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The Research and Innovation perspective

8 November 2023  |  9:00-18:00, room JDE62  |  Brussels

09:00 – 09:30   Registration

09:30 – 10:00   Opening remarks

  • Baiba MILTOVIČA, TEN President
  • Oliver RÖPKE, EESC President
  • Signe RATSO, Deputy Director-General, DG R&I, European Commission

10:00 – 11:15   State of play in Europe

Moderated by Tatjana BABRAUSKIENĖ, EESC Member

  • Elisa ROLLER, Director, Twin Transition, Economic and Social Affairs, European Commission Secretariat General  
  • Michael STEMMER, Economist, European Investment Bank
  • Jürgen SIEBEL, Executive Director, CEDEFOP
  • Corinna ZIEROLD, Senior Policy Advisor, industriAll Europe

Q&A with audience

11:15-11:45   Coffee Break

11:45-13:00  Synergies with member states & international stakeholders

Moderated by Andrea GENTILI, Deputy head of unit Clean Planet, DG R&I, European Commission

  • Nathalie RICHET, Senior Master Programme Manager, EUREC
  • Marie CLAESSON, Program manager, Swedish Energy Agency – ONLINE
  • Erwin SIWERIS, Programme Director, Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform
  • Ben LENNON, Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation

Q&A with audience

13:00 – 14:30   Lunch

14:30 –16:00   Sustainable energy

Moderated by Alena MASTANTUONO, EESC Member, TEN Section Vice-President

  • Luigi CREMA, President of Hydrogen Europe Research
  • Arthur DAEMERS, Policy Advisor, SolarPower Europe
  • Abderrahim AL MAZOUZI, Senior Researcher, Électricité de France/EDF
  • Marco GERVASI, "Energy Transition Careers Compass" COP28 Task Force, European Youth Energy Network – EYEN

Q&A with audience

16:00 - 16:15   Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:45   Sustainable transport

Moderated by: Jarmila DUBRAVSKÁ, EESC Member

  • Petr DOLEJSI, Mobility & Sustainable Transport Director, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
  • Alco WEEKE, Senior Lecturer, STC Group, Maritime & Logistics University for applied sciences
  • Géza HUSI, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen
  • Barbara GRAU, Head of European and International HR Affairs at SNCF Group

Q&A with audience
 

17:45 - 18:00   Concluding remarks

  • John COMER, EESC TEN Section Vice-President

 

Hybrid event, interpreting provided from DE, EN and FR into DE, EN and FR