Bangkok--2 Oct--Public Relations & Media Consultant Former Thai Energy Minister to Join Top Speakers in Malaysia POWER-GEN Asia, the premier conference and exhibition for the power generation and transmission and distribution industries, continues to draw a line up of excellent high quality industry speakers for its forthcoming leading annual conference. Opening keynote speakers will include Tan Sri Leo Moggie, Chairman of Tenaga Nasional Berhad and former Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia for Malaysia; James Suciu, President of Global Sales and Marketing for GE Energy and Colin Tam, Chairman of the IPPF and CEO of AEI Asia. Dato’ Shaziman Bin Abu Mansor, current Minister of Energy, Water and Communications for Malaysia, is also scheduled to provide an opening keynote speech at the conference and perform the opening ceremony to the POWER-GEN Asia exhibition. The opening keynote session begins at 9am on Tuesday 21st October at the KLCC Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur and is open to all visitors.Other leading industry professionals to present at this years conference include: - Dr. Piyasvasti Amranand, former Minister of Energy for Thailand - Dato Pian Bin Sukro, Chairman & CEO of Suruhanjaya Tenaga (Energy Commission), Malaysia - Roland Fischer, CEO, Products, Siemens, Germany - Dr. Alan Chan, Chairman & CEO, Meiya Power Company Ltd, Hong Kong From 21st to 23rd October power and energy industry professionals will be gather at the KLCC Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to listen to a range of leading international speakers discuss some of the most important issues facing the industry, economy and environment.Developing the Asian Market Through An Optimal Energy Mix This years conference theme looks at the regional nature of the possible solutions to the demand for power, and will see a diverse range of topics being discussed, from traditional fossil fuel technology to the developments in green and renewable power generation. Conference Director, Nigel Blackaby, said, “This is a very exciting and interesting year for the POWER-GEN Asia conference, which once again, aims to tackle head on the issues and hot topics facing the generation and distribution of power in the South East Asian region.” “From developments in cleaner fossil fuel technology to new environmentally friendly and sustainable techniques and processes, the broad nature of delivering an optimal energy mix that will meet the demands of the future, will be a major focus of the discussions we will be seeing at POWER-GEN Asia,” continued Blackaby. Malaysia is part of the ASEAN region undergoing extraordinary growth in the demand for power and energy, with over $50 billion estimated investment required to meet current demands. POWER-GEN Asia brings together the industry set the task of how to deliver these expectations.POWER-GEN Asia Exhibition The POWER-GEN Asia exhibition also offers a valuable insight into the new developments and technologies available in the market and has seen this year’s exhibition grow to its largest since the event began 16 years ago. With over 130 exhibiting companies from around the world and over 5000 expected visitors from over 50 countries, POWER-GEN Asia has become the most important annual meeting place for international power and energy executives with interests in the ASEAN region. Further information on POWER-GEN Asia Conference & Exhibition 2008, including the full conference programme, can be found on www.powergenasia.com . Editors Notes: PennWell Corporation is a highly diversified, business-to-business media company providing authoritative print and online publications, conferences and exhibitions, research, databases, online exchanges and information products to strategic global markets. Since 1910 PennWell has been known for providing comprehensive coverage of several strategic markets. In those early days, PennWell was a pioneer in the emerging oil industry with Oil & Gas Journal magazine, founded in 1902. Today PennWell publishes 45 business-to-business magazines and newsletters, conducts over 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps, directories and database services. For further information contact: Neil Walker, Marketing Manager, PennWell T: +44 (0) 1992 656 643 F: +44 (0) 1992 656 700 E: [email protected] www.powergenasia.com Issued on behalf of PennWell Corporation by: Suthi Chatterjee Public Relations & Media Consultant Co., Ltd. T: +66 (0) 2247-6533 F: +66 (0) 2247-7868 Email: [email protected]