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Weekly Agenda

Monday 15 March 2021

10:00 am - 12:00 pmSET100 Pitches: Round 1
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10:00 am - 11:00 amDie Zukunft der deutschen Energieversorgung liegt auch in Afrika – deutsch-afrikanische Energiekooperation für klimafreundliches Wirtschaftswachstum
Organized by German-African Business Association
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11:00 am - 12:30 pmTOGETHER towards climate neutrality! – Best practices for international corporations in Africa
Organized by the German Energy Solutions Initiative
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with ENERTRAG
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12:30 pm - 1:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Lition Energie
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12:30 pm - 2:30 pm„Is coal coming to an end? – Structural changes for a decarbonized future”
Organized by GIZ
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pmIs Hydrogen Africa’s new oil? The potentials and prospects of a German-African hydrogen partnership
Organized by German-African Business Association
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Raffinerie Heide
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2:00 pm - 2:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with INERATEC
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2:00 pm - 6:00 pmVirtual Networking Event for Women Energy Networks
Organized by GIZ & GWNET
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with instagrid
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pmB2G Forum with the German Industry - Canada
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pmSET100 Pitches: Round 2
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pmEngineering the future, Hydrogen and beyond
Organized by VBI
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Tuesday 16 March 2021 - CONFERENCE DAY 1

9:00 am - 9:45 amConference Opening / Keynote

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Dr Ursula von der Leyen

Heiko Maas

Peter Altmaier

Brianna Fruean

Vanessa Nakate
Hall "Weltsaal"
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9:45 am - 10:30 amThe Green Decade – the road to 2030

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Patricia Espinosa

Leonore Gewessler

Shanqing Lin

Abdulaziz bin Salman

Alok Kumar
Hall "Weltsaal"
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10:30 am - 10:45 amStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Dr Simone Peter
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10:45 am - 11:15 amVirtual Green Sofa Talk

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Dr Fatih Birol

Francesco La Camera
Hall "Weltsaal"
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11:15 am - 11:30 amStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Dr Jochen Eickholt
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11:30 am - 12:15 pmFinancing the Green Recovery

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Dr Elnur Soltanov

Arifin Tasrif

Hala Zawati

Dr Michal Kurtyka

Walburga Hemetsberger
Hall "Weltsaal"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Maria Netto

Bianca de Bruijn-van der Gaag
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12:30 pm - 1:00 pmSmart market designs for the global energy transition

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Antonella Battaglini

Stefan Kapferer

Jo-Jo Hubbard

Dang Hoang An
Hall "Weltsaal"
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12:30 pm - 1:00 pmGreening the industry

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Alexandra Decker

Markus Rauramo

Thiago Barral

Felipe Bayón Pardo

Felix Seebach
Hall "Europasaal"
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1:00 pm - 1:15 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)
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1:00 pm - 3:00 pmWomen’s Lunch
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3:00 pm - 3:15 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Barbara Pompili
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3:15 pm - 3:45 pmHigh-level Interview

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Damilola Ogunbiyi

Francesco La Camera

Dr Jürgen Zattler
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3:45 pm - 4:00 pmKeynote

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

John Kerry
Hall "Weltsaal"
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4:00 pm - 4:10 pmYoung Keynote

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Jamie Margolin

Xiye Bastida
Hall "Weltsaal"
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4:10 pm - 4:55 pm“Game on” for transatlantic renewable aspirations

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

John Kerry

Seamus O’Regan

Kadri Simson

Luigi di Maio

Peter Altmaier
Hall "Weltsaal"
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4:55 pm - 5:10 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Rocío Nahle García
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5:10 pm - 5:40 pmDon’t think twice, set a carbon price!

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Pekka Haavisto

Simonetta Sommaruga

Sabine Frank

Wendy Hughes
Hall "Weltsaal"
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5:10 pm - 5:40 pmCarbon neutral buildings - waking the sleeping giant

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Martina Otto

Marisol Oropeza

Ann Rosenberg
Hall "Europasaal"
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5:40 pm - 5:55 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Nikolai Shulginov
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5:55 pm - 6:40 pmAt the Dawn of the Hydrogen Economy

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Juan Carlos Jobet

Diego Mesa

Dan Jørgensen

João Pedro Matos Fernandes

Kersti Berge

Tina Bru
Hall "Weltsaal"
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6:40 pm - 7:10 pmStudio Interview

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Andreas Feicht
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pmEvening Reception: Multiperspectivity 2050 – Joint Challenge meets Innovative Solutions

Geraldine de Bastion (Moderator)

Andreas Kuhlmann (Moderator)

Prof Antje Boetius

Christopher Bauder

Ann Mettler

Prof Maria Chiara Pastore

Jim Rakete
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Wednesday 17 March 2021 - CONFERENCE DAY 2

8:45 am - 9:00 amStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)
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9:00 am - 9:15 amKeynote

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Bertrand Piccard

Cindy Demichel
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9:15 am - 10:00 amGlobal goals, local actions

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Dorah Marema

Dr Seleshi Bekele Awulachew

Dr Megan Woods

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez

Angus Taylor
Hall "Weltsaal"
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10:00 am - 10:15 amStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismaael
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10:15 am - 10:45 amOn the Road to an African-European Energy Partnership

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Dr Amani Abou-Zeid

Dr Werner Hoyer

Dr Ajay Mathur

Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi
Hall "Weltsaal"
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10:45 am - 11:00 amStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Jan IJspeert
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11:00 am - 11:45 amFlattening the climate curve – lessons from the pandemic

Prof Miranda Schreurs (Moderator)

Sophie Howe

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye

Nino Tandilashvili

Yeon-chul Yoo

Udaya Gammanpila
Hall "Weltsaal"
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11:45 am - 12:05 pmThe great shift to electrification - panacea or headache?

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Prof Claudia Kemfert

Alix Chambris

Dr Alan Finkel

Prof Chems-Eddine Chitour
Hall "Weltsaal"
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Norbert Taphorn
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12:15 pm - 12:45 pmCitizen Energy for the People

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Myriam Castanié

Tinne Van der Straeten
Hall "Weltsaal"
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12:15 pm - 12:45 pmEnergy Supply and the state – player or moderator?

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Gauri Singh

Dr Angela Wilkinson

Christelle Verstraeten

Fatih Dönmez

Majid Mahdi Hantoush
Hall "Europasaal"
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12:45 pm - 1:15 pmKeynote & Interview

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Svenja Schulze

Anne-Marie Trevelyan
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1:15 pm - 1:30 pmStudio Interview

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Ika Krismantari

Pei-Hua Yu
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pmLunch Break
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3:00 pm - 3:15 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Rebecca Sands

Tamsyn Lonsdale-Smith
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3:15 pm - 4:00 pmLiveable cities drive the energy transition

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Claude Turmes

Rana Adib

Regine Günther

Marieke Van Doorninck

Piero Pelizzaro
Hall "Weltsaal"
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3:15 pm - 4:00 pmInternational Dynamics of Hydrogen

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Dr Jorge Rivera Staff

Dr Kirsten Westphal

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide

Omar Paganini

Dr Tatiana Mitrova
Hall "Europasaal"
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4:00 pm - 4:15 pmStudio

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Ambassador Michael Klor-Berchtold

Rocío Nahle García
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4:15 pm - 4:45 pmIntelligent Mobility: accelerator towards more sustainability

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Joanne Kubba

Prof Meike Jipp

Dr Corina Apachiţe
Hall "Weltsaal"
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4:15 pm - 4:45 pmSET Panel
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4:15 pm - 4:45 pmFinancing Innovation! (Startup Energy Transition)
Gina Domanig (Moderator)

James Arbib

Dr Maximilian Bock

Geert van de Wouw
Hall "Europasaal"
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4:45 pm - 5:00 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Rolando Castro Córdoba

Andrés Allamand
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5:00 pm - 5:15 pmKeynote

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Jennifer Granholm
Hall "Weltsaal"
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5:15 pm - 5:30 pmKeynote

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Dr Michael Mann
Hall "Weltsaal"
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pmEconomics of a Green Structural Change

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Jane McDonald

Dr Michael Mann

Yuriy Vitrenko

Darío Martinez
Hall "Weltsaal"
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6:00 pm - 6:15 pmStudio

Jennifer Porto (Moderator)

Rebecca Freitag (Moderator)

Fermin Koop

Kennedy Nyavaya
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6:15 pm - 6:30 pmConference Closing

Dr Melinda Crane (Moderator)

Andreas Feicht

Antje Leendertse
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Thursday 18 March 2021

9:00 am - 6:30 pmBETD Media Fellows – Connecting Journalists Conference
Organized by BEE e.V. & GIZ
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9:30 am - 11:30 amThe road towards climate neutrality. What contribution of green hydrogen? A long-term energy planning perspective from international think-tanks
Organized by INETTT
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10:00 am - 12:00 pmSET100 Pitches: Round 3
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10:00 am - 3:30 pmUrban Energy Forum - Race to Zero Emissions – How to decarbonize the heating and building sector
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10:30 am - 11:30 amTowards >60 Gigatonnes to 1.5C Compatible Solution Providers with Mission Innovation Framework: Moving beyond climate neutrality and other climate risk approaches and embracing a climate solution innovation approach
Organized by Swedish Energy Agency
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11:00 am - 11:30 amGuided Tour Live Presentation with Stiebel Eltron
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11:30 am - 1:00 pmTOGETHER towards climate neutrality! – Best practices for international cooperations in Europe and Asia
Organized by the German Energy Solutions Initiative
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Aldi-Süd
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12:30 pm - 1:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Stadtwerke Emden
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1:00 pm - 2:30 pmPower System Flexibility Campaign - Hydrogen and the role of synthetic fuels in power system flexibility
Organized by IEA
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pmB2G Forum with the German Industry - Colombia
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Leaftech
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2:00 pm - 5:00 pm24/7 Heat & Electricity Powered by the Sun: The Combined Forces of CSP, Solar Energy and Thermal Energy Storage
Organized by BSW, BVES, DCSP
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2:30 pm - 4:00 pmTransforming Mobility by mid-century – What investments must we decide on today?
Organized by GIZ & GWNET
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Hydrogenious - LOHC Technologies
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4:00 pm - 4:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Neu Energie Forum Feldheim
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pmSET100 Pitches: Round 4
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with CellForm
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Friday 19 March 2021

9:00 am - 10:00 amWorld Energy Council (WEC) / Weltenergierat Deutschland
Organized by the World Energy Council – Germany
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10:00 am - 10:30 amGuided Tour Live Presentation with Georgsmarienhütte (GMH)
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10:00 am - 11:30 amEnergy transitions in Southeast Asia
Organized by GIZ
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10:30 am - 11:00 amGuided Tour Live Presentation with Meyer Burger
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmGermany Trade & Invest (GTAI)
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11:00 am - 12:00 pmDigitization and AI: Why SET100 companies should consider expanding to Germany
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11:30 am - 12:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with SMA Solar
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with GeoClima Design
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pmGovernment Pitches
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Oxford PV
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Twaice
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Sono Motors
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4:00 pm - 4:30 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Sonnen
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4:30 pm - 5:00 pmGuided Tour Live Presentation with Suncrafter
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