Gaps and strategic opportunities for international collaboration on low-carbon energy technologies

Presentations

Session 1: Opening remarks

Alicia Mignone, Chair of the Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT)
Kenneth Fairfax, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Session 2: International and regional organisations

Moderator: Jean-François Gagné, Head of Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA

Antonio Pflüger, Chair Technology Executive Committee, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Ron Benioff, Manager, Multilateral Programs, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, representing the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Jeffrey Skeer, Senior Programme Officer, Technology Cooperation, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Beatrice Coda, Senior Policy Officer, Low Carbon Technologies Policies and Measures, Directorate General Climate Action, European Commission
Dana Kupova, Manager, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Session 3: International fora and networks

Moderator: Paolo Frankl, Head of the Renewable Energy Division, IEA

Christine Lins, Executive Secretary, REN21
Bob Marlay, Deputy-Director Climate Technology, United States Dept of Energy, Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) & its related technology specific initiatives
Eva Oberender, Programme Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
Roberto Vigotti, Secretary General, RES4Med
Heather Allen, Programme Director, Sustainable Transport, Transport Research Laboratory, representing the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and the Bridging the Gap Initiative

Session 4: Gaps and strategic opportunities for international collaboration

Moderator: Ingrid Barnsley, Head of International Partnerships and Initiatives Unit, IEA

Nick Johnstone, Head, Structural Policy Division, OECD: Meeting Global Challenges through Better Governance: International Co-operation in Science, Technology and Innovation
Vladimir Hecl, Programme Officer, UNFCCC: Technology needs assessments and opportunities for international collaboration
Rémy Lauranson, Deputy Head of the Climate Change and Clean Energy Unit, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France: COP21 Objectives: Technology Mechanism and post-2020
Nikolaus Schultze, Assistant Director-General, Public-Private Cooperation Division, Global Green Growth Institute: GGGI as an example of a new international organisation, with activities in the field of low-carbon energy technologies
Andreea Strachinescu, Head of Unit C2, Directorate-General Energy at the European Commission and Gilles Lequeux, Acting Head of Unit, Directorate General for Research and Innovation: EU strategy on energy technology and innovation – key lessons from the collaborative development of the Integrated Roadmap and international engagement of the EU