ICT for Sustainable Growth

The European Commission, DG Information Society and Media
organised the conference

Information and Communication Technologies for Energy Efficiency

Thursday 31 January 2008
14.00 - 18.00 (registration from 13.30)
European Commission - Charlemagne Building - Room S2
Brussels, Rue de la Loi 170

Description and objectives:

Access to secure and affordable energy is fundamental not only to economic growth but also to the daily lives of every European citizen. ICT is already a major force beyond the ongoing improvements in energy efficiency. On contrast, application and governance of information and communication technology, in use in other sectors of industry for decades now, is still in its infancy in the energy sector today.

This is a challenge as Energy and ICT sectors are diverse and distinct in their approaches and even the timelines for investment are quite contrasting; but there is an enormous potential to improve energy efficiency via ICT through a concerted and coordinated multidisciplinary approach.

Therefore, this event aims at:

• bringing together the ICT and the Energy sectors' stakeholders, citizens associations, businesses and public authorities to achieve the objective of improving energy efficiency across the economy, creating a synergetic effect;
• highlighting the potential of ICT for improving energy efficiency towards span awareness raising, exchanging of best practices and promoting take-up, etc; and
• opening a debate on enhancing RTD into an initial limited number of targeted actions that could already start to bear fruit in the short term within the most promising application areas â?? namely the power grid, smart buildings and the ICT sector itself.

We look forward to the participation of some 120 Energy and ICT sector stakeholders, including leading personalities from the research institutions, senior managers from Europe's leading companies and practitioners from all parts of both sectors as well as members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and Member State's authorities.

Summary report of the conference and results of the consultation ( 183KB)

Programme

13.00-14.00 Registration

14.00-14.40 Opening Session.

Four high-level stakeholder representatives will provide the scene setting overview on how ICT can contribute to Energy Efficiency objectives. Main issues to be addressed:

• Policy drivers in Europe
• The needs for innovation and fresh thinking
• Key issues/barriers and solutions to the deployment of innovative ICTsolutions

Session Chairperson:

Mrs Linda MAUPERON( 18KB) - [video speech]

Member of the Cabinet of Mrs Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media.

Dr. Milos KURET - [video speech]

Slovenian Presidency, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology.

Deputy Director, Information Society Directorate.

Dr. Andreas GOERDELER( 160KB) - [video speech]

German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

Head of Division 'Development of Convergent ICT'

Mr. Mark MACGANN [video speech]

Director General of European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association, EICTA.

Mr. Miguel SANCHEZ FORNIE( 670KB) - [video speech]

Chairman of the European Board of Directors of the Utilities United Telecommunications Council (UTC),

Member of the Advisory Council for the European Technology Platform SmartGrids and Director of Control systems and Telecommunications at Iberdrola, Spain

Conclusions:

Mrs Linda MAUPERON( 18KB) - [video speech]

Member of the Cabinet of Mrs Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media.

14.40-15.40 Scope for Energy Efficiency Improvements towards ICT innovative based solutions.

Three invited speakers will address key issues, as such as:

• Driving forces and lessons learned in Europe and word-wide
• Perspective of new business models and key factors for achieving commercial deployment
• Key factors for successful customer involvement
• Regulatory frameworks and their impact on investment decision

Session Chairperson: Dr. Milos KURET ( 14KB)

Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education,
Science and Technology

Climate Change as everyone's business; using ICT to deliver energy efficiency ( 1.389KB)

Dr. Chris TUPPEN - [video speech]

Director of Sustainable Development at British Telecom, UK.

Smart Buildings for Energy Efficiency ( 816KB)

Dr. Alain ZARLI - [video speech]

Head of Division – “Engineering of Innovation and Services”
CSTB – Centre Scientifique & Technique du Bâtiment

Member of the core group of the Focus Area “Processes and ICT” of the European Construction Technology Platform

Moving in the era of Embedded Energy Information 'internet like' to achieve European Energy efficiency goals 2020 ( 1.373KB)

Dr. Maher CHEBBO - [video speech]

Vice President Utilities Industry, Europe Middle East and Africa, SAP A.G., Germany. Member of the Advisory Council for the European Technology Platform SmartGrids.

15.40-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-18.00 Panel discussion and open floor Session to jointly identify gaps to be filled and promote solutions to these.

Session Chairperson: Dr. Gérald COMYN - [video speech]

Acting Director, European Commission DG INFSO.

Dr. Márta NAGY-ROTHENGASS ( 300KB) - [video speech]

Head of Unit 'ICT for Sustainable Growth'.

European Commission DG INFSO

Mr. Wiktor RALDOW ( 247KB) - [video speech]

Head of Unit 'Energy Conversion and Distribution

Systems' European Commission DG RTD

Impacts of ICT on energy efficiency - the GeSI perspective ( 356KB)

Mr. Luis NEVES - [video speech]

GeSI-Chair.

Green Networks: The Backbone for Sustainable Cities ( 5.452KB)

Mrs Laura IPSEN - [video speech]

Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Government

Affairs for Cisco and co-chair of Ciscoâ??s EcoBoard.

Pathways to a Smart Grid ( 1.729KB)

Mr. Jean-Paul PEERS - [video speech]

Vice-President Energy Policy, Siemens AG, Germany

ICT solutions for a sustainable lifestyle ( 360KB)

Dr. Bruno SMETS - [video speech]

Director External Relations and Chief Technology Officer for Philips Lighting Office.