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Partnership opportunities at the GREAT Energy Summit in Prague

The Czech Republic summit offers the opportunity for companies from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the UK to discuss cooperation.

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The GREAT Energy Summit in Prague will take place 22-23 October

The GREAT Energy Summit in Prague will take place 22-23 October

Energy experts from across Europe will meet next month to outline the latest trends in the energy sector and discuss mutual business cooperation. The GREAT Energy Summit in Prague will take place 22 to 23 October 2014 at the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague.

Jonathan Allen, British Ambassador to Bulgaria says,

Great Britain sees the CEE region as one of the key regions for the development of mutual cooperation. Energy opportunities are the largest high value opportunities of any sector in CEE.

Register to attend at the GREAT Energy Summit website.

The summit will bring together those responsible for CEE energy investment programmes and the British companies that can provide them with the solutions they need.

Energy opportunities in CEE

There are major opportunities for UK companies in:

  • power generation
  • oil and gas
  • nuclear
  • alternative energy
  • electricity transmission
  • energy efficiency

GREAT Energy Summit

Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), will be the main guest at the summit. The 2 day summit will include:

  • a plenary session involving keynote speakers
  • a panel discussion
  • thematic roundtables
  • one-to-one meetings
  • a business networking event

Other speakers include:

  • Jan Mladek, the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade
  • Jonathan Allen, the British Ambassador to Bulgaria
  • Tom Jones, Vice President of AMEC
Published 23 September 2014