By Syed Sajid Aziz
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The 12th International Exhibition for the Energy
Industry-POGEE-2014 is scheduled to be held from May 28 to 30 at Expo Centre,
Lahore. The exhibition is geared up for an extensive display of technological
advancement and innovative services and is attracting a good number of visitors
from cities like Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Muzzafargarh,
Shaikhupura, Multan, Lahore and
Karachi.
More than 200 companies from around 25 countries will be
participating in the show including with a majority from China, Germany, Iran,
India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, UAE, UK, USA, Ukraine, Malaysia, Egypt,
Australia, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland,
Thailand and Turkey.
The exhibition provides an opportunity to bring together the
international business professionals and the leading local industry players to
exchange their technical and business expertise to acquaint the local industry
with the latest developments in the energy sector.
POGEE-2014 will also be featuring a highly focused
Conference program that is aimed at bringing South Asia’s Energy Industry into
the limelight. The POGEE Conference offers an excellent platform for exchange
of views & information to the highly targeted audience from Oil, Gas and
Energy Industry.
The 10th international conference will commence on May 29
and will be based on the theme “Empowering Pakistan’s Energy Future: Innovation
and Investment”. Ms Saniya Awais, Managing Director, Punjab Power Development
Board (PPDB) will grace the POGEE Conference as the special guest.
The first session of the Conference will have participation
of eminent speakers from Board of Investment (BOI), Private Power &
Infrastructure Board (PPIB), Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), GE and
NSR Group China.
Adding further value to the conference, an Exclusive Panel
Discussion on “Exploring Prospects for Coal Based Power Generation” will be
conducted by Dr. Muhammad Bilal Khan, National University of Science and
Technology (NUST). The panelists include Mr. Shamasudin Shaikh, CEO, Sindh
Engro Coal Mining Company, Mr. Zubair Shafi Ghauri, Chief Marketing Manager,
Pakistan Railways, Dr. M. Ashraf Moten, Chief Chemist, Coal and Energy
Development Department, Underground Coal Gasification Project, and Prof. Dr.
Shahid Munir, Director, Centre for Coal Technology, University of Punjab.
POGEE will be an ideal platform to display the latest in
technology, equipment and machinery as well as allied services, while providing
investors with a definite outlook of the regional energy industry and an
opportunity to meet their prospective counterparts and business partners.
This globally recognized platform anticipates that
participation of each individual brings benefit and success in their businesses
and enables the country to move a step forward towards its economic growth.
