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Day 1: Thursday 19th March 2009

8:30 – 9:30   Registration
9:30 – 10:15 Opening and Welcome
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor
   

Chair: Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General for Information Society and Media, European Commission

  • Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
  • Martin Říman, Minister of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
  • Jan Březina, Member of the European Parliament
10:15 – 11:30 Keynote Addresses and Discussion
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor
   

Chair: Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General for Information Society and Media, European Commission

  • Ingolf Schädler, Deputy Director-General for Innovation, Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria
  • Dr. Andreas Schuseil, Director-General, Department for ICT and Postal Policies, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
  • Dr. Erkki Ormala, Vice-President, Nokia Corporation. Chairman, European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA)
  • Livio Gallo, Chief Operating Officer, Networks and Infrastructures Division, ENEL. President of ENEL Distribuzione
11:30 – 12:30   Opening the exhibition

12:30 – 14:00
 
 
Lunch
 
14:00 – 15:45   Parallel sessions: Addressing key challenges
    Cities and Regions
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor


Chair: András Szalay, Member of the EDUC Commission of the Committee of the Regions
  • Nils Posse, Lord Mayor of Växjö, Sweden

  • Ronan Dantec, Vice-President of Nantes Métropole and Vice-Mayor of Nantes in charge of climate change and environment. Member of EUROCITIES Climate Change & Environment

  • Stephen Hilton, Lead of Connecting Bristol, Bristol City Council

  • Peter Head, Director, Arup Global Planning Business

  • Peter Arbitter, Senior Vice-President Portfolio & Technology Management, Siemens

  • Nicola Villa, Global Director, Connected Urban Development
    Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco
     

Gathering Information and Creating Awareness
Room : Sicco Mansholt, ground floor

Chair: Peter Robertshaw, BASDA co-chair of the Green Special Interest Group & VP Global Marketing Strategic Thought Group
  • Dennis Pamlin, Global Policy Advisor, WWF

  • Adrian Harris, Secretary-General, ORGALIME

  • James Lovegrove, Managing Director, TechAmerica Europe

  • Thomas Spiller, Senior Director, International Programs, SAS
     

Standardisation
Room : Lord Jenkins, ground floor

Chair: Jean-Paul Vetsuypens, Technical Director, CENELEC
  • Dr. Jorge Vasconcelos, President, New Energy Solutions

  • Matthias Uslar, OFFIS R&D Energy Division

  • Dr. Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Chief Engineer, Hitachi Corporate

15:45 – 16:15   Coffee break
16:15 – 18:00 Plenary session: Stakeholders roundtable - main challenges and actions initiated
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor
   

Chair: Prof. Luis Mira Amaral, Former Portuguese Minister of Industry and Energy. Professor of Industrial Economics at the Technical University of Lisbon.

  • Pier Nabuurs, Chief Executive Officer, KEMA. Chairman, SmartGrids European Technology Platform
  • Martin Goetzeler, Chief Executive Officer, Osram. President, Photonics21 European Technology Platform
  • Monika Kircher-Kohl, Chief Executive Officer, Infineon Technologies Austria AG
18:00 – 19:00   Cocktail and networking


Day 2: Friday 20th March 2009

8:30 – 9:45   Parallel sessions: Demonstrating progress - gathering evidence and benchmarking
    Energy Positive Buildings
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor

Chair: Florin Lupescu, Director for ICT Addressing Societal Challenges, European Commission

  • Carole Le Gall, Director-General, CSTB (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment)

  • Juan Manuel Mieres , Director, ACCIONA R&D. President of the E2B Association

  • David Orr, Chief Executive Officer, National Housing Federation, UK. President of CECODHAS

  • Bruno Berthon, Managing Director, Growth & Strategy, Accenture
     

ICT for Transport and Logistics
Room : Sicco Mansholt, ground floor

Chair: Hermann Meyer, Chief Executive Officer, ERTICO

  • Wolfgang Reinhardt, Director, ACEA

  • Martin Boehm, Senior Project Manager, AustriaTech

  • Peter Sonnabend, Senior Expert Environmental Policy and Strategy, Deutsche Post World Net

  • Angela Spence, Mizar Automazione SpA

  • Ulf Palmquist, Director, EUCAR
     

Energy Efficient Manufacturing
Room : Lord Jenkins, ground floor

Chair: Bazmi Husain, Group VP & Head of Automation Research, ABB

  • Prof. Reimund Neugebauer, Fraunhofer Intitute for IWU

  • Prof. Claudio Boër, Chairman, IMS Manufacturing Platform "Energy Efficiency"

  • Dr. Giuseppe D’Angelo, Research Manager, Manufacturing & Materials, Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A.

  • Hans-Joachim Leimkühler, Director, Bayer Technology Services


9:45 – 10:15
 
 
Coffee break
 
10:15 – 11:30   Parallel sessions: Demonstrating progress - gathering evidence and benchmarking
   

Smart Electricity Distribution Grids
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor

Chair: Miguel Angel Sánchez Fornié, Chairman, European Utilities Telecom Council. Member of Advisory Council of the SmartGrids ETP. Director, Telecommunications, IBERDROLA

  • Yves Bamberger, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate EDF R&D
  • Michel de Nigris, Director, Dpt T&D Technologies, CESI RICERCA SpA
  • Henk Visser, Manager of Strategy, Enexis
  • Klaus Nüchter, Vehicle Line Executive GME Small Cars & Lead Executive CO2 Activities in Europe
     

Energy Efficient Electronics
Room : Sicco Mansholt, ground floor

Chair: Enrico Villa, Vice-President, ESIA. Senior Advisor to the CEO and COO, STMicroelectronics

  • Arunjai Mittal, Division President, Industrial and Multimarket, Infineon AG
  • Prof. Gerhard P. Fettweis, TU Dresden, Coordinator Cool Silicon Cluster
  • Dr. John Blake, Director, Power switching Division, On Semiconductor
  • Prof. José Antonio Cobos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
     

Energy Efficient Photonics
Room : Lord Jenkins, ground floor

Chair: Dr. Michael Lebby, President, OIDA

  • Prof. Hans-Joachim Grallert, Heinrich-Hertz Institute
  • Harry Verhaar, Director, Energy & Climate, Philips Lighting
  • Dr. Martin Pfeiffer, Chief Technology Officer, Heliatek GmbH
  • Dr. Michael Lebby, President, OIDA
11:30 – 12:30 Plenary session: ICT for Energy Efficiency – a global challenge
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor
   

Chair: Prof. Graça Carvalho, Principal Adviser to the Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission

  • William Moroney, President & Chief Executive Officer of Utilities Telecomm Council, Washington DC
  • Takeo Hoshino, Director, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
  • Jijun Xing, Director of European Affairs, Department of International Cooperation Ministry of Science and Technology, China
12:30 – 13:00 Closing Plenary: ICT for Energy Efficiency – Next Steps
Room : Alcide de Gasperi, 2nd floor
   
  • Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General for Information Society and Media, European Commission
  • Francisco Larios, Deputy Director for the European Programmes, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
13:00 – 14:00   Lunch

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