AF- The Ethiopian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ESME) held their 14th annual conference at the Ghion Hotel all day on Sunday, January 3, 2010. The morning's business session involved the voting process for the chairman and members of the committee for ESME. The presentation in the afternoon stressed energy efficiency in Ethiopia after which participants were free to mill about and tour the mechanical energy apparatus including the solar panel showed in the photo above. Participants, invited to attend, were selected from universities and different energy sectors.