News release – For immediate release

Dionisio, Castello Branco, Corsell and Indrebo among the 25 new speakers

Montréal, February 25, 2010 – The World Energy Congress – Montreal 2010, which will be held from September 12 to 16, today announced the names of 25 confirmed speakers to be added to the list of 55 unveiled earlier. These top-calibre speakers will help participants get a better sense of energy issues and solutions from a global perspective.

• Leonhard Birnbaum, Executive Board Member, RWE, Germany
• Ricardo Castello Branco, Chief Industrial Officer, Petrobras Biocombustivel, Brazil
• Seethapathy Chander, Deputy Director General, Asian Development Bank
• Peter Corsell, Chief Executive Officer, Gridpoint, United States
• John Dionisio, President and Chief Executive Officer, AECOM, United States
• Daniel Dobbeni, President, ENTSO-E
• Pierre Duhaime, President and Chief Executive Officer, SNC-Lavalin, Canada
• Luis Echavarri, Director General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
• Hussein Elhag, Executive Director, African Energy Commission, Africa
• Pierre Gadonneix, President, World Energy Council
• Claude Généreux, Director, McKinsey, Canada
• Hardiv Harris Situmeang, Chair, WEC Indonesian National Member Committee
• Klaus Heimann, Senior Vice President and Head of Service Industries, SAP, Germany
• Torstein Indrebo, Secretary General, International Gas Union
• Yuji Kawaguchi, Managing Director, Honda R&D, Japan
• Christopher J. Kearney, Chairman, President and CEO, SPX, USA
• Hisham Khatib, Minister of Energy, Jordan
• Henrik Madsen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Det Norske Veritas, Norway
• André Merlin, President, International Council on Large Electric Systems
• Alessandro Ortis, President, Authority for Electricity and Gas
• Sun Qin, President, China National Nuclear Corporation, China
• Norkun Sitthiphong, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Thailand
• Martha Wyrsch, President, Vestas Americas, United States
• Kenji Yamaji, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Sureyya Yucel Ozden, Board Member, GAMA Endustri, Turkey
 
More than 3,500 world leaders in the field of energy are expected in Montréal, representing industry, governments and international organizations, as well as the media, the academic community and energy sector associations.

The World Energy Congress
The 21st World Energy Congress is organized by the World Energy Council (WEC), which is headquartered in London. It is a UK registered charity that was founded in 1923, and is accredited by the United Nations (UN). It represents all players in the energy industry and has Member Committees in nearly 100 countries. Its mission is to promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people.

 

WEC Montréal 2010 sponsors
WEC Montréal 2010 enjoys the support of a large number of companies and organizations. Hydro-Québec and the Energy Council of Canada are WEC Montréal 2010 hosts. The governments of Québec and Canada and Rio Tinto Alcan are associated with the event as principal sponsors. Several other partners have also agreed to contribute to the success of the Congress, including ABB, EDF, SNC Lavalin, HP, Eni, Ernst & Young, GDF Suez, RSW, KPMG, Siemens, Total, Alstom, Gaz Métro, AECOM, Dessau, Cima+, Hatch, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAP, Suncor Energy, Tourisme Québec, Ultramar/Valero, Enbridge, Encana, Emera, Mercuria Energy Group, Financial Times, La Presse, The Globe and Mail, Hart Publishing Inc., Oil & Gas Journal, Power Engineering, PEI, Renewable Energy World, The Energy Industry Times, Business News Americas, Commodities Now, Electric Energy T & D, Electricity Today Magazine, Modern Power Systems, JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group, Tradelink Publications, SAQ and Star Alliance..

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