Mario Cabrera, President of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Rafael Perdomo, Mayor of Pájara municipality of Fuerteventura, Francisca Luengo, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade and Nicolas Diaz Chico, CEO of the Canary Islands Institute of Technology, attended the event.

Jose Miguel Perez stated that "Spain and the Canary Islands should not lose the lead in developing the potential of renewable energy", adding that he found it "difficult" to reach the 20/20/20 objectives set by Europe for 2020, but urged all energy sector stakeholders in the Canary Islands "to work as if the goal was to reach 30% in each of the objectives."

Margarita Ramos commended the Canary Islands for hosting this conference which is "a unique environment to learn and act on problems of the island territories", especially on energy dependency. She reaffirmed the "Canary Islands commitment to renewable energies" and expressed support for all initiatives and agreements arising from the Pact of Islands. "Renewable energy sources generate a sustainable economy and are undoubtedly the future," she added.

Nicolas Diaz Chico, CEO of the Canary Islands Institute of Technology (ITC), stressed the importance of such events as the one held in Fuerteventura, "where all stakeholders can review energy sector requirements and seek joint solutions for the future."

Representatives from 11 EU island regions attended this International Conference whose purpose was also to promote sustainable energy policies in all EU countries, in accordance with the Written Declaration recently agreed by the European Parliament. During the meeting different issues related to Isle‐Pact initiative were addressed: renewable energy, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions, energy storage, island power grids, electric cars, feed‐in tariffs and other topics of interest.

The representatives of the Pact of Islands signatories included, among others, Cllr Angus Campbell, the leader of the Council of Outer Hebrides, Bertil Klintbom from Gotland, Jose Manuel Melim Mendes from Madeira, Anthi Charalambous from Cyprus and members of the co‐ordination team of the ISLE‐PACT project.

The Conference concluded with the 'Declaration of Fuerteventura', a document that includes 20 commitments to sustainability, supported by the Canary Islands Government and the seven island Cabildos who signed the Pact of Islands, reaffirming their commitment to support the European Commission objectives and the Canary Islands sustainable energy development.

All presentations :

P_Coroyannakis and D_McKim - ISLEPACT project

Angus Campbell - Oportunities for CO2 reductions in islands

Melim Mendes - Eficiencia energetica en islas europeas

Roque Calero - Planificacion energetica sostenible en islas

Gonzalo Piernavieja - Nueva regulacion sobre autoconsumo y balance neto

Pablo Casado - Experiencia de ENDESA en Generacion Distribuida

Santiago Marin - Reto de integracion de EERR en redes insulares

Jose Segura - Las EERR desde una optica de estado

Bertil Klintbom - Gotland experience on biogas public transport

Luis Sanchez - Sistema retributivo para estimular EERR y Ahorro y Eficiencia

Enrique Soria - Almacenamiento de EERR y minieolica para autoconsumo

Joaquin Hernandez - Islas como laboratorios para energia marina_ PLOCAN

Fernando Caballero - Analisis del sector de las EERR en Canarias