Accreditation / Registration
The conference accreditation procedure (www.renewables2004.de/en/press/accreditation.asp) for national and international media representatives has closed on 14 May 2004.
Journalists need a valid press card and national ID card/passport, which they must present on collecting their conference papers and badges. Please note that journalists in possession of annual accreditation also need separate accreditation for the conference.
Starting on 30 May, a separate Registration Counter for Media will be set up in the foyer of the conference building where journalists can collect their conference papers and badges. This counter will be staffed from 11:00 to 15:00 on 30 and 31 May. Media representatives are urgently advised to collect their documents on these two days if possible, to avoid long waiting times when the conference starts. The counter will open at 7.00 on 1 June. Please note that you may have to wait.


Media Centre
Some 50 workplaces for media representatives will be set up on the ground floor at Plenary Hall level in the International Congress Centre (Internationales Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn, IKBB). This Press Centre will be open on all four conference days as of 1 June and is equipped with a limited number of PC workplaces with Email and Internet access, and access to a photocopier, fax machine and telephone. These workplaces cannot be reserved in advance, but are available free of charge on a strictly dirst-come, first-served basis. Journalists are recommended to bring their own laptop.

The regional broadcasting station Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne (WDR) is running a Radio Centre, which will provide workplaces for fellow radio journalists. Radio representatives are requested to contact WDR as host broadcaster for further information and bookings: [email protected]; tel. +49 (0)221 2203298, mobile +49 (0)172 253 8424. 

Deutsche Welle offers studio space that is not occupied by its own editorial teams to radio journalists free of charge. The scheme is coordinated by J�rgen Layer at WDR.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) manages the TV centre where cutting desks are also available for use by TV journalists. For more information and to make a booking, please contact Earny Thiemann: [email protected], tel.: +49 - 28 - 9267441.

TV journalists can record interviews in the TV Lounge on the entrance floor, an open gallery with a view of the Plenary Hall and the Rhine river.


Attendance at sessions
According to the current planning status, media representatives will be able to attend all plenary sessions. There is a separate Media Gallery with seating for about 90 in the Plenary Hall. It is possible to record the international soundmixing with an XLR male adapter, which you should also bring along yourself. Access to the Media Gallery will be regulated via badges. The conference convener reserves the right to "pool" if the number of interested journalists exceeds the number of seats available. Journalists will be informed of this separately.
The conference languages are English, French, Spanish and German. Interpreting services from and into all languages will be provided in all plenary sessions. Only participants accredited as delegates from countries, UN and other international organisations and other interest groups will be entitled to speak. Session papers will be provided chiefly in English.
At the beginning of each session, it is expected that camera crews will be allowed into the Plenary Hall for about five minutes to record pictures. Access will be via a separate media entrance; badges must be shown.
Enquiries concerning access rules to side events and other related events at the conference (for example the International Parliamentary Forum) should be directed to the respective organisers.


Press events
Press conferences ans photo shootings will be held on all four days of renewables 2004, organised by the conveners or other organisations and institutions. The rooms for these press conferences (Rooms A-C) are located next to the media centre. The Daily Programme handed out to all journalists by the Press Desk provides details of the themes and times of the various press conferences.
An interpreter's cabin will be set up. The organisers of the respective press conferences will decide whether and into which languages interpreting services will be provided and will arrange these services themselves.


Accommodation / Travel
Journalists are responsible for making their own travel and hotel arrangements at their own cost. Assistance in finding hotel accomodation is provided via T&C Tourismus und Congress GmbH: http://www.tcbonn.de/con/html/3131-5.html.


Information material
Media representatives will be issued with a conference folder containing topical information and the conference programme (English/German) at the start of the conference. Further documents of the day will be available at the Press Desk, which will be permanently staffed on all four conference days, serving as a central port of call for journalists. Here, information on the latest developments will be available, and interview requests will be registered and forwarded.
A Daily Programme will contain details of all sessions and events scheduled for that day, as well as of press conferences being held within the framework of renewables 2004. Side events at the conference organised by other participants will also be mentioned. In addition, a centrally located Infoscreen will also provide information about the programme and any current changes. Press releases (in English and German) will be e-mailed to all accredited journalists.
From Day 2 of the conference onwards, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) will provide an independent review of the day about the official conference sessions and other important events on behalf of the conference conveners. It will be issued as a hard copy (in English) to all conference participants, including the media representatives. A website set up specially for the conference by IISD will also contain photos and the key speeches of the day.
The two ministries convening the conference: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), have specific web pages with information on renewable energies: http://www.bmz.de/en/topics/Handlungsfelder/energie/  and www.erneuerbare-energien.de (in German). 
Please contact Sibylle Tepper, BMZ Press Office [email protected], and Kerstin Brandau, BMU Press Office [email protected] for more details.


Conference logo
The renewables 2004 logo can be downloaded via the Press Room on the conference website. It can be used freely for reporting purposes in conjunction with the conference. A short manual containing information about correct use of the logo can also be downloaded from this webpage: www.renewables2004.de/en/press/logo.asp.