09.30

Registration & welcome coffee

10.00

Opening: Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn

10.20

Presentation of the Communication by the European Commission:

Chair & introduction: Rudolf Niessler, Director, DG Regional Policy

Panel presentation:

• Paul Hodson, DG Energy
• George Kremlis, DG Environment
• Rosario Bento Pais, DG Climate Action

11.00

Keynote speech: Sustainable growth & regional development, Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

11.45

Presentation of Good Practices:

Investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy: synergies between the Covenant of Mayors and ERDF: Iris Flacco, Head of Office of the Energy and Environment Department of the Abruzzo Region, Italy

Regional Policy investing in Green Infrastructure for protected ecosystems and natural risk prevention: Monika Ślusarska-Czuber, Coordination Center for Environmental Projects, Poland

Boosting resource efficiency at regional level: the 'Enworks' business support programme of North-West England: Samantha Nicholson, Operations Director for the Enworks Programme, United Kingdom

Mainstreaming climate change into regional policy: outcome of the report by the European Network of Environmental Authorities (ENEA): Ruslan Zhechkov, Regional Environment Center, Budapest, Hungary

Delivering integrated maritime planning: examples in different sea-basins: Haitze Siemers, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG MARE

12.30

Q & A

12.50

Conclusions

13.00

End of the conference