"Understanding the Polish Education System and Linking with Polish Universities"
Tuesday April 29th 2008 in London (one day event)
This one day event will focus on the Secondary and Higher Education system in Poland and the new Matura examinations. It will also focus on the potential of developing links with Polish universities not only for potential joint courses but for Research & Development ventures.
Topics include:
* Overview of the Polish Secondary School System : the different schools and their rankings (Ministry of National Education)
* Understanding the new Matura Examination ( the Central Examination Board)
* Overview of the Polish Universities and their rankings (Ministry of Science and Higher Education)
* Developing links with Polish Universities for joint courses and R&D (panel of speakers)
* How to set up a legal entity for R&D purposes
* How to apply for EU Funds for R&D purposes
The First International Exhibition & Conference on Renewable Energy in the Philippines
Thursday August 28th - Saturday August 30th 2008
Hall 2 SMX Convention Center, Manila, Philippines
Event supported by the Republic of the Philippines Department of Energy, renewable Energy Association of the Philippines and Growdiesel Climate Care Council of India
Event Organiser: DP Link International, Singapore
Official International Marketing Agent for the UK and Poland : Great Events Ltd
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank will speak on Future Carbon Fund, Carbon Finance programme and how it supports CDM Projects
In 2007, the Philippine economy grew by 7.3% and at the World Economic Forum in 2007, business leaders were positive about the strong Philippine economy and news of the country's improved credit rating outlook. As more foreign investments are coming into the country, more energy is needed to sustain the economy. With its vast land, ocean and volcanic zone, the Philippine Government is determined to move away from its dependence on imported crude oil by developing and investing heavily on the country's natural sources of energy which has not been vastly tapped. This includes solar, wind, geothermal, natural gas, biofuels and ocean energy. In a study conducted by the Department of Energy and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the combined wind and ocean resources alone have 250,000 megawatt potential installed capacity.
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Alternative Energy: Biofuel could be the major future energy source to propel the Philippines to the next level. There are enough resources to produce biofuel.
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Geothermal Energy:The Philippines is one of the largest producers of geothermal power, only second after the USA. To date the total potential untapped geothermal resources are about 2.6KMW and plans are underway to tap 50% of this capacity in the next 10 years. An average of 30-40 wells will need to be drilled each year to meet this target.
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Hydro Energy: Hydropower generation has the potential to contribute more than 10% of the power mix.
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Wind Energy : There are enough windy land areas to project the Philippines to be one of the leading wind energy producers in Southeast Asia.
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Solar Energy: Studies show that the country has an annual potential average of 5.1 KWh/m2/day of total global horizontal solar resource. Although many thousands of households and barangays have electricity provided to them by several solar energy driven systems, it is envisaged that in the next 10-15 years that many more thousands of households will be using appliances driven by solar power.
This exhibition is designed to business match equipment suppliers to project operators and energy companies, potential investors to Government agencies and State owned companies, financial institutions to investors and technology exchange on renewable energy in the Philippines.