The Eurogas Annual Conference ‘Moving forward to decarbonisation‘ will take place on 14 June 2022 in Brussels (14:30-17:45 CET) at Sofitel Brussels Europe (1, Place Jourdan – 1040 Brussels) and online.
For the in-person conference, registration & welcome coffee start at 14:00.
The in-person conference event will be followed by a post-event networking.
Programme
14.00 | Registration & welcome coffee
14.30 | Welcome speech
Didier Holleaux, President of Eurogas
14.40 | Keynote speeches
Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, MEP, EPP, Chair of the ITRE Committee, European Parliament
14.50 | Address by Naftogaz of Ukraine
Yuriy Vitrenko, CEO
15.00 | Presentation by AeroDelft students – Moving Forward to Zero Emission Aviation
Project Phoenix
Presentation by Rahiq Ullah, Team Manager at AeroDelft, a group of young technology volunteer students from TU Delft, designing, manufacturing and flying the world’s first liquid hydrogen fuel cell aircraft
15.15 | Panel 1 – Moving forward with net-zero Maritime Transport
Annika Kroon, Head of Unit Maritime Transport & Logistics, DG MOVE, European Commission
Kari Hietanen, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Legal Affairs, Wärtsilä
Christine Cabau Woehrel, Executive Vice-President Assets & operations, CMA CGM
Boyana Achovski, Secretary General, GIE
15.55 | Coffee break
16.05 | Presentation – Moving Forward with Technology, Skills and Training in the Gas Sector
EC Study ‘Challenges and opportunities for employment in the gas sector in the context of the European Energy Transition’ – Presentation of the preliminary findings
Sophie Grenade, Policy Advisor, industriAll Europe
Jakob Embacher, Policy Officer for Utilities, EWCs, Company Policy, EPSU
Bronagh O’Hagan, Communications Director, Eurogas
16.25 | Panel 2 – Moving Forward to Decarbonised Industry
Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director, Ecosystems IV: Mobility & Energy Intensive Industries, DG GROW, European Commission
Klaus Peters, Secretary General, ESTEP
Felicia Mester, Director, Public Affairs, Hydrogen Europe
Renaud Batier, Director General, Cerame-Unie
Judith Kirton-Darling, Deputy Secretary General, industriAll Europe
17.05 | Panel 3 – Moving Forward to Decarbonised Buildings
Paula Pinho, Director, Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Efficiency and Innovation, DG ENER, European Commission
Paolo Basso, Policy Director, EHI
Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC
Catherine Leboul-Proust, Chief Strategy Officer, GRDF
Aurélie Beauvais, Managing Director, Euroheat & Power
17.45 | End
The conference is moderated by Sasha Twining, Journalist, radio & TV presenter
Learn more about the speakers here.
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