Energy Transition Conference
The Energy Transition 2020 - a series of webinars
The Energy Transition 2020 will be organized as a series of webinars, as the conference planned for March was canceled. We are trying to keep as much of the original programme and speakers as possible and will update the website consecutively. A recordring of each webinar will be found on this page.
The topics and dates are:
- The world in crisis 20 May
- Is there a future for fossil energy? 16 June
- The game changers in the energy transition 23 June
- Radical social and technological Innovation Date tbc
- Visions of the future Date tbc
See previous webinars 2020
- Introduction - Asgeir Tomasgard, Director of the NTNU Energy Transition Initiative
- Introduction - Anne Borg, Rector NTNU
- Introduction by the moderator - Ruth Astrid Sæther
- Detlef van Vuuren - Challenging the planetary boundaries
- Brigitte Knopf - From climate targets to policies: the global, European and German perspective
- Panel discussion
Expert panel
- Volker Krey, Professor IIASA and NTNU
- Anders Strømman, Professor NTNU
- Jae Edmonds, Chief scientist Joint Global Change Research Institute
- Toril A. Nagelhus Hernes, Pro-Rector for Innovation and Professor Medical Technology NTNU
- Franziska Holz, DIW Berlin
Enerwe.no has made a podcast on this webinar, interviewing Asgeir Tomasgard, Brigitte Knopf and Detlef van Vuuren.
See the recording of the webinar here
(Slides will be added.)
Speakers
Marie Bysveen, Chief Market Developer, Sintef Energy Research
Anders Opedal, Executive Vice President, Equinor
Therese Hugstmyr Woie, Head of Nature and Youth
Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency
Xavier Chen, President of the Beijing Energy Club
David Daniels, Chief Energy Modeler at the U.S. Energy Information Administration
Expert panel
Reinhard Madlener, Institute leader, Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior at the RWTH Aachen University
Franziska Holz, Head of the Research Area “Resource and Environmental Markets” at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
See recordings of our webinar series
Speakers and topics
David Aikman, King´s College London - The role of Finance
Hege Skryseth, Kongsberg Digital - The digital transformation
Jim Watson, University College London - Interfaces between social sciences and technology TBC
Sammy Van Den Broeck, Yara - Value chains in industry and agriculture.
Arild Gustavsen, NTNU - Smart and emission free cities
Expert panel
Energy Transition Newsletter
The webinars blend keynotes, panel and plenary discussions among international experts from academia, industry, government and NGOs.
There will be around 20 keynote speakers and panel participants. The webinars present challenging cases on the role of energy systems to build a sustainable society.
The webinars are key meeting points to debate challenges and solutions for the transition to a future sustainable energy system.
