| Tuesday, 21st November |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Registration |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Opening Plenary Session |
| 11:30 - 11:40 |
Opening Comments
Bogus³aw Zalewski, President
of Poznan International Fair (PL) |
| 11:40 - 12:20 |
Forum Address
Jan Szyszko, Minister of
Environment (PL)
Timo Makela, European Commission EC
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12:20 - 12:30
Moderator: |
Wrap up and Introduction to the Sessions
Jan Skowronek, ENVITECH-Net / Institute for
Ecology of Industrial Areas (PL) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Press Conference |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Parallel Sessions I |
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SESSION I a: Financing the early stages of Eco-innovation:
research, development and demonstration |
| Moderator: |
Teresa Lubiñska, Chancellery of the Prime Minister
(PL) |
| Rapporteur: |
Dimitris Tsotsos, Ministry of Environment (GR) |
| Panellists: |
Oliver Debande, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Jukka Noponen, Finnish National Fund for Research
and Development SITRA (FI)
Robert Nemeskeri, Regional Environmental Center
(HU) (replacing Rudolf Plasil, Raiffeisen Leasing GmbH (DE))
Albert Jansen, TNO (NL)
Leszek Grabarczyk, Ministry of Science and Higher
Education (PL) |
| Scope of the session: |
Challenges and opportunities in financing eco-innovation
at early stages of the innovation process |
| Issues addressed: |
- What are the opportunities for financing
research, development and demonstration of environmental
technologies?
- In what ways can private financing best complement
public funding?
- What are the opportunities available for
financers and technology developers above and beyond European
funding?
- What are some of the problems facing risk
and venture capital investments for eco-innovation?
- Should eco-innovation concentrate more on
research or demand-driven approaches>
- Where are the specific needs for more financing?
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SESSION I b: Financing mature eco-innovations: take-up
and mainstreaming |
| Moderator: |
David Edwards, CL:AIRE (UK)
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| Rapporteur: |
Amerigo Liotti , European Commission EC |
| Panellists: |
Maciej Nowicki, Professor, ECOFUND (PL)
Theo van Bellegem, Ministry of Housing Spatial
Planning and Environment (NL)
Karol Lityñski, Innovation
Centre Foundation FIRE (PL)
Nicholas Parker, Cleantech Capital Group (USA)
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| Scope of the session: |
Challenges and Opportunities for Financing and managing
eco-innovations once they are at the "mature" stages - ready
for market take-up and mainstreaming. |
| Issues addressed: |
What are the financing opportunities for
the dissemination and take-up of eco-innovation?
What are effective financial tools for accelerating
the take-up and mainstreaming of eco-innovative products?
In what ways do the supply chains of companies
trigger uptake?
What are some of the challenges for public-private
collaborations?
What is the role of public procurement in financial
strategies?
What are the implications for developers, entrepreneurs
and financers? |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Parallel Sessions II |
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SESSION II a: Learning from global financing opportunities
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| Moderator: |
Friedrich Barth, European Water Partnership (BE)
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| Rapporteur: |
Lionel Platteuw, European Committee of Environmental
Technology Suppliers Associations EUCTSA |
| Panellists: |
Guido Sonnemann, United Nations Environment
Programme
Daniel Skambracks KfW Bankengruppe (DE)
Chris Boyd, Business Sustainability (UK)
Robert Rubinstein, Brooklin Bridge, TBLI Group
(NL)
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| Scope of the session: |
Identifying effective global financing opportunities and
for eco-innovation |
| Issues addressed: |
What are the financing mechanisms available
on global level to support eco-innovation?
How can EU companies benefit from the opportunities,
become more competitive on the global market and be financed
outside Europe?
In what ways are investments made in third
countries and how do these support European eco-innovations
and technologies?
To what extent is eco-innovation integrated
to the global development agendas, such as the energy sector?
Is the most being made of eco-innovation and
responsible investment?
Micro-financing mechanisms are being successfully
used for the benefit of local communities and companies
- what is the potential of micro-financing for eco-innovation?
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SESSION II b: Sharing Best Practice |
| Moderator: |
Cristina Garcia-Orcoyen Tormo, Fundacion Entorno
(ES) |
| Rapporteur: |
Raymond Van Ermen, European Partership for Environment
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| Panellists: |
Robert Nemeskeri, Regional Environmental Center
(HU)
Michalis Vassilopoulos, Federation of Greek
Industry (GR)
Peter Jahns, Effizienz Agentur (DE)
Adam de Sola Pool, Environmental Investment
& Partners (PL) |
| Scope of the session: |
Present and discuss best practices & practical examples
in financing eco-innovation and how these could be replicated
or adopted Europe-wide? |
| Issues addressed: |
What are some of the best practices examples
of financing eco-innovation?
What are examples of financing and management
schemes that have worked well and what is the potential
of transferring or adopting these in other contexts?
What are some of the difficult aspects of replicating
and adopting best-practice examples of financing?
What are some of the effective ways of sharing
knowledge of best-practice?
What are some of the experiences at national
level?
Who are the best interlocutors to share information
on eco-innovation in Member States and across Financing
Institutions?
What are the implications for implementing
Best-Practice schemes? |
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| 17:30 |
End of the Day |
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