Annual Political Dialogue 2019 Görlitz (Germany) Platform for Coal 25-26 November 2019 Regions in Transition DAY 1: 25 November – Conference / Wichernhaus, Johannes-Wüsten-Straße 23a, Görlitz, Great Hall 09.00 – 10.00 Registration Opening Welcoming remarks by: • Klaus-Dieter Borchardt - Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission • Dietmar Woidke - Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg Key-note speeches by: • Michael Kretschmer - Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony 10.00 – 11.00 • Ministerial representatives: • Oliver Wittke - Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany • Adam Gawęda - Secretary of State at the Ministry of Energy, Poland • David Koppitz - Deputy-Minister for Regional Development, Czechia • Gerassimos Thomas - Deputy-Minister for Energy, Greece (tbc) • MEP Christian Ehler - Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament Panel 1: The challenge of structural change and the role of the EU and the regions Discussion led by: Marc Lemaitre, Director General, DG REGIO, European Commission Presentations and discussion by: • MEP Constanze Krehl - Member of the Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament • MEP Maria Spyraki – Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament 11.00 – 12.30 • MEP Michael Bloss - Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament • Jakub Chełstowski - Marshal of Silesia, Poland • Zdenek Karasek, Deputy-Governor of Moravia-Silesia, Czechia • Enrique Fernández - Minister of Industry, Employment and Economic Development Principality of Asturias, Spain (tbc) • Oliver Heinrich – Head of the Rural District North East of the German Industry Trade Union for Mining, Chemistry and Energy 12.30 – 14.00 Networking lunch Organised by the In cooperation with Energy Platform for Coal Regions in Transition Annual Political Dialogue 2019 Panel 2: How to develop an investment environment in regions in transition Discussion led by Jacek Szlachta, Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, Expert in Regional Policy Presentations and discussion by: • MEP Ondřej Knotek - Member of the Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament 14.00 – 15.30 • Jana Mračková Vildumetzová, Governor of Karlovy Vary, Czechia • Liliana Pavlova, Vice-President, European Investment Bank (tbc) • Stefan Weber - Chairman of the Board of Management, Saxon Development Bank • Hagen Semmer - General Manager, Customer Order Engineering, Siemens AG, Görlitz • Hubertus Altmann - Member of the Board, Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (LEAG) • Dirk Geisinger - Chairman of the Board, RRD & Director Business Aviation, Rolls-Royce International Limited Panel 3: Outlook for coal regions Discussion led by: Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission Presentations and discussion by: • Jörg Steinbach – Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, State of Brandenburg • Bernd Lange – Head of District Authority, Rural District of Görlitz 16.00 – 17.00 • Stephan Rohde - Head of Department for the coordination of structural development and Representative of the Prime Minister for the Saxon lignite areas, State Chancellery of the Free State of Saxony • Martin Klika – First Deputy-Governor, Ústí Region, Czechia • Marcin Gwóźdź - Deputy-Marshal, Lower Silesia, Poland (tbc) • Witold Stępień, Member of the Committee of the Regions • Dagmar Schmidt - Chairwoman of the Board of the NGO Lusatian Perspectives. Conclusions and closing remarks Conclusions by: • Isabel Caño Aguilar - Vice-President, European Economic and Social Committee (tbc) 17.00 – 17.30 • Klaus Freytag - Representative of the Prime Minister for the Region of Lusatia, State Chancellery of the State of Brandenburg • Torsten Pötzsch – Mayor of Weißwasser Closing remarks by: • Klaus-Dieter Borchardt - Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission Evening reception at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theatre, Görlitz Welcome address by: • Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission 19.00 • Dietmar Woidke, Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg • Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony • Octavian Ursu, Mayor of Görlitz • Bernd Lange – Head of District Authority, Rural District of Görlitz Energy Platform for Coal Regions in Transition Annual Political Dialogue 2019 DAY 2: 26 November – Study visits to different places in Lusatia Study visit option 1: Sustainable Energy Depart from Görlitz Stations include: 09.00 • Museum of Industry “Energy Factory Knappenrode”. • Guided tour at the power plant “Schwarze Pumpe” and presentation of the energy storage project „BigBattery Lusatia” and virtual reality power plant by LEAG. • Visitor Mine F60 in Lichterfeld 19.00 Arrival in Görlitz Study visit option 2: Research and Innovation Depart from Görlitz Stations include: 09.00 • Visit of the “Innovation Campus” and Start-Up Accelerator, Siemens AG, Görlitz • Visit of the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg • Visit of the Euro Speedway Lusatia 20.00 Arrival in Görlitz Study visit option 3: Recultivation and Tourism Depart from Görlitz Stations include: 09.00 • Workshop on recultivation measures at UNESCO World Heritage Muskauer Park and Castle • Visit of the Großräschen Habour with the IBA Study House 19.00 Arrival in Görlitz Study visit option 4: Cultural Heritage and Industrial Culture Depart from Görlitz Stations include: 09.00 • Guided tour in the City of Zittau, applicant to the European Capital of Culture 2024, followed by an interregional dialogue (workshop) on participation processes • Guided tour at Schminke House in Löbau by Hans Scharoun 18.30 Arrival in Görlitz Energy Platform for Coal Regions in Transition Annual Political Dialogue 2019 Half-day visit option 1: Sustainable Energy Depart from Görlitz Station includes: • Guided tour to the power plant “Schwarze Pumpe” by LEAG with an overview over the industrial 08.00 park • Presentation of the energy storage project “BigBattery Lusatia” by LEAG • Presentation of a virtual reality power plant by LEAG 13.00 Arrival at the Dresden International Airport Half-day visit option 2: Research and Innovation Depart from Görlitz Station includes: 09.00 • Visit of the Siemens AG works in Görlitz • Presentation of the planned “Innovation Campus” and “Start-Up Accelerator” 13.00 Arrival at the Dresden International Airport Energy Platform for Coal Regions in Transition Annual Political Dialogue 2019 Route planning for the study visits Route 1 Sustainable Energy First Station: Guided tour in the Saxon Museum of Third Station: Visitor Mine F60 in Lichterfeld Industry “Energy Factory Knappenrode” (Saxony) (Brandenburg) Departure from Görlitz: 9:00 a.m. Travel time from the industrial park to Visitor Mine F60 in Lichterfeld: 60 minutes (3 p.m. until 4:15 p.m., including time Travel time from Görlitz to Knappenrode: 75 minutes (9:00 buffer). a.m. until 10:30a.m, including time buffer). Period of time on site: 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Period of time on site: 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. • Short guided tour to the famous „Chancellor’s view” at This guided tour is designed to give the visitors a general the Visitor Mine F60 in Lichterfeld. overview of all the attractions and exhibitions they can • Visit of the overburden conveyer bridge F60 (502 metres find on the museum grounds. May it be the bucket-wheel long, 204 metres wide, 80 metres high and weighs excavators, the shaft tower for the drainage of an open-face 11,000 tons) (30 minutes). mine, the Tertiary forest or the rail bound machines this tour is the basis for exploring the “Factory Adventure Tour”, the https://www.f60.de/en/guided-tours/f60-guided-tours.html collection of historical ovens and fireplaces or the exhibition on the first years of the factory and its connected workers’ From 5:30 p.m. transfer back to Görlitz (estimated settlement. It also gives you information on the origins of hour of arrival: 7:00 p.m.). the Energy Factory Knappenrode and how the museum came to be what it is today! https://web.saechsisches-industriemuseum.com/en/ knappenrode.html Second Station: Visit of the power plant „Schwarze Pumpe“ (Brandenburg) Travel time from Knappenrode” to the industrial park „Schwarze Pumpe”: 30 minutes (12 p.m. until 1 p.m., including time buffer and security check). Period of time on site: 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. (incl. time for lunch). • Guided tour to the power plant “Schwarze Pumpe” by the LEAG. • Presentation of the energy storage project „BigBattery Lusatia” by the LEAG. https://industriepark.info/industriepark+schwarze+pumpe/ isp+kurzprofil/detail/2 Energy Platform for Coal Regions in Transition Annual Political Dialogue 2019 Route 2 Route 3 Research and Innovation Recultivation and Tourism First Station: Visit of the works of the Siemens AG, First Station: Visit of the UNESCO World Heritage Görlitz Muskauer Park and Castle (Saxony) Departure from Görlitz: 9:00 a.m. Departure from Görlitz: 9:00 a.m. Travel time within Görlitz to the factory of the Siemens AG: Travel time from Görlitz to Bad Muskau: 60 minutes (9:00 15 minutes (9:00 a.m. until 9:15 a.m., including time buffer). a.m. until 10:30 a.m., including time buffer). Period of time on site: 9:15 a.m. until 10:45: a.m. Period of time on site: 10:30 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. (incl. 45 • Presentation of the “Innovation Campus” and “Start-Up- min. time for lunch). Accelerator” (Saxony, Siemens AG, Fraunhofer, University • Guided tour by Cord Panning, Director of the UNESCO of Applied