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Vienna Energy Forum 2021

External event
Start
All day
05 Jul 2021
End
All day
07 Jul 2021
Location
Virtual
Website
Event website

The Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) 2021 is designed to facilitate a multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary dialogue on sustainable energy for inclusive development and productive capacities. Guided by the motto “Where Action Meets Ambition” and designed as the first virtual VEF, the 2021 edition will include a Youth Day on 5 July 2021, followed by the VEF on 6 and 7 July 2021.

The sessions will delve into key priorities, showcase projects, and highlight the action-oriented steps required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, helping to forge an inclusive pathway that leaves no one behind as we work to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Join SEfor ALL at our Virtual Booth and for the following events:

5 July, 16:00 CET: Panel discussion – Enabling Environment

  • Moderator: Mr. Olubunmi Olajide, Founder & Host, The Energy Talk
  • Ms. Sherry Kennedy, Director of Communications, SEforALL
  • Ms. Ujunwa Ojemeni, PFAN Advisor, PFAN
  • Mr. Kakembo Galabuzi Brian, Founder and Executive Director, Weye Clean Energy 
  • Mr. Jari Aaltonen, Manager of the Barbados CleanTech Cluster

6 July, 10:00 CET: High-level thematic plenary – Accelerating Action

Panel 1 – Energy Goals by 2030

  • Moderator: Ms. Sarah Kelly, Conference Host
  • Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
  • Mr. Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (RBPPS)
  • H.E. Mr. Alok Sharma MP, President, COP26, UK (TBC)

7 July, 16:00 CET: Closing remarks

  • Ms. Sarah Kelly, Conference Host
  • Mr. Li Yong, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • Mr. Heinz Habertheuer, Interim Managing Director, Austrian Development Agency 
  • Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, and Chair, UN Sustainable Development Group
  • Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy