“THE EU’S VISION FOR A MODERN, CLEAN AND COMPETITIVE ECONOMY”

Stakeholder consultation high level public event

BRUSSELS, UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES - ULB 10 — 11 July 2018

15:45 — 16:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Industry and long term emissions reduction

ElŻbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs

16:00 — 16:45 CLOSING SESSION: From Paris to Katowice

CO-CHAIR: Dominique Ristori, Director-General for Energy, European Commission Mauro Petriccione, Director-General for Climate Action, European Commission

Laurent Fabius, President COP 21 (Paris)

Michal Kurtyka, President COP 24 (Katowice)

Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy

FINAL REMARKS by Yvon ENGLERT, Rector, Université Libre de Bruxelles

DIRECTORATE-GENERALFOR CLIMATE ACTION

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@EUClimateAction

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@Energy4Europe

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TUESDAY 10 JULY

10:15 — 10:30 WELCOME by Pierre Gurdjian, President of the Université Libre de Bruxelles

10:30 — 11:15 OPENING ADDRESSES Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy

Sean Kelly, Member of the European Parliament

Vazil Hudák, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank

Josef Plank, General-Secretary, Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria

11:15 — 12:30 SESSION I: Cost-efficient ways for achieving a post-carbon European economy

Moderation: Dominique Ristori, Director-General for Energy, European Commission

Jyrki Katainen, European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Investment and Competitiveness

Ignacio S. Galán, Chairman and CEO, Iberdrola

Dr. Johannes Teyssen, CEO of E.ON

Giles Dickson, CEO, WindEurope

David Turk, Acting Director, Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks of the International Energy Agency

Monica Frassoni, President, European Alliance to Save Energy Wendel Trio, Director, Climate Action Network Europe

14:30 — 15:45 SESSION II : The Long Term Strategy in an international context

Moderation: Mauro Petriccione, Director-General for Climate Action, European Commission

Jim Skea, Chair, IPCC Working Group III

Laurence Tubiana, CEO, European Climate Foundation (ECF)

Marc Giacomini, Deputy Managing Director, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Martin Young, Director Policy and Risk, World Energy Council

Dolf Gielen, Director, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Agneta Rising, Director-General, World Nuclear Association (WNA)

James Watson, CEO, SolarPower Europe

15:45 — 17:00 SESSION III : Benefits of a low-carbon world for all Europeans – a Citizen’s perspective

Moderation: Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Director Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, DG Energy, European Commission

Monique Goyens, Director General, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)

Jeremy Wates, Secretary-General, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

• Marco Alverà, President GasNaturally

Anna Lisa Boni, Secretary-General, Eurocities

Bruno Liebhaberg, Director-General, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)

William Todts, Executive Director, Transport & Environment (T&E)

Benjamin Denis, Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

17:00 — 17:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union

WEDNESDAY 11 JULY

9:15 — 9:30 INTRODUCTION

9:30 — 10:30 SESSION I: Experience with long-term strategies in Europe

Moderation: Yvon Slingenberg, Director International, Mainstreaming and Policy Coordination, DG Climate Action, European Commission

João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment (Portugal)

Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment (Norway)

Rita Schwarzeluehr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)

Jaroslav Zajíček, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the EU

Virginie Dumoulin, Director for European & International affairs, Ministry for an Ecological &

Inclusive Transition, France

10:30 — 11:30 SESSION II : Economy, finance, investment

Moderation: Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director-General for Energy, European Commission Darius Maikstenas, Chairman and CEO, Lietuvos Energija

Kristian Ruby, Secretary-General, EURELECTRIC

Patrick Liébus, Vice-President, European Builders Confederation (EBC)

Anthony Cox, Director of Environment, OECD

Monica Scatasta, Head of Environment, Climate and Social Policy, European Investment Bank (EIB)

11:30 — 12:30 SESSION III : Innovation, technology

Moderation: Sami Andoura, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission

Marco Mensink, Director-General, CEFIC

Federica Sabbati, Secretary-General, European Heating Industry Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Secretary-General, Hydrogen Europe

Diego Pavia, CEO, KIC InnoEnergy

Prof. Dr. Sibylle Günter, Coordinator of the EUROfusion Consortium and Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

François-Régis Mouton, Director EU Affairs, International Association of Oil & Gas producers (IOGP)

14:30 — 15:30 SESSION IV: Role and use of natural resources

Moderation: Artur Runge-Metzger, Director Climate Strategy, Governance and Emissions from non-trading sectors, DG Climate Action, European Commission

Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General, COPA-COGECA

Jean Francois Soussana, Vice-President, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)

Andrea Kohl, Programme Director, WWF

Hartmut Stalb, Chair, Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI)

Paolo Fantoni, Chairman, European Panel Federation

Mihail Dumitru, Deputy Director-General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commision