Program Structure

The theme provides the framework to address the main concerns of the energy community, the global leaders and the general public. The WEC has taken a strong commitment to creating a sustainable future analyzing energy issues according to the 4 “A”s which have become its core values.  For each of the four (4) days of the Congress, a challenge will be addressed.

Day 1 Challenge │ ACCESSIBILITY
Meeting Energy Demand :  a Global Challenge Requires Global Solutions

Day 2 Challenge │ AVAILABILITY
What is the Right Energy Mix for Long Term Stability?

Day 3 Challenge │ ACCEPTABILITY  
Energy Solutions for a Living Planet

Day 4 Challenge │ ACCOUNTABILITY
Policies, Regulations and Financing

To work on those 4 issues, the 93 National Member Committees (one in each of the 93 Member countries) collide efforts and information to bring together :

• Global studies, that focus on current or emerging high visibility issues facing the global energy sector.


• Technical programs, which address ongoing performance, technology or policy issues: 
  • regular collection;
  • analysis and dissemination of energy information;
  • benchmarking, best practices and standards.
• Regional Programs, that address specific regional issues and priorities with regional forums, workshops and “signature projects”.

WEC’s work is carried out by the National Member Committees, who represent policy making bodies, leading energy companies, energy organisation, regulatory authorities, government bodies, academia & research institutes, public and private sector organisations, national energy agencies.

All these Global studies, Technical programmes and task forces, along with regional action plans will be published and discussed at the Montreal Congress in September 2010.

The whole Congress program will be built around the following key action elements :

• Each day will be devoted to one action field tackled through five or six main issues developed in specific technical sessions.
• Each issue will be developed in parallel sessions and slotted place between a plenary opening with keynote speakers and a closing plenary session focused on required actions related to that specific global theme. These different calls for action will be integrated in an action program to be discussed and adopted at the end of the congress;
• That global thematic structure will serve as a matrix to which all other events and special sessions of the congress will be attached or related. This will produce a coherent and dynamic program of activities for all the participants.