30 new confirmed speakers are added to the list unveiled earlier

Today, WEC Montréal 2010 announced the names of 30 confirmed speakers who will be added to the list unveiled a few weeks ago. More than 150 speakers have now been invited to join the discussions at this major international multi-energy forum. Delegations from a number of governments and large international organizations, representatives of the entire world energy industry, as well as eminent researchers and academics will take part in the sessions of the 21st World Energy Congress.

•Olivier Appert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Institut français du pétrole (IFP), France
•George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
•Shri Partha S. Bhattacharyya, Chairman, Coal India Limited, India
•Samir Brikho, Chief Executive, AMEC plc, UK
•Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, USA
•Gaétan Caron, Chair and CEO, National Energy Board of Canada, Canada
•Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
•George Dick, Chief Executive Officer, RSW Inc., Canada
•Randy Gossen, Vice-President, Global Business Relations, Nexen Inc. and President, World Petroleum Council, Canada
•Rita Hamm, Chief Executive Officer, International Association for Impact Assessment, USA
•David Hong, President and Senior Research Fellow, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Taiwan
•Lars Jossefsson, President and CEO, Vattenfall, Sweden
•Gérald W. Grandey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cameco, Canada
•Georgina Kessel, Secretary of Energy, Mexico
•Sandor Liive, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, Eesti Energia, Estonia
•John A. Manzoni, President and Chief Executive Officer, Talisman Energy Inc., Canada
•Teruaki Masumoto, Chairman, Japan Energy Association and Chairman, Japanese Member Committee, WEC, Japan
•John Miles, Director, ARUP, United Kingdom
•Lawrence Musaba, Coordination Centre Manager, Southern Agrican Power Pool, South Africa
•Abbas Naqi, Secretary General, Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Kuwait
•Antonio Brufau Niubó, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Repsol YPF and Vice-President, Gas Natural Group, Spain
•Dean Oskvig, President and Chief Executive Officer, Black & Veatch Energy, United States
•Rajendra Pachauri, Director General, TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), India
•Jacques Régis, President, IEC, Canada
•Vicky Sharpe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Development Technology, Canada
•Zhengrong Shi, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Suntech, China
•Rupa Devi Singh, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Power Exchange India Ltd, India
•Chris Llewellyn Smith, President, Council of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and its Applications in the Middle East)
•Jean-Pascal Tricoire, President and Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric, France
•James Turley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young, United State