“Industry is eager to engage, question, find solutions and close deals”
Three exciting days of live conference sessions, technical presentations, networking opportunities and an exclusive Utility CEO Forum will form part of the programme of the upcoming Virtual Future Energy East Africa from 1-3 September 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of this long running
regional conference and exhibition have decided to cancel the live event that was
scheduled to take place from 1-2 September in Nairobi. However, the event will
proceed with a fully-fledged programme online. This will be the 22nd edition of
Future Energy
East Africa.
“While Africa is currently still dealing with a rising curve in Coronavirus
infections,” says managing director David Ashdown, “it is now more important
than ever for the utility and energy industry to gather and share information,
best practice and, most critically, continue doing business. It is key to
address the sector’s current COVID-19 challenges, but also to get ready for
post-COVID realities. Just as technology has played an enormous role in keeping
a lot of businesses going with lockdown restrictions, including the event
sector, as well as in the fight against the pandemic, it will also play a
crucial role in the post-pandemic era.”
Seamlessly running online event
“Last month, we organised a hugely successful Virtual
African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa after postponing
the live event in Cape Town to November. We were the first in the sector to
pull this off and the attendee numbers and level of engagement speak for
themselves, 3,642 registrations and 7,015 matchmaking recommendations, showing
clearly that that the industry is eager to engage, ask questions, find
solutions and close deals.”
He adds: “our media division has been organising webinars for years and we were
able to partner with them and seamlessly run the event online, managing to
deliver a meaningful audience on a digital platform. As event organisers we
have also heeded the attendees’ feedback and the upcoming Virtual Future Energy
East Africa will be even more interactive and the content will be of interest
to the sector’s full value chain, from utilities and regulators to project developers
and technology and service providers.”
Virtual Future Energy East Africa will take place during the same week as the originally scheduled live event, but instead of two days, will run a three-day programme from 1-3 September.
Highlights of Virtual Future Energy East Africa will include:
- Conference: 1-3 Sep
2020
– Keynote
– Country focus roundtables
- Utility CEO Forum: 2-3 Sep
2020
- Matchmaking: 1-3 Sep 2020
– Throughout the three-day event programme
- Training sessions: 1-3 Sep 2020
Value added exposure
“The Virtual Future Energy East Africa will provide a mix of
free and premium sessions,” David Ashdown explains, “ensuring that all levels
of attendee can get the most value from in-depth content. It is our way to
offer both our long time partners and friends as well as new acquaintances the
opportunity to stay connected. For those industry leaders who want to join us
in a commercial capacity for extra exposure to this fast growing regional
energy market, we also have some exciting opportunities available to add value
to their
participation.”
Multi-award winning events
Future Energy East Africa is organised by Clarion Events Africa, a multi-award-winning Cape
Town-based exhibition and conference producer across the continent in the
infrastructure, energy and mining sectors. Other well-known events include
African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, Future Energy Nigeria, Nigeria Mining
Week, East & Central Africa Mining Forum and DRC Mining Week. Clarion
Events Africa is part of the UK-based Clarion Events Group’s Clarion
Energy Series, which runs over 40 events that cover the oil, gas, power
and energy sectors, making it one of the group’s largest portfolios.