PLENARY SESSIONS – Europe Auditorium
Polytechnic Institute of Beja main Building

Instituto Politécnico de Beja – Serviços centrais
Rua Pedro Soares, 7800-295 Beja, Portugal

OPENING CEREMONY

Europe Auditorium, Thursday 11^th October, 09.20 – 09.30

Welcome:
Dr. Francisco da Cruz Santos – Mayor of Beja Municipality
Prof. José Luís Ildefonso Ramalho – President of the Beja Polytechnic Institute
Eng. Marcos António Nogueira – European Meeting Point organiser

Eng. Rui Nobre Gonçalves
Opening address
Portuguese Government - Secretary of State for Rural Development and Forest

PLENARY ON ENERGY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION I

Europe Auditorium, Thursday 11^th October, 10.00 – 10.40

Arq. Paulo Barral
Regional Development strategy for Alentejo
Regional Development Coordination Commission for Alentejo, CCDR Alentejo, Portugal

Prof. Paul Fleming
Energy Management at Regional Scale
Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

PLENARY ON ENERGY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION II

Europe Auditorium, Thursday 11^th October, 11.00 – 11.40

Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Martha Bißmann
Energy for Regional Cohesion
WIP-Renewable Energies; Munich, Germany

Mr. Olivier Pol, Ms. Christina Spitzbart, Dr. Susanne Geissler
Analysis of Energy Concepts of 7 European Regions – Organisational Framework and Recommendations
arsenal research, business field Sustainable Energy Systems; Vienna, Austria

PLENARY ON SUSTAINABLE COMUNITIES

Europe Auditorium, Thursday 11^th October, 11.40 – 12.20

Ms. Christine Klas, Ms. Maryke van Staden
Local Energy Strategies to Achieve Global Sustainability
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, European Secretariat

Mr. Xavier Marti Rague
Large Scale Urban Developments. Where Living and Working Areas Are Integrated - The Barcelona Case-Study
Generalitat de Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain

PLENARY ON ENERGY CITIZENSHIP

Europe Auditorium, Thursday 11^th October, 12.20 – 13.00

Prof. Margaret Fleming
Engaging Pupils and Teachers in the Design and Operation of Sustainable Schools
Education for Sustainable Development Consultant

Dr. Suzanne Shaw
An Assessment Framework for Evaluating Community Readiness to Integrate Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Energy Technologies
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Petten, Netherlands

PLENARY ON BIOENERGY CLUSTER

Europe Auditorium, Friday 12^th October, 12.40 – 13.00

Prof. Melvyn Askew
Biofuels and Bioenergy-Challenges and Opportunities
Central Science Laboratory, York, United Kingdom

Ms. Marie Münster
Production of Bio-Fuel, Electricity and Heat Through Gasification Of Waste
Risø National Laboratory; Roskilde, Denmark

PLENARY ON INTELLIGENT ENERGY ECONOMY

Europe Auditorium, Friday 12^th October, 14.00 – 14.40

Mr. Ronald Voskens
Combined Rational and Renewable Energy Strategies in Cities – the Viladecans Case Study
Ecofys, Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Naim Afgan
Sustainability Paradigm of Intelligent Energy System
UNESCO Chair, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

PLENARY ON NEW ENERGY PARADIGM

Europe Auditorium, Friday 12^th October, 15.00 – 15.40

Dr. Luís M. A. Bettencourt
Investment, Productivity and Technological Development in the Energy Sector
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, United States of America

Dr. Jonas Ericson
Bio-Ethanol for Sustainable Transport - The Stockholm case-study
City of Stockholm, Clean Vehicles in Stockholm, Environment & Health Administration, Stockholm, Sweden

DEBATE

Europe Auditorium, Friday 12^th October, 15.40 – 16.30

Prof. Tiago Lopes Farias (moderator)

CLOSING SESSION

Europe Auditorium, Friday 12^th October, 16.30 – 17.30

Chairs:
Eng. Marcos António Nogueira, European meeting Point organiser
Prof. José Pedro Fernandes, Vice-president of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja
Mr. Liliandro Gonçalves, Representing Beja Department Governor

Eng. José Vicente Reis
ALQUEVA Multipurpose Infrastructural Development Project
EDIA, Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, S.A. - Vice-president

Prof. Maria da Graça Carvalho
The European Energy Agenda for 2020
European Commission, Bureau of European Policy Advisers - Principal Adviser to the President of the European Commission in the areas of Science, Higher Education, Innovation, Research Policy, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.