“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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DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
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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