8.00    Registration begins

A key element of the programme, the multiple study tours show interesting, innovative sustainable energy solutions in practice: great examples of renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy savings in the Green City and Solar Region of Freiburg.

For more information on the study tours, please visit the Study Tours page!

12:30 - 13:30   Welcome lunch

A warm welcome to all delegates, this opening plenary will address specific issues of strategic importance relevant to sustainable energy, for both small and large communities.  Keynote speakers will share recent developments and arguments as to why renewable energy at the community level is urgent and essential today.

Facilitator: Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI's International Training Centre, Freiburg, Germany

(Local) Renewables as contribution to (global) security
Gernot Erler, MdB, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

Welcome from host city and Local Renewables partner
Dr. Dieter Salomon, Lord Mayor, City of Freiburg and Member of the ICLEI Executive Committee, Freiburg, Germany

The sustainable energy transition well under way
Dr. Monica Oliphant, President, International Solar Energy Society (ISES), Australia

From energy education to SUSTAINABLE energy education - a global challenge
Rolf Behringer, Director, Solare Zukunft e.V., Freiburg, Germany

 

15:00 - 15:30  Coffee break

An introduction of the main conference themes. Experts will share solutions and ideas in response to a changing environment - climate change, the need for energy security, as well as financial perspectives - with information in particular relevant for local governments and communities.

Facilitator: Prof. Rolf C. Buschmann, Manager, Solar Info Center GmbH, Freiburg, Germany

Energy efficient buildings and districts, including practical examples
Prof. Dr. Volker Wittwer, Deputy Director, Fraunhofer Institute fro Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE), Freiburg Germany.

Energy policy - local, sustainable and clean energy solutions
Dr. Jose Etcheverry, Chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), President of the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance, and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada

Urban policy and planning for the post-carbon age, including practical examples
Dr. Eric Martinot, Senior Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), Tokyo, Japan

What economic development can contribute to local sustainability
Dr. Bernd Dallmann, CEO, Freiburg Management and Marketing, Freiburg, Germany

Question & Answer time - panel with all speakers of Plenaries 1 and 2

 

17:00 - 18:30   View the exhibition and posters

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Transfer from the venue to city centre via public transport

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19:30   Reception hosted by the City of Freiburg
            Location: "Historisches Kaufhaus" at the Market place