The European Future Energy Forum 2010

The conference programme will focus on the tools required to deliver and implement Future Energy solutions including:

• Opening ceremony – with top-level politicians, dignitaries, NGOs and CEOs setting the scene for the debates and discussions over the 3-day programme

• Where is the money coming from? – keynote plenary session looking at what policy makers are doing to develop a commercially encouraging regulatory environment for future energy. Panel debate with ministers outlining what is required from the private sector and NGOs and investors sharing their views on policy decisions.

• Bridging the technology gap – keynote plenary session on accelerating the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies. Industry experts, academics and ministers looking at bridging the gap between laboratory proven technologies and full scale commercially tested systems.

• The renewables stream – break-out sessions devoted to wind, biomass, wave and tidal, solar , technology cross-fertilisation (between oil & gas and renewable industry)and capitalising on EU R&D by exporting technology.

• The infrastructure stream – break-out sessions devoted to auditing grid inadequacies, funding upgrades in the current economic climate, achieving rapid and effective delivery and interconnector issues through case studies and debates from leading experts

• The finance stream – break-out sessions devoted to risk management, models and methodologies for costing and comparing projects, incentivising investment effectively, National Action Plans and market analysis overview – who is doing what and where?

• The green cities stream – break-out sessions devoted to green city case studies, smart energy in construction and building projects and clean transport solutions