Schedule for 2017 California - Germany Bilateral Energy Conference
12:30 p.m. Registration
- Master of Ceremony: Drew Bohan, Executive Director,
California Energy Commission
1:30 p.m. California and Germany as Forerunners in the Global Energy Transition
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Robert B. Weisenmiller, Chair, California Energy Commission
- Martin Schöpe, Head of Division, International Cooperation on Energy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
1:50 p.m. Presentation and Q&A: Long-Term Planning for the Power Sector
- Amory Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Katharina Grave, Principle Issues of Electricity Division, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. The Energy Transition Here and There: Visionary Voices
- Stephen Berberich, President and Chief Executive Officer, California Independent System Operator
- Hal Harvey, CEO, Energy Innovation
- Peter Hoffmann, Senior Manager System Operations, TenneT TSO
- Felix Matthes, Research Coordinator, Energy and Climate Policy,
Öko-Institut - Simon Müeller, Head of Unit System Integration of Renewables, International Energy Agency
- Professor Mario Ragwitz, Deputy Head of Competence Center Energy Policy and Energy Markets, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
- Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
- Moderator: Antonella Battaglini, Founder and CEO, Renewables Grid Initiative
5:00 p.m. Voice from Asia: China's 2050 vision
- Professor Wang Zhongying, Director, China National Renewable Energy Centre
5:30 p.m. Networking Reception – Cafeteria 15L
- Location: 1116 15th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome Back Remarks
- Janea A. Scott, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
- Martin Schöpe, Head of Division, International Cooperation on Energy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
8:50 a.m. Panel 1: Vision Meets Reality: Integrating Renewable Power into the Transportation Sector and the Heating Sector
- Hanno Butsch, Head of International Cooperation, (German) National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology
- Christoph Jugel, Director of Energy Systems, Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena)
- Ronald O. Nichols, President, Southern California Edison
- Niklas Schirmer, Head of Energy, ubitricity
- Dietrich Schmidt, Head of Power-Heat-Systems Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology
- Daniel Witt, Senior Manager, Business Development and Policy, Tesla
- Moderator: Professor Daniel Sperling, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Panel 2: Vision Meets Reality: Consumers, Demand and the Network
- Jan Aengenvoort, Head of Communication & Market Research, Next Kraftwerke
- Jesse Bryson, Vice President and Head of Global Market Development , Advanced Microgrid Solutions
- Jay Dickenson, Chief Consultant, California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee
- René Mono, Managing Director, 100 % Renewable Foundation
- Moderator: Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
12:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Robert B. Weisenmiller, Chair, California Energy Commission
- Martin Schöpe, Head of Division, International Cooperation on Energy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi)
12:30 p.m. Finger Food & Networking
1:30p.m. Event Ends
*Agenda will be updated periodically.