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The Annual Conference of WEC Estonia takes place on the 3rd of December
Nov. 6, 2019The Annual Conference of WEC Estonia is taking place on the 3rd of December in Nordic Hotel Forum (Viru väjak 3, Tallinn). The focus of the conference is climate neutrality. Exciting topics will be presented by high-level speakers from Estonia, Germany, United Kingdom and France.
Programme
08:30-09:00 Welcoming coffee
09:00-09:10 Opening remarks (EST)
09:10-09:30 European Energy
Scenarios 2040 (EST)
Priit Mändmaa, Secretary General, World Energy Council Estonia
09:30-10:00 Power-to-X – A Potential
Strategy for Carbon Neutrality?
Dr Carsten Rolle, Executive Director, WEC Germany
10:00-10:30 How to Establish a
Large Scale Hydrogen Market?
Daniel Sadler, Project Manager of New Energy Solution WALC, Equinor ASA
Former Programme Director of H21 Leeds City Gate project
10:30-11:00 Nuclear Energy
Development: The EDF Experience in France
Jacques Regaldo, Top Executive of the Nuclear Division, EDF Group
Former Chairman of World Association of Nuclear Operators
11:00-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-12:15 Managing the Grid with Fluctuating Wind Generation
and Operating a Cross-Border Offshore Windpark
Niels Ehlers, Manager of mid-term planning, 50 Hertz GmbH
12:15-12:35 The Current State and Potential Future Role
of Ultracapacitors in Achieving Carbon Neutrality
Egert Valmra, CEO, Skeleton Technologies
12:35-14:05 Panel discussion – How to improve the economy with the climate neutrality goal? (EST)
Panelists: Ando Leppiman, Secretary General, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Hando Sutter, CEO, Eesti Energia AS
Kai Realo, CEO, Circle K Eesti AS
Kalle Kilk, Member of the Board, Elering AS
Tarmo Soomere, President, Estonian Academy of Sciences
Moderator: Andrus Karnau, journalist and chief editor of Lääne Elu
14:05-14:15 Closing remarks (EST)
Hando Sutter, Chairman, WEC Estonia
14:15-15:00 Lunch and networking
Some presentations will be in Estonian. Simultaneous interpretation EST-ENG-EST will be provided.
The conference is free of charge but the number of seats is limited. Please register Your attendance at info@wec-estonia.ee.