Programme R&Dialogue’s Energy Dialogue Event on 18 November 2015 in Brussels now available
The R&Dialogue project concludes in an Energy Dialogue event in Brussels on 18 November 2015. Find the programme below. You are welcome to register and join us in developing the dialogue towards a low-carbon future. This day also marks the launch of E-TRACK, the Energy Transparency Centre of Knowledge. Find more information in this flyer (pdf) and in the text below. NB: the event is now fully booked, send an e-mail to info@rndialogue.eu to be put on the waiting list.
Energy Dialogue Event: How can we look beyond our own immediate interests in the energy transition?
Programme:
8:30 - Registration and coffee/tea
9:30 - Welcome and introduction to the R&Dialogue project (Gert-Jan van der Panne, Coordinator)
9:45 - The energy dialogue within the context of Responsible Research and Innovation (EC Officer Antonio Scarafino)
10:00 - The dialogue process explained (scientific WP leader Samuela Vercelli)
10:15 - A vision for a low-carbon European society (European WP leader Olav Øye)
10:30 - Preparation for interactive group sessions
10:35 - Interactive parallel group sessions:
- Citizens, science and technology: a difficult relationship?
- Energy, values and economy: what drives the transition?
- Starting anew: Which methods build more trust and set up a meaningful dialogue?
10:50 - Coffee break
11:20 - Interactive group sessions continue
12:00 - Plenary sharing and conclusions
12:45 - Lunch
14:00 - 15:40 Introduction moderator Jan Lelie and panellists and theme to comment: “What can the EU do to improve the multi-stakeholder dialogue on the energy transition?” Panel members:
- Elin Lerum Boasson, researcher at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO)
- Alexandre Paquot, Head of Unit, A3 Monitoring, reporting and verification, DG Climate (EC)
- Richard Adams, initiator of the European Economic and Social Committee’s European Energy Dialogue Initiative
- Andreea Strachinescu, Head of Unit, New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal, DG Energy (EC)
16:00 – Launch of JRC’s E-TRACK: Giovanni de Santi, Director EIT (JRC – European Commission)
The social dimension of low carbon energy technologies, presentations:
16:15 – Developments in public acceptance and communications of Carbon Capture and Storage (David Reiner, University of Cambridge)
16:30 – Wind energy (Geraint Ellis, Queen’s University Belfast)
16:45 – Conclusions and closure (Richard Adams, European Energy Dialogue)
17:00 – Cocktails
18:00 – End of the day
More information on the Energy Dialogue Event
Technology and top-down political decisions are not enough if Europe wants to become a low-carbon society. Broad civil society participation is key to this transition. The European Commission has acknowledged that the governance process of the new Energy Union should “involve an energy dialogue with stakeholders to inform policy-making and support active engagement in managing the energy transition.”
R&Dialogue and E-TRACK will dedicate a full-day event on 18 November 2015 in Brussels (Centre Borschette, Rue Froissart 36) as a big step towards establishing this energy dialogue. At the event we will present local and national lessons learned until now, and interact with you on dialogue and broad participation in the energy transition. It will be a day of exchange with key Brussels stakeholders. Participating in this event will bring you new insights on how we can work together in Europe to realise the energy transition.
Registration deadline is 16 October 2015. Due to administrative processes at the venue, we can’t accept registrations after this day.
Registration requires having a user profile in the European Commission Authentication Service (ECAS). Click here to easily create your ECAS profile. Click here to register for the R&Dialogue sessions on 18 November 2015.