Chair:
Stephane Buffetaut, EESC Member, President of Study Group for opinion "Third report on the State of the Energy Union"
9.00 Registration
9.30 Welcome
- Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the Section Transport, Energy, Information Society of the EESC
9.35 Keynote speech
- Dominique Ristori, Director-General, DG Energy, European Commission
9.50 From public consultation to a meaningful Energy Dialogue – Removing barriers and mobilising citizens for politically owning the energy transition
Moderator
- Toni Vidan, Member of the EESC, Rapporteur opinion "Third report on the State of the Energy Union"
Panellists
- Willy Demeyer, Mayor of Liege, Vice-President Energy Cities
- Claude Turmes, MEP, European Parliament
- Paul Dorfman, Professor, University College London
- Paula Pinho, Head of Unit, DG Energy, European Commission
- Quentin Genard, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G
Q&A
11.05 Coffee break
11.25 From ameliorating energy poverty to making all citizens’ economic beneficiaries of the energy transition – Balancing social policy and energy market design
Moderator
- Christophe Quarez, Member of the EESC, Co-Rapporteur opinion "Third report on the State of the Energy Union"
Panellists
- Kristian Ruby, Secretary General, EURELECTRIC
- Theresa Griffin, MEP, European Parliament
- Harriet Thomson, Lecturer, University of Birmingham
- Rene Mono, Director, Berlin Civic Energy Association
- Benjamin Denis, Policy Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation
- Magda Tancau, Development Officer, European Anti-Poverty Action
Q&A
12.45 Concluding remarks
- Toni Vidan, Member of the EESC, Rapporteur opinion "Third report on the State of the Energy Union"
- Christophe Quarez, Member of the EESC, Co-Rapporteur opinion "Third report on the State of the Energy Union"
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