Agenda
Chairman's Opening Remarks
Conference Chair- Ed Crooks, Energy Editor, Financial Times
Keynote Opening Address: A Policy Framework for Energy Innovation in Europe
Speaker(s)- Philip Lowe, Director General, Energy DG, European Commission
Europe's Strategic Energy Technology Plan: Priorities, Progress and Potential
Speaker(s)- Dr. Giovanni Federigo De Santi, Director, Institute for Energy, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Networking Coffee Break
Kick-Starting the Energy Transformation
Europe has set its stall in the global efforts to cut carbon emissions with its ambitious 20:20:20 targets, but how achievable are these targets with existing technologies, and within existing policy frameworks? What can policy makers and industry to address the challenges, including supply chain shortages, public, consumer and industry inertia, and crisis inflicted financial constraints? How will the immediate term technologies contribute to our future energy security?
Discussions to focus on:
- Delivering a low carbon future for transport: conventional and heavy duty vehicle efficiency improvements; potential for advanced vehicle concepts- e.g. plug-in hybrids, EVs, enhanced battery efficiency.
- Energy efficiency - potential of emerging technology solutions and improving efficiency in power generation
- Wind power: mastering/harnessing offshore wind
- Peter Alderliesten, Program Manager Energy Efficiency in Industry, ECN Efficiency & Infrastructure
- Nazeer Bhore, Senior Technology Advisor, Corporate Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil Corporation
- Prof. Raymond Freymann, Managing Director, BMW Group Research and Technology
- José Antonio Malumbres, Chief Technology Officer, Gamesa
- Alyn Smith, MEP, Member of the European Parliament for Scotland
Networking Lunch
Keynote Address: Enabling the Search for Energy Solutions
Speaker(s)- Michael J. Dolan, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil Corporation
Focussing on Mid-Term Objectives and Challenges
With energy demand globally expected to rise by over 35% by 2030, and carbon emissions expected to rise proportionately, technology developments in the 2020-2030 timescale will need to be transformative, substantially adding to supply, and launching the world irrevocably on a low-carbon trajectory. Can transformative technologies to include nuclear, CCS, fuel cells rise to the challenge? How can barriers such as financial short-term and public acceptability be addressed?
Discussions to focus on:
- Smart grids: transforming electricity transmission
- Advanced biofuels: delivering on the promise and potential of synthetic biologics
- Carbon capture and storage: emerging carbon capture, transportation and storage technologies, early applications of CCS-e.g. NG separations, gasifiers, hydrogen plants
- Thin film solar
- Livio Gallo, Managing Director, Infrastructure and Networks Division, Enel S.p.A
- Prof. Stuart Haszeldine, Scottish Power Professor of Carbon Capture, Storage and Geology, Edinburgh University
- Dr. Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau, Senior Scientist, Renewable Energy Unit, Insitute of Energy, JRC-European Commission
- Dr. Ganesh Kishore, CEO, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund
- Dr. Bernice Lee, Research Director, Energy. Environment and Resource Governance, Royal Institute for International Affairs (RIIA)
Networking Coffee Break
The Longer Term Horizon: A Secure Low - Carbon Energy Future?
What will the energy world of 2050 look like? How will new energy technologies have transformed our energy landscape? What role will the longer-term solutions and new energy sources - nuclear fusion, cosmic ray, and space based solar - play in the energy mix by 2050? Will the objective of a secure, low-carbon future and vastly expanded global energy system have been realised. Will Europe lead in clean energy development and markets? Discussions to focus on:
- New nuclear: the promise and potential of Generation IV
- Artificial photosynthesis-a panacea for energy?
- Solar power satellites- exploiting and developing solar power from space
- Philippe Garderet, Scientific Vice President, Areva
- Michael Hogan, Programme Director for Power, European Climate Foundation
- Kaname Ikeda, Director General, ITER
- Prof. David Klug, Chair of the Chemical Biology Centre , Imperial College London
- John C. Mankins, President, Solar Space Association
Chair's Closing Remarks
Conference Chair- Ed Crooks, Energy Editor, Financial Times
Networking Drinks Reception
