 |
The European Foundation for the Sustainable Development of the Regions organises for local and regional elected representatives and decision makers, in co-operation with
 |
Statut consultatif
Consultative status
|
|
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
|
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of
Europe (CLARE)
|
|
EUROPEAN FORUM ENERGY : THE POWER OF THE REGIONS
8 - 9 December 2003 |
This forum takes place within the context of the liberalization of energy markets, of worrying electricity blackouts and when renewable energies need to be promoted, with prospects of improvements in the use of natural gas, especially for motor vehicles.
This forum takes place within the context of the liberalization of energy markets, of worrying electricity blackouts and when renewable energies need to be promoted, with prospects of improvements in the use of natural gas, especially for motor vehicles.
Institutional leaders, senior executives of international companies, energy professionals and researchers will assess the evolution of needs and behaviours and present their strategic vision for the development of new solutions.
The results of the forum will be published on our internet site and be distributed to thousands of elected representatives.
Official patronages:
United Nations Office Geneva
Council of Europe - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Strasbourg
Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva
Main partnerships:
AlpEnergie,
ASIG, Gaznat,
Swissgas,
CNR,
Connex,
Dalkia,
DDC,
Distrigaz,
EDF,
Electrabel,
Energie
du Rhône, EOS
Holding, Avenis,
Gaz
de France, SIGenève,
Sonatrach,
Sonelgaz,
Suez,
Veolia Environnement
With the support of:
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Republic and Canton of Geneva, City of Geneva and the Swiss economic daily newspaper l'Agefi
PROGRAMME
|
Monday, 8 December 2003 |
OPENING SESSION - EVOLUTION OF THE LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE ENERGY MARKET |
| From 08:00 | Welcome reception, registration and distribution of badges |
| From 09:00 | Exhibition counters of European and International companies and organizations (open for the duration of the forum) |
| 09:30-10:40 | OPENING SESSION |
| Mr Claude Haegi, President of the FEDRE, Honorary member and former President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, former President of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva and former Mayor of Geneva | |
| Mr Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Regional Policy | |
| Video address | |
| Mr Hans-Luzius Schmid, Delegate of the Swiss Government, Deputy Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy | |
| Mr Robert Cramer, President of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Minister of the Department of the Interior, Agriculture, Environment and Energy of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva | |
| Mr Giovanni Di Stasi, President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe | |
| Mr Bill Etherington, Member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (UK representative) | |
| Mr Olivier Bertrand, First Vice-President of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Committee of the Regions of the European Union and Mayor of Saint Silvain Bellegarde (France) | |
| Mr Patrice Robineau, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commision for Europe | |
| Mr Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) | |
| 10:40-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:15 | PANEL 1 : " LIBERALIZATION AND REGULATION. PRIVATE COMPANIES-SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST: IMPACT FOR REGIONS AND CITIES" |
| Chairman: Mr Claude Haegi, President of the FEDRE | |
| Discussants (European and international organizations): | |
| Mr Patrick Rousseaux, Main Administrator, Directorate-General Energy and Transport of the European Commission | |
| Mr George Kowalski, Director of the Industrial Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise Development Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) | |
| Ms Mireille Cossy, Consultant, World Trade Organization (WTO) | |
| Mr Marcel Boisard, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) | |
| Ms Ute Koczy, President of the Committee for European and One-World-Policy in the Parliament of Northrhine-Westphalia (Germany) | |
| Discussants (companies): | |
| Mr Raymond Battistella, Managing Director, Services Industriels de Genève (Switzerland) | |
| Mr Philippe Lermusieau, General Manager, Electrabel | |
| Mr Henri Proglio, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veolia Environnement | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch |
|
Monday, 8 December 2003 |
- GUEST OF HONOUR - ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS - RENEWABLE ENERGIES |
| 14:00-14:15 | Guest of honour: Dr. Bertrand Piccard |
| Physician, Honorary Doctor of Science and of Letters, aeronaut, winner of the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight, President of the "Winds of hope" Foundation, President of the revolutionary technical project of solar aviation Solar Impulse | |
| " For a new relation between the human being, technology and nature in the service of sustainable development " | |
| 14:15-15:45 | PANEL 2 : " ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS FROM AMERICA TO EUROPE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES " |
| Chairman : Mr Antonio Tiberini, Independent expert, former Director of EGL | |
| Discussants: | |
| Ms Elizabeth R. Benson, President, Energy Associates, Washington | |
| Mr Klaus Kleinekorte, Managing Director of RWE Transportnetz Strom GmbH | |
| Mr Karl Imhof, Managing Director of ETRANS | |
| Mr Martin Renggli, Head of the Energy Economy and Policy Division, Swiss Federal Office of Energy | |
| Mr Rabah Touileb, Electric Systems Director, Sonelgaz, Algerian electricity and gas company | |
| Mr Roberto Borghini, Managing Director, AlpEnergie | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-18:00 | PANEL 3 : " RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY: FACTORS OF LOCAL SAFETY? (ENVIRONMENTAL, TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL) " |
| Chairman: Mr Gérard Fatio, Engineer, Technolog Adviser for the Programme on Energy of the FEDRE, former President of Services Industriels de Genève (Switzerland) | |
| a) The requirements of sustainable energy supply | |
| Discussant: | |
| Mr Henri Chambon, Director of Environment, Regional Delegation EDF Rhône-Alpes | |
| b) Hydroelectricity in a global context | |
| Discussants: | |
| Mr Christian Currat, Secretary General, EOS Holding | |
| Mr Christian Triol, Energy Director, Compagnie Nationale du Rhône | |
| Mr Bernard Tardieu, CEO, Coyne et Bellier international engineering | |
| Prof. François Avellan, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | |
| M. Akhsar Pinov, Coordinator Renewables, EU-Russia Energy Dialogue, Technology Centre and General Director, Intersolarcenter |
Break (15 minutes)
| c) New energies and technologies (achievements, future goals and non-technical obstacles) | |
| Thermal and photovoltaic solar power - wind turbines - geothermal power - biomass - hydrogen - global conceptions | |
| Discussants: | |
| Mr Hans-Luzius Schmid, Deputy Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, Director of the Programme SwissEnergy | |
| Ms Mary Sancy, Senior Programme Coordinator, UNITAR | |
| Mr Michael Pitcher, Director European Corporate Accounts, BP Solar | |
| Mr Alexandre Closset, Director of Flexcell VHF technologies | |
| Mr Jacques de Lalaing, Director of Solarmundo | |
| Mr Bernard Saint André, Director of Strategy, Dalkia | |
| Mr Guido Cappetti, President of the International Geothermal Association and Manager Geothermal Projects Development, Enel GreenPower | |
| Conclusion: Ms Nicole Fontaine, Minister Delegate for Industry of the Government of the French Republic | |
| (Video address) | |
| 18:00-19:00 | PANEL 4 : " EUROPEAN REGIONS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US: ENERGY CHOICES, OBJECTIVES, ACHIEVEMENTS, SUCCESES, DIFFICULTIES " |
| Chairman : Mr Giovanni Di Stasi, President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe | |
| Mr Mircea Cosma, President of the Prahova region (Romania) | |
| Mr Robert Cramer, President of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva (Switzerland) | |
| Mr Ernst Jakob, Director of the energy department of the Office for water and energy of the Canton of Berne (Switzerland) | |
| Mr Valery Kadokhov, Representative of the Republic of North Osetiya - Alaniya in the Senate of the Russian Federation (Russia) | |
| Ms Ute Koczy, President of the Committee for European and One-World-Policy in the Parliament of Northrhine-Westphalia (Germany) | |
| Ms Ljiljana Milicevic, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |
| Mr Keith Whitmore, Chair of the Committee on sustainable development of the CLRAE and Councillor at the Manchester City Council (United Kingdom) | |
| 20:00 | Official Dinner with musical entertainment by Jael |
|
Tuesday, 9 December 2003 |
NATURAL GAS: A SOFT TRANSITION ENERGY |
| 9:00-11:00 | PANEL 5 : " NATURAL GAS (CH4): ENERGY OF TRANSITION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? " |
| Chairman :Yves Berthelot, Vice-President of the FEDRE, Senior Research Fellow of UNITAR, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | |
| a) General definition of natural gas: specificity and risks, origins, availability and repartition of resources | |
| Discussant: Mr Jacques Deyirmendjian, Group President, Gaz de France, Chairmain & CEO, GDF International | |
| b) The gas chain: extraction - production - transport - distribution - use - supply safety | |
| Discussants: | |
| Mr Serguey Balashov, First Deputy Director of the Department of the Foreign Affaires, Gazprom | |
| Mr Rune Bjørnson, Senior Vice-President, Statoil Natural Gas | |
| Mr Ahmed Mazighi, Counsellor for Strategy and Planning, Sonatrach | |
| Mr Jean Vermeire, General Director, Distrigaz | |
| Mr Eric Defago, Derector, Gaznat | |
| Ms Marie-Françoise Chabrelie, Secretary General, Cedigaz | |
| Mr A. Abdelkrim Benghanem, Chairman and CEO, Sonelgaz, Algerian electricity and gas company | |
| c) Natural gas as one of the answers for the implementation of sustainable development principles | |
| Discussant : Mr Michel Przydrozny, Director of Sustainable Development, Gaz de France | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| d) The political and economic context of natural gas development | |
| Discussant : Mr George H.B. Verberg, CEO, Nederlandse Gasunie and President of International Gas Union | |
| e) Projects implemented at a local and regional level | |
| Discussant: Mr Georges Hoffmann, Speaker of the Board of Gasag : Berlin, a model city | |
| 11:00-12:30 | The following choices are available for the participants |
| - Demonstration of a gas station for natural gas vehicles (NGV), Agip station Bellevue-Geneva (transport by NGV bus) | |
| - Reception at the companies and partner organization stalls | |
| - Private meetings | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch |
|
Tuesday, 9 December 2003 |
NATURAL GAS VEHICLE: |
| 14:00-15:30 | PANEL 6 : " NATURAL GAS VEHICLE (NGV): A DETERMINING CONTRIBUTION FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT AND ALONG MAJOR TRUNK ROADS" |
| Chairman: Mr Daniel Goeudevert, Vice-President of the FEDRE, International Consultant, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Volkswagen brand | |
| a) NGV and safety | |
| b) NGV and the environment | |
| c) The cost of NGV | |
| d) The future European supply network and the green corridors | |
| e) Present and future NGVs | |
| Discussants : | |
| Mr Jeffrey Seisler, Executive Director of the European NGV Association | |
| Mr Philippe Petitpierre, CEO of Gazmobile | |
| Mr Alexandre Chachine, Economic Affairs Officer, Industrial Reconstructing, Energy and Enterprise Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) | |
| Mr Claude Arnaud, Director for Research, Connex | |
| Mr Lachemi Touaouza, Project Manager of GNC, Sonelgaz | |
| Mr Vanni Capellato, Vice-President, Gruppo Torinese Trasporti and President, Torino Metano | |
| Mr Karl-Heinz Keller, Manager, Daimler-Chrysler | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-17:00 | PANEL 7 : " EUROPEAN REGIONS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US: ENERGY CHOICES, GOALS, ACHIEVEMENTS, SUCCESES, DIFFICULTIES" (FOLLOW UP) |
| 17:00-17:30 | FINAL DECLARATION AND CLOSING OF THE FORUM |
| Chairman: Mr José-Manuel Lamarque, journalist with Radio France | |
| M. Petar Aleksiev, Vice-Governor of the Yambol region (Bulgaria) | |
| Mr Luca Buzzoni, Mobility Manager of the Region of Emilia Romagna (Italy) Mr Miljenko Doric, President of the County Assembly Primorje and Gorski Kotar (Croatia) | |
| Mr Miljenko Doric, President of the County Assembly Primorje and Gorski Kotar (Croatia) | |
| Mr Henri Fauqué, Councillor Rhône-Alpes region and Mayor of Saulce-sur-Rhône, former Counsellor to the French Minister for Energy (France) | |
| Mr Paja Francuski, Provincial Secretary for the Energy Department in AP Vojvodina (Serbia-Montenegro) | |
|
Mr
Dragan Peric, President of the Municipal Assembly of Bijeljina,
Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|
|
| Mr Stephan Oblasser, Manager of the Department of Energy, Waste and Water of the Tyrolean Hydropower Company Ltd. (Austria) | |
| Ms Natalia Shimanska, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Committee for environmental policy of the City of Kiev (Ukraine) | |
| Mr Peter Torkler, Councillor and former Mayor of the city of Schortens (Germany), Rapporteur, Committee on Sustainable Development, CLRAE | |
| 17:00-17:30 | FINAL DECLARATION AND CLOSING OF THE FORUM |
| With comments by Mr Ulrich Bohner, Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Executive Director of the CLRAE with the co-operation of Ms Véronique Burnier, Energy and Transportation Programmes Co-ordinator of the FEDRE, Mr Gérard Fatio, Engineer and Technology Adviser for the Programme on Energy of the FEDRE and Mr François Saint-Ouen, Executive Secretary of the FEDRE. | |
| CLOSING OF THE FORUM | |
| Mr Christian Ferrazino, Mayor of Geneva | |
| Mr Claude Haegi, President of the FEDRE | |
| 17:30-18:30 | CLOSING RECEPTION |
