Lead Organizer:
Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Partners:
Ministry for Energy and the Environment of Morocco, IRENA

Panelists / speaker:
Mr. Peter Altmaier – Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety of Germany
Mr. Fouad Douiri – Minister for Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of the Kingdom
of Morocco
Mr. Adnan Amin – Director General of the International Renewable Energy
Agency (IRENA)
Dr. Theodor Scheidegger – CEO Siemens Energy Division Solar & Hydro

Moderator:
Mr. Mohamed El-Ashry – Chairman REN 21, UN Foundation

Short description
Ministers Altmaier (GER) and Douiri (MAR), IRENA DG Amin and Siemens Solar&Hydro CEO Scheidegger will discuss opportunities, benefits and challenges of accelerating renewable energy deployment and the need for international and regional cooperation.