'Daegu World Gas Congress' Opens... 8,000 Attendees from 470 Companies in 80 Countries

Major Global Companies Including Shell, Chevron, and ExxonMobil from the US to Participate on the 24th

The 28th Daegu World Gas Conference will open at 10 a.m. on the 24th at Daegu EXCO.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] The 28th Daegu World Gas Conference will open at 10 a.m. on the 24th at Daegu EXCO.

The World Gas Conference is the most prestigious event in the gas industry and is being held in Korea for the third time in Asia, following Japan and Malaysia.

The opening ceremony will be attended by about 1,700 people, including Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, International Gas Union President Kang Joo-myung, World Gas Conference Organizing Committee Chairman Park Bong-gyu, ministers from various countries, representatives of domestic and international global energy companies, and experts.

The opening ceremony will begin with a theme video, followed by the opening address by Kang Joo-myung, President of the International Gas Union, and a welcome speech by Chae Hee-bong, Co-chairman of the Organizing Committee.

Key guests include Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations; Li Yalan, Vice President of the International Gas Union; Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President of the Environmental Defense Fund; Joseph McMonigle, Secretary-General of the International Energy Forum; Pedro Miras Salamanca, Secretary-General of the World Petroleum Congress; Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization; Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director of the World Bank; and James Rockall, CEO of the World LPG Association.

Also, the exhibition opening on the same day will bring together leading global energy companies such as Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil from the United States; BP from the United Kingdom; Mitsubishi from Japan; as well as companies from Qatar, Oman, Malaysia, Ghana, and India.

The conference will continue with various sessions including keynote speeches, summit talks, issue discussions, and side meetings from the opening ceremony on the 24th through the 27th.

Major issues such as energy security, which has recently emerged as a global topic, climate change, and carbon neutrality will be discussed as core themes.

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