Programme
#DecarbCities Forum 2020
On Monday 24 February, we will organise a visit to the Simmering Station at 14.00 and a networking dinner at 19.00.
Participation is open to all participants. More information will follow soon.
Please note that this programme is a draft.
25 February
| 25.2.2020 Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-09:00 | Welcome coffee & registration | |
| 09:00 | Opening of the conference | The City of Vienna |
| 09.00 – 09:30 | Setting the scene: From local Heat needs to national Heat Strategy | |
| The Austrian heat strategy and co-design with local stakeholders | Austrian Ministry of Energy (tbc) | |
| Intervention by | Stephan Brandligt, Co-negotiator representing local authorities of the Dutch Heat Strategy | |
| 09:30 – 10.30 | Policy debate: Decarbonising Heat: What does it mean in reality in cities? | |
| Joint Support Schemes in national and municipal level to decarbonise heat | Katrin Sorensen, Director of Oslo Climate Agency (tbc) | |
| Interventions by | Matus Vallo, Mayor of Bratislava (tbc) Theresa Griffin, Eufores President, MEP (tbc) Representative of Shell (tbc) Austrian MEP (tbc) | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | World café: Existing tools for local players to design strategies | |
| Interventions by | Decarb Heat Initiative Covenant of Mayors | |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Energy communities and cities: the path to establishing new roles and potentials in local communities | Moderator: Claire Roumet, Energy Cities (tbc) |
| An innovative heat community in Belgium | The city of Eeklo | |
| Citizen’s energy community of Groningen | The city of Groningen (tbc) | |
| Conclusions and panel discussion | Representative of ITRE Committee, European Parliament | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14.00 – 15:00 | Parallel Sessions: Best practices and EU initiatives to support cities | |
| Parallel Session 1: How to master renovation projects | ||
| Parallel Session 2: European City Facility: How to design investment concepts | ||
| Parallel Session 3: Energy savings in heating & cooling at national level: Hotmaps | ||
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Final policy debate: What do we need from the European Union? | |
| Heat Roadmaps by Member States: state of play & next steps | Klaus-Dieter Borchardt – Deputy director of DG ENER, European Commission | |
| Panel discussion with | MEP Pernilla Weiss, EPP (tbc) MEP, Carlos Zorrinho, S&D (tbc) Klaus-Dieter Borchardt – European Commission Maria Vassiliadou, Former Deputy Mayor of Vienna, Member of the Mission innovation Board for the Climate Neutral Cities (tbc) | |
| 16.30 | Summary of the conference | |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Farewell cocktail reception | |
| 18:00 | End of conference |