Programme

Day 1 — Monday 21 September

• 8.45am - noon Visit to Kiowatt, innovative technology facility (optional)
• 1.30pm - 2.30pm Arrival and registration
• 2.30pm - 3.15pm Opening session
  
  Master of ceremony: Gilbert Théato
  Director My Energy G.I.E
  
  Xavier Bettel
  Luxembourg Prime Minister
  
  Carlos Moedas
  European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
  
  Introductory statement by Claude Turmes
  Member of the European Parliament, Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE)
  
• 3.15pm - 5pm Session 1. Accelerating the energy system transformation
  
  Keynote speech by Dominique Ristori
  Director General, Directorate General Energy, European Commission
  
  Moderator: Tom Eischen
  Director General of the General Directorate for Energy and Government Commissioner for Energy of the Ministry of the Economy of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
  
  Panellists
  
  - Professor Catherine Mitchell, University of Exeter
  The energy system of the future: technology challenges
  
  - Lezek Drogosz, Director of Infrastructure Department, Warsaw
  The energy system of the future: societal challenges and opportunities
  
  - Christoph Podewils, Director of Communications, Agora Energiewende
  Integration of systems
  
  - Robert Spicer, CEO vyzVoice
  Energy/ICT
  
  - Philippe Rosier, President Global Business Unit, Solvay
  Upstream technology development
  
  - Antonio Vidigal, CEO EDP Inovação
  Global energy player
  
• 5.30pm - 6.45pm Session 2. Towards a competitive European energy technology sector
  
  Moderator: Giovanni De Santi
  Director Institute for Energy and Transport, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
  
  - Diego Pavia, Chief Executive Officer, KIC-InnoEnergy
  Strengths and opportunities of the European energy technology sector
  
  - Dr. Klaus Willnow, Director Innovation Cooperations, Siemens
  International project/a company view on the global energy technology sector
  
  - Hervé Bernard, Chairperson EERA
  Research for a more innovative Europe supporting energy transition
  
  - Professor Torbjørn Digernes, Chair of the EUA-EPUE (European University Association - European Platform of Universities in Energy Research & Education)
  Linking research and education
  
• 7.15pm - 10.45pm Gala dinner

Day 2 — Tuesday 22 September

• 8am - 8.30am Registration and welcome coffee
• 8.30am - 9.45am Session 3. Participation of the consumer in the energy transition
  
  Moderator: Michel Lebrun, Comité des Régions (CdR)
  
  - Monika Stajnarova, Senior Economic Officer, BEUC – The European Consumer organisation
  Consumer’s roles and responsibilities in the European energy transformation
  
  - Matthieu Mounier, Vice-President Prosumer Business, Schneider Electric
  Demand response, smart buildings, homes, appliances and home automation systems
  
  - Franziska Mohaupt, Environmental Engineer, Coordinator for the InnoSmart project
  Smart grids, storage and demand response
  
  - Thierry Lagoda, Mayor, city of Beckerich, Luxembourg
  Smart city: Integrating electricity and heat at local level
  
• 9.45am - 11am Session 4. Sustainable energy for transport – and the link to the strategic transport research and innovation agenda
  
  Moderator: Magda Kopczynska
  Director, Mobility and Transport, European Commission
  
  - Frédéric Malefant, General Manager EV Business Development, Renault
  Energy/transport
  
  - Piero Cavigliasso, Director of institutional relations and public funding, Biochemtex
  Biofuels for transport
  
  - Fabio Ferrari, Coodinator H2 Mobility France
  Hydrogen in transport
  
  - Eric-Philippe Vinesse, Senior Vice President - Research and Development, Michelin
  Energy efficiency and quality of products
  
  - Romain Hansen, Director Technology projects, Goodyear worldwide
  Sustainable and safe road transport mobility
  
• 11.30am - 1pm Session 5. Efficient energy systems
  
  Moderator: Marie Donnelly
  Director, Directorate General Energy, European Commission
  
  - Katharina Krell, Managing Director, Greenovate Europe
  System efficiency
  
  - Dr Bhagwat, Corporate Energy Affairs, Aunubis Belgium
  Industrial efficiency in energy-intensive industry
  
  - Monica Frassoni, President of the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE)
  Energy efficiency in buildings
  
  - Jasper van den Munckhof, Manager EnergieSprong
  Deep renovation project
  
  - Jean-François Gagné, Head of Energy Technology Policy Division, International Energy Agency
  The role of heating and cooling in efficient energy
  
• 1pm - 2pm Lunch
• 2pm - 3.30pm Session 6. Being the world leader in developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies
  
  Moderator: András Siegler
  Director, Directorate General Research and Innovation, European Commission
  
  - Torben Hvid Larsen, Chief Technical Officer, MHI-Vestas
  Offshore wind and integration in Northwest Europe's grid
  
  - Professor Eicke Weber, Fraunhofer ISE/ President of EUREC
  New technology to make renewable electricity controllable: storage and RES baseload production
  
  - Anna Carolina Tortora, Head of Innovation and development – Terna Storage
  The role of flexibility in the future system
  
  - Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba, Co-founder and Advisor to the Executive Committee, solairedirect
  Manufacturing PV system integration technologies in Europe
  
  - Miklos Antics, Managing Director GPC IP / GEOFLUID
  Geothermal heating and cooling
  
• 4pm - 5.30pm Session 7. Financing challenges, possibilities and synergies between financing instruments
  
  Moderator: Gerassimos Thomas
  Deputy Director General, Directorate General Energy, European Commission
  
  - Nicholas Jennett, European Investment Bank
  Stepping up the role of EIB in financing energy innovation: InnovFin facility on Energy Demonstration Projects and European Fund for Strategic Investments
  
  - Carlos Pimenta, President of the Supervisory Board of SICAR NovEnergia Holding Company
  Challenges in financing market uptake of innovation
  
  - Malgorzata Mika-Bryska, Deputy Director in Energy Department in Ministry of Economy
  Use of structural funds & smart specialization
  
  - Dr Tome Anticic, Director general of Rudjer Boskovic Institute
  Efficient combination of various financing instruments
  
• 5.30pm - 6pm Closing session
  
  Master of ceremony: Gilbert Théato
  Director My Energy G.I.E
  
  Étienne Schneider
  Luxembourg Minister of the Economy
  
  Miguel Arias Cañete
  European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy
  

Poster session

You will be able to visit the poster session which will be held throughout the duration of the conference, meet the project presenters and discuss with them their innovative approach as well as to vote for your favourite project.