Energy Sustainable Communities

Energy Sustainable Communities

Local and regional communities, municipalities and regions have a decisive role in making sustainability in the energy field happen. The conference provides a forum for discussing strategies for energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Date:	4 March 2005, 9 to 17.30
Venue:	Stadthalle Wels, Austria
Registration:	please register before 18 Februar 2005
Languages:	German, English, Italian
Costs:	200 Euro for the whole WORLD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DAYS (for fulltime students 50 Euro) 50 Euro for the Sustainable Communities)
Organisation and conference office:	O.Ö. Energiesparverband Landstraße 45, 4020 Linz, Austria Tel. +43/732/7720-14380 Fax +43/732/7720-14383 office [AT] esv.or [DOT] at

Programme

Introduction
9.00	Opening and welcome
9.30	Sustainable energy for Europe's communities Arthouros Zervos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece / Christine Lins, European Renewable Energy Council
9.50	Sustainable energy policies in Europe MEP Claude Turmes, Vice President, EUFORES
10.10	Innovative energy technologies for communities Didier Mayer, Centre d'Energétique Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
10.30	Profiting from sustainable energy - added value on local level Adolf H. Malinsky, Institut für Betriebliche und Regionale Umweltwirtschaft, University of Linz, Austria
10.50	Discussion/coffee break
11.30	Reaching all citizens Catrin Maby, Severn and Wye Energy Agency, United Kingdom
11.50	Upper Austria - an exemplary sustainable energy region Christiane Egger, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria
12.15	Statement Federal Minister Josef Pröll, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria
12.45	Discussion/lunch break

Inspiring Projects
14.15	Renewable energy for development Osman Benchikh, United Nations (UNESCO), Division of Engineering and Technology
14.35	Sustainable energy for Wales Brian Gibbons, National Assembly, Wales
14.55	Antiesenhofen - a community on its way to a 100 % renewable energy supply Johann Gangl, Mayor of Antiesenhofen, Austria
15.15	Sustainable communites in Rhone-Alpes Christian Labie, Rhonalpénergie-Environnement, France
15.35	Discussion/coffee break
16.15	Wind and biomass for the municipality of Jindrichovice pod Smrkem Petr Pavek, Mayor of Jindrichovice pod Smrkem, Czech Republic
16.35	Exemplary renewable energy projects on European Islands Cipriano Marín, UNESCO Centre, Canary Islands, Spain
16.55	Sustainable energy projects in South-East Asia Pekka Skytta, ASEAN Centre for Energy, Indonesia
17.15	Discussion
17.30	Conference end