Attended the 3rd International Renewable Energy Asia Pacific ’96 Conference and Exhibition on October 7-9, 1996 Holiday in Pavilion, Philippines and presented a paper on “The Role of Grameen Shakti in Promoting Renewable Energy in Bangladesh”.
Attended the International Conference on “Role of Women in Renewable Energy Development” held on March 2, 1997 in New Delhi, organized by All India Women’s Conference in collaboration with International Center for Application of Solar Energy (CASE), Power Energy Consultants (PEC).
Attended the International Conference and Exhibition on “Village Electrification through Renewable Energy” held on March 3-5, 1997 in New Delhi, India and presented a paper on “The Role of Grameen Shakti in Promoting Renewable Energy in Bangladesh”.
Attended the VP conference on “The Applications of Renewable Energy to Village Electrification” held in Washington D.C. USA from April 14 – 15, 1997 organized by Energy Laboratory, U.S.A and presented two papers –
One paper presented titled “Grameen Bank’s Experience with Energy Related Micro-enterprise Development”.
Another paper presented titled “Renewable Energy and Rural Development Activities: Experience in Bangladesh”.
Attended the conference on “Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Program” in Washington DC on October 27-28, 1997 organized by International Finance Corporation, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA and presented a paper on “Marketing and Financing of Solar Home Systems in Rural Bangladesh: The Experience of Grameen Shakti”.
Attended the meeting on “Second International Conference on Women in Agriculture” on June 30,1998 in Washington DC, USA, organized by US Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy and Sponsored by The President’s Interagency Council on Women.
One paper presented titled “Solar-Based Rural Electrification and Micro-credit”.
Another paper presented titled “Micro Enterprise Opportunities”.
Attended the “World Renewable Congress V, Organized by Commonwealth Secretariat at Florence, Italy on September 20-25, 1998 and Presented Paper on “Grameen Shakti’s Activities”.
Attended the “Village Power ’98 Conference” Organized by World Bank and NREL at Washington DC, USA, on October 6-8, 1998 and Presented Paper on “Energy’s Role in Rural Income Generation: The Grameen Strategy”.
Attended the Conference of “World Renewable Energy Congress 1999” Organized by Australian CRC for Renewable Energy and Institute for Environmental Science, Murdoch University on 10-13 February 1999 at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia and presented a paper on Strategy for Promotions and Development of Renewable Energy Technologies in Bangladesh: Experience from Grameen Shakti.
Attended the Workshop of “Making a difference in Emerging PV Markets: Strategies to Promote Photovoltaic Energy Generation – Review and Outlook” Organized by Global Environment Facilities (GEF), with support from the Swiss Government on September 25-28, 2000 at Marrakech, Morocco.
Attended the Conference of “Village Power 2000: Empowering People and Transforming Markets” organized by World Bank, USAID, NREL, and Winrock International held on December 5-6, 2000 at Washington DC, USA and presented the paper “Mobilization of Local Entrepreneurship for Delivery of Rural Services – The Experience of Grameen Shakti”.
Attended the Workshop of “Stakeholder Successes in Global Environmental Management” organized by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) on December 08, 2000 at Potsdam, Germany and presented the paper “Microcredit for the poor and the Environment – The Grameen Experience”.
Attended the Workshop of “Policies to Accelerate Renewable Energy Market Development” organized by Confederation of Indian Industry, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, International Energy Agency and Climate Technology Initiative and presented a paper on “Promotion and Development of Renewable Energy Resources in Bangladesh – Experience of Grameen Shakti held on February 18-20, 2001 at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi, India.
Attended the Workshop of “RETs in Asia – II Annual Review Workshop 2001” organized by AIT and presented a paper on “Review Workshop on Renewable Energy Technologies in Asia: A Regional Research & Dissemination Program Phase II” held on February 23-24, 2001 at Pathumthani, Thailand.
Attended the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)’s 30th Anniversary Conference “Equity for a Small Planet” held on November 12-13, 2001 in London, England.
Attended the “Multi-Stakeholders Round Table on Energy for sustainable Development: New partnerships for Concrete Actions” as discussant held on January 21-23, 2002 in New Delhi, India.
Attended the “High Level Round Table on Energy for sustainable Development” organized by GEF held on January 29-30, 2002 in New York, USA.
Attended the “International Conference on Renewable Energy Power (REPower2002)” as a Speaker organized by The Energy Research Institute (TERI) held on April 1-2, 2002 in New Delhi, India.
Attended the workshop on “Should the Global Village Energy Partnership Develop a Pre-Investment Fund to Facilitate the scale Up of Modern Energy Service” was held in Berlin, Germany from April 23-24, 2003 organized by Global Village Energy Partnership and World Bank.
Participated in a workshop on “South Asia Village Energy Practitioners” at hotel Colombo Plaza, Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 2-4, 2003.
Attended in a Roundtable Discussion on “Institutional Mechanism for Developing and Financing Rural Electrification Project in Indonesia” on August 29, 2003 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Participated at the Regional Conference on “Private Participation in Rural Energy Service Delivery” was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 29-30, 2003 sponsored by SARI/Energy Program.
Participated at the “Regional Workshop to exchange on Strategic Planning and Management of the Energy Sector” was held on Pitshanuloke, Thailand on December 17-19,2003 organized by ESCAP.
Participated at the “International Congress on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development” on 21-23, January 2004 at Bangalore, India.
Participated at the “Workshop on Renewable Energy” held on February 7-8, 2004 in New Delhi, India organized by Government of India in association with German Government.
Participated at the international conference as a Speaker on “Second World Renewable Energy Forum: Renewing Civilization by Renewable Energy” held on May 29-31, 2004 in Bonn, Germany organized by EUROSOLAR, Germany and presented a paper on “Pictorial Illustration on Grameen Shakti”.
Participated at the international conference for “Renewable Energies” held on June 01-04, 2004 in Bonn, Germany organized by The Govt. of the Federal Republic of Germany and presented a paper on “Best Practices and Success Stories: The Experiences of Grameen Shakti”.
Participated at the workshop as a Guest Speaker on “Micro-Finance in Renewable Energy Technologies” held on July 7-9, 2004 in Kathmandu, Nepal organized by WINROCK International, USA.
Attended at the workshop on “Electricity and Development Workshop” held on April 28-29, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand organized by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) and presented a paper on “Rural Electrification with Solar Home Systems: Lessons Learned from Grameen Shakti”.
Attended at the workshop on “The South-South REDCO Exchange Workshop” as a Key Speaker on June 12-18, 2005 in Bangalore, India organized by SELCO Exchange.
Participated at the “World Renewable Energy Assembly 2005” as Speaker on November 26-30, 2005 in Bonn, Germany organized by WCRE.
Attended at the seminal on “The Third Green Growth Policy Dialogue: “The Greening of Business and the Environment as a Business Opportunity” as a Keynote Speaker on June 5-7, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand organized by ESCAP.
Attended at the workshop on “Microcredit and Energy Services” on August 28-31, 2007 in Ahmadabad, India organized by SEEP Network.
Attended at the “Forum on Climate Change, Food Security and Poverty Reduction” as a Speaker on Sep 27, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden organized by SIDA (Swedish International Cooperation Agency).
Participated at the “Washington International Renewable Energy Conference 2008” as Speaker Hosted by US Government on November March 3-7, 2008 in Washington DC, USA.
Attended at the regional workshop on the theme of “Green Jobs for Asia and the Pacific” as Key Speaker organized by ILO held on April 21-23, 2008 in Niigata, Japan.
Attended at the Interview Session “Technologies for Life” as a Keynote Speaker organized by Global Forum Business Network, Sweden on 7-8 May 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Attended at the International Workshop on the “Financing of Domestic Biogas Plants” organized by SNV Netherlands Development Organization, on 22-23 October 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Attended at the “Asian Youth Energy Summit” held on 30-31 October 2008 in Singapore.
Attended at the International Conference on “Climate Change as Security Threat – Strategies for Policymakers, Science and Business” organized by Federal Foreign Office on 5-7 November 2008 in Freiburg, Germany.
Attended at the Preparatory Meeting on “International Climate Protection Initiative (ICPI)” organized by GTZ, Germany on behalf of the Federal Environment Minister of Germany Sigmar Gabriel on 7 December 2008 in Poznan, Poland.
Attended at the “New Energy Finance Summit” organized by Summit Authority, on 4th-6th March 2009 in London, England.
Attended at the “World Bank Energy Week” as Panel Speaker organized by World Bank, on 1-2 April 2009 in Washington DC, USA.
Attended as Keynote Speaker at OTT -Symposium “Small PV Applications- rural electrification and commercial use, Ulm, Germany, May 25, 2009
Attended as Keynote Speaker at Being Globally Responsible Conference, Shanghai, China, 5-6 June, 2009
Attended ‘International Renewable Energy Networking Authority (IRENA) vote at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 29-30 June 2009.
Attended International Conference on Environment held in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.
Attended at the ’14th Addis Chamber International Trade Fair’ held on 25th February to 3rd
March 2010, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, organized by Modern Energy Services Ethiopia
(AMES-E), the international cooperation department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(DGIS) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Ethiopia.
Attended the Yale Conference on Development Finance and Sustainable Energy at the panel on “Intermediaries: Bridging the gaps between Energy & Finance” as speaker, organized from April 16-17, 2010, at Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Attended Globe Forum 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden as Speaker from April 28-29, 2010.
Attended 5th Global Yes Summit “Rework the World” as Speaker, from 2-5 June 2010, held in Stockholm, Sweden.
Attended Wilton Park conference: Low Carbon Energy Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities as Speaker, organized by REEEP, 21 – 24 June 2010 in West Sussex, UK.
Attended Wilton Park conference: Foundations and International Development: Partnership and Outcomes, from 4 – 6 October 2010 in West Sussex, UK.
Attended meetings of jury members of Solar for All and conference organized by Inter solar from 11th to 15th July 2010, at San Francisco, USA.
Attended meetings/workshop in Sri Lanka from August 16 – 20, 2010, with the invitation from Solar Industry and the Ministry of Power and Energy in Sri Lanka.
Attended a conference on “Changing Course- Reclaiming our Future” in September 14-19, 2010 on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Right Livelihood Award in Bonn, Germany.
Participated in the “Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference” as a Speaker, from October 27-29, 2010 in Indian Expo Center & Mart, Greater Noida, National Capital Region, Delhi.
Attended The Cancun Climate Summit in Mexico from November 29-30, 2010.
Attended the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2011 and the World Future Energy Summit from January 17-19 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi.
Participated as a panelist in the “Asia Pacific Rule of Law Conference” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from January 26-28, 2011.
Attended as a Speaker at the 4th World Future Energy Summit held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from the 14th – 16th January 2011.
Attended at the Tufts Energy Conference as Speaker held from April 15th – 16th,2011, on the Tufts University Medford Campus, Boston, USA.
Attended at the workshop as Speaker on women Energy and Enterprise building at Trivanandrum, Kerala from April 4-6 2011
Attended seminar tiled Powering Africa held on Wilton Park UK from 14 -15 April 2011.
Attended a seminar on Business as a Partner for Development in Asia 6 September 2011, at Berlin Town Hall.
Attended workshop on Best Practices in Financing Access to Sustainable Energy, at Rockefeller Center, New York, USA from 5-7 March, 2012.
Attended the lead author meeting of IPCC in WELLINGTON, New Zealand from 17-23 March, 2012.
Attended the International Conference on Energy Access organized by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India on 9 – 10th October, 2012 at New Delhi, India.
Attended the FARA Regional Dialogue on Renewable energy 17-18 October 2012, Abuja Nigeria.
Attended International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference as a keynote speaker, Accra (Ghana) from 1-2 Nov 2012.
Attended IPCC lead author meeting from 5-9 November, 2012 at Vigo, Spain.
Attended India Energy Congress 2013, organized in New Delhi on 7th and 8th February 2013 by WEC India
Attended International Conference on Energy Resources & Technologies for Sustainable Development ICERTSD 2013, 07-09 February 2013, West Bengle, India.
Attended 2nd International Convention of Environmental Laureates, 14 – 17 March 2013, Freiburg, Germany.
Attended the kick-off meeting of the IRENA Renewable Costing Alliance (the Alliance) on 19 June 2013 in Bonn, Germany.
Attended WFC annual general meeting in Bonn, Germany as a councilor from 20 to 24 June, 2013.
Attended IPCC lead author meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1 to 5 July, 2013.
Visited DESI Power, work area in Araria, India from July 20 to 22, 2013.
Attended Cleantech Marketplace Forum in Singapore, from 9 to 11 September, 2013.
Attended Micro Credit Summit 2013, Manila, Philipines on 7 – 9 October 2013.
Attended India International Cleantech Summit, October 10, 2013, New Delhi as a panelist.
Attended a workshop in Kolkata, India on December 2013 arranged by ARC finance as a speaker.
Attended IRENA conference on Renewable Energy and Jobs on January 2014 and was the stand presenter in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Attended Zayed Future Energy Prize giving ceremony as a price presenter in the NGO category in January 2014.
Attended Oxford University’s 2014 Climate Forum as the keynote speaker in February 2014.
Attended Ashden International Conference on sustainable energy for women and girls on 20 May, 2014 in London as a speaker.
Attended a conference on Teaching Right Livelihood – Education in a Globalized World’, held in Kassel, Germany, on 22nd and 23rd May, 2014.
Attended Right Livelihood College (RLC) opening ceremony in Bonn, Germany on 27-28 May, 2014.
On 14 June, 2014 attended 9th Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) organized jointly by IRINA and ABD (Asian Development Bank) at Manila, Philippines.
On 08 September, 2014 attend 2nd PSAG meeting of Green Climate Fund Cape Town, South Africa to as the advisor of PSAG.
On 15 September, 2014 attended a workshop in New York organized by ARC finance.
On 23 September, 2014 participated in ‘International Development (DFID), SELCO Incubation Centre and the Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), Knowledge Sharing workshop” in for Bangalore, India to organized by IRENA.
On 28 October, 2014 attended a conference on Asia Pacific Clean Tech marketplace forum organized by GCCA at Singapore.
On 10-11 November, 2014 attended a knowledge sharing workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal among south Asian Regional Renewable energy association organized by STANCE (South Asian Network for clean Energy).
On 18 January, 2015 attend ZFEP award ceremony & Abu Dhabi Energy Week as the first Zayed Future Energy Prize winner at Abu Dhabi.
On 09 March, 2015 attend a meeting on Green Energy organized by University of Oslo, Norway at Oslo.
On 12-16 March, 2015 attend 4th International Convention of Environmental Laureates at Freiburg, Germany.
On 8-10 April, 2015 attended DCF high level symposium at Incheon, South Korea organized by United Nations.
On 18-19 May, 2015 attended PSAG meeting of Green Climate fund in Paris, France as a PSAG member.
On 19-20 August, 2015 attended India Off-Grid Energy Summit 2015 (IOGES) and launching of South Asia Network for clean energy in New Delhi, India organized by The Climate Group.
On 21 September, 2015 attended ‘Social impact finance and access to energy’ organized by World Access to Modern Energy in Milan, Italy.
On 26-29 October, 2015 attended ‘4th International off Grid Lighting Conference & Exhibition 2015’ organized by Global off Grid Lighting Association in Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE.
On 11 December, 2015 attended the 2nd Solar for All jury meeting at Paris, France organized by Canopus Foundation, Freiburg, Germany.
On 16-21 January, 2016 attended the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) organized by Zayed Future Energy Prize, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
On 5-8 March, 2016 attended the Annual General Meeting of World Future Council at Hamburg, Germany.
On 10-13 March, 2016 attend 5th International Convention of Environmental Laureates at Freiburg, Germany.
On 10-13 May, 2016 attend the IRENA Innovation Week 2016 as a panelist on the topic of Systematic Innovation: Business Model at Bonn, Germany.
On 19-20 October, 2016 attended the 2nd Solar for All jury meeting and Award Ceremony as a Jury member at Mumbai, India organized by Canopus Foundation, Freiburg, Germany.
On 22 November, 2016 attended the first Green Business Forum 2016 for Asia and Pacific as a panelist on Mobilizing the Private Sector at ADB Headquarters at Manila, Philippines.
On 09-12 March, 2017 attended 6th International Convention of Environmental Laureates at Freiburg, Germany.
On 22-23 March, 2017 attended Regional Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries on Sustainable Energy in Kathmandu, Nepal as a speaker on the topic of ‘Financing Initiatives & Business Plans That Work.’
On 30 March to 2nd April, 2017 attended the 10th Annual General Meeting of World Future Council at Bregenze, Austria.
On 3-5 April, 2017 attended the 3rd Sustainable Energy for All Forum (SE4ALL) at Brooklyn, New York, USA.
On 5-8 June, 2017 attended the Asian Clean Energy Forum 2017 at ADB Headquarters at Manila, Philippines as a speaker on the topic of ‘Financing Energy Access for the Last Mile: Bangladesh Experience.’
On 4-5 July, 2017 attended the Solar & Storage Finance Asia 2017 at Singapore as a speaker on the topic of ‘How do we attract finance into the mini grid sector, Bangladesh Experience’.
On 21-23 August, 2017 attended LDC REEEI Advisory Working Group Meeting at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
On 29th November, 2017 to 1st December, 2017 attended Asia Pacific Forum On Low Carbon Technology at China.
On 5th – 6th December, 2017 attended Private Sector Advisory Group Meeting at Copenhagen, Denmark.
On 28th February – 2nd March, 2018 attended 19th Meeting of the “Private Sector Advisory Group (Green Climate Fund)” at South Korea.
On 6th to 9th March, 2018 attended Meeting on “Developing Clean and Effective Energy Systems in the 21th Century” organized by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) at Japan.
On 15th – 18th March, 2018 attended the “7th International Convention on Environment Laureates” at Freiburg, Germany.
On 4th – 8th June, 2018 attended “11th Meeting of Asia Solar Energy Forum and 2018 Asia Clean Energy Forum” at ADB Headquarter, Manila, Philippines.
On 16th – 17th August, 2018 attended “Green Climate Fund Private Sector Advisory Group Meeting” at Columbia Law School, New York, USA.
On 23rd – 26th October, 2018 attended the Third Asia-Pacific Forum on Low-Carbon Technology at Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
On 14th – 19th January, 2019 attended the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and Zayed Sustainability Prize Award Ceremony at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
On 12th – 15th September, 2019 attended the 12th Annual General Meeting of World Future Council (WFC) at Cairo, Egypt.
On 7th – 11th October, 2019 attended the GIZ Renewable Energy & Efficiency Week (REEW) at Berlin, Germany.
On March 18-19, 2025 attended the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2025 (BETD.25) at Berlin, Germany.
On July 29, 2025 attended the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific 2025 (ISAP2025) at Yokohama, Japan.
“Dipal Chandra Barua – Pioneer of renewable energy and social entrepreneurship in Bangladesh, empowering millions through sustainable solutions for a brighter future.”