Smart Island Project*Kythnos - EL

Draft programme17 May

9h30-12h30 Part I – Learnings from the island of Kythnos, Town Hall

“Welcome address by the Municipality of Kythnos”, Stamatios Garderis, Mayor of Kythnos

“The island of Kythnos: Facts about history, culture and economy”, Georgios Iliou, Vice-mayor of Kythnos, President of DAFNI Network

“The EESC Smart islands project”, Melis Joost, EESC Member

“History and future of smart technologies in Kythnos”, Kostas Komninos, Aegean Energy Agency

The History – Sustainable energy solutions developed since 1982

Taking steps forward – Pact of Islands and the Sustainable Energy Action Plan

The Future – Smart projects under development

12h30-14h00 Part II – Visit of Smart Projects

Visit 1 Energy production on the island – Visit to thermal power station and old hybrid plan (PV station, Wind turbine and batteries)

14h00-15h30 Lunch break

15h30-17h00 Visit 2 The Microgrid of Gaidouromandra – Visit to the location and observation

of smart technologies (PVs, inverters, batteries and diesel back-up generator)

17h00-18h00 Visit 3 Towards smart tourism – Visit to the 1st wind farm in Europe and the old power plant building that could host the island’s Renewable Energy Sources Museum and an Smart Training Centre

18h00 – 20h00 PART III – Open discussion with local society, Town Hall

Kythnos Smart Island Master Plan – Integrated smart solutions for the sustainable development of Kythnos

Participants:

- EESC delegation

- Municipality of Kythnos

- Representatives of the organised civil society of Kythnos

- Aegean Energy Agency, DAFNI Network

- PPC, PPC Renewables, HEDNO, NTUA, CRES

20h00 End of the mission

* The working language will be EL/EN (interpretation)

EESC Participants

Mr Pierre-Jean Coulon, http://memberspage.eesc.europa.eu/Detail.aspx?id=2018318&f=1&s=0&o1=0&o2=0&o3=0&ln=coulon

- Mr Meelis Joost http://memberspage.eesc.europa.eu/Detail.aspx?id=2016195&f=1&s=0&o1=0&o2=0&o3=0&ln=joost

- Mr Charles Vella, http://memberspage.eesc.europa.eu/Detail.aspx?id=2031727&f=1&s=0&o1=0&o2=0&o3=0&ln=vella

- Mr Stéphane Buffetaut, http://memberspage.eesc.europa.eu/Detail.aspx?id=2014403&f=1&s=0&o1=0&o2=0&o3=0&ln=buffetau

- Mr Cédric Cabanne, Administrator, EESC secretariat