Parallel Events

A total of 14 major international energy-related events will now be held in conjunction with WEC Montréal 2010! The organizers of the events seek to take advantage of the Congress's strategic positioning in the world energy calendar at less than a year after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, just two months after the G-8 and G-20 summits which will be held in Canada, and only a few months before COP16.

Scheduled events include:

• FT-WEC Energy Leaders Question Time
• Special meeting of the energy ministers from the 70 state and government members from the International Organisation of La Francophonie
• Special meeting of the energy ministers from the 53 Commonwealth countries
• 2010 Canadian Energy and Mines Ministers’ Conference
• American North East and Eastern Canadian provinces Technical Meeting (NICE)
• Special meeting of the Aluminium Association of Canada
• Special assembly of the Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals (CAMPUT)
• Annual General Meeting of the Electricity Sector Council of Canada
• Meeting of the e8 - High-Level Dialogue on Fostering Investment in Electricity Generation in Central and Eastern Europe
• Asia Pacific Partnership's Cleaner Fossil Energy Task Force Meeting
• Seminar of the World Bank on Financing Energy Projects
• Board Meeting of the International Hydropower Association
• Artic Oceans Energy Experts Meeting
• Canada-Russia Energy Forum

Given the present economic climate and an attendant sense of global urgency, combined with the advent of profound transformations in the world, these organizations have decided to join forces with the Congress. As a result, WEC Montréal 2010 will be a key event for anyone wishing to take part in the discussions of the momentous current and future energy issues facing the Earth.