New York, Tuesday 4th May – Sumir Karayi, CEO, 1E, a software and services company that improves IT efficiency by identifying and reducing costs and waste in hardware, software, energy and time, today will present on Energy Efficient IT during the Changing the World panel session on Wednesday 12th May at 09:00-10:30 at the third Energy Efficiency Global Forum & Exposition (EE Global) in Washington, D.C., May 10-12, 2010.

The session will explore new ICT technologies that are enabling tremendous energy savings in data centers, businesses and residences, and also details how the internet – through social networks and applications – is changing consumer and business energy use patterns. During the session, Karayi will offer best practise tips on increasing efficiency and eliminating data center waste and how organizations to realize significant energy savings with desktop power management, highlighting how award-winning solutions like NightWatchman® and NightWatchman® Server Edition from 1E can combat these issues.

Hosted by the Alliance to Save Energy, EE Global convenes world-class business, technology, government and policy leaders to address the latest technological breakthroughs, policy advances and research related to energy efficiency.

“We are delighted to welcome Mr Karayi to the world’s premier dialogue on energy efficiency and clean energy,” said Kateri Callahan, president of the Alliance. “As a prominent voice in the industry, he will be an invaluable contributor, and will showcase the innovative thinking characteristic of 1E.”

“Reducing IT waste and using IT to foster greater energy efficiency, without disrupting organizational productivity is achievable in business today,” says Karayi. “At EE Global, 1E is pleased to showcase how our customers have saved over $350 million in energy costs using our market leading PC power management solution NightWatchman, while also generating even great savings and efficiencies through our latest award-winning innovation, NightWatchman Server Edition.”

Karayi will join the more than 50 energy experts from around the world already confirmed to address four plenary sessions and four concurrent tracks of Executive Dialogue sessions. Each track concentrates on one of four key energy end-use sectors: buildings, consumers, industry and utilities or transportation and urban planning.

High-level public speakers include Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Cathy Zoi; Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff; and European Parliament Member Lena Ek of Sweden. For a list of all confirmed speakers, go to https://eeglobalforum.org/symposium-confirmed-speakers.php.

The three-day event is expected to draw over 1,000 attendees, exhibitors, speakers and media.

For additional information, please visit www.eeglobalforum.org.

About The Alliance to Save Energy

The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, the economy and national security. For more information, please visit: www.ase.org