FTI Consulting has picked up an 18-month contract with the World Energy Council, a London-based consortium of corporations, governments, NGOs and other entities focused on global energy use.
WEC, which has member committees in 93 countries, including the U.S., holds a congress every three years with the latest slated for Daegu, South Korea, in October 2013.
Stuart Neil, director of communications for the WEC, told O’Dwyer’s FTI will support communications, including building the brand for the upcoming congress, and work toward setting the event’s agenda, securing speakers and other aspects.
The Japanese Fukushima disaster, deep-water drilling the wake of the BP Gulf of Mexico spill, and sustainability are expected to be hot topics at the congress, which has adopted the theme “Securing tomorrow’s energy today.”
Speakers include Khalid A. Al-Falih, CEO, Saudi Aramco; Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli, minister of energy, UAE, and Steve Bolze, president and CEO, GE Power & Water, among others.
Neil said the WEC looked at agencies that had Korean operations with access to a global network.
Burson-Marsteller, Incomm Brodeur, Ogilvy PR and Porter Novelli were involved in the pitch, but Edelman declined the March-April RFP process.
Bechtel president Jack Futcher chairs the U.S. committee of the WEC.
Joong-Kyum Kim, CEO of Korea Electric Power Corp., is chair of the 2013 congress.
FTI/London heads the work with Korean partner Insight Communications.