9:30 | Opening Remarks
Moderator: Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the Section for External Relations (REX), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy
- Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition, French Presidency of the EU Council
- Professor Costas Synolakis, Chair of the Greek Scientific Committee on Climate Change, and President of Athens College, Hellenic-American Educational Foundation (HAEF)
10:15 | Panel 1: Leading climate change efforts
Moderator: Peter Schmidt, President of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment (NAT), EESC
- Keynote Speaker Bruno Pozzi, Regional Director of Europe Office, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Marco Morettini, Deputy Head of Division GLOBAL GI3 Green Transition, European External Action Service (EEAS)
- Johanna Sandahl, President, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- Dr Muhammad Hidayat Greenfield, Regional Secretary, IUF Asia/Pacific
- Dr Hubertus Bardt, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln
11:30 | Break
11:45 | Panel 2: Ensuring the green energy transition, and heading towards open strategic autonomy
Moderator: Baiba Miltoviča, President of the Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN), EESC
- Keynote Speaker Alessandro Blasi, Special Advisor to Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Mauro Raffaele Petriccione, Director-General, DG CLIMA, European Commission
- Professor Andris Piebalgs, Senior Fellow, Florence School of Regulation, and former Commissioner for Energy and for Development
- Kyriakos Gialoglou, Director of Government Affairs, Seawind Ocean Technology & Managing Director Seawind Greece
- Mika Ohbayashi, Director, Renewable Energy Institute
13:00 | Lunch break
14:30 | Panel 3: Ensuring that the European Green Deal leaves no one behind
Moderator: Laurenţiu Plosceanu, President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC), EESC
- Keynote Speaker Dr Njuguna Ndung'u, Executive Director, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
- Carla Montesi, Director, Green Deal & Digital Agenda, DG INTPA, European Commission
- Maja Handjiska-Trendafilova, Head of Program Department, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)
- Dr. Niels Keijzer, Senior Researcher, Team Lead: EU development policy and external action, German Development Institute (DIE)
- Nina Birkeland, Senior Advisor on Disaster Displacement and Climate Change, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
15:45 | Panel 4: Maintaining the EU's industry's global competitiveness and directing financing to support the green transition
Moderator: Stefano Palmieri, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), EESC
- Keynote Speaker David Livingston, Senior Advisor to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
- Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
- Nathan Fabian, Chair of the European Platform on Sustainable Finance, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
- Dr Oyun Sanjaasuren, Director of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund
- Dr Guntram B. Wolff, Director of Bruegel
17:00 | Wrap-up and closing remarks
Wrap-up by Dr Phoebe Koundouri, Co-Chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Network (SDSN)
- Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the Section for External Relations (REX), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
* Simultaneous interpretation available from/into English, French, German, Greek, Italian & Spanish