Transition to the Green Economy

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1 Background: Transition to the Green Economy International conference, 6-7 September 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia Agenda 1 September 2016 Flagship conference of the Ministry of Environment during the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU will be an event of major strategic nature, with the participation of a broad spectrum of stakeholders. It aims at improving visibility and support transition towards green economy, identifying options and priorities including actions. It will initiate a discussion on green economy including financial and investment actors; will help to strengthen synergies between initiatives launched by the European Commission, Member States and business community, to the benefit of the overall coherence and delivery; will help start an informed policy dialogue, knowledge and experience sharing among all stakeholders involved civil society, business, investors, academia, science, research and innovation, as well as public administration, national, regional and local authorities. Programme: 6 September Opening and Introduction - László Sólymos, Minister of Environment, Slovakia - Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Deputy Director-General Research Programmes, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission Plenary Session I: Transition towards a green economy Moderator: Frédéric Simon, EurActiv.com Key note speakers: - Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President, Energy Union, European Commission - Pier Vellinga, Professor in Climate Change and Water Safety, Wageningen University, Netherlands - Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests, Romania - Vidar Helgesen, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway - Richard van Rijssen, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bratislava - Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency - Raffi Balian, Regional Director for Environment, Science and Technology, USA

2 Press Conference Lunch Plenary Session II: Financing and investments for a green economy Moderator: James Crisp, EurActiv.com Key note speakers: - Rintaro Tamaki, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD - Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission - Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UNEP (video link) - Eila Kreivi, Director and Head of Capital Markets, European Investment Bank - Annie Bersagel, Advisor, Responsible Investment, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse, Norway - Stefania Racolta-Cruceru, Associate Director, Head of Product and Business Development, Energy Efficiency & Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Frido Kraanen, Director Corporative and Corporate Sustainability, PGGM - Marc Chardonnens, State Secretary, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland - Arvid Moss, Executive Vice-President, Norsk Hydro Coffee break Parallel sessions (I) Policy actions Moderator: Zuzana Gabrižová, EurActiv.sk Rapporteur: Jarosław Pietras, Director-General, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union - Norbert Kurilla, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia - Miroslav Mikolášik, MEP (EPP/SK), Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament - Teimuraz Murgulia, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Georgia - Juraj Číž, Managing Director, Ecorec - Henry Saint Bris, Senior Vice-President, Suez Environment

3 - Jeremy Wates, Secretary General, European Environmental Bureau - Tony Robson, Senior Associate, E3G - Heikki Granholm, Director, Natural Resources Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland - Jan Teekens, Coordinating Policy Advisor - Project leader Make it Work, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, The Netherlands (II) Research and knowledge actions Moderator: Radovan Geist, EurActiv.sk Rapporteur: Ivan Haščič, OECD - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, MEP, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Coordinator, European Parliament - Renzo Tomellini, Head of Unit Strategy, DG Research and Innovation, Climate Action and Resource Efficiency, European Commission - Sybille van den Hove, Scientific Committee Chair, European Environment Agency - Richard Filčák, Senior Researcher, Slovak Academy of Sciences - Arlene Blum, Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute - Zdeněk Hruška, Public Affairs Senior Manager, European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers - Anne-Christine Ayed, Executive Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Environment, Tarkett - Annik Magerholm Fet, Director of Sustainability, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (III) Civil society actions Moderator: Adéla Denková, EurActiv.cz Rapporteur: Matthias Puhringer, Director for International Cooperation and Strategy, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe - Andreas Beckmann, Director, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme - Marta Szigeti-Bonifert, Executive Director, The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe

4 - Juraj Zamkovský, Program Director and Coordinator of the Energy Program at Poľana, CEPA, Slovakia - Sini Eräjää, EU Bioenergy Policy Officer, Bird Life Europe - Heike Schiffler, Director of Environment, Tetra Pak - Ulrich Bang, Director, Global Public Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, VELUX Group - Jonas Helseth, Director, Bellona Europe, Norway - Patrick Clerens, Secretary-General, European Association for Storage of Energy Dinner for VIPs and speakers (by invitation only), the Art Museum Danubiana, 7 September Parallel sessions (IV) Cities, regional and local authorities actions Moderator: Radovan Geist, EurActiv.sk Rapporteur: Dana Švihlová, Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University - Sirpa Hertell, Vice-Chair of the Commission for Environment, Climate Change and Energy, European Committee of the Regions - Pavel Misiga, Head of Unit "Clean Water", DG Environment, European Commission - Bratislava City Council - Mark Hidson, Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI Europe - Josef Knot, Deputy Mayor, City of Písek, Czech Republic - László Miklós, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia - Martin Stohl, Development Manager, HB Reavis, Slovakia (V) Business and investment institutions actions Moderator: Jan Vitásek, EurActiv.cz Rapporteur: Jim Currie, Co-Chairman, Burson-Marsteller - Sheng Fulai, Head, Economic Research Unit, UN Environment

5 - Peter Dittrich, CEO, Slovak Investment Holding, Slovakia - Francois Sterin, Director of Global Infrastructure, Google - Miroslav Kiraľvarga, President, National Union of Employers, Slovakia - James Nix, Director, Green Budget Europe - Elena Stecca, Project Officer Global Initiatives, CDP Europe - Sigrid Linher, Director for Energy and Environment, ORGALIME (VI) Topic in focus: Innovations for Transition Moderator: Pavol Szalai, EurActiv.sk Rapporteur: Tomas Turecki, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission - Richard Miller, Deputy Director for Innovation in Industry, Innovate UK - Barbara Šubic, Head of Development and Technology, M Sora - Fabrice Stassin, Managing Director of The Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative - Susanne Fischer, Research Fellow, Business Unit Circular Economy, Wuppertal Institut, RECREATE - Tomáš Žáček, Architect, Ecocapsule Project, Slovakia - Amir Rashid, ResCoM Project Coordinator, Head of Division, Department of Production Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden - Natasa Sbrizaj, Vice-Chair, AmCham EU s Environment Committee - Fabrizio Nardo, Inventor of the NPT Zero-Waste Technology Coffee break Plenary Session III: Conclusions and the next steps Moderator: Zuzana Gabrižová, EurActiv.sk - Conclusions from parallel sessions Panel rapporteurs - Conclusions from EU policy perspective Daniel Calleja, Director-General, DG Environment, European Commission - Conclusions from a global perspective Jan Dusík, Regional Director, UNEP - Conclusions from research and innovation perspective Renzo Tomellini, Head of Unit Strategy, DG Research and Innovation, Climate Action and Resource Efficiency, European Commission - Conclusions and closing remarks László Sólymos, Minister of Environment of the Slovak Republic Lunch

6 Site visits (optional) Optional visit to one of green economy demonstration sites: - TOMRA Sorting Solutions Sensor-based sorting in the fields of reverse vending, food, recycling, mining and other industries - Devín Climate change adaptation, flood protection, cultural heritage, Natura 2000 site - Slovak University of Technology National Centre for Research and Applications of Renewable Source of Energy - Slovak Green Building Council Green building excursion This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No