Programme

Registration, Breakfast and Coffee

Welcoming Remarks

• Ms. Sylvie Goyet, Deputy Co-ordinator / Head, Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
  
  
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Stefan Schleicher, Professor, Wegener Center on Climate Change, Vice-President, World Energy Council Austria 

Introduction: Giulia Manconi, Senior Programme Officer, Energy Security OSCE 

Setting the Scene - Keynotes

• Ms. Rana Adib, Executive Director, REN21 
  
  
• Univ.-Prof. DI Karl Rose, Professor for Strategic Management -Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Former Chief Strategist - ADNOC and SHELL, Former Senior Director, Policy & Scenarios at the World Energy Council 
  
  
• Dr. Stephan Sharma, Chairman of the Board, Burgenland Energie AG
  
  
• MMag. Dr. Irene Giner-Reichl, Ambassador ret.; President, Global Forum for Sustainable Energy; Co-founder, Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition 

Introduction: Giulia Manconi, Senior Programme Officer, Energy Security OSCE 

Panel I: TAKING STOCK OF THE PAST: FORGING NEW ENERGY POLICIES AND PARTNERSHIPS

• Mr. Dusko Stjepanovic, Head of Green Banking, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
  
  
• Ms. Elizabeth Press, Director, Planning and Programme Support, IRENA
  
  
• Mr. Andrei Covatariu, Independent Energy Expert, Co-Chair of UNECE Task Force on Digitalisation in Energy
  
  
• Dr. Saule Zholdayakova, Acting Head of Department of Alternative Energy / Head of Hydrogen Technologies Research Laboratory, KMG Engineering LLP

Moderation: Mr. Daniel Kroos, Principal Specialist, Sustainable Energy for All
Introduction: Eric Eschrich, Operations Coordinator World Energy Council Austria 

Lunch break

Panel II: INCREASING RESILIENCE: REDUCING ENERGY SYSTEM VULNERABILITIES

• Dr. Michael Weixelbraun, Head of Asset Operation and Maintenance, Austrian Power Grid AG
  
  
• Mr. Eamonn Lannoye, Managing Director of EPRI Europe, Senior Program Manager,
  Transmission Operations and Planning, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  
  
• Mr. Roman Tobler, Senior Manager, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young
  
  
• Ms. Roberta Boscolo, Climate and Energy Scientific Officer, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  
  
• Prof. Stefan Ulreich, Professor of Energy Economics, Hochschule Biberach
  

Moderation: Ms. Sylvie Goyet, Deputy Co-ordinator/Head of Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
Introduction: Eric Eschrich, Operations Coordinator World Energy Council Austria 

Coffee break

Panel III: INDUSTRIES AT CROSSROADS: BALANCING THE ENERGY TRILEMMA IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION

• Mag. Johannes Mayer, Head of Competition and Regulation, E-Control
  
  
• Mr. John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, Methinks
  
  
• Ms. Petra Schwager, Chief of the Division on Energy Technologies and Industrial Applications, UNIDO
  
  
• Mr. Ronald Steenblik, Former (retired) OECD Special Counselor for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform; Senior Technical Advisor, SJES Programme, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
  
  
• Mr. Maximilian Mauthe, Expert for Climate, Energy and Environment, Federation of Austrian Industries
  

Moderation: Mr. Ivo Wakounig, Senior Advisor, World Energy Council Austria
Introduction: Eric Eschrich, Operations Coordinator World Energy Council Austria 

Concluding remarks

• Dr. Robert Kobau, Secretary General, World Energy Council Austria (TBC)

Introduction: Eric Eschrich, Operations Coordinator World Energy Council Austria 

Aperitif