DAY 1 - Thursday 19th April |
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9.00-11.00 Opening Session - Chaired by Ernesto Macías, Vice President EPIA, President ARE |
Welcome Speech | Winfried Hoffmann, European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), President |
Opening Speech | John Papathanassiou, Deputy Minister of Development |
An economic assessment of the PV sector in Greece | Christos Papoutsis , Member of the Greek Parliament
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Perspectives of PV development in Greece | Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Member of the Greek Parliament |
1st PV Med Achievements | Sebastiano Serra, Representative of Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea |
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break |
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11.30-13.00 EU Policy Session - Chaired by Stefan Nowak, Chairman Policy Working Group, EU PV Platform |
European Supportive Policies for PV | Eleni Despotou, Secretary General EPIA |
Spanish Case | Amparo Fresneda, Head of Photovoltaic Unit, Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE) |
German case | Dieter Uh, GTZ |
French Case | Fabrice Juquois, PV program manager, French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) |
Italian case | Mario Lionetti, Representative of Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
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Round table |
13.00-14.30 Lunch |
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14.30 – 16.30 Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Policy Session - Chaired by Ibrahim Samak, General Director Engcotec GmbH |
Egypt | Ramadan Abdel Rahman Mohamed, Vice chairman for projects and operations, New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) |
Jordan | Mahmoud Hammad, Director and Chairman University of Jordan |
Morocco (1) Morocco (2) | Amal Haddouche, General Director, Centre for Renewable Energy Development Ouafae Bouchouata, Assistant of the Moroccan Minister of Territorial Planning, Water and Environment |
Algeria | Titah Nadjet, General Manager, Kénergie |
Tunisia | Ismail Sibai, General Manager, SINES Société internationale de l´Energie et des Sciences |
Turkey | Sener Oktik, Rector, University of Mugla |
Turkey | Siddik Içli, Pr. Dr. Director Solar Energy Institute Ege University, Izmir, Turkey |
Round table |
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break |
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17.00 – 18.30 On Grid Technology Session – Chaired by Christos Protogeropoulos, Managing Director RENI |
Green fields and large flat roof | Stuart Brannigan, Procurement Director, Phönix SonnenStrom AG |
BIPV and roof top integrated systems | Panos Kilimis, Biohaus |
Access to the grid | Roberto Legaz Director of Renewable Energies Unit, Iberdrola |
Effective connection to the grid | Ingrid Weiss, project manager, WIP Andrew Machirant, co-founder, Business Development & Communication director, Switch Power |
Liberalisation of the energy market and its impact for PV | Gervasio Martinez Villaseñor, Partner Garayar & Associates |
Round table |
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DAY 2 - Friday 20th April |
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09.00 – 11.00 Greek Session Chaired by Panagiotis Chaviaropoulos, Director of RES division, CRES |
New Regulatory Framework for PV | Dionysios Papachristou, Engineer, RAE |
Market perspectives in Greece | Stathis Tselepis, PV specialist, CRES |
PV aspects on the Transmission System | Ioannis Kabouris, Assistant Director, DESMIE (TSO) |
Hellenic industry development | Pitarokilis Sofoklis, General Director, Solar Cells Hellas |
Photovoltaic market and industry in the Balkans | Alexander Zachariou, Managing director, Energy Solutions |
Photovoltaic companies aspects | Stelios Psomas, Energy consultant, Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Companies (Helapco) |
Implementing the Greek law on renewables | Marios Sigalas, Management Director, Phaesun Partner Compagny |
Round table moderated by John Chadjivassiliadis, Consultant and Greek Representative in Mirror Group; with the additional participation of Efterpi Lampaditou and Meliza Assimakopoulou , Hellenic Transmission System Operator (HTSO) |
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11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break |
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11.30 – 13.00 Access to Energy in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, Chaired by Houda Ben Jannet Allal, Senior Energy Analyst, Observatoire Méditerranée de l'Energie (OME) |
Overview of photovoltaic Technologies and their Potential in the Mediterranean Basin | Magda Moner - Girona, Joint Research Centre – European Commission |
Technological solution – Hybrid systems | Michael Wollny, Product Manager Off-Grid Applications, SMA Technologie AG |
Technological solutions – PV Stand alone systems | Sifeddine Labed, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, Chargé de projet (CDER) |
Technological solutions – desalinization, water pumping, purification, etc. PV systems | Livinio Stuyck, EU Manager, Isofoton |
PV Potential – Case study- Morocco | Saïd Mouline, President, Moroccan Solar and Wind Energy Industry Association |
Round table |
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch |
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14.30 – 16.00 Financial Tools Session, Chaired by Stéphane Pouffary, Head of the International Expertise in Energy Management Unit, ADEME |
Mediterranean outlook | Stéphane Quefelec, Economist, Plan Bleu |
Engaging local bank lending - UNEP Approaches | Myriem Touhami, Program Officer, UNEP |
Overcoming barriers to financing | Shiva Dustdar, Senior Loan Officer, European Investment Bank |
Financing tools for PV | Julien Maumont, Senior Project manager, Dexia Crédit Local |
Successful stories | Gokhan Baykam, CEO, Relight |
Round table |
16.00 – 17.30 Market Development Session– Plenary Session chaired by Marinus Boogert, Scheuten Solar (TBC) |
Global Market and Perspectives | Winfried Hoffmann, President, EPIA |
Market Potential in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean | Houda Ben Jannet Allal, Senior Energy Analyst, Observatoire Méditerranée de l'Energie (OME) |
Market potential within the Euro-Mediterranean countries | Alberto Medrano, Regional Head of Mediterranean Countries, CONERGY |
Perspectives for Industrial Development | Claus Beneking, CEO, Ersol Solar Energy AG |
Drivers for accelerated renewables deployment: the IEA prospective | Roberto Vigotti, Chairman, IEA REWP |
Round table |
17.30 – 18.15 Closing Session – Chaired by Ernesto Macías, EPIA, ARE |
The way forward – Euro-Mediterranean prospective | Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament |
Concluding remarks | Roberto Vigotti, Chairman, IEA REWP |
Closing speech | Ernesto Macías, President ARE, Vice President EPIA |
