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)