President Nursultan Nazarbayev and organisers of Astana Expo 2017 will officially unveil their WFES pavilion on 16th January 2017
Kazakhstan Delegation to participate in WFES panel discussion on how the Expo can provide sustainability opportunities for upcoming host cities Astana and Dubai

Dubai, UAE, January 9, 2017:  Organisers of Astana Expo 2017 invite you to the opening day of World Future Energy Summit where Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, will officially unveil the Astana EXPO 2017 pavilion. He will also be joined by key members of the EXPO organising committee, including Chairman of National Company Astana EXPO 2017, Akhmetzhan Yessimov, and Astana EXPO 2017 Commissioner, Rapil Zhoshybayev.

The delegation will share their experience of driving sustainability measures in the Kazakhstan capital through its hosting of EXPO 2017, including increased use of renewable energy and the localisation of its workforce.

Representatives of the Astana EXPO 2017 will also join a panel discussion on the third day of WFES (January 18th) that will focus on the challenges and opportunities of hosting the Expo and how it can help a country reach its sustainability targets.

The experiences of the Astana EXPO 2017 team are particularly relevant in light of Dubai’s hosting of EXPO 2020, which will be held under the core themes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability.