FCF Fox Corporate Finance, Istithmar World to host first sector specific investor conference in GCC

The Alternative Energy Capital Markets Day 2009 will take place on March 23rd, 2009, at the Capital Club in Dubai. The conference will introduce the top technology leaders in solar and wind power from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to an exclusive circle of investors from the GCC. The conference is by complimentary invitation only.

The Alternative Energy Capital Markets Day offers a first-hand opportunity for investors in the GCC to learn about recent developments in the renewable energy sector in Europe and the GCC and to discuss them within an exclusive circle of investors and decision makers. The conference is a highly efficient way to receive an overview of all leading German companies in only one day (especially new perspectives in the equity story in the light of the current macroeconomic environment and the trend towards renewable solutions). The conference is an excellent opportunity to identify potential investment/joint venture opportunities.

The CEOs of 12 leading companies will present their business model and equity story to an investor audience from the GCC. An industry panel featuring CEOs from MAN Ferrostaal/Solar Millennium, QCells, Averda and others will discuss the alternative energy markets potential in the GCC. The investor panel will explore motives and frameworks for investing in alternative energy. Speakers will come from Good Energies, Gulf Capital, Istithmar and Gulf One Investment Bank and Taylor Wessing.

Presenting Companies:

centrotherm photovoltaics AG; Concentrix Solar GmbH; Conergy AG; Konarka Technologies, Inc.; Plambeck Neue Energien AG; Q-Cells SE; Roth & Rau AG; S.A.G. Solarstrom AG; Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd.; Sage Electrochromics Inc.; BGI EcoTech AG/Ralos Photovoltaics; and Sunfilm AG.

Industry Panel:

"Alternative Energy Market Potential in the GCC"

Dr. Amereller (Owner Amereller Legal Consultants); Tom Koopmann (General Manager MAN Solar Millennium Middle East); Dr. Kilian Baelz (Acting Director Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency); Dr. Marko Schulz (CEO Q-Cells International); Haythem Macki (Director Averda Waste Management).

Investor Panel:

"Motives and Frameworks for Investing in Alternative Energy"

Dr. Sven Hansen (Chief Investment Officer Good Energies); Dr. Pablo Fetter (Director Istithmar World Ventures); Wassim Assaad (Executive Director Gulf Capital); Carsten Bartholl (Head Taylor Wessing Climate Change Group); Dr. Nahed M. Taher or Ziyad Omar (CEO/Co-founder Gulf One Investment Bank).

FCF Fox Corporate Finance is a Munich/Germany based investment bank specialised on the structuring and placement of debt and equity financing solutions for mid-cap companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria ("German speaking market"). With its Middle East presence, FCF is positioning itself as the leading advisor to source Arabian equity partners for its clients in the German speaking market. FCF's clients are active in sectors that are of mutual interest to Arab investors and German companies, offering potential for cross border investments and joint ventures.