EUSJA study trip to Hamburg organized by TELI, to International symposium on solar energy at DESY research center from 18 to 20 of May 2011.
The organizers will cover 3 nights of accomodation and meals, participants have to take care about their flights.
Applications (name, position in media, e-mail) should be sent via national association no later than April 29th. The number of participants: 15.
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
- 17:00 Registration opens (venue: DESY)
- 19:00 Public Podium discussion (in German) – in cooperation with DESERTEC foundation, University Hamburg (location UHH)
- 20:30 Welcome Reception venue: DESY
Thursday, 19 May 2011
- 09:00 signing of DESY-SESAME MoU – in Seminar room
- 09:30 Opening Remarks: Helmut Dosch, Director General DESY and Ulrich Wagner, DLR, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (tbc), Maged Al-Sherbiny, President of Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and Khaled Toukan, Director General SESAME,
- 10:00 Panel of Government Representatives: Chairperson: Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director IASS, Potsdam; Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission (video message); NN, Ministry for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt;Georg Schütte, Secretary of State, German Ministry for Education and Research;Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences UNESCOM; Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director IEA (tbc)
- 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:30 Panel on Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Societal Challenges. Key questions: What is the role of renewable energy for climate change mitigation, for energy security, to remove energy poverty and for socio-economic growth?Chairperson: Eberhard Umbach, President Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (tbc); Walter Kohn, University of California, Santa Barbara, Nobel Laureate 1998; Odeh Al-Jayyousi, Regional Director, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Jordan; Mojib Latif, IFM-GEOMAR Kiel;Ottmar Edenhofer, Chief Economist, PIK Potsdam; Carlo Rubbia, Scientific Director IASS, former Director-General CERN, Nobel Laureate 1984
- 12:45 Lunch
- Press Conference in Seminar room
- 14:00 Science, Sustainability and Global Responsibility. Key question: How can science and technology contribute more effectively to achieve the goals of a sustainable development in the world? Chair: Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO; Keynote Speaker: Ahmed Zewail, Caltech, US Science Envoy for MENA, Nobel Laureate 1999 (tbc); Panelists: Hartmut Grassl, Former Director Max-Planck-Institute; Khaled Toukan, Director General SESAME; Herwig Schopper, Chair of Scientific Board of UNESCO International Basic Science Programme IBSP, former Director-General CERN, former President SESAME Council; Amin Mobarak, Cairo University; NN, DG Research, European Commission;
- 15:45 Coffee Break
- 16:15 Solar Energy Projects in Europe and MENA. Key question: What are the current and future solar energy technologies, innovations and trends, market and projects in Europe and MENA? Chair: Jamila Matar, Energy Secretary, Arab League (tbc); Keynote Speaker: Robert Pitz-Paal, DLR; Panelists: Luis Crespo, Protermo Solar, Spain; Fabrizio Fabrizi, ENEA Italy; Costas Papanicolas, Cyprus Institute of Technology
Yehiam Prior, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel; Hafid Aourag or Tahar Sahraoui, Algeria, “The Algerian Solar Tower Project”; - Ca. 18:15 End
- 18:45 Departure/Transfer to Restaurant
- 20:00 Banquet Dinner (Location tbd) – After-Dinner Speech: Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker
- Ca 23:00 Back at hotels
Friday, 20 May 2011
- 09:00 Bridging Solar Energy from MENA to Europe. Key question: What policy and regulatory frameworks (EU policy, directives, national plans in EU and MENA, certificate/emission trading etc) are needed to promote the transfer of solar energy from MENA to Europe. What financial structures/instruments can mobilize investments? What grid infrastructure has to be in place? Chair: NN, MENA;
Keynote: Claudia Kemfert, German Institute of Economic Research and Hertie School of Governance; Panelists: Rainer Aringhoff, Dii GmbH; Marc Strauss, Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean;
Mohamed Mousa Omran, First Understate Secretary for Research, Planning and Authorities Follow-up, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Egypt; Suhail Kiwan, Jordan University of Science and Technology
Georges de Montravel, MEDGRID – Grid infrastructure (tbc); - 10:45 Coffee Break
- 11:15 Solar Energy Projects around the world. Chairperson: Seethapathy Chander, Asian Development Bank; Chandra Govindarajalu, World Bank; Yutaka Tamaura, Tokio Institute of Technology – “A perspective from Asia”; Zifeng Wang, Chinese Academy of Science; NN, USA (or India)
- 12:15 Lunch
- 13:15 Scientific and Educational Projects in MENA as anchor points for collaboration and for capacity building. Key question: What scientific institutes/projects/ideas in MENA could serve as anchor points to engage into a science/energy partnership? What academic/educational initiatives/networks exist to promote renewable energies? Chair: Herman Winick, Stanford University; Keynote: Maged Al-Sherbiny, President of Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology; Science Projects in MENA – Panel: Zehra Sayers, Sabanci University, Turkey – SESAME; Zahid Hussain, LBL Berkeley, Photon Science for Renewable Energy; Mostapha Bousmina, General Director Inanotech, Nanomaterials R&D in MENA (tbc); Educational/Academic Aspect – Panel: Mouldi Miled, Executive Director Desertec University Network
Louy Qoaider, DLR, enerMENA - 15:00 Round Table Discussion: Contributions towards a joint Science/Energy Partnership: What can Europe contribute in terms of education, science and technology towards forging a European/MENA science/energy partnership? What are the specific demands/needs in MENA? Round Table Moderator: Proposed Participants: NN, DLR; Eicke Weber, Fraunhofer Association; Maximilian Metzger, German Ministry for Education and Research (tbc); Rudolf Strohmeier, Deputy Director-General, DG Research, European Commission; Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, President SESAME Council, former Director- General of CERN and Chair of the ITER Council; Gerhard Knies, DESERTEC Foundation; Adnan Badran, President of Petra University, Jordan, former Deputy Director General of UNESCO
- 16:00 Preliminary Conclusions – Helmut Dosch, DESY
- 16:20 End of Conference
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