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22nd June 2010 - IPFA Middle East: Joint IPFA & DIFC Economics Workshop: Financing Renewable Energy Projects

Venue: DIFC Conference Centre, Building 4, PO Box 74777, Dubai, UAE

9:00am - 9:30am Registration & Arrival coffee

9:30am - 9:50am Renewable Energy in the MENA region
Dr Nasser Saidi, Chief Economist, DIFC Authority

9:50am - 10:10am IPFA Overview
Geoff Haley, Chairman of IPFA

10:10am - 10:30am Role of Clean Energy Business Council in the GCC
Aaron Bielenberg, Senior Associate, Latham & Watkins

10:30am - 10:50am Role of Masdar in facilitating Renewable Energy Projects in the GCC
Speaker to be Confirmed
Masdar

10:50am - 11:10am Prospects for Renewable & Climate Related Projects
Karim Nassif, Associate Director, Standard & Poor's

11:10am - 11:30am Financing Renewable Energy Projects
Frank Beckers, Managing Director, Global Co-Head Project & Capital Advisory (Middle East, Africa & Asia), Deutsche Bank

11:30am - 11:50am Building and Investing in Alternative Energy
Sami Kamel, General Manager, ME & Africa Regional Marketing, General Electric Energy

11:50am - 12:30pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Dr Nasser Saidi, Chief Economist, DIFC Authority (Moderator)

• Masdar*
• Aaron Bielenberg, Senior Associate, Latham & Watkins
• Tom Waterhouse, Joint General Manager, Head of Energy & Natural Resources,
Project Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and IPFA ME London Committee member
• Frank Beckers, Managing Director, Global Co-Head Project & Capital Advisory (Middle East, Africa & Asia), Deutsche Bank

 For more information, please contact Julie Zirngast at jzirngast@ipfa.org or +44 (0)207 831 2222