IICEC 4th International Energy Forum

10 May 2013, Conrad Hotel

Istanbul, Turkey

IICEC 4th INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM

“TOWARDS A NEW GLOBAL ENERGY LANDSCAPE: WHAT ROLE FOR TURKEY?”

We held IICEC 4^th International Energy Forum on May 10, 2013, with the participation of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah GÜL; Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey, Taner YILDIZ and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ali AL NAIMI, and a number of distinguished speakers from the energy industry and international organizations, who direct their respective regional and global strategies with their ideas.

Distinguished speakers from the energy industry and international organizations included Deputy State Secretary of Denmark, Hans Jorgen KOCH; Ambassador of Australia to Turkey, Ian BIGGS; International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Economist, Dr. Fatih BİROL; Director General of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Adnan AMIN; Vice President of International Finance Corporation (IFC) World Bank, Dimitris TSITSIRAGOS; Sabancı Holding Energy Group President, Selahattin HAKMAN; EDISON S.p.A. CEO, Bruno LESCOEUR; TAQA CEO, Carl SHELDON; OMV CEO, Dr. Gerhard ROISS; E.ON SE CEO, Dr. Johannes TEYSSEN; SIEMENS CEO, Dr. Michael SUESS; ALSTOM Thermal Power CEO, Philippe COCHET;  President of Sabancı University, Prof. Dr. Nihat BERKER; Executive Vice President of Government Relations Int. Shell International BV., John CROCKER; Managing Director for Corporate Strategy and Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, EBRD, Dr. Josue TANAKA; Senior Policy Fellow, Imperial College, London, Neil HIRST; Energy Sector Manager Europe and Central Asia, World Bank, Ranjit LAMECH and Director of European Energy Strategy, CITIGROUP, Seth KLEINMAN. The Forum was a tremendous success in the development of policy recommendations on energy and climate, and received brilliant feedback.