WHY ATTEND?

CREF provides a compelling mixture of world-class content and superlative opportunities to meet all the key participants in this rapidly emerging renewables market. Whether you are a regional policy-maker or an international developer, a regional utility or a multilateral active in the Caribbean, CREF is a must-attend event.

For Caribbean governments and utilities attend CREF and:

• Meet your peers from across the region in a highly focused, high-level setting. Learn what they are doing to mitigate the rising price of oil.
• Get to grips with the implications, costs, upsides and downsides of energy interconnection on a regional and sub-regional level. Meet the stakeholders, from key development institutions to providers of technology and financing
• Leave CREF with a strong understanding of multilateral activity in the region, latest programs, and their possible applications in your country
• Learn from case-studies of successful renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the Caribbean and around the world. For CREF 2011 we will be analysing success stories in the Asia-Pacific region
• Gain insight into building an energy matrix that works in terms of long-term energy and economic security. How to view renewables in the context of national GDP? How to view renewables in the context of a successful utility business?
• Understand how best to exploit your country’s sources of Solar, Geothermal, Wind, and Hydro energies
• Explore opportunities for Biofuels and Waste to Energy
• Get to grips with the latest energy conservation best practices and technologies
• Understand how to access public, private and multilateral forms of funding in a challenging market
• Accelerate your understanding of the latest in renewable energy technologies
• Get a handle on best practice in global renewable energy regulation

For regional and international providers of financing, technology, systems,
and regulatory expertise, attend CREF and:

• Understand the full extent of the Caribbean renewable opportunity, by country, and by energy type
• Network with Caribbean energy decision-makers from regional government, the utilities, and the private sector
• Explore investment opportunities across the region; meet the key decision-makers behind the investment process
• Get to grips with regional policies and regulations and what they mean for your business
• Understand the implications of the pipeline of new policies and regulations which are emerging across the region
• Build and consolidate relationships which will drive the growth of your business in the region
• Position you and your organization as renewable energy/energy efficiency leaders
• Spend two days at CREF to achieve several months worth of networking, business development, and intelligence gathering