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CEPS Low Carbon Economy Forum 2019: Industrial Implications of EU and Global Climate Change Policy


REINVENT’s Lars J Nilsson will take part in the special opening panel titled ‘Technology outlook for the low-carbon economy’. The full programme of the event is available below.

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CEPS LOW CARBON ECONOMY FORUM 2019

Industrial Implications of EU and Global Climate Change Policy

 (In co-operation with the MISTRA Carbon Exit Programme)

 Date: 18 and 19 June 2019

Venue: Town Hall Europe (Square de Meeûs 5, Brussels)

 

AGENDA

Day 1: 18 June 2019

16:00 – 16:30 

Moderator: Christian Egenhofer, Director, CEPS Energy Climate House, CEPS 

Opening Speech: Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President for Energy Union, European Commission

16:30 – 18:30 

Special Opening Panel: Technology Outlook for the low-carbon economy   

·      Lars J. Nilsson, Leader of the REINVENT EU-project, Co-ordinating Lead Author of the industry chapter in AR6 WGIII, IPCC 

·      Carl De Maré, Vice President, Vice-President ArcelorMittal Group CTO, Head of Technology Strategy 

Comments: 

·      Elina Bardram, Head of International Relations unit, DG Climate Action A.1, European Commission 

·      Frances Sprei, Associate Professor, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University, Göteborg

·      Lars Zetterberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; Co-Director of MISTRA Carbon Exit project 

 Discussion 

Day 2: 19 June 2019

09:15– 11:00

Session 1: Global and EU Challenges of the EU long-term strategy

Moderator:Christian Egenhofer, Director, CEPS Energy Climate House, CEPS 

Setting the scene:

Spencer Dale, Chief Economist, BP 

Mauro Petriccione, Director General, DG Climate Action, European Commission 

Panel discussion with: 

·       Mauro Petriccione, Director General, DG Climate Action, European Commission 

·      Spencer Dale, Chief economist, BP 

·      Fredrik Hannerz, Head of ETS unit, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Sweden; former Special Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Climate 

·      Gauri Khandekar, Researcher, Institute for European Studies, VUB, Brussels

·      Tom Mitchel, Chief Strategy Officer, EIT Climate KIC

Discussion

11:30-13:15 

Session 2: Markets and Projects for Affordable Low-Carbon Circular Economy Products 

Moderator: Jorge Núñez Ferrer, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS

 Key Note:

Lars Zetterberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; Co-Director of MISTRA Carbon Exit project 

Panel discussion with:

·       Fulvia Raffaelli, Head of Unit, Clean Technologies and Products,DG Grow, European Commission 

·       Olga Chiappinelli, Senior Researcher, Climate Policy Department, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin

·       Martin Leitl, Partner, Leitl International, Austria (‘bricks manufacturing’) and President, Bricks and ceramics industry association, Austria 

·       Heinz Felder, Senior Vice President, Investment & Energy, StoraEnso 

·      Lars Zetterberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; Co-Director of MISTRA Carbon Exit project 

Discussion

19 June 2019

13:15-14:30Lunch

14:30-16:30

Session 3: The Future of Gas 

Moderator:Francesco Gazzoletti, Managing Partner FortyEight 

Key Note:

Jonathan Stern, Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies 

Panel discussion with:

·      Łukasz Kolinski Head of Economic Analyses, DG Energy, European Commission 

·      Lisa Fischer, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G 

·      Tatjana Mitrova, Scientific advisor at the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ERI RAS), Moscow, Russia

·      Valentino Rossi, Head of Publc Affairs,ENEL 

·       Andreas Graf,Associate, EU Energy Policy, AGORA Energiewende, Berlin 

·       Johan Leunaers, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, Equinor

·       Frank Slebos, Director Europe Gas Strategy and Managing Director ExxonMobil Gas Marketing, ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GMBH 

·      Constantine Levoyannis, EU Public Affairs & Communications Director, GRTgaz

·      Jonathan Stern, Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies 

Discussion

16:30  End of Forum