Day 1 – Monday 21 September

Day 1 — Monday 21 September

• 1.30pm - 2.30pm Arrival and registration
  Poster session and welcome coffee
  

Opening session

• 
  Xavier Bettel
• 
  Carlos Moedas
• 
  Claude Turmes
• 
  Gilbert Théato

• 2.30pm - 3.15pm Welcome and keynote speeches
  
  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)
  

Session 1 — Accelerating the energy system transformation

• 
  Dominique Ristori
• 
  Tom Eischen
• 
  Professor Catherine Mitchell
• 
  Leszek Drogosz
• 
  Christoph Podewils
• 
  Robert Spicer
• 
  Phillipe Rosier
• 
  Antonio Vidigal

• 3.15pm - 5pm Keynote speech
  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
  
• 5pm - 5.30pm Poster session and coffee break

Session 2 — Towards a competitive European energy technology sector

• 
  Giovanni De Santi
• 
  Diego Pavia
• 
  Dr. Klaus Willnow
• 
  Hervé Bernard
• 
  Professor Torbjørn Digernes

• 5.30pm - 6.45pm 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