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About the event | What do we know about Nigeria? | Schedule of events | Who you will meet?
About the event
Power generation and access to gas will be discussed. David Ige, the Gas Master plan lead in Nigeria for NNPC, should present a paper as well as Mahama Kappiah from ECREEE. They would have to share the renewable energy potential and projects in the West African region. By the time WAPIC comes around next year, the Nigeria power sector assets should have all been sold and the names of the new company owners will be available. These are the companies that will be our new delegate audience and speakers depending on what they are doing and showcasing any successes they have.
WAPIC will look at Nigerian PPP Network, currently engaged in developing a modern PPP law, a reference manual for Nigerians from all the states. Nigeria is the champion for the African PPP network. They are currently working with the Governor’s forum to get across the country and looking at all industry sectors as well. River State was the first state to pass PPP laws.
Access to finance and developing the investment environment is a must for the main conference and pre-conference day. This was the most well attended pre-conference day and remains the major bottleneck in the development of the industry. IFC, World Bank and all the multilateral donors would be great to get on board for this session. This continues the dialogue between the financiers, policy makers and utility/project developers to increase cash flow into the sector.
WAPIC goes to Nigeria ’s vibrant industrial and commercial capital of Lagos in 2012. With the urgent need to engage the industrial community, Nigeria has oil, manufacturing, food & beverage and plastics industries adversely affected by power shortages and the less that efficient electricity power sector in Nigeria.
WAPIC will bring with it the rest of the region’s power sector players, international consultants and experts, project developers and investors and the financial community all under one roof!
What do we know about Nigeria?
Nigeria’s current electricity power output is about 4,000 Megawatts. To bring electricity power to its 150 million people, Nigeria has plans to expand electricity output to 14,000 MW by 2013 and 40,000 MW by 2020. This will need $3.5bn per annum for the next 10 years.
With all this activity going on in Nigeria – we are delighted to be taking WAPIC delegates there in 2012 to help Nigeria to address its power sector challenges and bring further expertise, investment and power sector solutions into the country.
The schedule of events is as below.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
With a key focus on Large Power Users; Renewable Enerergy; Investment Environment such as investment climates, economic elements (sound and stable economic policy and good management of the economy),
an enabling legal and regulatory environment, fair competition and physical infrastructure, social elements such as entrepreneurial culture, education training and lifelong learning; Generation Mix Session; and a special focus on Water Utilities West Africa.
We have some exciting content for 2012 to address the issues you told us you were struggling with:
- Pre-conference workshops and main conference : Access to finance and developing the investment environment in Nigeria / interest rates, inadequate supply of infrastructure, corruption in the running of everyday business.
- "Tariffs" was a huge topic as well and government concessions around PPAs.
- PPP Network, currently engaged in developing a modern PPP law, a reference manual for Nigerians from all the states.
- Closing session on PPPs for Water and Power,
shall look at what needs to be done to unleash PPPs.
WAPIC 2012 is your must attend event if you want to meet with key power sector stakeholders in West Africa.
Who you will meet?
Utilities:
CEOs, transmission, distribution and generation managers, regulators, plant managers, metering specialists, engineers, planning and technical directors, market operations directors, financial officers
Financial Donors:
project co-ordinators, investment officers, regional and country directors, rural electrification funds
IPPs:
managing directors, project directors, operations managers
Geothermal: power plant manager, technical directors, geological specialists, geothermal project engineers, energy and mineral resource engineers
Stakeholders: Government representatives, ministers, economic officers, privatisation organisations
Deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday, 30 March 2012
For more information about submiting your abstract contact Michelle Fanus d: (+44) 7817 701 413 | t: (+44) 207 241 2341
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