power Plant Technology 2012

Annual conference of the energy and power station branch of industry since 1969.

 

Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Hueck

Subject: Large-scale solar power - Advanced solar boiler concept for concentrating solar power plants

Language: German

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