Ramzi Khoury, EVP of Willcox International, attends the Future Minerals Forum In KSA in January 2023
The Future Minerals Forum connects global policy-makers with investors and business leaders across the mining value chain and its supporting industries.
The Future Minerals Forum is the first government-led initiative that featured a diversified international and organizational representation with more than 2,000 conference delegates and attendees from 95+ countries attended and met with leaders from the Middle East, Central Asia, and North and Central Africa. In addition, speakers from around the world offered their unique insights regarding the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia being the geographic center for three resource-rich regions and, as a global trading hub, aiming to become a gateway and enabler of development by leveraging its financial resources.
Willcox International EVP, Ramzi Khoury, attends Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), a global platform for accelerating the world’s sustainable development.
The Future Minerals Forum connects global policy-makers with investors and business leaders across the mining value chain and its supporting industries.
Established in 2008, ADSW brings together heads of state, policy makers, industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and youth, who all have a stake in the future of our planet, to discuss and engage on bold climate action and innovations that will ensure the next generation a sustainable world.
The January 2023 ADSW featured a series of globally-significant events, which includes the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum, the ADSW Summit, the World Future Energy Summit, the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum, Youth 4 Sustainability Hub, Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) Annual Forum, Innovate and the Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards.
Under the theme of ‘United on Climate Action Towards COP28,’ the six-day event was the first global sustainability gathering of a critical year, and it served as the first official platform for the recently announced COP28 leadership team, led by H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, COP28 President-Designate, and Chairman of Masdar. In his keynote at the Opening Ceremony, H.E. Dr. Al Jaber called for the world to come together around COP28 to cooperate and collaborate and turn rhetoric into tangible results.
Global dignitaries, including 13 heads of state and a record number of attendees, convened to progress dialogue on the transition to a net-zero future. The event was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE who attended the opening ceremony with Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea, and Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan delivering keynote speeches.
May 2023: Willcox Partners with Shorepower to Manufacture and Deliver Charging Stations
The Future Willcox, in partnership with its OEM supplier Shorepower Technologies, has the ability to fast track its deployment and management of Willcox branded EV charging points globally.
The Willcox brand of EVSE, also known as electric vehicle charging stations, will offer a seamless customer experience, with the highest safety standards through careful planning and deployment. Willcox, in conjunction with its partner, has developed a comprehensive charging infrastructure model that includes grid management, charging station hardware sales, installation and service, and technical and operational expertise and training, all based on a financial model that provides considerable benefits to all parties involved.
Willcox also offers the ability to expand into additional areas of business, including fuel stations and home charging, the sale of EV hardware, installation and maintenance services to residential customers, provision of installation and maintenance services for third party EV charging infrastructure, development, and provision of turnkey EV fleet solutions
Shorepower designs, manufactures, installs, and operates electrified parking spaces at truck stops, rest areas, travel plazas, warehouses, truck depots, terminals, malls, businesses and other types of parking areas. Since 2004, Shorepower has electrified over 2,000 parking spaces throughout North America.
