Environmental Services — September 7, 2010

WORLD ENERGY CONGRESS - MONTRÉAL 2010 - ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT EVENT

300 HIGH-CALIBRE SPEAKERS AND 4,000 PARTICIPANTS WILL GATHER IN MONTREAL TO DEBATE THE WORLD ENERGY SITUATION FROM SEPTEMBER 12 TO 14

MONTREAL, Sept. 7 /CNW Telbec/ - The sessions of the World Energy Congress - Montréal 2010 will open in just a few days. More than ever, energy is front and centre in the news. It is increasingly clear that energy and climate-related problems and challenges are becoming more global, while awareness of these problems and a sense of urgency surrounding them have also grown internationally. A vital triennial event, the Congress is the largest international gathering devoted to all sources of energy. No fewer than 300 high-calibre speakers, 70 energy ministers and nearly 4,000 participants are expected at the Palais des congrès de Montréal from September 12 to 16. Participants who have not registered yet are encouraged to do so as soon as possible.

Themes

The theme of WEC Montreal 2010, Responding now to global challenges - Energy in transition for a LIVING PLANET(R), provides a framework within which to address the four main energy challenges, one for each of the four days of the Congress: accessibility, availability, acceptability and accountability

Prestigious list of speakers

Delegations from many governments and major international organizations and representatives of the entire international energy industry will take part in the 21st World Energy Congress, as well as prominent researchers and academics.

    Champions

    - Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
      (IHS CERA), United States
    - Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, and Director, Office of the Chief
      Economist, International Energy Agency
    - Lester R. Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, United States
    - Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization
    - Pierre Gadonneix, Chair, World Energy Council
    - John Krenicki Jr, Vice-Chairman, GE, and President and Chief Executive
      Officer, GE Energy Infrastructure, United States
    - Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, Government of Canada

    Keynote Speakers

    - Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saudi
      Arabian Oil Company - Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
    - Peter R. Voser, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell plc,
      Netherlands
    - Richard L. George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Suncor
      Energy, Canada
    - Gregory H. Boyce, President and Chief Executive Officer, Peabody
      Energy, United States
    - Anne Lauvergeon, Chief Executive Officer, AREVA, France
    - Liu Zhenya, President, State Grid Corporation of China, and Chairman,
      China Electricity Council, China
    - Henri Proglio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EDF Group, France
    - Oleg Aksyutin, Head, Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and
      Utilization Department, Gazprom, Russian Federation
    - Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary, and Under-Secretary-General, United
      Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
    - Joseph M. Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, ABB, Switzerland
    - Shosuke Mori, Chairman, Kansai Electric Power Company, Japan
    - Hélène Pelosse, Interim Director-General, International Renewable
      Energy Agency
    - Petr Shchedrovitskiy, Deputy Director General, State Atomic Energy
      Corporation (Rosatom), Russian Federation

"I am pleased to see that the Montreal Congress has attracted so much interest from key players in the industry. I firmly believe that by bringing the most influential authorities on energy together in Montreal we can help bring about concrete solutions to address the increasingly pressing concerns of populations and governments in terms of future energy demand, and the capacity to meet that demand, while respecting the principles of sustainable development and new worldwide environmental standards," noted Stéphane Bertrand, Executive Director of WEC Montreal 2010.

A crucial time

The Montreal Congress comes at an especially favourable time for new thinking on energy. Two months after the G8 and G20 meetings, where energy was one of main topics of discussion, and just two months before the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico, the Montreal Congress de facto becomes the general meeting point for all energy sector leaders. Because the Congress enjoys such strategic positioning in the global energy agenda, no fewer than 11 international organizations have chosen to hold events in conjunction with the Congress.

Canadian Energy Ministers' Roundtable

To obtain an overview of what Canadian energy policy will look like in the next few years, 12 of the 14 energy ministers will gather to discuss issues that Canada is likely to face and give their points of view on the future course of energy policy.

World Energy Council

The 21st World Energy Congress is organized by the World Energy Council (WEC). Headquartered in London, the WEC is a United Nations (UN) accredited nongovernmental organization that was founded in 1923. It brings together all stakeholders in the energy industry and has Member Committees in nearly one hundred countries. Its mission is to promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people.

The complete Congress program is available online at www.wecmontreal2010.ca

*LIVING PLANET(R) is a WWF trademark and is used with permission.

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