08:30 - 09:00
Registrations and welcome coffee
09:00 - 09:30
Opening Session - Striving for a local and inclusive transition
- Leen Peeters, founder and CEO, Th!nk E
- Adela Tesarova, Deputy Director-General - Coordination of the Just and Green Energy Transition, Head of Unit B.1 - Consumers, Local Initiatives, Just Transition, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)
- Ulfert Höhne, CEO and co-founder, OurPower
09:30 - 10:30
Roundtable - A fast-changing panorama: Are we keeping up the speed with the energy transition?
Moderators: Silvia Assalini, ICLEI Europe, and Ludwig Karg, B.A.U.M.
- Marten Saareoks, Expert, Tartu Energy Agency See presentation
- Stratos Keranidis, R&D Director, DomX See presentation
- Johan Konings, Senior advisor, ENBRO See presentation
- Marco Gervasi, EU Youth Energy Network
- Dirk Hendricks, Secretary General, European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF)
- Maria Santos, Community Power Coalition
10:30 - 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 – 11:45
Roundtable - The different facets of engagement
Moderators: Sonja Klingert, University of Stuttgart, and Carsten Rothballer, ICLEI Europe
- Miloslav Franěk, Senior project manager, City of Prague See presentation
- Andreas Klär, Managing director, Elektrizitätswerke Hindelang See presentation
- Tom Verheyen, Product Manager, ThermoVault See presentation
- Veerle Dossche, Energy Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe
- Manuel Nina, Co-founder and CCO of GoParity
11:45 - 12:00
Develop energy communities through informative and collective actions
- Mona Bielig, University of Seeburg
- Miro Prek, Prospex Institute
- Anne-Kathrin Vorwald, BAUM
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Breakout 1 - Meet your peer for collective action
Topic: The role of SMEs within collective energy actions
Responsible partner: Th!nk E
Stakeholder group: SMEs/Industry
Moderator: Lucija Rakocevic, Th!nk E
- Kostas Komninos, DAFNI, Greece
- Giulia Torri, Km0, Spain (DECIDER)
- Job Svens, J-OB, Netherlands
- Karina Veum, TNO, Netherlands
Topic: Regulatory models for collective actions
Responsible partner: JR
Stakeholder group: Policy makers and regulators
Moderator: Andreas Tuerk, Joanneum Research
- OurPower
- CEER
Topic: How to start a promising initiative
Responsible partner: BAUM
Stakeholder group: EC and CEA starter
Moderators: Ludwig Karg and Anne-Kathrin Vorwald, BAUM, and & Sonja Klingert, University of Mannheim
Erik Laes, VITO, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Jens Lowitsch, Kelso Institute, project SCORE
14:00 - 14:30
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:30
Breakout 2 - Diversify your opportunities through collective action
Topic: Business models and financing for Energy Communities and other Collective Actions
Responsible partner: BAUM
Moderator: Ludwig Karg, BAUM
- Esther Hardi, Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation (IEECP)
- Ulfert Höhne or Hemma Bieser, OurPower
- Johan Konings, ENBRO
- Carolin Monsberger, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
Topic: Policy & Governance
Responsible partner: PI
Moderator: Daniel Matkovits, Prospex Institute
- Marten Saareoks, TREA
- Miroslav Franěk, PSOE - City of Prague
- Artemis Giavasoglou, Municipality of Kifissia & SPARCS project
- Andreas Tuerk, Joanneum Research
Topic: Stakeholder engagement
Responsible partner: UNIMA & UNISEB
Moderators: Mona Bieling, University of Seeburg, Sonja Klingert, University of Mannheim, and Florian Kutzner, University of Seeburg
- Gosia Mątowska, ENCLUDE project
- Marilys Louvet, W4RES project
15:30 - 15:45
Energizing break
15:45 - 16:45
Panel - How to advance the energy transition with the participation of everyone?
- Anastasia Kouskouni, Programme Manager, Unit G.3 - Cyprus and Greece, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO)
- Fréderic-Michael Foeteler, Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation
- Athanasios Papakonstantinou, Energy Markets and Policies expert, HERON
- Piero de Bonis, Policy officer, Policy officer, C.1 – Clean energy transition Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (DG RTD)
16:45 - 17:00
Closing remarks and future perspectives
- Talia Brun Marcen, Project Adviser, LIFE Energy & LIFE Climate, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Agency (CINEA)
- Lucija Rakocevic, DECIDE project coordinator, Th!nk E
17:00 - 18:00
Networking cocktail