2009
26-30 January
Russia: Preparation visit. DBDH w/Pia Zimmerman to Nizhny Novgorod & Jaroslavl with embassy in Moscow
5 February
Denmark: Members meeting & members dinner, Hotel Haraldskjær, Vejle
6 February
Denmark: Members discussion on future strategy for DBDH, Hotel Haraldskjær, Vejle
9-13 February
USA (Washington/Carolina): IDEA´s 22nd Annual Campus Energy Conference, Jes B. Christensen participates on behalf of DBDH NA
2 March
China: DBDH China general assembly. DBDH w/Jes B. Christensen participates
17-19 March
Serbia: DBDH participates in Annual Meeting of the Serbian District Heating Association, TOPS, in Brzeze. DBDH contact: Pia Zimmermann
22-25 March
USA: DBDH participates in panel discussions addressing climate change with urban sustainability solutions in CHicago in conjunction to the visit of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
22-24 March
Slovenia: Portoroz. DBDH participates in the "International Conference of Distric Energy". DBDH contact: Lars Gullev
26 March
Denmark: General assembly & members dinner, Christiansborg
30 March - 1 April
Hungary: Danish District Heating Days in Budapest. DBDH contact: Jes B. Christensen
2 April
Copenhagen: Workshop at the Danish Parliament. Registration here. Contact Jes B. Christensen
21 - 22 April
Sweden: Swedish District Heating Association Annual Conference in Båstad. Jes B. Christensen participates as speaker
20-24 April
Russia: DBDH export drive to Russian regions in Nizhny Novgorod & Jaroslavl. DBDH contact: Pia Zimmermann
18-22 May
Russia: Preparation visit. DBDH w/Pia Zimmerman to Ufa & Orenburg with embassy in Moscow, tentatively
25-26 May
Venice: Euroheat & Power Congress 2009: “Climate talks, climate action – DHC leading the way to Copenhagen
11 June
Denmark: Members meeting & members dinner, Hotel Sixtus, Middelfart
29 June - 3 July
USA: DBDH participates at IDEA´s 100th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Arlington, Virginia. Contact Jes B. Christensen.
9 September
Mongolia: DBDH participates in UBDH Co. 50 Year Anniversary. Contact Jes B. Christensen
16 September
Brussels: Workshop. Contact Jes B. Christensen (TBC)
1 October
Denmark: Members meeting & members dinner
19-23 October
Dubai, tentatively
29-30 October
Denmark: Dansk Fjernvarmes Annual Meeting, Aalborg
NB! 2-4 November
Denmark: "mini COP conference": District energy: leading the way to Copenhagen"
9-13 November
Russia: DBDH w/Pia Zimmerman to Ufa & Orenburg
24 November
Lithuania: Energy Efficiency 2009 – a measure for contributing to environmental protection efforts around the Baltic Sea. DBDH participates as speaker. Contact Jes B. Christensen.
7 December - 18 December
COP15 and COP/MOP5: Conference of the Parties (COP), Fifteen session and Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP), Fifth session.
COP15 update
• Friday 11 December: Executive President for Ontario Sustainable Energy Association Mr. Kristopher Stevens will visit Amager Waste-to-Energy Facility and meet with DBDH and CTR discussing Danish Energy Policy and District Heating.
• Saturday and Sunday 12, 13 December: DBDH will participate at Bright Green accompanying Mr. Robert P. Thornton, President for IDEA, and Jeffrey Ball, journalist for the Wall Street Journal
• Tuesday 15 December: DBDH will accompany Senator Shaheen, New Hampshire and potentially other Senators visiting AVV CHP followed by a meeting at DBDH and CTR discussing the CHP/DHC policy and how Denmark became:
- Self-sufficient with energy from a 98% dependency on oil from the Middle East
- Successfully decoupling economic growth from energy consumption
- Reducing the Green House Gasses while making money doing so (exports and jobs)
= utilizing the district heating technology with Combined Heat and Power Production in Denmark.
• Tuesday 15 December: DBDH and Frederiksberg Forsyning hosts a Chinese Delegation headed by actress Ms. Li Bingbing talking in general about district heating and cooling.
• Wednesday 16 December: DBDH will accompany a journalist from Wall Street Journal to AVV and also meet at DBDH and CTR discussing above bullets.
• Thursday 17 December: DBDH will host a meeting with a delegation from Nova Scotia, including the Environment Minister Mr. Belliveau, and representatives from Manitoba.
