Energy Transition Conference 2017

Strategies for a sustainable energy future

7 March at Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim

Climate and energy scenarios towards 2050
Transition strategies towards a zero-emissions energy system
The role of fossil fuels and natural gas in 2030 and 2050
Funding the energy transition
The transport transition - Electrification and new concepts
Implications of Paris - How will NDCs affect the energy sector and industry?

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Previous conferences

Conference 2017

Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway: "Norwegian perspectives on the energy transition"
Volker Krey, Deputy Director, IIASA: "Climate and energy scenarios towards 2050"
Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment, DG Climate Action, European Commission: "Transition strategies towards a zero emissions energy system"
Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG: "Energy Transition: Is there a consolidated vision?"
Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform: "Delivering the Paris Agreement?"
Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor Norges Bank: "Responsible Investment – Government Pension Fund Global"
John Cooper, Director General of Fuels Europe and CONCAWE: "The transport transition –Electrification & new transport concepts"
Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: "Implications of Paris - Results of the 6 March 2017 Trondheim Workshop"
Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment: "Implications of Paris on Low Carbon Transition"
Anders Hammer Strømman, Professor, NTNU: "Mitigation in the transport sector"

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome

Gunnar Bovim, Rector, NTNU and Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Statoil

9:15 - 9:35 Norwegian perspectives on the energy transition
Keynote: Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway

9:35 - 10:05 Climate and energy scenarios towards 2050
Keynote: Volker Krey, Deputy Director, IIASA

Dialogue with moderator and expert group

10:05 - 11:05 Transition strategies towards a zero-emissions energy system
Keynote: Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment, DG Climate Action, European Commission

Energy Transition - Is there a consolidated vision?
Keynote: Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG

Dialogue with moderator and expert group

11.35 - 12.30 Panel discussion: The Energy Transition
- Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
- Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment, DG Climate Action, European Commission
- Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG
- Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Statoil
- Jürgen Tzschoppe, Executive Vice President, Statkraft

Interaction with expert group

13:30 - 14:45 The role of fossil fuels and natural gas in 2030 and 2050
Keynote: Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform.

Panel discussion:
- Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen TU Berlin & DIW Berlin
- Prof. Johan Hustad, Director, Energy Strategic Area, NTNU
- Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Statoil
- Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform
- Nils Røkke, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, SINTEF

Comments from expert group

15:00 - 16:00 Financial aspects of the energy transition
Keynote: Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor Norges Bank.

Panel discussion:
- Carsten Jung, Lead, climate risk analysis, Bank of England
- Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank
- Christopher Weber, Senior Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative
- Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy Program, World Resources Institute
- Prof. Ragnar Torvik, NTNU

16:00 - 16:50 The transport transition - Electrification and new transport concepts
Keynote: John Cooper, Director General of Fuels Europe and CONCAWE

Mitigation in the transport sector
Keynote: Prof Anders Hammer Strømman, NTNU

Dialogue with moderator and comments from expert group

17:20 - 18:40 Implications of Paris - How will NDCs affect the energy sector and industry?
Keynote: Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Summary of results from Implications of Paris workshop held in Trondheim 6 March 2017.

Implications of Paris on Low Carbon Transition
Keynote: Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment

Panel discussion with:
- State Secretary Lars Andreas Lunde
- Jae Edmonds, Joint Global Change Research Institute
- Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, University of Maryland and University of Michigan
- Charlotte Wolff-Bye, Vice President Sustainability, Statoil

Comments from expert group

19:00 Reception

Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Carolyn Fischer, Senior fellow, Resources for the future
Prof. Steven Gabriel, University of Maryland
Rolf Golombek Frisch Centre, Director FME CREE.
Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen, TU Berlin, Director DIW Berlin.
Prof. Johan Hustad , Director Strategic area of Energy, NTNU
Volker Krey, Deputy director, IIASA
Snorre Kverndokk, Senior Scientist, Frisch Centre
Prof. Reinhard Madlener, RWTH Aachen, Director Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN)
Prof. Mark O´ Malley, Director, UCD
Prof. Anders Hammer Strømman, NTNU
Frank O´Sullivan, Director, MIT
Ghassem Asrar, Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute, PNNL
Allen Fawcett, Chief, Climate Economics Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Atsushi Kurosawa, Director, Global Environment Programs, The Institute of Applied Energy
Meredydd Evans, Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, PNNL
Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, University of Maryland and University of Michigan
Prof. Magnus Korpås, NTNU

Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment, DG Climate Action, European Commission
Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG
Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Statoil
Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen TU Berlin & DIW Berlin
Prof. Johan Hustad, Director, Energy Strategic Area, NTNU
Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Statoil
Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform
Nils Røkke, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, SINTEF
Carsten Jung, Lead, climate risk analysis, Bank of England
Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank
Christopher Weber, Senior Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative
Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy Program, World Resources Institute
Prof. Ragnar Torvik, NTNU
State Secretary Lars Andreas Lunde
Jae Edmonds, Joint Global Change Research Institute
Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, University of Maryland and University of Michigan
Charlotte Wolff-Bye, Vice President Sustainability, Statoil
Jürgen Tzschoppe, Executive Vice President, Statkraft