The 2013 Doha Carbon & Energy Forum will be held from November 11 to 13, it was announced yesterday.
DCEF is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation; HE the Minister of Energy & Industry, Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, who will deliver the opening address; Faisal al-Suwaidi, president (research and development) at Qatar Foundation and Sara Ortwein, president, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company.
The forum will confirm Qatar’s position as a centre of innovation and leadership in addressing opportunities in energy efficiency, climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and solar energy as ways to mitigate greenhouse gases.
DCEF has grown in stature from inception in 2010, by establishing a platform for industry-wide partnerships to explore and discuss technological solutions in the field of energy, the role that alternative technologies will play in meeting the challenges of climate change, global energy demand and the potential of alternative energy as crucial carbon mitigation technology.
Organised jointly by Qatar Foundation, Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Qatar, DCEF will see a select panel of experts discuss energy and greenhouse gas challenges facing Qatar and the wider region. Discussions will fall under three topics: reviewing state-of-the-art scientific research and development; policies and regulation; and practical industrial applications to mitigate and adapt to the risks of climate change in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy 2011-2016.
DCEF will focus on four areas vis-a’-vis energy efficiency, solar energy, CCS and climate change. One of DCEF’s objectives is to create a community and network of experts in the above areas, to build self-sustaining momentum through to the next DCEF in 2015. During the 2013 forum, a minimum of two projects will be identified that have the potential be carried forward and developed to be presented at DCEF 2015.
Saif al-Naimi, DCEF Steering Committee chair and Qatar Petroleum director (HSE regulations & enforcement directorate) said, “Qatar has already demonstrated to the world that it is contributing to solving the challenges posed by climate change. This year’s DCEF will bring together participants from global academia and industry to debate and explore practical ways to advance research and development, discuss policy and regulation frameworks, and industrial applications in the fields of energy efficiency, solar energy, carbon capture and storage, and climate change.”