Programme

OPENING remarks

  • Ms Lucie Studničná, President of the CCMI Section, Group II
  • Mr Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the TEN Section, Group II
  • Ms Alexandra Tomczak, Policy Coordinator – EU coal, DG Energy, B3: Retail Markets; coal & oil, European Commission
  • Mr Enrique Calvet Chambon, European Parliament, video message

PANEL 1 - Challenges and opportunities of energy transition, alleviating the economic and social impact of declining European coal production

Moderator: Mr Pierre Jean Coulon

  • Mr Germán Barrios García, President of Consejo Económico y Social de Castilla y León, Spain
  • Mr Leszek Swietalski, Secretary General of the Union of Rural Municipalities of Poland / Topic: Challenges in Polish coal mining regions
  • Mr Boris Linden, Innovation Region Rhineland (IRR) Germany
  • Ms Renata Eisenvortova, EURACOAL, CCMI delegate, Group I, Czech Republic
  • Mr Dumitru Fornea, Meridian, National Trade Union Confederation, EESC member, Group II, Romania
  • Mr Sylvain Lefebvre, Deputy General Secretary, IndustriALL

Q&A

PANEL 2 - The future, how decentralised renewables can revive coal-mining regions

Moderator: Mr Toni Vidan, EESC member, Vice-President of TEN section, Group III

  • Mr Janusz Piechocki, Mayor Margonin, Poland
  • Mr Janusz Pietkiewicz, EESC member, Group I, Poland
  • Dr. Dörte Fouquet, Director, European Renewable Energies Federation
  • Mr Dirk Vansintjan, REScoop, the European Federation of Renewable Energy Cooperatives

Q&A

CONCLUSIONS

  • Mr Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the TEN Section, Group II
  • Ms Lucie Studničná, President of the CCMI Section,Group II