8:30 am - 1:00 pm | Plenary Session
Moderator
Peter Goldmark
Program Director, Climate & Air, Environmental Defense, New York, NY, USA |
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8:30 am | Welcome
Prof. Dr. Dieter Feddersen
Member of the Board, Dräger Foundation, Lübeck, Germany
Dr. Torsten Bahke
CEO, DIN Institute, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Arend Oetker
Managing Partner, Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin; Vice President, BDI - Federation of German Industries, and Chairman, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin, Germany
Thomas J. Donohue
President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA
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9:00 am - 11:00 am | Keynotes
General James L. Jones
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe;
President & CEO, Institute for Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA
Energy Security of the Transatlantic Market
Dr. Daniel Yergin
Chairman, Cambridge, Energy Research Associates, Cambridge, MA, USA
Global Energy Markets in Changing: Geopolitical Imponderability, Vulnerabilities, and Political Implications
Steve Westwell
Group Vice President, BP Alternative Energy, London, UK
Energy Efficiency and Technology: How to Find Economic and Environmental Solutions in the Global Energy System
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10:30 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
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11:00 am - 11:15 am | Coffee break |
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11:15 am - 1:00 pm | Panel Discussion
Energy and Energy Transportation Security: Fields for Transatlantic Cooperation & Regulation
Topics & Questions: - Why do we need transatlantic energy cooperation? (Energy dependencies and security, geopolitical considerations; access to energy sources, energy distribution; supply security and sustainability; risk management)
- How to cope with rising global energy demand
- How to integrate Russia, China and India into a global energy strategy
- Liberalizing energy markets in Europe and the USA - chances & restraints
- Energy transportation - risks and security options
- Global energy strategy options and energy potentials - efficiency, costs, benefits
- What are the most important fields for transatlantic cooperation?
- Are international energy markets in need of regulation? Ways, means, problems
Moderator
William L. Kovacs
Vice President, Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA Introduction
Dennis B. Fitzgibbons
Chief of Staff, Energy and Commerce Committee, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., USA
Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke
President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal, Germany Dr. Flynt Leverett
Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA
Dr. Rainer Seele
Chairman of the Board, WINGAS GmbH; Member of the Board of Directors, Wintershall Holding AG, Kassel, Germany |
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Light lunch at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Parallel Working Groups
Working Group 1
Transatlantic Cooperation in Renewables: Solar, Wind, Biomass, Hydrogen
Topics & Questions: - The future role of renewable energy in global energy supply
- Supply security of renewables
- Economic efficiency
- Potentials for transatlantic cooperation
- Regulatory requirements for transatlantic cooperation
Chair
Michael T. Eckhart
President, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Washington, D.C., USA
Speakers
Victor Abate, Vice President, Renewables, GE Energy, Atlanta, GA, USA
Prof. Dr. N. El Bassam, Director, International Research Center for Renewable Energy (IFEED), Lehrte, Germany
Christoph Huss, Senior Vice President Science and Traffic Policy, BMW AG, Munich, Germany
Brendan Kennedy, General Manager - Defense and Technical Components, MAN Ferrostaal, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Dr. Ludolf Plass, Senior Vice President Sales Technology, Lurgi AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Working Group 2
Energy Efficiency, Supply Security, and New Technologies - Challenges & Solutions
Topics & Questions: - Energy efficiency and energy balances of renewables
- How to optimize existing technologies
- Potentials and applications of new technologies
- Security of supply and green energies
- How to optimize transatlantic technology transfer
- Today"s investment decisions for tomorrow"s energy structure
- New technologies - security considerations
- Regulatory requirements for transatlantic cooperation
Chair
Steve Williams
Director for Europe and Eurasia, Lockheed Martin Corporate International Business Development; President, German American Business Council (GABC), Arlington, VA, USA
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bradshaw, Scientific Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany
Wilfried Breuer, Vice President Power Transmission Solutions, Power Transmission and Distribution Group, Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany
Keith N. Cole, Director, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, General Motors, Washington, D.C., USA
Thomas Kropp, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate International Relations & Government Affairs, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Winkler, Director, Fuel Cell Lab, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences; Hamburg, Germany
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4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Coffee break |
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4:15 pm - 5:45 pm | Plenary
Moderator
Fred Kempe
President, The Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, D.C., USA
Closing Speeches
The EU's Integrated Climate and Energy Policy
Helen Donoghue
Principal Administrator, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Energy Security Strategies in a Changing Global Environment
Matthias von Randow
Director General, Strategic Planning, International Relations, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Berlin, Germany
John F. Mizroch
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., USA |
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7:30 pm | Reception and dinner at the Residence of the German Ambassador to the United States of America
Welcome
H.E. Ambassador Dr. Klaus Scharioth
Dinner Remarks
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Blum
President, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Halle (Saale), Germany
International Standards: An International Opportunity for Global Resource Economics |
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