2009 EPRG annual conference (Brussels)
EPRG and CEEPR International Conference
Programme
Welcoming remarks and announcements
David Newbery, Richard Schmalensee and Jacqueline Boucher
Is liberalisation passé?
Chaired by A Denny Ellerman
- Richard Schmalensee (MIT‐CEEPR) – United States
- Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – Great Britain
The electricity generation gap
Chaired by William Nuttall
- Fabien Roques (CERA and CIRED) – Generation Capacity in Europe by 2020
- John Parsons (MIT‐CEEPR) – Financing Generation through Long‐term Contracts
Lunch speaker
Geoff Bertram (Victoria University of Wellington) – From the Antipodes: Climate Policy in New Zealand
Delivering renewables deployment
Chaired by David Newbery
- Karsten Neuhoff (EPRG) – Implementing the EU Renewables Directive
- Michael Toman (World Bank) – 25% Renewable in the US
Solar power
Chaired by Richard Schmalensee
- Joshua Linn (MIT‐CEEPR) – Pushing Solar into the Grid
- Till Stenzel (Hazel Capital) – Solar Power for Europe from North Africa
Dinner speaker
Jean‐Pierre Hansen (GDF‐Suez) – A European Energy Policy?
Climate policy
Chaired by David Reiner
- Michael Grubb (EPRG) – Global Carbon Markets and Mechanisms
- A Denny Ellerman (MIT‐CEEPR) – US Policy
Geopolitics of natural gas
Chaired by Loren Cox
- Pierre Noel (EPRG) – The Future of the EU‐Russia Gas Relationship
- Jean‐Luc Colonna (GDF‐Suez) – The Future of LNG