126- www. world- petroleum. org 7.1- The World Petroleum Council To continue the dialogue and to enhance the involvement of young people in its agenda, the WPC established a Youth Committee in 2006. The 17 young people under 35 from WPC member countries act as ambassadors for the next generation, provide a young peo-ple's perspective for the Council's work and help put in place strategies to engage youth around the world in the petroleum industry. Their mission is to promote a realistic im-age of the petroleum industry amongst the youth together with its challenges and oppor-tunities and initiate the creation of a collabo-rative and global forum for young people to be heard and new ideas to be championed. The Committee's first task was to create a series of activities for the Youth Programme of the 19th World Petroleum Congress. The new Youth Committee was elected during the 2008 Council meeting and play a major role in planning for the 20th World Petroleum Congress taking place in Qatar in 2011. They also play a key role in the or-ganisation of the 2nd WPC Youth Forum un-der the theme of " Energise Your Future", in Paris, France, November 18- 20, 2009. Members of the WPC Youth Committee contributed to the programme development and the concept of an online youth network " Energise My Network", which will provide an ongoing networking opportunity for young people interested in the petroleum industry. The members of the Youth Committee continue working with each other and the Council's bodies to engage with students and young professionals to design a sus-tainable future and promote their message that the energy sector is a challenging and exciting industry to work for. ?? Member Countries Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Libya, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay United States of America, Venezuela, and Vietnam. New Members from 2010 Bahrain, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago For further information and to find out about membership with the WPC, please contact the WPC Secretariat at: WPC Secretariat Director General Dr. Pierce Riemer Director Communications Ms. Ulrike von Lonski Fourth Floor, Suite 1 1, Duchess Street London W1W 6AN United Kingdom Tel: + 44 20 7637 4995 Fax: + 44 20 7637 4965 info@ world- petroleum. org WPC Youth Committee Vision Youth engaged in the petroleum industry to design a sustainable future. Mission . Create and nurture a collaborative, global forum for young people to be heard . Champion new ideas within the petro-leum industry . Promote a realistic image of the pe-troleum industry, its challenges and opportunities . Bridge the generation gap through men-torship networks Young people are the ones who will inherit this industry and should be involved in crafting its future" - Dr. Randall Gossen, President World Petroleum Council

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