Focus points of the 2nd BGS Solar Summit
Among the confirmed participants
BUSINESS PROGRAM
DAY 1
PLENARY SESSION. TUNISIAN SOLAR MARKET (09:00 - 10:50)
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Topic: Energy Transition in Tunisia |
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Topic: TuNur Project and the Tunisia - Europe export opportunities |
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Arne Schweinfurth |
Topic: Solar Market development in Tunisia The German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) is particularly active in the promotion of renewable energies in the country, with a focus on developing the solar market. It provides advice on appropriate policy frameworks, provides specialist training and takes measures to improve investment conditions. Also, GIZ and Tunisia’s National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) have recently launched the plan Développement du Marché Solaire en Tunisie (DMS), which aims at promoting solar solutions among local small and medium-sized enterprises. |
Coffee-break (10:30 - 11:00)
NORTH AFRICA STREAM (11:00 - 13:15)
WORD FROM GOVERNMENTS (11:00 - 12:15)
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11:00 - 11:20
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Call for tenders for implementation of 4050MW of PV Projects
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11:20 - 11:40
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The national renewable energy program
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11:40 - 12:00
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12:00 - 12:25
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The First Grid-Connected PV System: Libya
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PANEL DISCUSSION: PROJECT FINANCING (12:30 - 13:15)
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Financing renewable energy in North Africa: IFC’s experience
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Project financing in North Africa - financers' perspectives
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EAST AFRICA STREAM (11:00 - 13:15)
WORD FROM GOVERNMENTS (11:00 - 12:15)
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11:00 - 11:25
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Top 3 growth markets in East Africa
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11:25 - 11:50
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Acquiring a suitable PV site in Uganda: Challenges and Opportunities
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11:50 - 12:15
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PANEL DISCUSSION. PROJECT FINANCERS (12:15 - 13:15)
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Customer-centric finance approach that will ensure successful capital absorption and repayment
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Project financing in East Africa
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Lunch (13:15 - 14:10)
CASE STUDY AND BEST TECHNOLOGIES (14:10 - 15:50)
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14:10 - 14:50
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Topic to be confirmed
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15:00 - 15:25
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Avaliable for Sponsors
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15:25 - 15:50
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Avaliable for Sponsors
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CASE STUDY AND BEST TECHNOLOGIES (14:10 - 15:50)
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14:10 - 14:35
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Topic to be confirmed
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14:35 - 15:00
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C&I Solar for E&F Markets
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15:00 - 15:25
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15:25 - 15:50
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Coffee-break (15:50 - 16:20)
O&M AND ASSET MANAGEMENT IN MENA (16:20 - 18:10)
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16:20 - 16:45
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16:45 - 17:10
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2nd Generation 24/7 Solar Tailored to the MENA Region
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17:10 - 17:35
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Asset Management
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17:35 - 18:00
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O&M Bankability and business modelling
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GALA DINNER
DAY 2
PLENARY SESSION. SUPERIOR PRODUCTS AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLAR PROJECTS IN MEA (09:00 - 10:40)
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09:00 - 09:25
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Centralized String Inverter System Design – Benefits and New Concepts
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09:25 - 09:50
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09:50 - 10:15
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10:15 - 10:40
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Avaliable for Sponsors
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Coffee-break (10:40 - 11:10)
MIDDLE EAST STREAM (11:10 - 16:25)
WORD FROM GOVERNMETS (11:10 - 12:30)
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11:10 - 11:30
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Jordan Renewable Energy Investment Program
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11:30 - 11:50
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Promising future for solar energy in Iraq
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11:50 - 12:10
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Energy and Environment in Palestine
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12:10 - 12:30
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PANEL DISCUSSION: PROJECT FINANCING (12:30 - 13:15)
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Keynote speech. A paradigm shift to raise finance for emerging markets - Comprehensive quality assurance measures to achieve investability
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WEST AFRICA STREAM (11:10 - 16:25)
PANEL DISCUSSION: PROJECT FINANCING (11:10 - 12:00)
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Reducing timelines in financing solar projects
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What makes a renewable energy project bankable?
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Africa: reaching Financial Close in troubled times...
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CASE STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY (12:00 - 13:15)
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12:00 - 12:25
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12:25 - 12:50
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12:50 - 13:15
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Avaliable for Sponsors
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Lunch (13:15 - 14:10)
CASE STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY (14:10 - 16:10)
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14:10 - 14:40
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Topic to be confirmed
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14:40 - 15:10
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Topic to be confirmed
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15:10 - 15:40
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Topic to be confirmed
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15:40 - 16:10
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Avaliable for Session Sponsor
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WORD FROM GOVERNMETS (14:10 - 16:15)
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14:10 - 14:35
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Key policy, legal and contractual considerations in solar IPP projects, from project inception to commercial operations
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14:35 - 15:00
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Access to energy and opportunities for renewable energies in Benin
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15:00 - 15:25
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Importance of renewable energy in Mali
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15:25 - 15:50
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Renewable Energy Development Policy and Investment Opportunities in Senegal
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15:50 - 16:15
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Coffee-break (16:10 - 16:40)
AMONG THE CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Khaled Kaddour
Minister of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy, Tunisia
Kevin Sara
CEO
TuNur Ltd.
Gabriel de Lastours
Senior Banker
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Yantren Mahieddine
Acting CEO
Electricity and Gas Engineering Company (CEEG), Algeria
Chahar Boulakhras
Chief Executive Officer
Algeria's Electricity and Renewable Energy Company/SKTM (subsidiary of Sonelgaz)
Robert Pfatischer
Managing Director
Meteocontrol GmbH
Nnaemeka Ewelukwa
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET)
Michel Scheepens
Senior Investment Officer
FMO
Jörg Althaus
Business Field Manager Solar Energy
TÜV Rheinland
Kassim Mohammed Ali Alani
Asst. Director General Planning and Studies Office
Ministry of Electricity, Iraq
David Short
Managing Director
Sustainable Investng Solutions Ltd.
Seth Agbeve Mahu
Deputy Director, Renewable Energy
Ministry of Power, Ghana
Eric Kaleja
Vice President Energy Africa / Asia
KfW - DEG
Ziad Jebril Sabra
Assistant Secretary General
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan
Valerio Pelizzi
Director Asset, EMEA
Canadian Solar
Charlotte Aubin-Kalaidjian
CEO
Greenwish Partners
Matthew Tilleard
Managing Partner
CrossBoundary Energy
Marco Alves
Head of O&M Services
VOLTALIA
Yazid Safir
Regional Representative North Africa
Proparco
Pascal Brancart
Head of Africa
JCM Power
Dominic Mark Mugisha
Program Officer (Power Africa)
Uganda Development Trust | USADF
Fadi Margi
General Manager – Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Izzat Marji Group
Sebastian Noethlichs
CEO
Nvision.Energy
Moussa Amadou Seck
Technical Director for Projects and Programs
National Renewable Energies Agency (ANER), Senegal
Vahid Fotuhi
Managing Director, Project Origination
Access Power
Bjørnar Baugerud
Investment Director
Norfund
Hesham Elmagouz
Manager of Renewable Energies in West of Libya
General Electricity Company Of Libya
Ahmed Zakaria
Project Engineer and Business Developer
Enerparc
Ali Zerouali
Director of Cooperation and Partnership
MASEN
Amin Vaghei
Global Business Development Manager
Iran Power & Water Equipment & Services Export Company (SUNIR)
Assan T. Flinso
Director of New & Renewable Energy
General Direction of Energy, Benin
Aurélien Boyer
Senior Investment Officer
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Boualem Benelfoul
Key Account Manager MENA
Kaco new energy GmbH
Bruce Norman Anderson
CEO
247Solar Inc.
Damien Ricordeau
CEO & Founder
FINERGREEN
Dario Danelutti
Managing Director
Allianz Climate Solutions GmbH
Ennis Rimawi
Managing Director
Catalyst MENA Clean Energy Fund
Frank Neil Yiga
CEO
Anuel Energy Uganda
Gouled Mohamed
Director of Energy
Ministry of Energy in charge of Natural Resources, Djibouti
Henner Funk
Director Technical Sales
REFU Elektronik GmbH
JaCo Venter
CEO
Zeroth Energy
Mohammad Makhlouf
CEO
Sunprism
Soichiro Nakamura
President
Looop Inc.
Souleymane Berthe
Director General
Renewable Energies Agency of Mali
Learn how our event will help your business grow
Closed-door format
- 200 senior-level attendees;
- Perfect mix of stakeholders (policy makers, financiers, investors, developers, EPCs, OEMs etc.);
- Easy and efficient networking
- Perfect mix of stakeholders (policy makers, financiers, investors, developers, EPCs, OEMs etc.);
- Easy and efficient networking
Focus-Exhibition Area
- 30 roll-up stands max;
- Minimum efforts from your side – we print and install your stand while you only prepare the draft;
- Coffee-break zone, networking zone – all combined.
- Minimum efforts from your side – we print and install your stand while you only prepare the draft;
- Coffee-break zone, networking zone – all combined.
B2B-meetings services
- You select the people you want to meet;
- We introduce them to you during the event (and we guarantee it!);
- You get new leads!
- We introduce them to you during the event (and we guarantee it!);
- You get new leads!
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