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 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Monday 15 June 2009

09.00

Welcome & Opening


 

Lars G. JOSEFSSON
President of EURELECTRIC
President and CEO of Vattenfall

09.10

Opening Address


 

His Excellency Traian BASESCU
President of Romania

09.20

Keynote Speech
Addressing the dual challenges of climate change and energy security - the IEA Perspective


 

Didier HOUSSIN
Director, Directorate of Energy
Markets and Security
IEA


Session I
Decarbonising Power - Decarbonising Europe  
 

 

Chairman & Moderator


 

Michael GRUBB
Chief Economist
The Carbon Trust

09.40

Keynote Speech
How to move to a low carbon economy when times are hard - Us Perspective
 


 

Jeff STERBA
Chairman, President and CEO
PNM Resources, Inc.

10.00

Keynote Speech
How to move to a low carbon economy when times are hard - EU Perspective

 


 

Artur RUNGE-METZGER
Head of Unit "Climate Strategy,
international Negotiation and Monitoring of EU Action"
DG Environment
European Commission

10.20

CCS Technologies Exhibition & Coffee Break

Presentations  by



and 


11.10

Introduction to the Conference’s e-voting
 

   

11.20

Panel Debate (Speakers & Additional Panellists)
 

   




 

Jean-Pierre HANSEN
CEO of Electrabel
Member of the Executive Committee
GDF SUEZ

 



William S. KYTE, OBE
Chief Advisor, International Climate Policy EURELECTRIC 
Senior Advisor, Climate Change E.ON
 

 

Owen WILSON
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
Environment & Sustainable
Development Policy Committee
Manager, Group Health, Safety and
Environment, ESB
 

Alan SVOBODA
Executive Director Sales and Trading
CEZ GROUP

 

Prof. Pantelis CAPROS
Professor of Energy Economics
and Operation Research,
National Technical University
of Athens


Christian EGENHOFER
Senior Research Fellow
CEPS

12.30

Lunch
 

12.45

Press Conference
 


Session II
A Smart Electricity Infrastructure for the Future
 

 

Chairman & Moderator


 

Professor Ronnie BELMANS
University of Leuven
President of UIE

14.00

Keynote Speech
Electricity’s role in the third industrial revolution - Smart City Amsterdam



Paul AGTERBERG
Director of Strategy
Alliander





 

14.20

Keynote Speech
Benefits and challenges of new technologies in the power grid


 

Per HALLBERG
Chairman of EURELECTRIC WG
on Smart Grids/Network of the Future
Senior Advisor
Vattenfall European Affairs Office

14.40

CCS Technologies Exhibition & Coffee Break

Presentations  by





and



15.40

Electronic Voting
 

   

15.50

Panel Debate (Speakers & Additional Panellists)
 

   

 

Peter BIRKNER
Chairman of EURELECTRIC Networks Committee
Managing Director of
RWE Rhein-Ruhr Netzservice GmbH

Martin CROUCH
Director of European Strategy
and Environment
Ofgem




 

Livio GALLO
Chief Operating Officer of the Networks and Infrastructures Division of Enel
President of Enel Distribuzione

 

Pier NABUURS
Chairman of Technology Platform
on Smart Grids
CEO of KEMA

 


 

Andreas UMBACH
President & COO
Landis+Gyr AG
Chairman of Smart Metering
Association

 

   

17.00

End of Day 1

 

 
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