Agenda

This year INFORSE-Europe will organise a seminar on the transition to sustainable energy, community power and development of ideas for how we can push the energy transition forward with new initiatives and projects. After the 4-day seminar is a day with INFORSE-Europe general meeting.

The conference will host both technical and scientific contributions. It will showcase Italian and international research activities in the fields of electricity, automation, telecommunications and information technology, that form the solid foundation on which to build innovative actions.

The conference, hosted by the Region of North Rhine Westphalia and the City of Essen, takes place in Europe's 2017 Green Capital - a 'city in transformation'. Highlighting examples of successful municipal transformations supported by strong partnerships, effective tools, and the right financing, this event will engage participants via workshops, special in-situ sessions and ample space for exchange and input.

As for our previous congresses, an ambitious program with top-level speakers will be presented to an audience of high-level representatives of EU-Institutions, managers and shareholders of local and regional energy companies, and other energy & climate experts.

This event will bring together a range of multinational corporations, renewable energy developers and senior decision-makers to raise awareness, exchange information and facilitate connections in order to rapidly increase the procurement of renewable power.

The conference will provide you with a stimulating environment for knowledge-sharing through keynote speeches by internationally recognized experts and politicians, as well as round-table interactions. These round tables will be led by prominent EEAC members, and each will address a specific policy domain related to sustainable development and/or the environment. You will have ample time to:

• Identify and discuss the challenges we face in implementing environmental and sustainable development policies today and in the 25 years to come
• Discuss how the tasks ahead are affected by the current political and societal atmosphere and its consequences for the implementation of environmental and sustainable development policies
• Participate in rich discussions on the effects that the changing science-policy-society interface will have on the handling of strategic environmental and sustainability issues