“Future Energy” Forum 2015 to be held in Paris

On December 9, “Future Energy” Forum will be held in Paris organized by the Nazarbayev University and the National Company “Astana EXPO-2017”.

The theme of the Forum is “Fighting against climate change and future energy”.

“Future Energy” Forum 2015 is another thematic event of pre-exhibition period, organized in order to develop and promote the exhibition and its theme, attracting international participants.

The first International Forum “Future Energy: Reducing CO2 emissions”, held in October, 2014 in Astana, laid the foundation for the preparation of the strategic content for EXPO-2017 and broad international dialogue on its theme.

The objective of the Forum is promotion of best international practices in the field of energy and sustainable development, assistance in scientific and technological developments in the field of clean energy.

The Forum of 2015 will be held in Paris, France in order to more effectively promote “Future Energy” theme, increase awareness and involve more countries and organizations to take part in EXPO-2017.

The Forum will be held during the 21st Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention of the UN on climate change (СОР21).

According to Shigeo Katsu President of Nazarbayev University: “Current Forum will be organized at the expert level. We hope that the competence, experience and recommendations of our colleagues and partners will help us in the development of the content of thematic events and facilities of EXPO-2017. “Future Energy” Forum will be organized next spring in a wider format in Astana, and in 2017, one of central events of EXPO exhibition will be “Future Energy” Forum, which will be held for three months”.

About 40 000 representatives from 195 countries are expected to attend COP21. Paris conference COP21 will be the largest event of international level, ever organized by France and one of the biggest conferences on climate change.