The inaugural Asia-Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo is being scheduled for next year as part of the Seventh Annual Korea-Pacific U.S. Sates Joint Conference that will be held in Honolulu.

The expo will provide an opportunity for countries to share renewable energy policies, best practices and new technologies.

The conference is being hosted by the state and takes place Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 2009. Besides Korean officials, representatives from Alaska, California, Hawai'i, Oregon, Washington and Idaho are part of the joint conference that was created to foster trade, investment and economic cooperation.