PANJIM: Goa will host the second edition of one of the most prestigious energy events, India Energy Week (IEW), 2024, between February 6 and 9 at the IPSHEM-ONGC Training Institute, Quitol, Betul.
The global event will be exemplified by the presence of top energy sector policy makers from around the world. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs will headline the event. Petroleum Ministers from Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan and Energy Ministers from Ghana, Djibouti, Sri Lanka and others will be the prominent speakers.
OPEC will be represented by its Secretary General, Haithan Al Ghais.
Chairmen and Managing Directors of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Oil India Ltd(OIL), Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) will speak at various conferences.
Top executives from Reliance Industries, Aramco, ExxonMobil, bp group,Cairn Oil and Gas, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, ABB and others will also attend.
To provide a 360-degree perspective on the global energy scenario, India Energy Week 2024 will feature speakers from regulatory bodies, renewable and alternate fuel associations and companies, policy researchers and consultants.
IEW enjoyed immense success at the debut edition last year, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At IEW 2023, ministers, CEOs and energy leaders acknowledged the resilience in India’s energy sector and its potential as an upcoming demand centre. They also appreciated India’s efforts at charting a roadmap for energy transition while ensuring energy security for its people. The grand scale of IEW 2023 confirmed it as a pre-eminent energy event with nearly 37,000 attendees from 149 countries. Moreover,326 companies participated in exhibitions, and 315 speakers shared their insights in over 80 conference sessions.
Organised by Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry [FIPI] under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, India Energy Week, 2024 will serve as a catalyst for meaningful discussions, knowledge exchange, and collaboration among industry experts, policy makers, academia and entrepreneurs.
IEW 2024 is expected to draw over 35,000 attendees, 350 plus exhibitors, 400 plus speakers and 4,000 plus delegates, from over 100 countries. The event will host extensive array of exhibitors, across the value chain, lending dynamism to the atmosphere.
During IEW 2024, ministerial, leadership, technical sessions and roundtables will explore varied themes like energy transition of the global south, building a future ready energy stack, chartering the roadmap of alternate fuels for energy optionality and impact of localisation, regionalisation and globalisation on energy-related industrialisation and manufacturing processes.
Preparations in Goa with the clock winding down to the designated date, various government departments, including the nodal ministry at the Centre and Goa administration, are working to cover all possible logistical and environmental aspects involved in hosting a mammoth gathering to ensure that the local life remains unaffected.
The Government of Goa has offered to provide 40 electric buses, which would help cut the carbon footprint in ferrying delegates. Further, locations are being identified for disposal of sewage and other disposable waste during the event. The deployment of adequate traffic police personnel has also been planned to ease the pressure on local commuters.
