Welcome

On behalf of the organising committee, we are pleased to announce that the international Conference on the Future of Energy in Enlarged Europe: Perspectives for R&D Co-operation will be held in Warsaw at the 7th- 8th October 2004 as a contribution within the context of the Weimar Triangle. We are pleased to be able to bring together in Warsaw world-class experts who will outline the most recent developments in new and renewable energy technologies.

We cordially invite you to participate in this conference and we look forward to meeting you in Warsaw.

Patronage of the Conference:

• Polish Ministry of Economy and Labour, Prof. Jerzy HAUSNER, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy & Labour, has granted his Honorary Patronage to this event.

• Polish Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology - Prof. Micha³ KLEIBER, Minister - Chairman of The State Committee for Scientific Research, has granted his Honorary Patronage to this event.

• German Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Mr. Wolfgang CLEMENT has granted his Honorary Patronage to this event.

• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Claudie HAIGNERE Minister of European Affairs, has granted his Honorary Patronage to this event, Paris

• French Ministry for Research, François d'AUBERT, Minister for Research, has granted his Honorary Patronage to this event, Paris

• "Weimar Triangle", Prof. Klaus-Heinrich STANDKE, President of the Committee for the Promotion of the French-German-Polish Cooperation, has granted his Honorary Patronage to this event, Berlin-Paris-Warsaw

• EUREKA high level committees, Mr Phillipe JURGENSEN, General Secretary of Eureka France, (and General Director of ANVAR, French National Agency for Innovation) has accepted to be the Honorary Patron of the Conference

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