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Programme, Thursday, 14th October 2010 8:00 9:15 a.m. Registration 9:15 10:30 a.m. Opening Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Keitel, President, Federation of German Industries (BDI) Dr. Thomas Bach, President, Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry H.E. Prof. Dr. med. Ossama Abdolmajed Ali Shobokshi, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & Doyen of the Arab Diplomatic Corps Peter Hintze, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology H.E. Amre Moussa, Secretary General, League of Arab States 10:30 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
Programme, Thursday, 14th October 2010 Session 1 Solar Power Session 2 Wind Power Session 3 Conventional Power Technological Constraints and Political Strategies in the Arab World Technological Constraints and Political Strategies in the Arab World Technologies, Policies and Business Opportunities 11:00 12:30 p.m. Dr. rer. nat. Franz Trieb Project Manager German Aerospace Center Dr. Chandrasekar Govindarajalu (Chair) Senior Energy Specialist, MENA Region Worldbank Jamila Matar Head of Energy Department League of Arab States Paul van Son CEO Desertec Industrial Initiative DII GmbH Dr. Khalid Al-Hajri Board Member & CEO Qatar Solar Technologies - QSTEC Katherina Reiche Parliamentary State Secretary Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Dr. Walter Döring (Chair) Deputy Chairman of the Board Windreich AG Prof. Dr. Galal Osman Vice President World Wind Energy Association Prof. Dr. Martin Burgmer Professor and Director of the Chair of Technology and Vocational Education University of Flensburg Dr. Kilian Bälz Partner Amereller Legal Consultants H.E. Dr. Saleh Hussein Alawaji Chairman of the Board Saudi Electricity Company Peter-Michael Schmidt (Chair) Executive Director Gulf States German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Michael Wünnemann Department Head Power Plant Engineering Lahmeyer International GmbH Eng. Suhaila Marafi Director, Department of Studies and Research Ministry of Electricity and Water, Kuwait Gerhard Scheffer Vice President Sales New Plants & Services MENA Siemens AG Dr. Yousef Al-Wazzan Manager, Water Technologies Department, Water Resources Division Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) 12:30 2:00 p.m. Lunch
Programme, Thursday, 14th October 2010 Session 4 Solar Power Session 5 Wind Power Session 6 Conventional Power Projects and Business Opportunities Projects and Business Opportunities Possibilities of Project and Export Finance Dr. Henner Gladen Member of the Executive Board Solar Millennium AG Mahmoud A. Al-Khoshman CEO SANA Investment Co. & MARAFEQ (Cham Holding Group) Dr. Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen Vice-President European Investment Bank 2:00 3:30 p.m. Jürgen Hogrefe (Chair) Member of the Board, Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman, h.c. hogrefe consult Mohamed El Haouari Director of Development and Planning Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency National Agency (ADEREE), Morocco Dr. Eng. Andreas Wiese Executive Director, Energy Division Lahmeyer International GmbH Klaus Wenzel (Chair) Senior Business Developer German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Dr. Hans Bünting CFO RWE Innogy GmbH Mahmoud Attia Mustafa Vice Chairman New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), Egypt Dr. Jürgen Holz (Chair) Managing Partner Dr. jur. Holz Beratungsgesellschaft mbh Jan von Allwörden Head of Department Underwriting, Member of the Executive Board Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs-AG Husain Mugaibel Energy Specialist Islamic Development Bank Bader Al Lamki Project Manager Masdar Power Norbert Dwenger Sales Director Emerging Markets NORDEX SE Ulrich Schoppmeyer Director KfW Ipex Bank GmbH Dr. Amor Ounalli Renewable Energies Director Energy Management Agency (ANME), Tunisia Erik Holtslag Senior Consultant Ecofys Netherlands 3:30 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Programme, Thursday, 14th October 2010 Session 7 Renewable Energies Possibilities of Project and Export Finance Silvia Kreibiehl Vice President Asset Finance & Leasing, Sustainable Investments Deutsche Bank AG 4:00 5:30 p.m. Dr. Florian Amereller (Chair) Attorney at Law Amereller Legal Consultants Erik Becker Investment Officer International Finance Cooperation, IFC Bruno Wenn Chairman of the Board of Management Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft DEG mbh Marc Fèvre Counsel Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 7:00 p.m. Dinner Keynote-Speech: Dinner Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Töpfer Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Former Minister of Environment & Former CEO of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP
Programme, Friday, 15th October 2010 9:30 10:00 a.m. Registration Session 8 Session 9 Power Transmission & Distribution Customizing Grid Solutions for the Arab World Energy Efficiency in Buildings Entering a New Era of Civil Engineering in the Arab World 10:00 11:30 a.m. Prof. Dr.-Eng. Jochen Kreusel Manager Marketing & Sales Power Technologies ABB AG Thomas Kraneis (Chair) Senior Executive Director CRM Lahmeyer International GmbH Mohammed Ibrahim Power System Expert Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) Kareem Al-Amoudi Senior Vice President, Siemens Limited Energy Sector Siemens AG, Saudi Arabia Dr. Albrecht Kaupp Teamleader, MED-EMIP German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) & Eng. Fawzi Kharbat, Secretary General, Arab Union of Electricity Olaf Hoffmann CEO & President Dorsch Holding GmbH Dr. Dirk Jankowski (Chair) Managing Partner AJG Ingenieure Salha A. Abusabaa Head of Renewable Energy Section League of Arab States Klaus Wenzel Senior Business Developer German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Volker Dragon Marketing Program Manager Smart Grid Smart Buildings Siemens Building Automation Dr. Thomas Braig Head of the EcoCommercial Building Program Bayer MaterialScience AG 11:30 12:00 a.m. Coffee Break
Programme, Friday, 15th October 2010 Session 10 Prospects of German-Arab Cooperation in the Energy Sector Viktor Elbling Director General for Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development Federal Foreign Office 12:00 1:30 p.m. Jürgen Hogrefe (Chair) Member of the Board, Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman, h.c. hogrefe consult H.E. Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt Dr. Stefan Mair Senior Vice President and Member of the General Directorate Federation of German Industries (BDI) Saeb Nahas President and CEO Nahas Enterprises Group Dr. Nikolaus Supersberger Senior Business Developer Energy German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) 1:30 p.m. Lunch (End of Conference)
Conference Venue: House of German Business / Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft Breite Strasse 29 10178 Berlin Germany Contact: Mr. Philip Schöpfle Federation of German Industries (BDI) Breite Strasse 29 10178 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 30 2028 1602 E-mail: p.schoepfle@bdi.eu www.bdi.eu Contact: Ms. Nicola Höfinghoff Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry Garnisonkirchplatz 1 10178 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 30 2789 0720 E-mail: hoefinghoff@ghorfa.de www.ghorfa.de Photo Credit Picture No 1: www.paul-langrock.de For the latest programme update and details about the speakers please visit www.gaef.info 9