Programme

Time Programme
23 OCTOBER 2003
13:00  WELCOME LUNCH
14:00 Opening address:
Philippe Maystadt, President of the EIB

Welcome address:
Charles McCreevy, Minister for Finance, Ireland 

Keynote Speaker:
Børge Brende, Chairman, Commission for Sustainable Development, United Nations

14:30 SESSION I : What should we aim at and what needs to be done for achieving environmental sustainability in energy?
Chairman:
Michael G. Tutty, Vice-President of the EIB
Speakers:
Margot Wallström, Commissioner for Environment, EU Commission
István Csillag, Minister of Economy and Transport, Hungary
Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of International Energy Agency
16:10 COFFEE BREAK
16:25 SESSION II : What alternative energy futures for Europe and what about their financial viability?
Chairman:
Michael G. Tutty, Vice-President of the EIB
Speakers:
Lennart Billfalk, CEO Vattenfall, Sweden
Dr. Wolfgang Palz, Chairman, European Association for Renewable Energies, Germany
Prof. Antonio Luque, Director Institute for Solar Energy, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Andreas Docter, Senior Manager, DaimlerChrysler, Germany
18:00  ADJOURN
20:00 DINNER 
Welcome address: 
Royston Brady, Lord Mayor of Dublin

Guest speaker:
Ray Mac Sharry, former Irish Minister for Finance and Commissioner for Agriculture 

24 OCTOBER 2003
09:00 SESSION III : Do we really have a blueprint for sustainable water management in Europe?
Chairman: 
Wolfgang Roth, Vice-President of the EIB
Speakers:
Dusan Vanek, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Czech Republic
Daniel Zimmer, CEO, World Water Council
Andreas Wurzer, European Freshwater Coordinator, World Wildlife Fund, France
Roberto Tortoli, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Italy
Bernard Barraqué, Professor École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:15 SESSION IV : Innovative Financing Instruments
Chairman:
Peter Sedgwick, Vice-President of the EIB
Speakers:
Warren Evans, Deputy Director of Environment, World Bank
Alain Lécrivain, Senior Vice President and General Secretary of the Structured Finance Department, Crédit Lyonnais Group, France
Reinhard Platzer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Kommunalkredit, Austria
Frank Joshua, Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Investment Partnership
Terence Brown, DG Operations in Europe, EIB
13:00 CLOSING SESSION
Concluding comments:
Michael G. Tutty, Vice-President of the EIB

Closing of the Forum:
Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister, Ireland

13:15 CLOSING LUNCH

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