SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL

UNCLAS STATE 015608 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR SUBJECT: SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY (WIREC) MARCH 4-6, 2008 REF: A) STATE 14866 B) STATE 14563 C) STATE 14490 D) STATE 14252 E) STATE 13442 F) STATE 563 G) STATE 559 H) STATE 521 I) 07 STATE 138428 J) 07 STATE 80334 ¶1. This is an action request. Action request in para 4. -------------- BACKGROUND -------------- ¶2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal invitations for official delegations from their host governments (refs A - H) and by now should have delivered these invitations and confirmed that via reply cable. We thank the many posts who have done so, and urge the remaining posts to send their reply cables immediately. Reply cables should be slugged for OES WIREC Action Group Leader Stan Specht and OES Special Assistant Camille Hill. ¶3. Although a few invited governments have followed the instructions in refs I and J and registered the individual members of their officials delegations, most have not done so. These individual registrations are the key step in preparing the credentials for the official delegations which will allow them to enter the WIREC site. With WIREC now only two weeks away, we are in urgent need of Posts' assistance to follow-up with host governments and ensure that they register the members of their official delegations right away so that we can hold their spots at the conference and have their WIREC credentials ready. -------------- ACTION REQUESTS -------------- ¶4. Posts are requested to follow up with their host governments as soon as possible to urge each member of their delegations to submit their individual registration forms on an urgent basis to confirm their attendance at WIREC 2008 and enable expeditious credentialing of the delegation. Official delegates may register for the conference via the internet at http:// www.usea.org/WIREC/official party registration pub 0001.pdf. They can also contact our contractor who is handling registration for WIREC: Rob Donovan, US Energy Association (USEA) at office direct line: 202-312-1238 or via email to rdonovan@usea.org to arrange to submit registration information by email. -------------- POCs FOR QUESTIONS -------------- ¶5. Rob Donovan (contact info in para 4) is the POC for questions on registration and credentialing for WIREC. For additional general information about WIREC 2008, contact OES' WIREC Action Group Leader Stan Specht at SpechtSH@state.gov and consult the official WIREC website at www.wirec2008.gov. ¶6. Minimize considered. RICE