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Press Events
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 J�rgen 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-B�ndnis)
Relay race for climate protection and sustainability; Handover
Minister J�rgen Trittin and Lady Mayor B�rbel 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 J�rgen 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. J�rgen Schmid, ForschungsVerbund Sonnenenergie (FVS); Representatives of BMBF, BMU und BMZ
Contact: (030) 8062-1337
 
1 June 2004
IKBB, "Brot f�r die Welt" and EED stand near Press Desk
13:30 - 14:00 h
Photo Shooting
"Brot f�r 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, Planungsb�ro OSTWIND GmbH, Stefan Gs�nger, 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, B�rbel 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 f�r 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 R�scheisen, 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 Gra�l, Max-Planck-Institut f�r Meteorologie; Dr. Markus Nipkow, NABU expert
 
2 June 2004
e5-Caf�, 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 K�nast


 
2 June 2004
Villa Hammerschmidt
12:50 - 13:35 h
Press Conference
Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Renate K�nast

"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-Universit�t 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 Wallstr�m, European Commissioner for the Environment
3 June 2004
IKBB, Room A-C
12:00 - 12:45 h
Press Conference
Prof Dr T�pfer, 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 Wallstr�m, 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 f�r 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 J�rgen 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 J�rgen 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 B�rbel Dieckmann
 
 
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