Abu Dhabi: The Atlantic Council’s second-annual Global Energy Forum will convene in Abu Dhabi on January 12-13, 2018. This premier gathering of government, industry, and thought leaders will set the global energy agenda for the year and anticipate and respond to dramatic changes in the world of energy.

For a second consecutive year, the Forum will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.

Convened in partnership with the Ministry of Energy of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and Mubadala Investment Company, the Forum precedes Abu Dhabi Sustainability week and the World Future Energy Summit.

The 2018 Forum will focus on three key themes: the geopolitics of energy transformation; the electrification of everything; and financing and governance mechanisms for the future energy mix. The Forum will also highlight the important role of women in the energy sector.

Speakers include: H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, United Arab Emirates; H.E. Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia; H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State, United Arab Emirates and Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, United Arab Emirates; H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, Managing Director and Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company; Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer, Eni S.p.A.; and Meg Gentle, President and CEO, Tellurian, Inc.

Forum participants will consider disruptive trends in energy systems and technologies, and examine oil, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy marked developments in the context of major political and security challenges.

WHAT: 2018 Global Energy Forum

DATE: January 12 – January 13, 2018

LOCATION: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (details to be provided upon accreditation)

The event is on-the-record and open to the press. To request accreditation or for additional details, please email GlobalEnergyForum2018@edelman.com by January 4, 2018.

Location and further timing details will be provided upon confirmation of accreditation.

For more information about the 2018 Global Energy Forum, including agenda and speakers, please visit: http://www.acenergyforum.org/  

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