General Information

The event, organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), will bring together over 1000 participants, including heads of State, ministers, energy experts, representatives of international and non-governmental organizations, academia, civil society and the private sector. 

The Vienna Energy Forum 2013 will focus on the energy dimension of “One Year after Rio+20: The Energy Future We Want”, and will facilitate an international dialogue on providing universal energy access and on the multiple co-benefits of increasing energy efficiency.

In 2011 the Forum brought together more than 1,200 participants from 125 countries and a total of 99 speakers including the Former Governor of California, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Former President of Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, and Former President of Uruguay, Mr. Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo.

As in 2009 and 2011, the Vienna Energy Forum 2013 will take place at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria.