SOLUTIONS FOR A 2050 CARBON-FREE EUROPE

13:30 – 14:30

Registration (Access, registration and coffee)

14:30 – 14:40

Welcome – The Ambassador Luminita Teodora
Odobescu

14:40 – 15:00

Romanian priorities for a carbon-free economy –
Dr. Anton Anton, Minister of Energy, Romania

15:00 – 15:20

European Commission strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductions – Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete

15:20 – 15:35

Pathways to 2050: role of nuclear in a low-carbon Europe – Fabian Roques, Executive Vice President of FTI Compass Lexecon Energy

15:35 – 15:50

Coffee break

15:50 – 16:40

Interventions by

Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer – WindEurope
Kristian Ruby, Secretary General – Eurelectric
Peter Claes, Vice President of IFIEC Europe and Chairman of IFIEC’s Working Party Electricity – IFIEC Europe (International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers)
Cosmin Ghita, CEO – Nuclearelectrica/ President, ROMATOM

16:40 – 17:40

Audience discussion with panel

Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer – WindEurope
Kristian Ruby, Secretary General – Eurelectric
Peter Claes, Vice President of IFIEC Europe and Chairman of IFIEC’s Working Party Electricity – IFIEC Europe (International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers)
Cosmin Ghita, CEO – Nuclearelectrica/ President, ROMATOM
Fabian Roques, Executive Vice President of FTI Compass Lexecon Energy

Moderated by Jessica Johnson, Communications Director – FORATOM

17:40 – 18:00

Conclusions by

Yves Desbazeille, Director General – FORATOM
Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director-General for Energy at the European Commission
Elena Popescu, Director General, DG Energy and Climate Changes, Ministry of Energy Romania

18:00

Reception