2012 Speakers

Edward Abbo President and CTO C3, United States

Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and Renewable Energy India,

Frank Ackland Digital Energy General Manager, Middle East & Africa GE, United States

H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber CEO Masdar, United Arab Emirates

Bader Al Lamki Director, Masdar Carbon Masdar, United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Al Mazrouei Deputy Chief Nuclear Officer, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, United Arab Emirates

Saif Al Sayari Executive Officer, Head of Energy Solutions Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, United Arab Emirates

Abdulrahman Al Shizawi Manager of Advanced Multi- Modal Transportation Planning Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, United Arab Emirates

Homam Albaroudi Nuclear Energy Expert The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Saudi Arabia

Jose Alberich Vice President A.T. Kearney Middle East, United Arab Emirates

Rt Hon. Alex Salmond MSP First Minister Scotland,

H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser President United Nations General Assembly,

Eyad Alqadi Regional Manager GCC and Pakistan Cisco, United Arab Emirates

Adnan Amin Director General International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Arab Emirates

Roger Ammoun Director Customised Fund Investment Group, United Kingdom

Juan Araluce y Martinez de Azagra President Vestas Mediterranean, Spain

Santiago Arias Technical Director Torresol, Spain

Ibrahim Babelli Strategy Team Leader King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA CARE) , Saudi Arabia

Rámon Baeza Senior Partner and Managing Director Boston Consulting Group, Spain

Ruzgar Barisik Senior Investment Officer International Finance Corporation, United States

John Barry VP Technical and Production MENA, Shell, United Arab Emirates

Eesa M. Bastaki CEO ICT Fund, United Arab Emirates

Ausilio Bauen Partner E4Tech, United Kingdom

Morgan Bazilian Special Advisor to Director General UNIDO, Austria

Andrew Beebe Chief Commercial Office Suntech, China

Fatih Birol Chief Economist International Energy Agency, France

Kornelis Blok Director of Science, Ecofys, and Professor Sustainable Energy Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Steve Bolze President and CEO GE Power and Water, United States

Rob Bradley Senior Advisor Climate Change. Directorate of Energy & Climate Change, United Arab Emirates

Simon Bransfield-Garth CEO Eight19, United Kingdom

James G. Brown President, Utility Systems Business Group First Solar, United States

Matt Brown Senior Director Pöyry Management Consulting, United Kingdom

Sascha Brozek Global Head of Building Automation Solutions, Senior Vice President Siemens Schwiez, Swiss Confederation ,

Adam Bruce Global Head of Corporate Affairs Mainstream Renewable Power, United Kingdom

Nat Bullard Analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance, United States

Alex Burns CEO Williams F1, United Kingdom

Daniel Calderon Head of Organisation, Masdar Power, United Arab Emirates

Mark Carne Executive VP Shell International, United Arab Emirates

Jamie Carstairs Managing Director Linfall Consulting, United Kingdom

Helen Clark Administrator United Nations Development Program (UNDP),

Matteo Codazzi CEO CESI, Italy

Steve Crane CEO LightSail Energy, United States

Emiilio Cremona Chairman GSE, Italy

Simon Currie Head of Energy Norton Rose LLP, United Kingdom

Luis Adao da Fonseca Chief Business Development Officer EDP, Portugal

Rutu Dave Climate Change Specialist, CF-Assist, Climate Change Practice World Bank Institute, United States

Michelle T. Davies Partner Eversheds, United Kingdom

Marcelo Carvalho de Andrade Partner and Principal Earth Capital Partners, United States

Bart Dehue Biomass Sourcing Specialist Vattenfall, The Netherlands

Trevor Demayo Low Carbon Energy Team Chevron, United States

Carlos Dora Coordinator, Department of Public Health and Environment WHO, Switzerland

Benoit Dubarle VP Buildings Business Middle East & Africa Schneider Electric, France

Aiden Dwyer Young Innovator United States,

David Eaglesham Chief Technology Officer First Solar, United States

Anselm Eisentraut Renewable Energy Division International Energy Agency, France

Mohammed El-Ashry Chairman, REN21 and Senior Fellow United Nations Foundation, United States

Inigo Sabater Elzaguirre VP Government Relations Vestas Mediterranean, Spain

Marcel Engel Managing Director World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland

Bernard Esselinckx CEO Al Suwadi Power Company, Oman

Walid Fayad VP Booz and Company, United Arab Emirates

Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Germany

H.E. Jose Maria Figueres Former President Republic of Costa Rica,

Alain Flausch Secretary-General UITP – International Association of Public Transport, Belgium

Alan Frost Director Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

Kazuo Furukawa Chairman NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), Japan

Rob Gardner Economics & Energy Manager, Corporate Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil, United States

Dr. Andrew Garrad President Garrad Hassan, United Kingdom

Lord Howell of Guildford Minster of State United Kingdom,

Christine A. Gulbranson Senior Advisor for Renewable & Clean Technologies Symphony Equity Partners L.P., United States

Christ Hartshorn VP Research Lux Research, United States

Bjorn Haugland COO DNV, Norway

Tom Heap BBC Broadcaster, Energy and Environment BBC, United Kingdom

Peter Heath Chancellor American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Gunnar Heipp Director, Strategic Planning Munich Public Transportation Company (MVG), Germany

Steven ‘Mac’ Heller Executive Chairman CODA, United States

Jordy Herrera Minister of Energy United Mexican States ,

Charles O. Holliday Chairman Bank of America, United States

Bernd Holling Director Business Development Clean Energy and CCS Linde AG, Germany

Jennifer Holmgren CEO LanzaTech, New Zealand

Wyatt R. Hume Provost UAE University, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Kim Hwang-sik Prime Minister Korea,

S. Iswaran Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade and Industry, Singapore

Timur Ivanov Director General, Russian Energy Agency Russian Federation,

S. Vijay Iyer Director, Department of Sustainable Energy World Bank,

Anup Jacob Partner Virgin Green Fund, United States

H.E. Wen Jiabao Premier China,

Nikunj Jinsi Head & Chief Investment Officer Climate Business Group - Clean Technology Investments Group, United States

Daniel Johansson Vice-Minister of Energy Kingdom of Sweden,

Alex Katon Head of Strategy & Communications International Power-GDF Suez, Middle East, Turkey & Africa (META) Region, United Arab Emirates

Wayne Keast CEO Consensus Environment, United Kingdom

Michael Kelly Deputy Managing Director World Liquid Gas Association, France

Sami Khoreibi CEO Enviromena, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary-General United Nations,

Ben Kortlang Independent Director, Amonix Board of Directors, United States

Michael Ladwig Director Marketing and Product Management, Gas Power Plant Alstom, Switzerland

Tod Laursen President Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates

Jim Leape Director General WWF International, Switzerland

Mark Ma Chief Investment Officer Healthcare Fund, China Construction Bank, China

Eswar Mani Investment Manager Masdar Capital, United Arab Emirates

Gianluca Marini Director, Division Consulting, Solutions & Services CESI, Italy

Emma Matebalavu Partner Clifford Chance, United Kingdom

Iwao Matsuoka Deputy Director Institution for Transport Policy Studies, Japan

Morten Mauritzen President ExxonMobil affiliates in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ibrahim Mayaki New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD,

Eric McAfee Chairman and CEO Aemetis, United States

Crispian McCredie Vice President Alboran Strategy Consultants, The Netherlands

Professor Fred Moavenzadeh President Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates

Darrin Morgan Director Business Analysis and Biofuels Strategy Boeing, United States

Jan Mrosik Chief Executive Officer Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Division Smart Grid, Germany

Pejman Norastehfar Head of the EcoCommercial Building Program Bayer MaterialScience, United Arab Emirates

Alex O’Cinneide Director, Masdar Capital, Masdar , United Arab Emirates

Eddie O’Connor CEO Mainstream Renewable Power, Ireland

Hiroshi Ogawa General Manager, Strategic Business Development Machinery and Steel Infrastructure Systems, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan

Robert Olivier Director International and National Promotion, Montreal Transport Company, Canada

Steve O'Rourke Senior VP and Chief Strategy Officer Sun Edison MEMC, United States

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Chairman IPCC Director-General TERI, India

Rex Parris Mayor Lancaster, CA, United States

Carlos Pascual Assistant Secretary of State for Energy,Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, United States

Dr. Timothy Patey Scientist United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, Switzerland

Jarl Pedersen VP of International business development Xtreme Power, United States

Kathy P. Pepper VP Middle East & Russia Exxon Mobil Production Company, United States

Bertrand Piccard CEO Solar Impulse,

Andris Piebalgs Commissioner for Development European Union,

Jason Pontin Editor in Chief MIT's Technology Review, United States

Rakesh Radhakrishnan Associate Director Navigant Consulting, United States

Jorge Ramos Head of Alternative Energy EMEA, Global Banking Citigroup, United Kingdom

Rhone Resch President and CEO Solar Energy Industries Association, United States

Dima Rifai Managing Partner Paradigm Change Capital Partners, United Kingdom

Plutarchos Sakellaris VP European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

David Sandalow Assistant Secretary Department of Energy, United States

Steve Sawyer Secretary General Global Wind Energy Council, Belgium

Theodor Scheidegger CEO Siemens Energy Division Solar & Hydro, Germany

Aart Schreij Project Manager London Array Masdar, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Georg B. Schutte State Secretary Germany,

Michael Sears Investment Partner Siemens Venture Capital, United States

Robert Seiter EMEIA Cleantech Leader Ernst & Young, Germany

Peter Sharratt Managing Partner Deloitte LLP, United Kingdom

Ralph Sims Director Centre for Energy Research, Massey University, New Zealand

Bill Sims CEO Joule Unlimited, United States

Christine Eibs Singer CEO E+Co, United States

Stephan Singer Director, Global Energy Policy WWF, Switzerland

Charles Soothill Senior Vice President Technology Alstom, Switzerland

Andrew Steer Special Envoy for Climate Change World Bank, United States

Achim Steiner Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),

Walter Steinmann State Secretary for Energy Swiss Confederation,

Margaret Stephens Global Head Infrastructure Tax KPMG, United Kingdom

Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt CEO Aker Clean Carbon, Norway

Haiyan Sun Vice President Trina Solar, China

Ravi Suri Head of Project Export Finance Standard Chartered Bank, United Arab Emirates

Robert Swan Voyage for Cleaner Energy United States,

Tulsi Tanti Chairman and Managing Director Suzlon, India

Jean-Pascal Tricoire President and CEO Schneider Electric, France

Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director International Energy Agency , France

Richenda Van Leeuwen Senior Director, Energy & Climate United Nations Foundation, United States

Paul van Son CEO Dii GmbH (Desertec), Germany

Michael Waite Manager EMEA Business Development, Westinghouse Electric Company, United Kingdom

Jacob Wallenberg Chairman Investor AB, Sweden

Mary Walsh London Leader London Sustainable Development Commission, United Kingdom

Ben Warren Energy & Environmental Infrastructure Leader Ernst & Young, United Kingdom

Eicke Weber Director Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE, Germany

Ruud Weijermars Director Delft Unconventional Gas Program, University of Delft, The Netherlands

Jurgen Weiss Principal Brattle Group, United States

Jan-Olaf Willums Chairman Inspire Group, Norway

Lauren R. Wilson Provost Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

Timothy E. Wirth President United Nations Foundation, United States

Frank Wouters Director Masdar Power, United Arab Emirates

Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General for Local Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters , Japan

Kandeh Yumkella DG UNIDO,

André Zeijseunk Global Director KEMA Consulting, The Netherlands

Tom Zhao GM BYD Solar Division BYD, China

Sha Zukang Secretary General Rio +20,

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