9:30 am Opening Address: Preparing for the new normal - an outlook on the impact of COVID-19 in the energy industry in 2020 and what to expect onwards
- How has coronavirus changed work culture, tools and workflows?
- Planning for additional volatility and risk
- Will it change the way we deal with supply chain demand?
- Automation and digitalisation as important allies for enhanced resiliency
Michael Frank
Director of Sales and Product Development
Uniper
10:00 am Sustainability & energy independence: ready for the future?
- Latest trends and challenges
- Business case calculations of technical and economic benefits for specific scenarios
- Outlook for future technology developments, hurdles and chances
Dennis Zumbach, Director Sales Power Generation EMEA, Rolls-Royce
Andreas Reisacher, Senior Sales Manager Power Generation Europe & Northern Africa, Rolls-Royce
Andreas Reisacher
Senior Sales Manager Power Generation Europe & Northern Africa
Rolls-Royce
Dennis Zumbach
Director Sales Power Generation EMEA
Rolls-Royce
10:30 am Sponsored Presentation by AVEVA
Julien de Beer
Senior Vice President – Portfolio Strategy
AVEVA
11:00 am Panel Discussion: Long term roadmap for development and regulatory framework for Renewable Energy
- Enhancing energy security with governments and regulators
- Regulation and policy roadmap after COVID-19
- Green Deal and clean energy package
- Will coronavirus push sustainability and climate change down the list of concerns or up?
- Key government activities to support development of the renewables industry – current programmes, projects, initiatives and regulatory changes to attract investments
Stuart Ravens
Analyst and Advisor
Corax Insights
CEO, Renetech AB
William David Hartell
Director, Developments, Operations & Production
Stellae Energy
Roxana Caliminte
Deputy Secretary General
GIE
11:50 am Virtual networking break
12:05 pm Outlook of the wind power sector
- Wind Power in global context
- Free market and new models
- Challenges of offshore wind in Brazil
Elbia Gannoum
CEO
Brazilian Wind Energy Association
12:30 pm Decarbonising industrial clusters: from carbon-free power to carbon-free fuels
- Hydrogen / Gas Turbines are essential to stabilise power supply in energy transition
- Electrolysers to ensure security of supply in a future renewable energy world
- Blue hydrogen as market enabler to meet decarbonisation targets
- Power-to-Fuel as H2/energy carrier to commoditize green energy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Emmanouil Kakaras
SVP and Head of New Business
Mitsubishi Power Europe
1:00 pm Interview - Discussing Hydrogen: from generation to trade, storage, combustion and transportation
- The importance of Hydrogen for the energy transition
- Best practices on utilising existing units previously built for natural gas
- Potential markets for renewable hydrogen
- Future use of decarbonised hydrogen for power generation
Oliver Weinmann
Managing Director
Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH
Stuart Ravens
Analyst and Advisor
Corax Insights
1:30 pm Distribution network readiness for increased electric vehicle uptake
- How can electric vehicles transform the utility sector?
- What is already happening: real life cases
- Understanding how electric mobility can be an enabler of electricity market boost
- How to be prepared for its growth and not being caught with unexpected peak load compromising the grid?
Clare Duffy
Network Development and Electrification Manager
ESB Networks
2:00 pm Virtual Networking Break
2:15 pm 2021 – An evolving energy landscape
Sheila Hollis
Executive Director
United States Energy Association
2:50 pm Utilising electric heaters for long term thermal energy storage
- Chromalox at a glance
- How can electrical heaters transform the power-to-heat energy storage market
- Lifetime (CAPEX & OPEX) analysis of medium voltage (up to 6600V nominal) versus low voltage (up to 690V nominal) heating systems
- Flexibility and features of utilizing electric heating systems for thermal energy storage
Ali Aboosi
Country Head – Nordics & Baltic State
Chromalox
3:20 pm Virtual Networking Break
3:35 pm Grid parity in Europe: why it happens and where we are heading at
- Grid parity spread from south to north all over Europe
- First CPPA for PV in Poland
- The fight against climate change and the beginning of a new era in energy transition
- What would decarbonising the EU with wind and solar really mean?
Benedikt Ortmann
Global Director Solar Projects
Baywa r.e
4:00 pm End of Conference
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