Programme Overview

 DAY 1

DAY 2

TIME

Thursday 25 Oct

Friday 26 Oct

8:45

Registration opens

Plenary 3
Support mechanisms for financing smart grids

9:30-10:30

Plenary 1
Conference opening:
Renewable energy and smart grids in the European Energy Strategy
Making smart grids a reality

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

11:00-12:00

Plenary 2
Smart grid deployment: how to optimise renewable energy production and use through urban-rural-regional cooperation

Plenary 4
Rolling out smart grids as part of the green local economy agenda – finding viable investment options

12:00-12:30

Plenary 5
Summary and Outlook

12:30-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-14:30

Parallel sessions 

A1
Building a smart grid: first lessons from practical experiences

B1
Urban-regional cooperation for renewable energy

14:30-15:30

STUDY TOURS

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:00

A2
Decentralised energy production, centralised management and storage

B2
Encouraging framework to support deployment - “Smart grids in practice”

17:00-17:30

Following

Evening reception