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14th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit in Europe again!

Building on the urgent call to meet net-zero targets at last year’s Summit in Dubai, this 14th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit will take place in  Europe’s vibrant city of Vienna 

15-16 October 2024 | Palais Liechtenstein, Garden Palace, Vienna, Austria

Under the clean energy acceleration theme ‘TRILLIONS FOR TRIPLING – cooperation, partnership and market pull’ this edition will be highlighting MENA efforts and achievements in ’net, or, sub zero emission’ energy production, conversion, transport, trade and end-use, with a particular focus on the privileged relationship between MENA and EU. Vienna was chosen as this year’s venue as a highly symbolic place for partnerships and the adoption of clean energy into the markets: the gateway to Eastern Europe and located on the Southern import route for zero-emission energy to Europe, not to forget headquartering the international cooperation agency UNIDO. 

Cornelius Matthes, CEO of Dii Desert Energy stated:

“Vienna has a special significance for Dii’s core topics: collaboration and connecting people. On the crossroads between East and West, North and South, Vienna has a key role in Europe’s energy security and the energy transition.

The conference venues, Palais Liechtenstein and Upper Belvédère Palace, are also special for learning about hundreds of years of history, beautiful art and elegance. A great way to celebrate the 15 years of Dii Desert Energy in style!

Among our speakers, we will again have many CEOs of our unique Dii partner network and well beyond.

With an ever-growing network of trusted partners, we count on our work as a think tank to make concrete impact and accelerate our mission: No Emissions.’’

The Dii Summit will convene a global dialogue among industry leaders and experts from the Arab world,  Europe and globally to unveil industry trends and innovations to scale up low/no/sub zero emissions projects and trades.

One of the Summits Supporting Partners, Bruce Douglas from Global Renewables Alliance, the initiator of of the Tripling Initiative in cooperation with IRENA, said:

“To meet the global renewables target by 2030, the MENA region must increase its renewable energy capacity nearly twelvefold by this decade’s end compared to 2022 levels, according to Climate Analytics. Achieving this requires close public-private collaboration to fully harness these mature and competitive energy technologies. GRA is proud to partner with the 14th Dii Desert Leadership Summit, where industry and public sectors unite to accelerate progress toward this goal.”

The 14th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit is proudly supported by companies at the highest level of the renewable energies industry:

  • Platinum Sponsors – ACWA Power; Enowa Neom; State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC); and thyssenkrupp
  • Gold Sponsors – Air Products Qudra; Al Gihaz Holding; AMEA Power; E.ON; Envision; Innio Jenbacher; King & Spalding; Nareva; Reliance New Energy; Smartenergy; Worley; Verbund 
  • Silver Sponsor – Siemens Energy

Roland Kaeppner from ENOWA, a platinum sponsor for the summit, said about last edition: 

“Attending the Dii Leadership Summit in Dubai was a great experience for ENOWA. The summit provided an invaluable platform for networking and collaboration among industry leaders and visionaries in the field of sustainable development. Dii fosters collaboration among stakeholders in the MENA region and beyond. By bringing together governments, businesses, investors, and experts, Dii creates a platform for cooperation and knowledge exchange to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy technologies.” 

2024 Topics and Roundtables

The Dii Summit has been extended to two full days of conference, where attendees will have the opportunity to gather with high-level industry leaders with the common objective of phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, introducing an effective cap on harmful emissions, encouraging green certificates offtake and, thus, unlocking finance for emission-free energy projects.

Topics include:

  • Accelerating Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development
  • Beyond Affordability, Security and Sustainability: Speed as the Fourth Element of the Energy Transition
  • How can Record Assets by Sovereign Wealth Funds be Channeled into Emission-free Projects?

Through the two days, Interactive Roundtables are held, focusing on practical topics including:

  • ClimateTech and FinTech Solutions
  • Water treatment, hydrogen, carbon capture, clean energy standards and trading
  • Liquid Hydrogen and Dii Task Force (DLHTF)

You can find the full list of topics and roundtables here.

The conference is complemented by networking opportunities across the two days, including Welcome and Farewell Drink receptions and a Drinks & Dinner Reception at the Museum Belvedere, where Klimt’s kiss is held. 

Find out more

You can find out more about the Dii Desert Energy Leader Summit here.

Registration for the Summit is now open, passes can be booked here

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