Beyond coal: From black to green economy?
The Moravian-Silesian Region as a testing ground
13:30-14:00 - Registration
14:00-14:20 - Welcome address
- Stefano MALLIA, President, EESC Employers’ Group
- Christa SCHWENG, President, EESC
- Jan RAFAJ, Vice-President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
14:20-15:00 - High-level opening session
- Ivo VONDRÁK, Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region
- Vladimír DLOUHÝ, President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce, Deputy President of Eurochambres
- Jan WIESNER, President of the Czech Confederation of Employers 'and Entrepreneurs' associations
Moderator: Jana HARTMAN RADOVA, Member of the EESC Employers' Group
15:00-16:10 - Panel 1: Transition pathways for coal and other carbon-intensive regions
- Radim SRŠEŇ, Deputy of the Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic
- Petr VOTOUPAL, Programme Manager Responsible for just transition, European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Unit F4, Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Jan KŘÍŽ, Deputy Minister for Section of EU Funds, Economic and Voluntary Instruments, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
- Renata EISENVORTOVÁ, European Affairs Manager, Sev.en Energy
Q&A session
Moderator: Sandra PARTHIE, Member of the EESC Employers' Group
16:10-16:40 - Coffee break
16:40-17:50 - Panel 2: Transition to carbon neutrality in the Moravian-Silesian Region
- Zdeněk KARÁSEK, Governor’s Deputy for Coal Region in Transition program, Moravian-Silesian Region
- Igor IVAN, Vice-rector for strategy and cooperation, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
- Adéla HRADILOVÁ, Member of the Board of the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre
- Jakub ŠVRČEK, CEO of of MATERIAL AND METALLURGICAL RESEARCH Ltd.
- Kateřina BONITO, Director of Education, Lower Vitkovice representative
Q&A session
Moderator: Petr ZAHRADNÍK, Advisor to the Minister for European Affairs
17:50-18:00 - Closing remarks
- Stefano MALLIA, President of the EESC Employers' Group