Under the Patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the U.A.E. Armed Forces Hosted by
A WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT EVENT
Strategic Partner
Strategic Sponsor
15-18 JANUARY 2018 A B U D H A B I N AT I O N A L E X H I B I T I O N C E N T R E
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Part of
Co-located with
ADVANCING SOLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Organised by
Breaking Records Breaking Business
SOLAR EXPO 2017
Fast Facts
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region tendered 4GW of solar projects in 2016 - and experts forecast that the industry is set for continued growth as MENA region looks for clean, reliable and cost-effective energy solutions. “Solar power will dominate world energy - Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA)
supply
in
just
15
years”
Solar Expo held its second annual edition alongside the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in January 2017, providing a dedicated platform for the solar industry that brings together manufacturers and distributors from around the world.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS ❙ Solar Expo Village
30,000+ ATTENDEES from over
175
countries
3,500
ADSW OPENING CEREMONY ATTENDEES
1,200+ CONFERENCE DELEGATES IN WFES
14
INTERNATIONAL PAVILIONS
178
EXHIBITING COMPANIES from
23
countries
15
GLOBAL EVENTS & 1 PUBLIC FESTIVAL
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New Technology Solar Solutions
SOLAR EXPO 2017
Exhibition
Solar power is changing how we generate, store and use energy. Despite the volatility in oil prices in the past two years, efforts are continuing worldwide to resolve technological issues and help solar play an even bigger role in the global energy mix. The Solar Expo 2018 will be the definitive place for industry professionals to see the latest solar innovations.
86%
of exhibitors were satisfied with Solar Expo 2017.
68%
of exhibitors are likely to exhibit again next year.
73%
of exhibitors are likely to recommend the event to a friend or colleague in the industry.
Source: GRS Explori
SOLAR EXPO HAS YOUR MARKET COVERED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙
Consumer Products EPC Contracting/Project Development Maintenance Repair and Operations of Solar Power Systems Consulting Services
❙ ❙ ❙ ❙
Power Plants Stand-Alone Systems Photovoltaic Cells Modules & Thin Film
SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES ❙ Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) ❙ Consulting Services, Engineering & Design ❙ Solar Thermal Power Plants
❙ Smart Grids, Smart Grid Technologies ❙ Grid Management, Infrastructure, Optimisation ❙ Inverters
ENERGY STORAGE - NEW FOCUS IN 2018 ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙
Batteries & Battery Packs Battery Management Systems Chargers & Charging Technologies Energy Auditing & Energy Management
❙ Flow Batteries ❙ Fuel Cells ❙ Monitoring Measurement & Control Technology
PHOTOVOLTAIC COMPONENTS ❙ Cables ❙ Connectors
❙ Junction Boxes ❙ Tracking System
❙ Mounting Systems ❙ Installation Aids
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2017 Exhibiting Companies Included
SOLAR EXPO 2017
Exhibitors
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New Technology Solar Solutions 98%
98%
of visitors were satisfied with Solar of visitors are likely to attend again next year. Expo 2017.
SOLAR EXPO 2017
Visitors
84%
97%
of visitors are likely to of visitors say it is important to recommend the event to a friend attend the event for their or colleague in the industry. business/organisation.
Source: GRS Explori
COMPANY ACTIVITY
26% 35%
❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙
Engineering Procurement & Construction Engineering Manufacturing Consultancy/Contracting Distribution/Trade/Business Steel Factories
❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙
Architecture Real Estate Developers Renewable Energy Power Developers Urban Planning & Design Building Materials
4%
❙ Power Generation ❙ Nuclear Energy Products and/or Distribution
15%
❙ Utilities ❙ Industrialists ❙ Inter-Governmental Organisation
17%
❙ Finance/Banking ❙ Asset Management ❙ Venture Capitalists
3%
CEO / President / Chairman Executive Management Owner / Partner / Proprietor 3 Senior Management Head VP / Director / Department Head Other C-Level Professional
28%
❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙
18%
❙ Architect ❙ Designer ❙ Engineer
8% 20% 7%
❙ Analyst ❙ Consultant
❙ Manager / Supervisor ❙ Programme / Project Manager ❙ Technical / Business Specialist
❙ Academic
❙ Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
TOP COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY ATTENDEES
71 countries were
represented at Solar Expo 2017
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JOB POSITION
Kuwait Germany
United States Nigeria
Pakistan Egypt
Jordan
UAE France
Oman
United Kingdom
India
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
China
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Solar Expo Village 2017
SOLAR EXPO 2017
Theatre
The Solar Expo Village created the ideal meeting place for project specialists, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, exhibitors, solution providers and thought leaders. The Solar Expo Village provided a collaborative theatre atmosphere where the experts reviewed the latest international projects and discussed new business ideas.
Speakers at the Solar Expo Village Kostas Daniilidis Managing Director - Survey Digital
Care Guan
Dr. Hashim Al-Zain Business Development Specialist, Industry Engagement & Partnership OfďŹ ce Innovation & Economic Development - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Krzysztof Myslinski
Middle East & Africa Regional Account Manager / Huawei Smart PV Plant Sales & Service Dept - Huawei Technologies Jesus Prado
Global Sales Manager - NEXTracker Kristina Sendzik
Executive Manager, BD & PM - Grundfos Gulf Distribution
Senior Vice President Business Development - ENGIE Middle East, South & Central Asia, Turkey
Doug Kiesewetter
Laurent Longuet
Chairman - Carpe Solar
Director - SirajPower
Martin Mitscher
Director International Sales and Business Development
Joseph Abinader
- Array Technologies, Inc.
Business Development Manager – Solar Energy MENA - TUV Rheinland
Mark Kingsley CEO - Alion Energy
Martin Saunier-Plumaz
Dipl. Eng. Florian Reil Business Field Manager - Solar Energy TUV Rheinland
Business Development Manager Middle-East - Sunna Design
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SOLAR EXPO 2017
SBC
Take advantage of Sustainability Business Connect (SBC), a tailored networking programme designed to bring buyers and sellers together to do business at Solar Expo. During Solar Expo 2017 and its co-located events, 8,600 meetings were organised through the online digital platform between exhibitors and 1,735 registered buyers, enabling new business opportunities with strong representation of key government ministries and authorities from across the MENA region.
80%
of exhibitors were satisfied with the quantity of buyers
89%
of exhibitors saw value in the digital matchmaking platform
78%
of exhibitors were satisfied with the number of meetings
Exhibitors who used the digital matchmaking platform had 10% more return in investment compared to those who didn’t. Source: GRS Explori
Key decision makers convened to WFES from across the Middle East and Africa region including United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Egypt, India, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Bahrain.
Buyers at Solar Expo 2017 BAHRAIN Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) • Power and Utilities Engineer
JORDAN Babel Contracting Company • Renewable Energy Director Electricity Distribution Company - EDCO • Renewable Energy Manager Energy & Minerals Regulatory Commission • Director of Electricity and Renewable Energy
SOLAR EXPO
EGYPT Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) • IPP Studies Engineer Enara Capital Limited • Chief Executive Officer Solar Masr • Managing Director SolarizEgypt • Technical Engineer Spark Renewable • Chief Operation Officer
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Buyers at Solar Expo 2017 INDIA
SOLAR EXPO 2017
SBC QATAR
Glentec Engineering Services • General Manager
Green Gulf Inc. • Project Engineer
IndusAssist – Engineers, Contractors & Consultants • Director of Operations
Nebras Power • Chief Executive Officer
Noida Power Company Limited • Deputy Manager - Power Procurement
Qatar Design Consortium - QDC • Proposals & Contracts Engineer
Ujaas Energy Limited • Deputy General Manager Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited - UHBVN • Director & Executive Engineer
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Al Nasser Water & Power • Executive Director Holy Makkah Municipality • Assistant Secretary of Mayor & Manager - Renewable Energy Development Saudi Aramco • Maintenance Engineer Saudi Electricity Company • Executive Director
KUWAIT Kuwait Oil Company • Projects Engineer • Life Energy • Projects Development Officer - International
MOROCCO Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy - MASEN • Project Manager Office National de l’Electricité - ONE • Director - Procurement
OMAN Arkan Majan Mumayaza Trad. & Cont. LLC • Quantity Surveyor
Qatar Electricity and Water Company - QEWC • Business Development Director • General Manager and Managing Director
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd (GASCO) • Senior Production Engineer • Chemist • Production Accountant • Senior Planning Engineer • Planning Engineer • Environmental Engineer Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Limited (ADGAS) • Senior Energy Engineer Abu Dhabi National Cement Factory • General Manager - Operations ADNOC Linde Industrial Gases - Elixier • Senior Production Engineer AESG Green Building Consultant • Division Manager, Energy Efficiency Al Ain Distribution Company (AADC) • Senior Project Engineer Dubai Municipality • Procurement and Contracts Officer Dubai World Central - Dubai South • Mechnical Engineer- District Cooling Manager Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) • Chief Energy Officer • Senior Sustainability Specialist Galaxy Trading • Head of Sourcing National Drilling Company (NDC) • Senior HSE Engineer
OVAL Engineering LLC • Project Coordination
PAKISTAN Welt Konnect (Put) Ltd. • Director of Operations
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Mark Your Calendar. Reserve Your Spot. The Solar Expo 2018 will deliver opportunities to build stronger networks with a highly influential audience of investors, partners, government officials and buyers. FOR EXHIBITION SPACE BOOKING AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOLAR EXPO TEAM GROUP EVENT DIRECTOR Naji El Haddad T: +971 2 409 0499 naji.haddad@reedexpo.ae
GROUP SALES DIRECTOR Claude Talj T:+971 2 409 0409 M:+971 50 452 8168 claude.talj@reedexpo.ae
SALES MANAGER Rajveer Singh T: +971 2 409 0444 M: +971 50 616 8926 rajveer.singh@reedexpo.ae
INTERNATIONAL SALES EXECUTIVE Carla Fadel T: + 971 2 409 0301 M: +971 50 653 1940 carla.fadel@reedexpo.ae
SHOW ADMIN & CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Marites Dominguez T:+971 2 409 0423 marites.dominguez@reedexpo.ae
GOVERNMENT AND BUYERS RELATIONS MANAGER May Ismail T: +971 2 491 7615 M: +971 50 526 6736 mai.ismail@reedexpo.ae
ASSISTANT DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Mariam Sabra T: +971 2 409 0300 mariam.sabra@reedexpo.ae
MARKETING - MEDIA RELATIONS Afrina Nasrin T: +971 2 4090387 afrina.nasrin@reedexpo.ae
INTERNATIONAL SALES NETWORK CHINA ASIA RESOURCE EXPO Amanda Hu +86 135 6710 6572 feng2263@gmail.com
BELGIUM & FRANCE Alexandre Graziani +33 1 79 71 93 20 agraziani@reed-export.fr
BRAZIL Marcelo Vitali +55 11 3266 3631 marcelo@orbiz.com.br
GERMANY & AUSTRIA Christina Iu +49 211 55 628 539 christina.iu@reedexpo.de
HUNGARY & BALKAN Tibor Fazakas +36 30 714 24 52 office@expogroup.hu
INDIA Akhil Jajoo +91 99202 60800 akhiljajoo@ibcgroup.co.in
ITALY Emma Luca +39 02 4351 7049 luca.emma@reedexpo.it
JAPAN Keiko Itai +81 3 6261 2996 itaik@reedexpo.co.jp
NETHERLANDS Nadine Grotendorst +31 6 22 97 02 65 ngrotendorst@reed-export.fr
NIGERIA Dr. Afolabi Otitoju +2348166140100 afolabiotitoju@yahoo.com
RUSSIA Jerome Piegay +7 916 37 937 26 jeromepiegay@yahoo.fr
SOUTH AFRICA Annalize Van Zyl +27 82 458 4229 annalize@annalizevanzyl.co.za
SOUTH KOREA YK Shin +821022598919 ykshin@kfairs.com
SPAIN Víctor M. Dorado +34 606 547 314 vdorado@expertrade.biz
SWITZERLAND Viviane Mor +41 43 288 18 84/88 v.mor@t-link.ch
TAIWAN April Hung +886 2 2598 2630 ext.111 april_hung@wesexpo.com.tw
TURKEY Betul Oktuay +90 212 867 1244 betuloktuay@reedtuyap.com.tr
TUNISIA/MOROCCO/ALGERIA Mohamed Zouheir +21 652715905 medzouheirjebali@gmail.com
UK Jack Hassall +44 20 8910 7089 jack.hassall@reedexpo.co.uk
USA Greg Ahneman +1 203 840 5870 gahneman@reedexpo.com
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