EIB Regional Forum 2010: “Energy and Transport Diversity: Sustainable Policies, Priorities and Needs”, Warsaw, 23 April 

Of particular interest to EWEC participants will be the energy and finance sessions plus the possibility to meet EIB professionals at the “Client’s Corner”.  With Central and Eastern Europe's energy mix being mostly based on fossil fuels and considering that the primary

energy demand will increase dramatically by 2020, the decision to integrate renewable energy and energy efficient projects into national and regional energy policies is essential.  How can investments into energy efficient and renewable energy technologies be catalysed by the public sector and are the banks in the region able to promote lending to renewable energy projects which use expensive, potentially unproven new technologies? 

Confirmed speakers include Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, both designated European Commissioners in charge of Energy and Transport, Philippe Maystadt, EIB President, Tuomo Hatakka, President of Vattenfall, Zbigniew Jagiełło, Acting President of PKO BP, Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice President of Shell International and Grzegorz Wiśniewski, President of the Institute for Renewable Energies.  

For more information, please visit the conference’s website.