TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (Mehr News Agency) -- The 13th international oil and gas conference of the Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES) kicks off at the Olympic Hotel in Tehran tomorrow.

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari is to attend the opening ceremony, IRNA reported.

Sixty-eight domestic officials and some 661 representatives from Russia, the United States of America, Canada, Britain, Portugal, Germany, Japan, Thailand, Lebanon, Austria, Belgium, the United Nations and the European Union will take part in the two-day event.

Also the Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Abdalla El-Badri is to attend the second day of the conference.

Energy management and policies, energy modeling, planning and pricing policies, energy management and climate changes, renewable energies, new technologies for energy saving, and investment opportunities in Iran's energy sector are among the most important topics on the agenda.

Three workshops will also be held on the sidelines of the conference.

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