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C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M M EMonday, 19 th January 2004CONFERENCE OPENING• Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin• Mechtild Rothe, Member of the European Parliament,President of EUFORES• Jürgen Trittin, Federal Minister for Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany• Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the EuropeanCommission, Commissioner for Energy and TransportRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES:POLICY FRAMEWORK AND PROGRESS IN THE EU UP TO NOW• Günther Hanreich, Director, European Commission, DG Energy & Transport• Arthouros Zervos, President, ERECSession 1: The Campaign for Take-Off 1999-2003PANEL 1A: RES IN CITIESModerators: Soeren Moeller, Deputy Mayor of Odense, President,Energie-Cités - Mariàngels Pérez Latorre, Deputy Head of Unit,European Commission, DG Energy & TransportPanellists: Imma Mayol, Vice-Mayor, Barcelona - Bo Frank, Vice-Mayor, Växjö - Serge Godard, Mayor, Clermont-Ferrand - JoachimLorenz, Member of the City Council, Munich - Zsolt Fábián, Head ofthe Economic Committee, GödöllöPANEL 1B: RES DEPLOYMENT AT REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELModerators: Michael Geissler, Secretary General, FEDARENE -Dominique Bidou, Président, Association pour la Haute QualitéEnvironnementalePanellists: Gerhard Dell, Energy Commissioner, Upper Austria -José Javier Armendariz, Regional Minister for Industry, Technology,Commerce and Labour, Navarra - Tagh O’Donovan, Mayor of CorkCounty - Jean-Loup Fleuret, Vice-President of the Regional Council,Rhône-Alpes - Antonio di Nunzio, President of Energy and EnvironmentCommission, Province of ChietiPANEL 1C: 100 % RES COMMUNITIES & ISLANDSModerators: Cipriano Marin, Vice Secretary General, INSULA -Melim Mendes, Regional Agency for Energy and Environment of theAutonomous Region of MadeiraPanellists: Soeren Hermansen, Manager, Energy and Environmentaloffice, Island of Samsoe - Javier Morales Febles, Minister CanaryIsland Government - Mick Bates, Member of the Welsh NationalAssembly - Olympia Stilianou, Director, Ministry of Commerce,Industry and Tourism of Cyprus - Dieter Aschbrenner, Head of theDistrict Authority, Lüchow-DannenbergTuesday, 20th January 2004Session 2: Implementation of RES Policies in EuropePANEL 2A: RES ELECTRICITY - OVERCOMINGADMINISTRATIVE & MARKET BARRIERSModerators: Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, Director General, FederalMinistry for Environment of Germany - Luc Werring, Head of Unit,European Commission, DG Energy & TransportPanellists: Matthias Eichelbrönner, Managing Director RenewableEnergies, MVV Energie AG - Joan Fages, President, EREF - Antonio Sàda Costa, ESHA - Annemarie Goedmakers, Director RenewableElectricity, NUON - Eddie O’Connor, CEO, AirtricityPANEL 2B: SUPPORTING RES ELECTRICITYModerators: Hermann Scheer, President of EUROSOLAR, Memberof the German Parliament - Roberto Vigotti, ENEL Green Power /Chairman of the Eurelectric working group on R&DGPanellists: Johannes Lackmann, President, German RenewableEnergy Association (BEE) - Ernesto Macias, President, EPIA - PeterNiermeier, General Secretary, Renewable Energy Certificate System- Iain Todd, Director, Department of Trade and Industry - Poul ErikMorthorst, Senior Scientist, Risoe National LaboratoryBIOFUELSHans-Josef Fell, Member of the German ParliamentJavier Salgado, CEO, Abengoa BioenergíaPANEL 2C: RES HEATING & COOLINGModerators: David Taylor, CEO, Sustainable Energy Ireland - KarlKellner, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Energy & TransportPanellists: Ole Pilgaard, President, ESTIF - Christian Boissavy,President, EGEC - Heinz Kopetz, Vice-President, AEBIOM - RadanPanacek, Deputy Director, Technology Centre of Czech Republic -Markus Kurdziel, Head of Section, German Energy Agency (DENA)PANEL 2D: HOW TO CREATE A LEVEL-PLAYING FIELD ?Moderators: Juan Fraga, General Secretary, EUFORES - William Gillett,Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Energy & TransportPanellists: Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament -Nigel Hall, Deputy Head of Division, European Investment Bank -Shimon Awerbuch, University of Sussex - Klaus Rave, VicePresident, EWEA - Olaf Hohmeyer, University of FlensburgWednesday, 21st January 2004Session 3: Looking forward: horizon 2020PANEL 3A: TARGETS AND SCENARIOS UP TO 2020Moderators: Anders Wijkman, Member of the European Parliament- Corrado Clini, Director General, Ministry for Environment of ItalyPanellists: Eberhard Jochem, Fraunhofer Institute ISI- Fatih Birol, Headof Economic Analysis Division, IEA - Didier Mayer, President, EURECAgency - Jennifer Morgan, Director Climate Change Programme, WWFPANEL 3B: FROM RIO TO KYOTO AND JOHANNESBURGModerators: Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, UNEP - Jos Delbeke,Director, European Commission, DG EnvironmentPanellists: Steve Sawyer, Climate Policy Advisor, GreenpeaceInternational - Elfriede A. More, Austrian Federal Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management -Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change / Director-General TERI - Antonio GarcíaFragio, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG DevelopmentCONFERENCE CLOSURE• Jorgen Henningsen, Principal Adviser, EuropeanCommission, DG Energy & Transport• Eryl McNally, Member of the European Parliament• Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economicco-operation and Development of Germany• A Representative of the Irish Presidency• Margot Wallström, Commissioner for Environment3C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M M E O V E R V I E W