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SECURE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR EUROPE

Parliament of the Czech Republic,
Waldstein Palace, seat of the Senate, Prague
25 – 26 January 2009

DRAFT PROGRAMME (as of 23.01.2009)

Sunday, 25 January 2009


Arrival of participants
Registration and check-in, Crowne Plaza Hotel Prague Castle
15:00 Departure by bus from the hotel to the Department of Nuclear Reactors of Czech Technical University
15:30 - 17:00 Visit to the Department of Nuclear Reactors of Czech Technical University, Training reactor VR -1 Vrabec (so-called Sparrow), Prague
17:30 Arrival to the hotel
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16:00 Departure from the hotel to the Premonstratensian Monastery at Strahov
16:15 - 17:15 Visit to the Premonstratensian Monastery at Strahov, Prague
17:30 Arrival to the hotel

18:30 Collective departure of participants by historical tram from the hotel for a short
sight-seeing ride through the centre of Prague
19:00 Arrival at Lesser Town Square, short walk to the Senate
19:15 Aperitif in the Waldstein Garden
Welcome speech by Mr Jan Hajda, Chair of the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport, Senate
19:35 Walk to Knights’ Hall of the Senate
19:45 - 19:50 Welcome speech by Mr Libor Ambrozek, Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Chamber of Deputies
19:50 - 20:20 Discourse by Mr Vladimír Špidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities – Social dimension of energy security
20:20 Dinner (Knight’s Hall)
21:45 Departure by bus to the hotel
 

Monday, 26 January 2009

Breakfast at the hotel

8:30 Check-out from the hotel and departure by bus from the hotel to the Senate (with luggage)

8:50 Arrival at the Senate, late registration possible

9:00 Opening of the conference:
(Senate Plenary Session Hall, Chaired by Senator Bedřich Moldan)


9:00 – 9:05 H.E. Přemysl Sobotka
President of the Czech Senate

9.05 – 9:10 Mr Ivo Bárek
Chair of the Committee on Public Administration, Regional Development and the Environment, Senate

9:10 – 9:15 Mr Jan Špika
Chair of the Sub-Committee on Energy, Chamber of Deputies

9:15 First Session:
(Senate Plenary Session Hall)

THE SECOND STRATEGIC ENERGY REVIEW – COMPETITIVENESS OF THE ENERGY SECTOR AND EUROPE’S ENERGY SECURITY

Opening remarks:
9:15 – 9:30 Mr Bedřich Moldan
Member of the Committee on Public Administration, Regional Development and the Environment, Senate

Speakers:
9:30 - 10:00 Mr Fatih Birol
Chief Economist, International Energy Agency
Analysis of the challenges posed by oil and gas supply prospects, volatile energy prices and rising emissions of greenhouse gases. Implications of the current financial crisis on the energy sector and the role Europe could play in shaping future international climate change policy and improving its own internal energy markets in the context of the recent Russia-Ukraine gas crisis.

The key results from the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2008 - the latest edition of the annual IEA flagship publication. It demonstrates that prospects for oil and gas production are becoming more uncertain due to accelerating declines in production and as a result of growing challenges to make timely and adequate investments. It also analyses policy options for tackling climate change after 2012, when a new global agreement - to be negotiated at the UN Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen - is due to take effect.

10:00 – 10:30 Mr Martin Říman
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
CZ PRES priorities in the field of energy policy. State of negotiations on the Third energy market liberalisation package and the Second Strategic Energy Review with emphasis on the Oil Stocks Directive and Gas Stocks Communication.

10:30 - 11:00 Mr Václav Bartuška
Czech Republic’s Ambassador at Large for Energy Security
Why do we have to care about energy security, whether we like it or not - Lessons from the latest gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine, as well as from other recent developments.

11:00 – 12:30 Discussion

then Family photo

12:45 – 14:20 Buffet lunch offered by the Committee on Public Administration, Regional Development and the Environment and the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport, Senate
(Senators’ Restaurant)


14:20 Second Session:
(Senate Plenary Session Hall)

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
(Chaired by Senator Bedřich Moldan)

Speakers:
14:20 – 14:50 Mr Thomas Becker
Danish Ministry of the Environment, Denmark's chief climate negotiator
Current state of negotiations in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Proposals to achieve global climate change goals and their prospects for approval. Key challenges for the 2009 negotiations.

14:50 – 15:20 Mr Karl Friedrich Falkenberg
Director General, European Commission – DG Environment
EU climate change and energy package – brief assessment from the perspective of the European Commission and importance in view of Copenhagen.
Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen (Upcoming communication from the European Commission)

15:20 – 15:50 Mr Aleš Kuták
Deputy-Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Key challenges for the Czech EU Presidency as regards climate change:
- negotiations on the future international agreement
- financial aspects relating to the implementation of both reduction and adaptation measures

15:50 – 16:15 Coffee break
(Senators’ Restaurant)

16:00 – 16:15 Press conference of representatives of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
(Frýdlant Lounge)

16:15 – 17:45 Discussion
(Senate Plenary Session Hall)

17:45 End of conference
Departure of participants from the Senate
 

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