
The short version
You are lucky.
You got here before the room filled up. Sit down: this takes two minutes.
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What's new
Start here. Everything below is the reason, but this is the news.
Energy & storage
Bulgaria adds 1 GW of batteries in five weeks as recovery-plan projects hit their deadline
Bulgaria's grid-scale battery capacity rose from 4.4 GW to 5.4 GW between 10 July and 17 August, more than five times Romania's fleet. This summer, as drought cut hydro and nuclear output, the batteries helped double the country's power exports.
Innovations
Brookfield commits up to US$600m to ACME's green ammonia platform in India and Oman
The investment, Brookfield's first in green molecules in the region, backs ACME's green ammonia and methanol projects, including a phased build-out at Duqm. The first phase there already has Yara signed as buyer.
Mobility
Punjab plans 1,500 more electric buses for 91 tehsils from January 2027
Pakistan's most populous province is taking its electric bus programme beyond the big cities, with a target of 3,000 e-buses by June 2027 and 5,000 within five years. A further 488 buses are due from China this month.
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Why
In July 2025 the founders stopped the festival and said why: relevance beats reach.
They were right. The audience was never the problem; the hall was. So we are going back to the rooms that worked, closer to the people who decide: Manila, Muscat, Jakarta and Bangkok first. Between the rooms, the network stays open, every day, instead of eleven months of silence.
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What you get
Three answers, depending on who you are.
If you buy
You meet the people behind a project long before it becomes a tender.
A room of senior decision makers, and a reason for every name in it.
If you supply
You get into the room, and the opt-in attendee directory before you travel.
A name you can call on Monday, and every check-in measured at the door.
If you invest
You get the sector desk and the yearbook: what is moving, and who is moving it.
A desk that never closes: 24/7, 365 days.
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Who you are dealing with
The management team. You will meet most of them.
- Björn KempeTwenty-five years in the MICE sector and exhibitions in more than fifteen countries; he leads the move into the growth markets.
- Katharina C. HammaThe COO. Twenty years running flagship events at Koelnmesse and Messe München, from Anuga to Gamescom; she keeps every edition to that standard.
- Ateeq ur RahmanThe CFO. Two decades in corporate and investment banking, and a clear view of what everything really costs.
- Gritapat SetachanatipThe CTO: the part of the network that is awake at three in the morning.
- Haseeb RahmanYour point of contact for sponsorship and partnership, across the growth markets.
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Ways in
Four of them, and only one costs money.
Strategic
If you sell into this room, come in as a sponsor: globally, by category, or in the one market you care about.
Institutional
If you are an agency, a ministry or a chamber: no money moves either way. We sign an MoU and co-host.
Social
If you are an association, a university or an NGO: bring the programme, not a budget.
Philanthropic
If you fund the work rather than buy from it: the programmes take grants, and we report what happened.
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The menu
Eight things we sell. Ask for any of them.
- Global sponsorshipFive slots. The whole network, every market, all year.On request
- Category sponsorshipOne partner per category: water, energy and storage, mobility, data centres.On request
- Regional sponsorshipThree per country, for the market you actually sell in.On request
- MembershipTier 1 you can start yourself. Tier 2 and Tier 3 begin with a conversation.Start Tier 1
- Editions and delegate placesA seat in a room of senior decision makers, chosen by who else is in it.On request
- Delegations and institutional programmesTravel with a delegation, or send one of your own.On request
- The yearbook and sponsored intelligenceThe dataset people cite, in black and gold.On request
- Tailor-made projectsIf it is not on this menu, ask us anyway.On request
That is the short version. The long one is better with you in it.
