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Moderator: Shilpa Patel, Independent Consultant, Principal Advisor of the Climate Finance and the Private Sector Initiative at World Resources Institute

• Paddy Padmanathan, CEO, ACWA Power
• George Peristeris, CEO, GEK Terna Group
• Santiago Seage, CEO, Abengoa Solar
• Francesco Starace, CEO, Enel Green Power
• Hans Bünting, CEO, RWE Innogy
• Mike Winkel, CEO, E.ON Climate & Renewables

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Moderator: Shilpa Patel 

• Mamia Elbanna, Minister of Environment, Tunisia
• Ursula Heinen-Esser, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany  
• George Pullicino, Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, Malta
• Fatallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
• H.E. Khalid M. Al-Sulaiman, Vice President for Renewable Energy at King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE), Saudi Arabia
• Giorgio Novello, Diplomatic Counselor at the Ministry for Economic Development, Italy
• Stefan Kapferer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany

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Moderator: Shilpa Patel
Introductory Speech: Florian Zickfeld, Director Power Systems, Dii

• Pantelis Capros, National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Energy Economy Environment Modelling Lab
• Matteo Codazzi, Chief Executive Officer, CESI
• Tareq Emtairah, Executive Director, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), Egypt
• Sven Teske, Director Renewable Energy Campaign, Greenpeace International
• Sir Graham Watson MEP, Chairman, Climate Parliament, President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) 

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Moderator: Shilpa Patel
Introductory speech: Philipp Godron, Director Regulatory Concept, Dii

• Eriks Atvars, Global Head Power and Environment Project & Commodity Finance, UniCredit
• Hans-Josef Fell, Member of the German Parliament, Spokesman on Energy for the Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group
• Manfred Konukiewitz, Deputy Director General, Global and Sectoral Affairs; Latin America and Africa, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Riccardo Puliti, Managing Director Head of Energy and Natural Resources, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (EBRD)
• Jonathan Walters, Director, Regional Programs and Partnerships, MENA, World Bank
• Luis Jesus Sanchez de Tembleque, Chair of the Environment, Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency Ad-Hoc Group, Association of Mediterranean Regulators for Electricity and Gas (MEDREG)

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Moderator: Shilpa Patel

• Michael Köhler, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Oettinger, European Commission
• Noureddine Boutarfa, CEO, Sonelgaz, representing Youcef Yousfi, Minister of Energy and Mines, Algeria
• Abderrahim El Hafidi, Director of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy Mines, Water and Environment, Kingdom of Morocco

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Moderator: Driss Benhima, CEO, Royal Air Maroc
Introductory speech: Thorsten Marquardt, Director Public Affairs, Dii 

• Mustapha Bakkoury, CEO, Morroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN)
• Abderrahim El Hafidi, Director of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy Mines, Water and Environment, Kingdom of Morocco 
• Olaf Heil, Director Hydro & Solar, RWE Innogy
• Ahmed Nakkouch, Chairman & CEO, Nareva Holding
• Wolfgang Reuß, Director for North Africa and the Middle East, KfW Development Bank
• Martin Schöpe, Head of Division, International Affairs of Energy and Environment, 

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Moderator: Abdelaziz Rassaa, former Minister of Industry and Technology, Tunisia
Introductory speech: Alexander Rietz, Finance and Technology Specialist, Dii

• Noureddine Boutarfa, CEO, Sonelgaz
• Michelangelo Celozzi, Secretary General MedTSO
• Jonathan Walters, Director, Regional Programs and Partnerships, MENA, World Bank
• Martin Moser, Managing Director, Leoni
• Till Stenzel, CEO, TuNur Ltd.
• Khaled Mokni, Advisor to the Tunisian Government

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Moderator: Albrecht Kaupp, Senior Advisor, Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation  and Nuclear Safety, Germany

• Giuseppe de Beni, CEO, Italgen
• Jamila Matar, Head of Energy Department, League of Arab States 
• Ziad Jebril Sabra, Director of Renewable Energy Department Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Amman, Jordan
• David Wortmann, Director of Strategic Planning – Europe, First Solar
• Nikolaus Benz, Managing Director, Schott Solar CSP
• Bander Allaf, Senior Business Development Manager, ACWA Power
• Linus Mofor, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

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Moderator: Paul van Son, Chairman

• Hans-Josef Fell, Member of the German Parliament, Alliance 90/ The Greens
• Rolf Hempelmann, Member of the German Parliament, Chairman of the Working Group on Energy of the SPD Parliamentary Group
• Michael Kauch, Member of the German Parliament, Environmental Spokesman of the FDP Parliamentary Group
• Dorothée Menzner, Member of the German Parliament, spokeswoman on Energy of the Left Party Parliamentary Group
• Christian Ruck, Member of the German Parliament, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

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Moderator: Maritta Koch-Weser, Founder and President Earth3000 

• Steffen Erdle, Senior Advisor – Energy Division, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
• Najib Saab, Secretary General of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development
• Mouldi Miled, Executive Director, Desertec University Network

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Moderator: Gernot Klepper, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

• Stephan Auer, Commissioner for Globalization, Energy and Climate Policy, Federal Foreign Office, Germany 
• Claudia Assmann, Economics and Trade Branch, UN Environment Programme
• Max Schön, Director, 2° Foundation - German CEO for climate protection and chairman of the advisory board, DESERTEC Foundation
• Michael Geyer, Director International Business Development, Abengoa Solar
• Benoit Richard, Director of Strategy and Business Development, Saint-Gobain Solar
• Georg Brakmann, Spokesman, German Solarthermal Energy Association

• Paul van Son, Chairman
• Mouldi Miled, Executive Director, Desertec University Network
• Silvia Kreibiehl, Vice President, Deutsche Bank, Group Sustainability – Sustainable Business Development

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