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