3X20 :PLAY theGAME! Joint Annual Rendezvous of Energie-Cités & Climate Alliance Co-organised with Brussels-Capital Region 22–24 APRIL 2009 – BRUSSELS PREMIUM SPONSOR PROGRAMME CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: English, French, German, and Dutch WEDNESDay 22ND APRIL 2009 CONFERENCE LOCATION: Management Centre Europe (MCE) Rue de l’aqueduc, 118 / BE – 1050 Bruxelles SIDE EVENTS 11.00 – 18.00 INNOVATIVE THINKING organised by SenterNovem With regard to the Covenant of Mayors and the high ambitions munici- palities and regions set themselves, it is increasingly becoming impor- tant to involve all stakeholders in the process of achieving a sustai- nable future. The IEE project “Innovative Thinking” which involved 7 European countries developed different ways of stimulating citizens, “ It is an honour for us to welcome companies, builders and other stakeholders to participate in projects on the Energie-Cités and Climate energy reduction and the use of renewable energy. We want to share Alliance Joint Annual Rendezvous our experiences. Therefore we will have presentations on our positive here to Brussels. experiences and we will have innovative workshops to look for solutions for the obstacles we encountered. Come to this side event to learn about new ways on how to involve your community! With the European Union’s Energy and Climate package and For more information: www.innovativethinking.eu the momentum given by the Covenant of Mayors, Europe is, more than ever, on the right track for a change of course in both the energy and climate fields. We trust this event, 14.00 – 17.30 EUROPEAN Display USERS’ CLUB taking place in a city that hosts the main European insti- organised by Energie-Cités tutions, will contribute to intensifying the vital exchanges and collaborations between local authorities and reinforce This event will be another opportunity for you to gather with other muni- the efficiency of the networks of cities and regions who will cipalities and members from the private sector to discuss the pleasures be able to make this change towards a more sustainable and challenges of using energy certificates to communicate. Organised Europe come true. the day before the TCA Awards ceremony, this meeting will focus on local communication activities. So, present your local campaign, listen Brussels-Capital Region to the advice of other experienced authorities and be inspired by the ” presentations from the finalists of the 2008/9 TCA Awards. Make sure you do not miss the European Users Club Meeting! For more information: www.display-campaign.org 19.00 – 20.30 WELCOME COCKTAIL Location: Brussels City Hall – Grand Place – Gothic Hall Croupier: Hughes Belin (Journalist) Timekeeper: Ian Turner (Energie-Cités) 10.45 – 12.00 SHARING ENERGY & CLIMATE VISIONS HOW ARE THE CARDS DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE VARIOUS PLAYERS? RD THURSDay 23 APRIL 2009 Bernard Saint-André, Strategy Director, Veolia Energie Heather Allen, Senior Manager, International Association of Public 8.15 – 8.45 Registration and Coffee Transport (UITP) David Orr, Director of CECODHAS and Director of the English National Housing Federation 8.45 – 9.15 ROLLING THE DICE : OFFICIAL OPENING Valérie David, Director of Sustainable Development, Eiffage Mike Childs, Head of Campaigns, Friends of the Earth Eckart Würzner, Mayor of Heidelberg and President of Energie-Cités Jean-François Brunet, Corporate Asset Management Director, Joachim Lorenz, Deputy Mayor of Munich and President Carrefour Group of Climate Alliance Christine Lins, Director, European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) Evelyne Huytebroeck, Minister of the Brussels-Capital Harry Verhaar, Sr. Director Energy & Climate Change, Philips Lighting Region, in charge of the Environment, Energy and Tourism Joël Decaillon, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 9.15 – 9.30 SHUFFLING THE CARDS Hubert David, Environmental Affairs Consultant, European Insulation INTRODUCTION TO THE RENDEZVOUS AND ITS OBJECTIVES Manufacturers Association (EURIMA) Ulrike Janssen, Executive Director, Climate Alliance Olaf Achilles, Board member, Systaic AG Gérard Magnin, Executive Director, Energie-Cités Gunnar Liehr, Head Europe, Energy and Environmental Solutions, Siemens AG Ralf Lottes, Secretary General, European Environmental Citizens’ 9.30 – 10.15 Fair Play: THE way TO CLIMATE EQUITY Organisation for Standardisation (ECOS) Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment of India 12.00 – 12.15 FLASH PRESENTATIONS OF LOCAL TRUMPS Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Her research interests are wide-ranging - from global democracy, with a 12.15 – 13.00 special focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy, within LEADING THE Way TO THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL which she has worked both on forest-related resource management and REVOLUTION AND A NEW SOCIAL EUROPE IN THE 21ST CENTury water-related issues. Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends Jeremy Rifkin is an American economist, writer, and an engrossing 10.15 – 10.45 Coffee break speaker. He advocates the “third industrial revolution” in energy use and has been influential in shaping public policy in the United States and around the world. He is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the author of 17 bestselling books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. 13.00 – 14.15 Lunch buffet 14.15 – 16.00 THE "LOCAL TRUMPS" FAIR Improving your local INSIDER TIPS FROM COMMITTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES A7 cycling policy: The most efficient Jan Christiaens, Mobiel 21 (BE) EN Participants will have the opportunity to participate in two forums method to make during the fair. NB: No translation provided. the wheel turn FROM 14.15 – 15.00 Benchmarking local A8 climate policies: a Joachim Lorenz, München (DE) Forum number and language: EN = English / FR = French EN means for improving your climate strategy José Fermin Costero, Pamplona (ES) A9 Hans Van der Logt Communicating your Using old mines , Heerlen (NL) A1 Vlatka Belan public buildings , Ivanic-Grad (HR) EN for new energy Lex Smeets, Heerlen (NL) EN energy performance Feliksas Zinevicius, Kaunas Regional A10 energy agency (LT) Carbon Offset Martin Davies, Milton Keynes (UK) EN to aid Fuel Poverty The European energy award (eea)-Cit’ergie: Hot pictures for a good A11 cause: Thermography Arnaud Duquenoy, Dunkerque (FR) A2 A quality label that Myriam Normand, Besançon (FR) promotes and guides EN as an awareness Emmanuelle Leroy, Dunkerque (FR) FR Muriel Jeanneret, ADEME (FR) the development raising instrument of ambitious energy A12 Retrofitting of and climate policies Jana Drapalova, Brno (CZ) EN social housing Boosting Energy A3 Hannes Pöcklhofer, Federal State A13 Helping reduce energy Erwan Olivo, Local Energy Agency Efficiency with Public EN costs in households Procurement of Upper Austria (AT) FR of Montreuil-Bagnolet-Vincennes (FR) Involving citizens in local Using forums to involve Sylviane Friedlingstein, A14 stakeholders and A4 change management: Werner Neumann, Frankfurt (DE) Presentation of the Brussels-Capital (BE) EN citizens in your local FR Brussels "eco-districts" Kurt Custers, Brussels-Capital (BE) energy policy experience Self sufficient energy Sabrina Barthel, "energie:autark", EnergyBridges: Diego Escobar, Coordination A5 A15 can become tangible Kötschach-Mauthen (AT) Building bridges for a of Indigenous Organizations EN EN for stakeholders Christian Finger, Climate Alliance global energy justice of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and citizens Austria (AT) Bringing energy Dobrin Savchev, Gabrovo (BG) A6 efficiency to your city: experiences from an EN "Intelligent Energy" municipality FROM 15.30 – 16.15 Catching the watts by Forum number and language: EN = English / FR = French B11 Fernando Pais, Cascais (PT) communicating with EN private households Joao Dias Coelho, Cascais (PT) Smart Metering and B1 intelligent building Nick Morris, Leicester (UK) Greening local festivals: EN management B12 Jean-Luc Daubaire, Rennes (FR) inspiration from the FR Béatrice Macé Brittany concept , Rennes (FR) Green electricity: certi- B2 Ursula Stocker, NatureMade (CH) fying and buying energy FR Étienne Favey from renewable sources , Genève (CH) Sharing ambitions: B13 how to work on energy Thomas Dresel, Freiburg (DE) EN strategies & projects A representative B3 Towards 100% Camille Gira, Beckerich (LU) of Padova (IT) with its twin cities? EN renewable municipalities Peter Moser, Association dENet (DE) A management tool for ECO Regiosmart a tool 2 sustainable city develo- B4 to monitor local CO 2 Christoph Hartmann, Ecospeed B14 pment projects based EN emissions in Germany Eva Naessens on Building Research , Ghent (BE) and beyond EN Establishment Envi- ronmental Assessment B5 Urban Planning and Method (BREEAM) Melanie Maatman EN Adaptation to Climate , The Hague (NL) Change 16.30 – 18.30 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS OF ENERGIE-CITÉS Moving forward: how & CLIMATE ALLIANCE (FOR MEMBERS ONLY) B6 to efficiently organise A representative of Budapest (HU) EN a communication campaign for From 19.00 ROyal MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF BELGIUM sustainable mobility? B7 19.00 onwards GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE EXHIBITION Carbon Financing Maria Persdotter Isaksson, Växjö (SE) EN «Exchanged Glances of the Belgian Comic Strip» B8 Quantifying climate Steve Turner, change mitigation: the EN Manchester Enterprises (UK) Manchester Mini-Stern 20.00 GALA DINNER