European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9:30-09:50 Opening
Moderator – Baiba MILTOVIČA, EESC TEN Section President
- Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU, EESC Vice President
- Rosalinde VAN DER VLIES, European Commission, Director DG ENER.B
09:50 – 11:20 Panel I - Achieving Energy Resilience through Consumer Engagement
Moderator – Massimo SERPIERI, European Commission, DG ENER B.1
Setting the scene – Alejandro ULZURRUN, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG ENER B.1
- Laurens RUTTEN, Senior Energy Policy Officer, BEUC
- Carlotta FERRI, Vice-President, Young Energy Consumers Task Force Manager, EYEN
- Felix KRIEDEMANN, Senior Policy Advisor REScoop.eu, European federation of energy communities
- Corina MURAFA, EESC TEN Section Member
- Alain TACCOEN, Chair of Eurelectric's Customers & Retail Services Committee - Head of Stakeholders Relations, EDF
11:20-11:45 – Coffee break
11:45-13:00 – Panel II – Delivering reductions on energy poverty
Moderator – Thomas KATTNIG, EESC TEN Section Member
- Véronique MARX, European Commission, DG ENER B.1
- Dora BIONDANI, Project Coordinator, Energy Poverty Advisory Hub
- Tuscany BELL, Utilities Policy Lead, EPSU
- Pablo CARNERO MELERO, Technical EU project Officer, Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (REHVA) - online
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:45 Panel III – Sustainable Investments to secure Affordable Energy
Moderator – Alena MASTANTUONO, EESC TEN Section Member
- Joanna ZIECINA, European Commission, DG ENER A.4
- Federico DONÀ, Manager Climate & Energy Policy, EUROFER
- Marc DUFOUR, Senior Energy Specialist, European Investment Bank
- Hanna ZDANOWSKA, Mayor of the City of Łódź, CoR Member, Rapporteur of the Opinion on the Action Plan for Affordable Energy
15:45-16:00 – Closing
- Baiba MILTOVIČA, EESC TEN Section President
- Alejandro ULZURRUN, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG ENER B.1
Interpretation provided in English, French, German (plus in Polish, in the afternoon)