2030 Solarise Heat in Greece Conference Draft Agenda Thursday 29 June 2023, 10.00 – 17.00 Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
Moderator – George
Findikakis
9:30 AM Arrival of participants
10:00 AM Opening and welcome
WELCOME
10:00 AM Christos Papaemmanouel – President of EBHE
10:05 AM Kostas Travasaros – President of Solar Heat Europe
10:10 AM George Patoulis – Regional Governor of Attica
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
10:20 AM Kostas Skrekas – Minister for Energy and the Environment
10:30 AM Solar Thermal in Greece and Europe
10:30 AM Matthieu BALLU, Policy officer, European Commission, DG Ener C Green Transition and Energy System Integration (online intervention)
10:40 AM Pedro Dias, Policy Director, Solar Heat Europe: ‘Solar thermal: market trends and key policy priorities at EU level’
11:00 AM Harry Michalopoulos, Vice President of EBHE: The Greek perspective: intro to the Roadmap 2030
11:20 AM ROUND TABLE
Yannis Maniatis, Professor, University of Piraeus, former Minister of Energy
Alexandra Sdoukou, General Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Energy and Environment
Valérie Séjourné, Managing Director Solar Heat Europe
Pakis Papademetriou, Head of ESG Division, Eurobank
Christos Konstas, Executive Secretary of EBHE
NETWORKING LUNCH
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Decarbonising Buildings with solar thermal (small-scale session)
This session will cover market trends at EU level, the impact of the EU Solar mandate, as well as opportunities
and challenges for the small-scale markets (i.e. residential and commercial buildings)
INTRODUCTORY SPEECH
2:00 PM Robert Pinter, Manager Green & Healthy Buildings Europe, European Copper Institute
2:10 PM ROUND TABLE
Miguel Mattias, Commercial Director, Naked Energy
Edwige Porcheyre, Enerplan
Nikos Charalambides, Executive Director, Greenpeace Greece
3:00 PM Decarbonising industry and cities with solar thermal (large-scale session)
This session will cover market trends at EU level, the latest developments, opportunities, and challenges for the large-scale markets (i.e. district heating and industry)
INTRODUCTORY SPEECH
3:00 PM Guglielmo Cioni, Vice-President Business Development, TVP Solar
3:10 PM ROUND TABLE
Charlotte Brauns, Policy & Solar Technology Officer, BSW (DE)
Andreas Zourellis, Vice President of Sales, International Markets, Aalborg CSP
Dr. Michalis Christakis, Secretary of the Association of General Secretaries of Municipalities
Panos Lamaris, Founder, SOLE
4:00 PM Global Competitiveness
This session will cover opportunities for the Solar Thermal business at EU level to demonstrate EU’s leadership in terms of production and project development capacity, building on the momentum from the recent Net Zero Industry Act launched in March 2023 and clearly confirming Solar thermal as a Net Zero sector; it will also address the questions of Experts capacity but also Skills, and address the potential for growth of the ST sector.
INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION – Innovation Fund: €100 million offered for innovative small-scale clean tech projects
4:00 PM Carla Benauges, Energy and Hydrogen Policy Officer, European Commission, DG CLIMA (online intervention)
4:20 PM ROUND TABLE
Joakim Byström, CEO Absolicon
Pedro Dias, Policy Director, Solar Heat Europe
Alkis Metzalis, Export Manager of Thermic LTD
Vassiliki Drosou, Head of Solar Thermal Systems Department, CRES