Directors of award-winning movie Point of No Return will host an interactive session at mega power trade show Middle East Electricity (MEE) on March 7.
Middle East Electricity 2019, organised by Informa Exhibitions, is an international trade event for the power industry, which will run from March 5-7 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and screen Point of No Return on March 7 to create awareness around the importance of using renewable energy.
Directed by Noel Dockstader and Quinn Kanaly, the documentary that follows the record-breaking 26,000-mile Solar Impulse the first round-the-world flight powered by solar. The trade event will host two special interactive screenings of the documentary, which has garnered 10 awards at film festivals around the globe. The screenings will show up to 45-minutes of footage and include Q&A sessions with the shows exhibitors and visitors.
The special free-to-attend sessions will take place at 11am and 2pm on March 7, with the film and its directors offering great insight into the exploits of the Solar Impulse pilots, psychiatrist and balloonist Bertrand Piccard, and engineer and jet fighter pilot André Borschberg, on a journey that flew the duo into aviation record books.
Speaking about the screening, Claudia Konieczna, Exhibition Director Informa Industrial Group said: There could not be a better setting for this. This film has taken awards across eight nations and sends a powerful message of what is possible. The film will play to a Middle East Electricity audience at the forefront of future power solutions delivery – and solar and renewables are integral to that. With this screening and Q&A with the directors, the message of Solar Impulse is coming home to a region which analysts attribute with speeding up the solar energy conversion movement. In a regional climate of economic diversification plans, all six GCC states are now prioritising renewables with the UAE leading the way and aiming to generate 75% of its electricity from renewables by 2050.
Such is the interest in solar that it will have its own dedicated sector at Middle East Electricity 2019, which also features specialised segments devoted to power generation; transmission and distribution; lighting, and energy storage and management.
Informa has lined up no less than 94 hours of free conferences and seminars for the Middle East Electricity 2019 programme which will feature case-study-led sessions to keep delegates up-to-date with technology trends and projects.
More than 1,600 leading manufacturers and suppliers are committed to Middle East Electricity 2019, which is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Deputy Ruler and is hosted by the UAE Ministry of Energy.
