Conference on challenges and opportunities for the EU’s future energy supply
The Committee on Industry and Trade will organise a conference on the theme Challenges and opportunities for the EU''s future energy supply.
The conference will be held in the Riksdags Former Second Chamber on 23–24 April.
Conference on challenges and opportunities for the EUs future energy supply
Program 24 April
09.00–10.00 Session 1: Security of supply and challenges in the energy markets in the shadow of an unsettled world order
Speakers:
- Tobias Andersson (Sweden Democrats), Chair of the Committee on Industry and Trade
- Dr Timur Gül, Head of Energy Technology Policy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER), European Commission
- Markus Wråke, CEO of Energiforsk, a research and knowledge institute
- Guillaume Kasbarian, Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Assemblée nationale, France
- Andriy Gerus, Chair of the Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities Services, Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine
10.30–12.00 Session 2: Exchange of views on the topics of Session 1
Moderator:
Johan Kuylenstierna, Director General of Formas research council
13.30–15.30 Session 3: Sustainable research, development and innovation as a solution for the EU''s energy challenges
Panellists:
- Jessica Jewell, Associate Professor in Energy Transitions at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Bergen
- Liam Hardey, Cofounder and CEO of Cellfion
- Valentina Zaccaria, Associate professor in energy engineering and member of the Future Energy Center at Mälardalen University
- Afzal Siddiqui, Professor in the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis at Aalto University
Moderator:
Lina Bertling Tjernberg, Professor of power grid technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Closing remarks by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (Centre Party), Deputy Chair of the Committee on Industry and Trade
