Renewable Energy Focus for ASEAN Power Week

Renewable Energy Focus for ASEAN Power Week

More than 120 international experts will be present in Kuala Lumpur for the ASEAN Power Week 10-12 September to present and discuss various issues in the power generation industry, focusing on strategic and technical power issues and challenges, the continued growth of the renewable and alternative energy sectors and the financial marketplace within power generation. Coming to Kuala Lumpur are POWER-GEN Asia, Renewable Energy World Asia and the newly created POWER-GEN Asia Financial Forum. Read More

International Power Generation Experts to Meet in Kuala Lumpur for  ASEAN Power Week

Connecting Asia’s Power Professionals 10-12 September 2014 KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

More than 120 international experts will be present in Kuala Lumpur for the ASEAN Power Week to present and discuss various issues in the power generation industry, focusing on strategic and technical power issues and challenges, the continued growth of the renewable and alternative energy sectors and the financial marketplace within power generation.

ASEAN Power Week, with its three events comprises of the largest and most comprehensive conference and exhibition for the power generation industry within South-East Asia, and is supported among others by the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA),

Sustainable Energy Development Authority of Malaysia (SEDA) and the Malaysian Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB).The three major events under ASEAN Power Week, coming to Kuala Lumpur on 10-12 September 2014 are POWER-GEN Asia, Renewable Energy World Asia and the newly created POWER-GEN Asia Financial Forum

As the region’s premier conference and exhibition for all aspects of the power generation industry, POWER-GEN Asia, part of the ASEAN Power Week, celebrates its 22nd annual gathering with a comprehensive conference programme for the conventional power generation industry.

The co-located events are Renewable Energy World Asia, which once again brings together professionals and industry experts from the renewable energy industry, and the inaugural POWER-GEN Asia Financial Forum, which is designed to provide corporate-level project developers and financiers an exclusive venue to learn, network and do business.

The combined preliminary conference programme includes over 120 international experts across 7 conference tracks, covering strategic and technical topics for the conventional power sector and issues relating to the explosive growth of renewable and alternative energies in the region, as well as focusing on all aspects of financing for all types of power infrastructure development.

This year’s Opening Keynote Session, taking place on Wednesday 10 September 2014 at 9am, welcomes high-profile speakers, such as Mr. Hwang-Jik Lee, Executive Vice President & CEO, Boiler Business Group, Doosan Heavy Industries & Constructions Co., Ltd., Korea (South), as well as invited representatives from Tenaga Nasional Berhad and the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water. Further speakers to be confirmed shortly.

On Thursday 11 September 2014 at 14:00 the Plenary Panel Discussion will take place under the topic of “Delivering Asia’s Sustainable Power Growth: The Strategic and Technology Challenge”. This plenary panel discussion brings together experienced power industry  professionals from a variety of disciplines, willing to share their views and speculate on how the electricity sector will meet the challenges ahead and what the industry will look like in 2020.

This session will be moderated by Mark Hutchinson, IHS Energy Managing Director, based in Singapore. Panelists include:

  • • Datuk Ir. Ahmad Fauzi Bin Hasan, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Commission, Malaysia
  • • Datuk Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, Chief Executive Officer, Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia
  • • Mr. Wouter Van Wersch, Senior Vice President East Asia Pacific & President Alstom

Singapore – Alstom International Senior Vice President Asia Pacific – Alstom Power Sales

& Marketing

In addition to the Opening Keynote and Plenary Panel Discussion, the Conference Programme for ASEAN Power Week will take place over 3 days and feature 7 tracks in total running concurrently. Track topics include Trends and Planning, Clean and Flexible Operation; Power Plant Technologies; Operation, Optimization & Servicing; Finance and Planning; plus the two Renewable Energy World Asia conference tracks and POWER-GEN Asia Financial Forum track.

Event Director, Dr. Heather Johnstone, said, “Since 2009, we have co-located Renewable Energy World Asia with our highly-respected POWER-GEN Asia event, leading the way in recognizing the growing importance of renewable energies in South-East Asia and their contribution to the region’s power mix. This year, we are excited to be evolving our South-East offerings even further with the launch of the POWER-GEN Financial Forum, where financiers and developers will come together to discuss and debate the key financial issues faced when investing in and developing power projects in the region.”

Source: http://www.aseanpowerweek.com/

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