Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Dr Fatih Birol has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency since 2015. Under his leadership, the IEA has moved to the forefront of global efforts to reach international climate goals while ensuring that the social and economic impacts of clean energy transitions are at the heart of policy-making and energy security is safeguarded.
After taking office, Dr Birol led the IEA in its first comprehensive modernisation programme since its creation in 1974. These efforts focused on “opening the doors” of the IEA to major emerging economies including Brazil, China, India and South Africa; making the IEA the global hub for clean energy transitions; and broadening the IEA’s energy security focus beyond oil to also cover electricity, natural gas, renewables and the critical minerals needed in many of today’s clean energy technologies. With new governments joining the IEA, under his tenure the Agency’s share of global energy demand has risen from 40% to 75%.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Fatih Birol
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Fatih Birol
9:30 am-11:30 am
Adlon Ballroom
Opening Plenary
Speakers
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Honorable Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister of Energy, Ghana
Adwoa Etsiwaa Sey
Chairperson, Ghana Alliance for Clean Cooking
H.E. Ingrid Mollestad
Ambassador to Ghana, Government of Norway
Honorable Virginia E. Palmer
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana
Carla Montesi
Director, European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships
Katja Lasseur
Deputy Ambassador, Government of Netherlands
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Vincent Wierda
IDE Energy Lead, UNCDF
Ashvin Dayal
Senior Vice President, Power & Climate and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, The Rockefeller Foundation
Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO, Sustainable Energy for All
Kandeh Yumkella
Founder & CEO, The Energy Nexus Network
Leela Hazzah
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Lion Guardians
Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi
Presidential Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Executive Office of the President, Ghana
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Fatih Birol
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Fatih Birol
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Fatih Birol
Sessions by Fatih Birol
Sessions by Fatih Birol
9:30 am-11:30 am
Adlon Ballroom
Opening Plenary
Speakers
Dymphna van der Lans
CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance
H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana
Honorable Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister of Energy, Ghana
Adwoa Etsiwaa Sey
Chairperson, Ghana Alliance for Clean Cooking
H.E. Ingrid Mollestad
Ambassador to Ghana, Government of Norway
Honorable Virginia E. Palmer
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana
Carla Montesi
Director, European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships
Katja Lasseur
Deputy Ambassador, Government of Netherlands
Gabriela Elizondo Azuela
Practice Manager, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
Vincent Wierda
IDE Energy Lead, UNCDF
Ashvin Dayal
Senior Vice President, Power & Climate and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, The Rockefeller Foundation
Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO, Sustainable Energy for All
Kandeh Yumkella
Founder & CEO, The Energy Nexus Network
Leela Hazzah
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Lion Guardians
Dr. Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi
Presidential Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Executive Office of the President, Ghana
Shirley McAlpine
Founder, Shirley McAlpine & Associates