Rebuilding Iraq's power infrastructure
Posted: 2 September 2003
POWER-GEN Middle East's opening strategic conference track on
Monday 13 October will gather high level speakers from Bechtel,
Iraq Electricity Commission, HSBC Investment Bank, International
Power, White & Case LLP and other organizations to address rebuilding
Iraq's power infrastructure.
This conference track at the Abu Dhabi International Exhibitions
Centre will be the first in the region to focus on Iraq's power
needs since the end of the conflict and is believed to be the first
time that high ranking individuals with key responsibility for restoring
and rebuilding power supply in Iraq will meet to publicly discuss
one of the subjects currently dominating news headlines around the
world.
For any company or individual in the power industry considering
being a part of the reconstruction process in Iraq, this conference
session and panel discussion is a must.
Dr Karim Hasan, director general of the Iraq Electricity Commission
and Mr Dean Hagerty, Bechtel's project manager responsible for power
supply in Iraq will be joined by high ranking professionals from
organizations active in Iraq including Dr Ranald Spiers, international
development director of International Power; Mr Mark Lemmon, director
of project and export finance at HBSC Investment Bank's utilities
sector and Mr Alexander Kritzalis, partner at US law firm White
& Case LLP.
This uniquely qualified array of speakers will be able to provide
POWER-GEN Middle East 2003 conference delegates with an appreciation
of Iraq's power requirements, the process under which reconstruction
is being undertaken and the legal and financing issues.
The Iraq Electricity Commission and Bechtel are working together
on a joint programme to increase power generation in Iraq in the
short term and rehabilitate plants to improve power output in the
future.
Over the next decade an estimated US$ 10-15 bn will need to be
invested in the provision of electricity and telecommunications
in the country.
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of
the UAE Armed Forces, POWER-GEN Middle East 2003 is organized by
the General Exhibitions Corporation (GEC) of Abu Dhabi in co-operation
with US multi-media provider PennWell Corporation.
The event is supported and sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Water &
Electricity Authority (ADWEA), the public organization responsible
for implementing the Abu Dhabi government's policy of privatization
of the water and electricity sector.
POWER-GEN Middle East is the definitive conference and exhibition
in the Middle East region focusing on power generation, transmission
& distribution and associated desalination issues.
Onsite registration opens at ADIEC on Sunday 12 October at 08.30
hours and remains open throughout the three days of the event.
The exhibition opens at 10.00 hours on Monday 13 October.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 11.00 hours, and the conference
will start after lunch at 14.00 hours on the same day.
For on-line registration and/or full information about POWER-GEN
Middle East 2003 please visit www.power-gen-middleeast.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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