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SUMMARY:Energy & Resources Forum III
DTSTART:20240318T103000
DTEND:20240318T200000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Christian Petit\, Mario Paolone\, Nell Reimann\, Roger Nordm
 ann\, Amrita Dasgupta\, Vincent Moreau\, Christian Ochsenbein\, Carlo De 
 Grandis\, Giovanni Mori\, Lucas Castiglioni\, Olivier Gally\, Yohanna Rie
 ckhoff\, Enterprise for Society Center (E4S)\, Julia Steinberger\, Simo
 ne D’Alessandro\, Sascha Nick\nThe Energy & Resources Forum aims to bri
 ng together key stakeholders from science\, business\, policy\, and activi
 sm to envision a sustainable energy future within the limits of our planet
 's resources. \n\nThe 2024 ERF III edition will feature a series of panel
 s\, workshops\, and a debate covering 6 major themes\, involving technical
 \, social\, and financial aspects of the energy transition:\n\n	Integratio
 n of Renewable Energy Sources into the existing grid\n	Materials for the 
 energy transition\n	The future of land transport\n	Design for sustainabili
 ty\n	Funding innovations for the energy transition\n	Economy for the trans
 ition to a sustainable future\n\nThe panels will be moderated by Karin Fre
 i\, partner at komet-beratung and owner of CommonGround Communications Gmb
 H\, while the debate will be moderated by Sascha Nick\, CO2-monitor CEO\, 
 EPFL scientist\, and BSL professor.\n\nThe event is free and open to the p
 ublic\, but registration is required.\n\n\nProgramme:\n\n10h30 - 12h00 : 
 Panel on "Can We Power the World With 100% Renewable Energy?"\nGrid integr
 ation of renewable energy conversion technologies: challenges to overcome 
 when swiftly integrating non-dispatchable energy sources in the electricit
 y mix.\n\n	Christian Petit\, CEO of Romande Energie (Distribution System 
 Operator company)\n	Mario Paolone\, Full Professor at EPFL\, Distributed E
 lectrical Systems Laboratory\n	Nell Reimann\, ENTSO-E\, association of th
 e European Electricity TSOs (non-profit-organisation)\n	Roger Nordmann\, 
 Swiss National Counselor\, author of PV Strategy for Switzerland 2050\n\n\
 n12h00 - 13h30 : Standing Lunch \n\n\n13h30 - 14h45 : Panel on "Material
 s for the Energy Transition"\nExtracting\, processing\, and recycling of m
 aterials for the renewable energy conversion technologies\, transportation
 \, and buildings.\n\n	Amrita Dasgupta\, Energy Analyst and Modeller at the
  International Energy Agency (IEA)\n	Vincent Moreau\, Researcher at EPFL\,
  Material Flow Analysis\n	Christian Ochsenbein\, Head of Swiss Battery Tec
 hnology Center\n\n\n15h00 - 16h30 : Panel on "The Future of Land Transpor
 t"\nThe replacement of conventional combustion vehicles: challenges and
  opportunities. What choices should the individuals and the automotive
  industry take and what should the political guidelines be when envisionin
 g a low-carbon transportation system? \n\n	Carlo De Grandis\, EU Commissi
 on\, Directorate-General for Climate Action\, promote clean mobility\, inc
 luding CO2 standards for road transport\n	Giovanni Mori\, Former spokesper
 son of Fridays for Future\, Italy\n	Luca Castiglioni\, Head of Mobility Re
 search for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy\, Vice-Chair Transport to th
 e End-Use Technologies Working Party (EUWP)\n	Olivier Gally\, Full Profess
 or of Operations Research at UNIL University of Lausanne\n\n\n16h45 - 17h4
 5 : 2 workshops in parallel on:\n1) "Design for Sustainability" - 5 Rule
 s to follow for a “Design for the Environment (DfE)”. \n\n\n	Yohan
 na Rieckhoff\, Independent designer\, Teaching Assistant in Master of Prod
 uct Design\, ECAL\n\n2) "How is innovation contributing to the energy tran
 sition?" - Technical and financial innovations for the energy transition.
 \n\n\n	The Enterprise for Society Center (E4S)\n\n\n18h00 - 19h00 : Deba
 te on "From Inequality to Sustainability: The Essential Steps"\nWhat woul
 d a better society look like\, and how to build one\, from multiple perspe
 ctives\, with:\n\n	Julia Steinberger\, Professor of Societal Challenges of
  Climate Change at UNIL\, Lead Author for the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Repo
 rt\n	Simone D’Alessandro\, Professor of Economics at the University of P
 isa\, Italy\, Coordinator of the Ph.D. in Economics of the Tuscan Universi
 ties\, a joint initiative by the Universities of Florence\, Pisa\, and Sie
 na\n\n\n19h00 - 20h00 : Apero\n\n\nThe event will also be streamed live. Y
 ou can join online using this link. \n\n\nYou can find all the informatio
 n for the Energy and Resource Forum III here.\n 
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
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