On all four days of the conference more than 30 press conferences and several photo shootings took place in and around the congress centre. Photo: Ostermeier

Tuesday, 1 June

1 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 10:00 - 10:45 h	Opening Press Conference Ms Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Mr Jürgen Trittin, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
1 June 2004 IKBB, stairs towards the Rhine 11:00 - 11:45 h	Photo Shooting Climate Alliance (Klima-Bündnis) Relay race for climate protection and sustainability; Handover Minister Jürgen Trittin and Lady Mayor Bärbel Dieckmann requested
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 11:00 - 11:45 h	Press Conference CURES Network
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room A+B 12:00 - 12:45 h	Press Conference Germanwatch and Worldwatch Institute "Global Success Stories, Conference Expectations and Future Steps" Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, D.C.; Rajendra K. Pachauri Director General, Energy and Resources Institute, India, and Chairman of the IPCC; Klaus Milke, Vice Chairman of Germanwatch, Bonn
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 13:00 - 13:45 h	Press Conference Minister Jürgen Trittin, German League for Nature and Environment (Deutscher Naturschutzring DNR) and German Wind Energy Association (Bundesverband Windenergie - BVE) "Wind Energy"
1 June 2004 Wissenschafts- zentrum Bonn Ahrstr. 45, Room S3+4 13:15 - 14:00 h	Press Conference Science Forum Research and Education as basis for world wide use of renewable energies Prof. Dr. Walter Rudolf Erdelen, UNESCO; Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmid, ForschungsVerbund Sonnenenergie (FVS); Representatives of BMBF, BMU und BMZ Contact: (030) 8062-1337
1 June 2004 IKBB, "Brot für die Welt" and EED stand near Press Desk 13:30 - 14:00 h	Photo Shooting "Brot für die Welt" and Church Development Service (EED) Handover of a "Message in a bottle" to Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul regarding the Human Right to Water
1 June 2004 Charles-de-Gaulle Str. 5 13:30 h	Press Conference Bundesverband Windenenergie (BWE) and World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) Export Promotion – An Instrument for Developing Sustainable Wind Energy Markets Dr. Preben Maegaard, President WWEA, Dr. Peter Ahmels, President BWE, Dr. Anil Kane, President Indian Wind Energy Association InWEA, Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt, Managing Director REpower Systems AG, Aidan Cronin, Analyst, VESTAS Denmark, Ulrich Lenz, Managing Director, Planungsbüro OSTWIND GmbH, Stefan Gsänger, General Sekretary, WWEA
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 14:30 - 15:00 h	Press Conference Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Presentation "Global Market Initiative"
1 June 2004 Conference Exhibition 15:00 h	Photo Shooting Tour of Conference Exhibition with Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room A+B 15:15 h	Video Message by Leonardo di Caprio
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room 1.7 16:15 h	Press Conference Signing of a memorandum of understanding by Federal Minister Wieczorek-Zeul, Wolfgang Kroh, Board member of the KfW Bankengruppe, Philip LaRocco, E+Co Public-private partnership for sustainable development: support for small and medium enterprises in the energy sector in sub-saharan Africa
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room 1.7 17:00 h	Press Conference Signing of of a memorandum of understanding by BMZ and ICLEI (the association of Local Governments for Sustainability) Local Renewables Model Communities Network Federal Minister Wieczorek-Zeul, Bärbel Dieckmann, mayor of Bonn, Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, Secretary General of ICLEI, Themba Sikhutshwa, Councillor of the City of Capetown, Mayoral Committee Member for Planning and Environment
1 June 2004 IKBB, Room A+B 19:00 - 19:30 h	Press Conference Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future

Wednesday, 2 June

2 June 2004 Business Forum Renewables, Dahlmannstrasse 14-18 9:00 h	Press Conference Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Renewable Energies in Practice Rezzo Schlauch, Permanent Sekretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour; Stephan Kohler, Managing Director, dena; Tilman Herberg, Head of Department Environment and Infrastructure, GTZ; Dr. Michael J. Inacker, Vice President, DaimlerChrysler AG
2 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 10:00 - 10:45 h	Press Conference "German League for Nature and Environment" (Deutscher Naturschutzring DNR) Hubert Weinzierl, President DNR; Dr. Peter Ahmels, President Bundesverband WindEnergie (BWE); Helmut Röscheisen, General-Secretary DNR
2 June 2004 NGO-Center im Akademischen Ruderclub, Dahlmannstr. 1 10:30 h	Press Conference NABU (Natuschutzbund Deutschland e.V.) Olaf Tschimpke, President NABU; Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie; Dr. Markus Nipkow, NABU expert
2 June 2004 e5-Café, Dahlmannstrasse 5-7 11:00 - 11:45 h	Press Conference e5 European Business Council Sebastian Gallehr, Chairman, e5, Darmstadt; David Green, Chairman, Business Councils for Sustainable Energy, London; Loren Hurst, e5, Brussels
2 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 11:00 - 11:45 h	Press Conference Launch of the UNEP Finance Initiative CEO Briefing on Renewable Energy and Outcome of the Bonn Sustainable Energy Finance meeting Participants include Thomas Loster of Munic Re and Chair of the UNEP FI Working Group on Climate Change, Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien, Managing Director, BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy)
2 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 12:30 - 13:30 h	Press Conference Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Presentation - German Contributions to the International Action Programme Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
2 June 2004 Villa Hammerschmidt 12:30 h	Photo Shooting Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Renate Künast
2 June 2004 Villa Hammerschmidt 12:50 - 13:35 h	Press Conference Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Renate Künast "Renewable raw materials - Innovations in agriculture"
2 June 2004 IKBB, Room A+B 14:00 - 14:45 h	Press Conference Future of Afghanistan Wilfried Voigt, State Secretary in the Ministry for Economics, Labour and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein Shakir Kargr, Minister of Water and Electricity, Afhganistan
2 June 2004 Wasserwerk, second floor, office of the Drafting Committee 15:00 - 15:45 h	Press Conference Parliamentarians’ Forum on Renewable Energies
2 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 16:00 - 16:45 h	Press Conference Brazilian Minister for Mines and Energy Renewable Energies in Brazil Minister Dilma Rousseff
2 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 16:45 - 17:45 h	Press Conference Center for Development Research (ZEF) and German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD) "Capacity Building for Renewable Energies in Developing Countries: Bringing Renewable Energies to the People“ Ministerial-Direktor Hans-Dietrich Lehmann, BMZ; Franz Alt, Journalist; Dr. Christian Bode, Secretary-General DAAD; Prof. Uwe Rehling, Int. Institute of Management - SESAM Sustainable Energy Systems and Management-Universität Flensburg; Prof. Paul L.G. Vlek, Director ZEF

Thursday, 3 June

3 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 11:00 - 11:45 h	Press Conference Ms Margret Wallström, European Commissioner for the Environment
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 12:00 - 12:45 h	Press Conference Prof Dr Töpfer, Director of UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room A+B 14:00 - 14:45 h	Press Conference German NGO Forum on Environment & Development (Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung)
3 June 2004 in front of IKBB 14:00 - 14:30 h	Photo Shooting Ms Margret Wallström, European Commissioner for the Environment, visits the "Renewable Energy Landscape" by WWF
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room A+B 15:00 - 15:45 h	Press Conference German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE - Rat für nachhaltige Entwicklung)
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 15:00 - 15:45 h	Press Conference International Energy Agency Claude Mandil, Executive Director IEA Contact: +33-1-40576707
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 16:30 - 17:15 h	Press Conference The World Bank Group The World Bank Group and Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency Mr. Peter Woicke, Managing Director and Executive Vice President; Ms. Nemat Shafik, Vice President for Infrastructure; Jamal Saghir, Director of Energy and Water
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 16:30 - 17:00 h	Press Conference Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin signs Bilateral Agreements with Morocco, Egypt and Jordan in support of the Global Market Initiative
3 June 2004 IKBB, Room C 17:20 - 18:00 h	Press Conference French Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Mr Serge Lepeltier French Policy Goals in the Field of Renewable Energies and German-French Collaboration in the Area of CO2 Trading

Friday, 4 June

4 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 12:00 - 12:45 h	Press Conference CURES Network
4 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C 13:00 - 13:45 h	Final Press Conference Mr Jürgen Trittin, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Ms Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
4 June 2004 IKBB, Room A-C Immediately after Final Press Conference	Press Conference City of Bonn: Lady Mayor of the City of Bonn, Ms Bärbel Dieckmann