Agenda with confirmed speakers
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7.30 am
Start of registration and refreshments
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9.00 am
Welcome and introductory remarks
The chair and the three hosts outline why they see dialogue between scientists, executives and policy-makers as the key to tackling the challenges of our time and outline the main issues of the conference.
Speakers
- Peter Gruss
- President, Max Planck Society, Germany
- LI Jiayang
- Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Peter Löscher
- President and CEO, Siemens, Germany
Chairman
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9.15 am
Keynote address
Changing geopolitics and the future of energy
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9.35 am
Keynote address
China's low carbon energy strategy: the path to sustainable energy development
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10.00 am
Break
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10.30 am
Panel discussion 1: Global energy demand and the potential for efficient consumption
This session will focus on the rise of global energy demand and the potential for controlling energy consumption through increased efficiency. We will look at best practice examples in housing, transportation and energy distribution and ask what will work best in the world’s emerging cities.
We will also focus on how the world’s energy-intensive industry, increasingly concentrated in China and other developing countries, could be transformed by energy-saving technologies. And we will debate the relative importance of regulations, incentives and financing in realising these efficiencies.Panellists
- HAN Wenke
- Director General, Energy Research Institute of National Reform and Development Commission, China
- Peter Löscher
- President and CEO, Siemens, Germany
- Jaana Remes
- Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute, USA
- SU Wei
- Director General of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission, ChinaM
- Nicholas You
- Senior Advisor, Policy & Strategic Planning, UN-HABITAT, Chair expert commission for cities and renewable energy of the World Future Council, Kenya
Chairwoman
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12.00 pm
Networking lunch
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1.30 pm
Panel discussion 2: The future of energy supply
This session will focus on the changes taking place in energy supply in the coming years and decades. Speakers will debate the energy mix of the future. Could renewable energy sources dominate and what needs to happen to support their development? Will coal still have a place in powering cities?
What is the potential of biomass? Is nuclear power a solution? We will also discuss how the energy mix in Chinese and other fast-growing cities might differ from those in the developed world and look at what it will take to guarantee a sustainable and efficient energy supply.Panellists
- BAO Xinhe
- President of Shenyang Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Principal Investigator of the “Clean Energy Facing the Future” Programme
- Jason Grumet
- Executive Director of National Commission on Energy Policy, Former Advisor on Energy and Environment for President Obama, USA
- Peter Gruss
- President, Max Planck Society, Germany
- LI Junfeng
- Deputy Director General of Energy Research Institute of National Reform and Development Commission, China
- XU Jianguo
- Chairman of the Board, Shanghai Electric Corporation, China
Chairman
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3.00 pm
Break
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3.30 pm
Parallel expert sessions:
nuclear, solar and bioenergy
These short sessions will each feature one speaker presenting the latest research and initiatives in their field, with time for questions and discussion.
A. Advanced nuclear energy concepts
B. The future of solar energy
C. Harnessing microorganisms for energy
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4.15 pm
Break
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4.30 pm
Parallel expert sessions:
clean coal, smart grids and storage
These short sessions will each feature one speaker presenting the latest research and initiatives in their field, with time for questions and discussion.
D. Sustainable fossil fuels:
E. Smart grids and e-mobility in the city of the future:
F. Meeting the energy storage challenge:
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5.15 pm
Cocktails and Refreshments
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6.30 pm
Gala Dinner with conclusion and farewell
Speakers