Programme

Thursday, 26 November 2009

4.00 pm - 4.30 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks

• María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, First Vice President, Minister of the Presidency and Government Spokeswoman
• Soraya Rodríguez, State Secretary for International Cooperation
• Ricardo Martínez, General Director, Casa África
• Jesús Sanz, General Director, Casa Asia
• Elisa Durán, Assistant Director General of Fundación "la Caixa"


• Enric Banda, Director of Science, Research and Environment Area of Fundación "la Caixa"

4.30 pm - 5.00 pm Opening Speech

• Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria,  member of the Africa Progress Panel and member of the Club de Madrid

5.00 pm - 6.30 pm First Roundtable - Sustainability and Climate Change: The Main World Challenge

High representatives of multilateral and national organizations will explain the socioeconomic costs of climate change, the new elements in their energy strategies and programmes and the concrete measures that are being applied to achieve a more efficient management of energy resources.

• Teresa Ribera, Deputy Minister for Climate Change of the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs of the Government of Spain
• James Moran, Asia Director of European Comission
• Mounkaila Goumandakoye, Director of the Regional Office for Africa of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Muhammad Enamul Huq, State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh
• Rafael Tuts, Chief of the Environmental Urban Planning Branch, UN-Habitat

Chaired by: Bonifacio Vega, Director General of Strategy and International Development of the Madrid City Council

6.30 pm - 8.00 pm Second Roundtable - International Cooperation and Energy Policies to achieve a Sustainable Development

Climate change is causing a deep impact in Asian and African developing countries, especially among the most disadvantaged populations who make a living from climate-sensitive activities. Representatives of international development organisations will describe their programmes regarding adaptation to or mitigation of climate change impacts and the importance of working towards a sustainable development.

• Rosa Elcarte, Director of Multilateral and Sectorial Cooperation of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
• Anil Terway, Responsible for the Department of Sustainable Development of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Veronica Muthui, Regional Team Leader & Regional Technical Adviser of LD, UNDP-GEF
• Mohammed AbdelRahman, Energy Adviser of NEPAD
• Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency
• Remi Parmentier, Director of Varda Group

Chaired by: Juan López-Dóriga, General Director of Planning and Evaluation of Development Policies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC)

Friday, 27 November 2009

9.00 am - 10.30 am Third Roundtable - Sustainable Policies of Energy Policies of the Main Asian and African countries

Most countries are establishing policies to promote a sustainable development of their economies. However, the implementation of these political strategies is not homogeneous. This session will revise some of their best practices and strategies in the transition towards improved energy models based on clean energies.

• Akio Morishima, President of the Japan Climate Policy Centre
• Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of Energy of the Government of India
• J. A. Bayaornibe Dabire, Director of Energy, ECOWAS Commission
• Muusya Mwinzi, General Director, National Environment Management Authority, Kenya

Chaired by: Enrique Jiménez Larrea, General Director of IDAE

10.30 am - 11.45 am Fourth Roundtable - Business Cooperation in the Energy Sector

There are clean technologies to reach the 2020 goals although it is necessary to promote them and extend their use. The focal point of this session will be the role of the private sector to achieve a sustainable economy through technology development.

• Li Junfeng, President of the China Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs Club
• Ajay Prabhu, Chief Operation Officer, QuEST
• Gonzalo Piernavieja, Director of the Research and Development Branch, Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC)
• Santiago Seage, President of Abengoa Solar
• Jesús Abadía, President of Endesa Carbono

Chaired by: Jesús Sainz, President of PromoMadrid

11.45 am - 12.15 pm Coffee break

12.15 pm - 1.30 pm Fifth Roundtable - The Wind Energy Sector: New Opportunities and Challenges

This session will examine the possibilities of business cooperation in the wind power industry. In this sector Spain can offer its technological knowledge and worldwide competitiveness.

• José Donoso, Director of Sector Development of Gamesa Energía
• Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council
• Anil Kane, President of the Indian Wind Energy Association
• Manuel Cendagorta-Galarza, Managing Director of the Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER)

Chaired by: Félix Barrio, Responsible for International Relations and Cooperation of CIEMAT

1.30 pm - 2.00 pm Closing Session

• Rajendra Pachauri, Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute and Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, awarded the “Nobel Peace Prize” for the year 2007

• Beatriz Corredor, Minister of Housing, Spain