Agenda

8.30 : Registration and welcome coffee

9.00 - 9.30 : Opening speeches

      - Laurence POIRIER DIETZ, President, GD4S
      - Marc FERRACCI, Minister for Industry & Energy, France
      - Emmanuelle WARGON, President, CRE, France

9.30 - 9.45 : Insight Spotlight - View on the role of biomethane for a just and affordable energy transition

      - Exchange between Spanish European Member of Parliament, Raul  DE LA HOZ QUINTANO and Pedro LAREA, CEO Networks of Naturgy

9.45 - 10.30 : Round Table 1 - Gas networks, a key enabler for the development of renewable gases and a sustainable Europe

      - Piotr KUS, General Director, ENTSOG
      - Frédéric DYKMANS, Secretary General, GD4S
      - Joan BATALLA, President, SEDIGAS (Spain)

10.30 - 11.00 : Coffee break

11.00 - 11.50 : Round Table 2 - Development of biomethane in Europe: lesson learnt and still to be learnt

      - Harmen DEKKER , CEO, EBA (Europe)
      - Alexandre CHEVALLIER, DGEC (France)
      - Angela NEEDLE, Strategy Director, Cadent (UK)
      - Francisco GIRIO, Bioref (Portugal)

11.50 - 12.00 : Summary of the morning

12.00 - 13.30 : Lunch & networking 

13.30 - 13.35 : Address by Vannia GAVA, Italian Deputy Minister of the Environment and Energy Security

13.35 - 14.00 : Keynote: European Commission view on renewable gases and infrastructures in the energy transition

      - Mechthild WÖRSDÖRFER, Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission

14.00 - 15.00 : Round Table 3 - Building a resilient biomethane ecosystem in Europe

      - Aurélie PICART, Présidente, CSF NSE (France)
      - Mette SMEDEGAARD HANSEN, Public Affairs, Nature Energy (Denmark)
      - Diana LENZI, President, Farming for Future Foundation (Italy)
      - Loic DE BERGH, Directeur Energie, achats Pétrochimie et Emballages, Arkema 

15.00 - 15.30 : Coffee break

15.30 - 16.30 : Round Table 4 - Crafting the rigtht biomethane regulations to accelerate

      - Marzia SESINI, Research Team Leader – Gas & Hydrogen at the Florence School of Regulation (Italy)
      - Malgorzata KOZAK, Director, Department of Markets Development and Consumer Issues, URE (Poland)
      - Agustin ALONSO, Gas expert, CNMC (Spain)
      - Anne Sophie DESSILLONS, Director of Market Development and Energy Transition Department, CRE (France)

16.30 - 17.30 : Round Table 5 - Biomethane and decarbonisation: a path to sustainable and affordable energy for all

      - Arnaud LEROY, Directeur Développement Durable, Communication et relations institutionnelles, SPHERE (France)
      - Oscar BARRERO GIL, Lead Partner Energy, PWC (Spain)
      - Peter COOL, President, Vereniging voor Duurzame Warmte (NL)
      - Howard FORSTER, COO, Cadent (UK)

17.30 - 17.45 : Conclusion of the day

      - Jeroen SANDERS, Vice President, GD4S