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Conference Programme 2 June
Plenary Sessions
2 June 2004
IKBB,
Plenary Hall
09:00 � 10:30 h
Plenary Session IV/A, Policies for Renewable Energy Market Development
Electricity
Co-Chairs Mr J�rgen Trittin, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Mr Carlos Magari�os, Director General, UNIDO
 
Eminent expert Ms Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate Change Programme, WWF
 
Presentations The Brightness and Township Electrification Programme in China
Mr Ma Shenghong, China

Best Practice for Realising Wind Energy Projects: Windfarm Bimolten
Mr Aloys Wobben, CEO, Enercon GmbH

Developing Small-Scale Renewables on Market Principles - Sri Lanka Energy Services Delivery Project
Mr Jayantha Nagendran
, Project Director, DFCC Bank, Colombo

Global Best Practice in Solar Incentive Programs
Mr Steve Westwell, CEO and President, BP Solar
 
  Session Report
2 June 2004
IKBB,
Plenary Hall
11:00 � 12:30 h
Plenary Session IV/B, Policies for Renewable
Energy Market Development

Heat and Transport

 
Co-Chairs Ms Renate K�nast, Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, Germany

Mr Hans Christian Schmidt, Minister for the Environment, Denmark
 
Eminent expert Mr Thomas Johansson, Director, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Sweden
 
Presentations Strategies for Biomass Energy. The SADC Programme for Energy Conservation (ProBEC)
Mr Freddie Motlhatlhedi, Director, Energy Affairs SADC South Africa

Municipal policies for promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency
Mr J�rg Hofer, City of Basel, Switzerland

Domestic Biogas: Capturing the Market
Mr Sundar Bajgain, Executive Manager, Biogas Support Program, Nepal
Mr Felix ter Heegde, Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Nepal/Vietnam

The Brazilian Ethanol Policy: Biofuels for Transport
Mr Em�lio la Rovere, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 

  Session Report
One-day Side Event
2 June 2004
Hotel Maritim
9:00 - 18:00 h
"Day of Geothermal Power"

 
Side Events, Lunch Break
2 June 2004
Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 5
09:00 h - 12:00 h
World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM):
Changing Paradigms for a Sustainable Future: New Development Perspectives for Rural Areas Through Renewable Energies and Organic Agriculture
2 June 2004
IKBB, Pumpenhaus
11:00 h - 14:00 h
The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN) / Environment (DG ENV) / DG Research (DG RTD):
European Commission and EU Activities in the Field of Renewable Energies
2 June 2004
Haus der Geschichte, Multivision
12:30 h - 14:00 h
CEE Bankwatch Network:
Fossil Fuels or Renewables - What should be the Priority for the Multilateral Development Banks?
2 June 2004
Deutsche Welle, Gremiensaal
12:30 h - 14:00 h
Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ) and Deutsches Institut f�r Entwicklungspolitik (DIE):
The Renewable Energy Reality Check: Chances, Limits and Impacts on Poverty Alleviation and Climate Protection
2 June 2004
Presse- und Informationsamt, Pressesaal
12:30 h - 14:00 h
Friends of the Earth / Bund f�r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND):
War on Oil or Peace through Renewables?
2 June 2004
Bundesrat, Saal 315
12:30 h - 14:00 h
Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, Royal Government of Cambodia:
Cambodia's Renewable Energy Commitments
2 June 2004
IKBB, Room F+G
12:30 h - 14:00 h
Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sport; Ministry of Transport, Energy and Spatial Planning North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany:
Solar and Energy Saving Construction and the Kyoto-Instruments
2 June 2004
Haus der Geschichte, Saal
12:30 h - 14:00 h
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (NRG4SD):
Renewables - Challenges and Success Stories at the Regional Level
2 June 2004
Bundesrat, Saal 314
12:30 h - 14:00 h
The Renewable Energy and International Law Project (REILP), World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Aldelphi Research:
International Law and the Promotion of Renewable Energy
2 June 2004
Tulpenfeld 4, DIE - H�rsaal 1519
12:30 h - 14:00 h
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Dams and Development Project:
Is the World Commission on Dams Report a Suitable Tool for Assessing the Sustainability of Hydropower?
2 June 2004
Tulpenfeld 7, Allianz Konferenzsaal
12:30 h - 14:00 h
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and World Ressources Institute (WRI):
The Business Case For Renewable Energy
2 June 2004
Tulpenfeld 6, InWEnt, Spiegelsaal
12:30 h - 14:00 h
Wuppertal Institute, Germany, and Centre for Environment and Energy Research and Studies (CEERS), Iran:
Towards a Sustainable Energy System: Integrating Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency is the Key
2 June 2004
e5 Caf�
13:30 h - 15:00 h
e5, European Business Council for Sustainable Energy:
Investment Security for Renewable Energies
Plenary Sessions
2 June 2004
IKBB,
Plenary Hall
14:00 � 15:30 h
Plenary Session V/A: Financing Options for Renewable Energies
Co-Chairs Ms Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Mr Leonard Good, CEO and Chairman, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
 
Eminent expert Mr Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy and Water, The World Bank
 
Presentations Success of Grameen Shakti in the Field of Renewable Energy Sector in Bangladesh
Mr Dipal Barua, Managing Director, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh

Emission Reduction Projects in Czech Republic
Ms Andrea Kulhava, Czech Energy Agency, Czech Republic

E+Co and AREED - A Best Practice in Energy Enterprise Development
Ms Christine Eibs-Singer, Deputy Executive Director E+Co, USA, and Mr Abeeku Brew-Hammond, Director, KITE, Ghana

Financial Formulas for the Take - off of renewable energy sources
Mr Cayetano Hern�ndez, Operations Director, IDAE, Spain
 

  Session Report
2 June 2004
IKBB,
Plenary Hall
16:00 � 17:30 h
Plenary Session V/B: Strengthening Capacities, Research and Technology Development, Institutions
 

 
Co-Chairs Mr Ernst Ulrich von Weizs�cker, Chairman, Bundestag Committee on Environment and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Mr Arcado Dennis Ntagazwa, Minister of Environment, Tanzania
 
Eminent expert Mr Stephen Karekezi, Director, African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN/FWD)
 
Presentations A Successful Multi-Stakeholders Approach to Improve Decision-Making on Dams and Development: The South Africa Dialogue Initiative
Mr Brian Hollingworth, Chairman, South African WCD Follow-up Process and Mr Alberto T. Calcagno, Coordinator DDP, UNEP

The Concentrating Solar Power Global Market Initiative (GMI) as a Result of Research and Development
Mr Frederick H. Morse, Chairman, US Solar Energy Industry Association

Applications of Solar Thermal Energy in the Mediterranean Basin - ASTEMB
Mr Jean-Louis Bal, Director, ADEME and Mr Mohamed Ezzedine Khalfallah, Director General, Agence Nationale des Energies Renouvelables, Tunisia

Energy Geothermal Energy Training in Iceland for Professionals from Developing Countries
Mr Ingvar Fridleifsson, Director, UN University Reykjavik, Iceland

Research and Development on Photovoltaics in Germany - Main Emphasis and Approach
Mr Joachim Luther, Director, Fraunhofer Institute Solar Energy Systems, Germany
 
  Session Report
Side Events, After Session
2 June 2004
Tulpenfeld 7, Allianz Konferenzsaal
15:30 h - 19:00 h
National Development and Reform Commission, China:
'China Day' - People's Republic of China: New Era of Renewable Energy in China - Past Accomplishments and Future Perspective
2 June 2004
Tulpenfeld 6, InWEnt, Spiegelsaal
17:00 h - 20:00 h
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC):
Potential of Economical Reasonable Renewable Energy Sources and their Implementation in the Trans-Mediterranean Region
2 June 2004
Bundesrat, Saal 314
17:30 h - 19:30 h
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE):
Renewable Energy in America: Presentations & Discussion on the State of Renewable Energy Policy, Programs, Markets and Industry in the U.S.
2 June 2004
e5 Caf�
17:30 h - 19:30 h
Citizens United for Renewable Energies and Sustainability (CURES) and German NGO Forum on Environment and Development:
Renewable Energies and Poverty Reduction - The Role of Multilateral Development Cooperation
2 June 2004
Haus der Geschichte, Multivision
17:30 h - 19:00 h
German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltver�nderungen, WBGU):
Milestones for the Transformation of the World Energy System
2 June 2004
IKBB, Pumpenhaus
17:30 h - 19:30 h
Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD):
GNESD Outcomes and the Role of Renewable Energy Technologies in Poverty Alleviation
2 June 2004
InWEnt, Room K20
17:30 h - 19:00 h
International Centre for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - Local Governments for Sustainability:
Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Campaign
2 June 2004
Bundesrat, Saal 315
17:30 h - 19:30 h
International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy and LIFE e.V. (ENERGIA), Focal Point Gender Justice and Sustainability:
Gender and Energy: A Key Variable in Poverty Reduction and Participatory Energy Production
2 June 2004
Haus der Geschichte, Konferenzraum
17:30 h - 19:00 h
Ministry of Energy and Mining, Senegal:
Action Plan for the Strategic Reinforcement of Renewable Energies (RE) in Senegal 2004-2014
2 June 2004
Deutsche Welle, Gremiensaal
17:30 h - 19:00 h
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan:
Challenges to Achieving Breakthroughs in New/Renewable Energy Technology Development
2 June 2004
Haus der Geschichte, Saal
17:30 h - 19:00 h
Worldwatch Institute (USA), Germanwatch (Germany), TERI (India) and Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (Japan):
Lessons from the Frontline: Who's Succeeding with Renewable Energy and Why
Reception
2 June 2004
Villa Hammerschmidt
Park
19:00 h
Reception by the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Johannes Rau
 
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