About
“Having attended CREF for over a decade, it has been invaluable in providing connections, business partnerships, and local knowledge. The organizers are terrific and the event is a lot of fun.” Marc Lopata, Solar Island Energy
The Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) is the premier annual meeting place for more than 400 energy sector and finance leaders who are united in a common goal: to ramp up investment in clean energy across the Caribbean.
CREF is unique in terms of both its size, and in terms of the seniority and breadth of its participants. Simply put, the conference represents the market, the full ecosystem of stakeholders.
Networking & Business Development
CREF is your one stop shop. Meet the market through numerous structured and unstructured networking/meeting opportunities:
- Networking app with pre-event access to attendees to set up 1-to-1 meetings
- Multiple networking events – 2 cocktail receptions, Awards luncheon, Sunrise Fun Run, Women in Energy Lunch
- Meeting areas with charging stations
Market Intelligence
Access to proprietary market data and research:
- CREF/Castalia Renewable Island Index and Project Database. New this year: we will benchmark, on a country-by-country basis, renewable energy targets against existing renewable penetration. There’s nothing else like it and it’s only available to CREF attendees.
- 100+ speakers across numerous focused and carefully developed sessions and presentations.
“CREF has yet again proved its usefulness for me as part of a regulatory body. it is yet again a perfect forum for interaction, discussion and generating new ideas for moving forward in the Caribbean.” Dave Abeleven, Energy Authority of Suriname