On November 29, 2018, the Research Center ENERPO of the European University at Saint-Petersburg will welcome the third International CLEAN ENERGY Forum.
The Forum will give room to discussions on clean energy and climate change: risks, strategies and possibilities.
According to the report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published on October 8, the impact of the global climate change is becoming more and more alarming, while "pathways limiting global warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot would require rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems."
In this context timely and well-thought-out transition from traditional fuels to clean energy represents a key mission for states and society on the way to the sustainable development.
The third international CLEAN ENERGY Forum will traditionally gather representatives of business, state, and non-commercial organisations, as well as academia, to discuss transition to clean energy, Russian position and role in the international energy politics, corporate and state climate strategies, as well as climate risks management.
Date: November 29, 2018
Location: Hotel Ambassador in Saint-Petersburg
PROGRAMM
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
Opening remarks from EUSP rector Dr. Vadim Volkov
Opening remarks by Ivan Serebritskii, Deputy Head of the Committee for Nature Use, Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety, Government of St.Petersburg
SESSION I
Energy Transition and Clean Energy
Energy transition is a global trend: clean energy resources, renewables and decentralization, changing consumer behavior. Is Russia, one of the global energy leaders in the world, considering these trends? What are priorities for the energy sector further development? What are target markets? How should corporate strategies and government politics look like?
09:45 - 12:45
Panel discussion organized with the Climate Partnership of Russia
Moderator: Maxim Titov, ENERPO Research Center
Sergei Vakulenko, Head of Strategy and Innovations, Gazprom Neft
Oleg Pluzhnikov, Climate Partnership of Russia
Dominique Fache, Chairman of the Board, Russian Technology Foundation
Henrick Forsström, Senior Adviser, NEFCO
Anatoliy Trukhin, Markets Analysis and Strategy center director, PMT, PAO Fortum
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
SESSION II
Climate Risks and Strategies
14:00 – 16:00
Workshop organized with Carbon Trust and St.Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, Russian-British project "Growing business leadership on climate change in Russia"
Moderator: Mikhail Yulkin, Climate Change Global Services
Tom Cumberlege, Associate Director, Carbon Trust
Daria Goncharova, Chief Sustainability Officer, Polymetal International PLC
Oleg Pluzhnikov, Climate Partnership of Russia
Sergey Chestnoy, Adviser to the director general, UC RUSAL
Ekaterina Ivanova, Sustainable Development and Corporative Communication Manager, Baltika Brewery, Calsberg Group
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00
"One Day in the Arctic" – presentation of the project financed by the Russian Presidential Grants Foundation
17:00 – 18:00
Climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for urban planning and sustainable development, panel discussion with government representatives of St.Petersburg
Moderator: Tom Cumberlege, Associate Director, Carbon Trust, Manager of the Russian-British project "Growing business leadership on climate change in Russia"
18:00
Conference closing ceremony
19:00 – 21:00
Gala dinner
Registration and further information: Natalia Voinova – nvoinova@eu.spb.ru