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Offshore West Africa confirms Youth Empowerment
Programme as part of the 2015 Conference
20-22 January 2015
The Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, Nigeria
5 January 2015; PennWell is delighted to announce the inclusion of a Youth Empowerment Programme as part of
Offshore West Africa 2015. Working in conjunction with The Energy Institute’s Young Professionals Network and
Lonadek, this Youth Empowerment Programme will take place on the 22nd January 2015 and is a new element added
to the already impressive line-up of activities at the upcoming event at The Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Youth Empowerment Programme is an event part of the overall Offshore West Africa 2015 schedule and is
available for a maximum of 100 youths/students, through invitation only. As part of EI’s YPN Centenary Celebration
all undergraduate students from Ghana and Nigeria would be given complimentary membership of the Energy
Institute. This new addition to the 19th annual Offshore West Africa coincides with the announcement of a
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for the first time, supported by the Energy Institute’ YPN and
Lonadek, as well as being part of PennWell’s overall corporate social responsibility plans.
Youth empowerment is a holistic means of education, enlightenment and engagement. Careers in the energy
industry is fast changing due to the variable energy source types, rapid technological advancement, fast-changing
consumer needs and continuously adapting working environment. Organisations are paying more attention to skills
and competencies that are required to optimise and utilise natural resources for energy and power. Emphasis is
being laid more on learning and development with continuous professional development being viewed as a major
success driver in human capital development. Creating awareness of the personal, professional and career
development paths in readiness to enjoy a fruitful and rewarding career is the primary purpose of the PennWell
Youth Empowerment Programme. The programme will involve Career Counselling, Industry Related Awareness and
an Empowerment Workshop.
As part of this new initiative, attendees will be given the chance to visit the Offshore West Africa Exhibition, plus
access to all conference sessions over the previous 2 days of the event. The Youth Empowerment Programme
includes many presentations such as welcome and introduction speeches from Lonadek and PennWell Corporation,
as well as a presentation on the “Impact of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for upcoming and growing
professionals” from the Chairman of the Energy Institute, Nigeria. This will be followed by a Q&A session.
These introductions will be followed by Panel Discussions on “Integrating Energy & Power needs of Hydrocarbon
provinces with Offshore projects”, and “Bridging the academia and industry towards sustainable economic growth in
engineering within Nigeria & Africa”. In addition, there will be a presentation on a deepwater Project, courtesy of an
IOC. The Youth Empowerment Programme will conclude with a final presentation from the Energy Institute on
“Building Competencies – soft & hard skills for young professionals”, and a small reception for further networking.
For further information on the Youth Empowerment Programme and Offshore West Africa, please
visit www.offshorewestafrica.com
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Editors Notes:
PennWell Corporation is a highly diversified, business-to-business media company providing authoritative print and
online publications, conferences and exhibitions, research, databases, online exchanges and information products to
strategic global markets.
Since 1910 PennWell has been known for providing comprehensive coverage of several strategic markets. In those
early days, PennWell was a pioneer in the emerging oil industry with Oil & Gas Journal magazine, founded in
1902. Today PennWell publishes over 75 business-to-business print and on-line magazines and newsletters,
conducts over 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps,
directories and database services.
For further information contact:
PennWell Corporation:
Lee Catania
Senior Marketing Manager - Offshore West Africa
[email protected]
Lonadek:
[email protected]
Energy Institute:
[email protected]
[email protected]