Programme
16 May 2016
Conference Day 1
Thematic day: “Business and Science – leading the way to sustainable energy”
08:00
Accreditation
POLIMI Bovisa Campus, Main Forum Hall entrance
09:00
Official Opening
AEEP Trailer
Venue: Plenary Hall, L.1.2
Master of Ceremony
- Ms. Lerato Mbele
Anchor and Presenter, Africa Business Report, BBC World News
Opening Remarks
- Mr. Marco Marsilli
Deputy Director General, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - Dr. Moussa Omran
First Undersecretary of State for Research, Planning and Authorities’ Follow up, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt - Prof. Marco Ricotti (Host)
Rector’s Delegate for Research, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
09:30
Key-note Address and Inspirational Message
- H.E. Dr. Elham Ibrahim
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission
09:45
Setting the Stage
Fostering Partnership: Progress and future of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership
Venue: Plenary Hall, L.1.2
AEEP state of play (incl. progress and way forward)
AEEP operations: Africa-EU Symposium outcomes, RECP
Speakers
- Mr. Aboubakari Baba Moussa
Director, Infrastructure and Energy Department, African Union Commission (AUC) - Mr. Roberto Ridolfi
Director, Sustainable Growth and Development, European Commission (EC) - Prof. Emanuela Colombo
Rector’s Delegate to Cooperation and Development, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, RECP Scientific committee
Moderator
preview of B2B Matchmaking and Exhibition
Presentations
- AEEP State of Play – Progress and Way Forward, PDF, 1,014 kB
- Emanuela Colombo: From the “Paradox of Energy” to the “Power of Energy” for Africa - The Role of Science, PDF, 1.9 MB
10:45
Group Photo and Official Opening of Exhibition
Start of B2B Matchmaking
Coffee and Networking Break
11:15
Moderated Panel 1 in Plenary
Innovating and investing in the energy sector in Africa
Venue: Plenary Hall, L.1.2
Official development assistance alone will not counter the growing energy poverty in Africa. Therefore increasing energy investment in Africa particularly by the private sector remains the key to unlocking global energy poverty in a sustainable manner. Panellists will discuss the challenges and opportunities in the African business environment and attempt to indicate key steps forward that different stakeholder groups should aim for in order to increase investments beyond what is currently foreseeable in the Africa energy sector.
Moderator
- Ms. Sissi Bellomo
Senior Energy Journalist, Il Sole 24 Ore
Panellists
- Dr. Jacques Moulot
Chief Energy Specialist, African Development Bank - Prof. Roberto Randazzo
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Uganda to Milan and Northern Italy, Italy - Dr. Roberto Vigotti
Secretary General, RES4MED - Mr. George Pergamalis
Head of Business Development - Africa & Middle East, Enel Green Power, South Africa - Mr. Selim Küneralp
Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat - Mr. Bernard Osawa
Project Director, Frontier Investment Management - Mr. Alfred Nicayenzi
Principal, African Century Capital Group
12:15
Moderated Panel 2 in Plenary
Coordination and Aligning Initiatives to Meet the AEEP Targets
Venue: Plenary Hall, L.1.2
Presentation and discussion of selected AEEP core achievements, i.e. intermediate Status Report on meeting the 2020 political targets, Mapping of initiatives in Africa and Coordination of Initiatives such as the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), ElectriFI, the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF), African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), SE4All in Africa and the Africa Energy Leaders’ Group (AELG.)
Session Chair
- Mr. Tom Pätz
Head of Division 311, Energy, Infrastructure and Raw Materials, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Moderator
- Ms. Ina de Visser
Project Manager, Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP)
Speakers
- Dr. Daniel Schroth
SE4All Africa Hub Coordinator, African Development Bank - Mr. Miguel Ángel Varela
Policy Officer – Unit C6: Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, DEVCO - European Commission - Mr. David Otieno
Head of Secretariat, Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) - Mr. Jon Marks
Chairman, Cross-border information, United Kingdom - Dr. Rainer Quitzow
Research Associate and Project Coordinator, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Germany
Presentations
- Jon Marks: AEEP Status Report Update 2016, PDF, 792 kB
- Rainer Quitzow: Mapping of Energy Initiatives and Programs in Africa, PDF, 668 kB
- David Otieno: Official Launch - AEEP Intermediate Status Report and Mapping of Energy Initiatives and Programmes in Africa, PDF, 660 kB
13:15
Host: Politecnico di Milano University
- Prof. Emanuela Colombo
Rector’s Delegate to Cooperation and Development, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
13:30
Lunch and Networking Break
14:30
Thematic Parallel Sessions; part 1
Session concepts elaborated and coordinated by AEEP Stakeholder Action Groups
Session 1 – Energy Access: Capacity building for project developers for reaching the last mile first
Venue: L.1.2 (Plenary Hall)
Panellists will present and discuss lessons learnt from successful roll-out and scale-up of energy access business models and programmes across various energy access sub-sectors with particular emphasis given to the need for capacity building of project developers to reach the “last mile”. The outcome of the session should be a greater understanding of the roles, experiences and contributions of the private sector, NGOs and academia with regard to capacity building for energy access, as well as a clear picture on which capacities and skills should be strengthened and how, among project developers, to ensure faster delivery of decentralised renewable energy solutions. A deliberate focus will be given to research activities conducted in Africa, entrepreneurship and innovative service models.
Session Chair
- Mr. Philippe Niyongabo
Senior Consultant, Department of Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission
Moderator
- Mr. David Lecoque
Policy and Business Development Officer, Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), Belgium
Panellists
- Mr. Anthony Ighodaro
Managing Director of KXN Nigeria Ltd. - Ms. Lucy Stevens
Senior Policy and Practice Adviser, Energy and Urban Services, Practical Action, United Kingdom - Prof. Izael Da Silva
Associate Professor, Strathmore University, Kenya - Mr. Nicola Morganti
President, Fondazione ACRA, Italy - Dr. Carsten Hellpap
Programme Director, Energising Development, Germany - Mr. Francesco Catucci
Business Director, ENEL Green Power, Italy
14:30
Session 2 – Breaking down Energy Efficiency – Strategies for Africa
Venue: Room L.1.5
Energy efficiency is often undervalued in energy policy discussions in Africa and in its place generation and access emphasised. Energy efficiency remains one of the key targets European and African leaders agreed to improve. Session panellists will discuss progress made in the sector as well as the different perspectives stakeholders have, with consumers requiring lower prices, and policy-makers expecting more generation. A deliberate focus will be given to research activities conducted in Africa, entrepreneurship and innovative service models.
Session Chair
- Dr. Claudia Boldrini
Head of Sector, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, DG DEVCO, European Commission
Moderator
- Prof. Fabio Inzoli
Head of Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Panellists
- Dr. Vincent Kitio
Chief Urban Energy Unit, UN-HABITAT - Dr. Dimitris Papastefanakis
Key Expert Energy Efficiency, EU Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) - Mr. Ibrahim Soumaila
Principal Programme Manager, Energy Efficiency, ECREEE, Cape Verde - Prof. Venkata Ramayya
Director, Jimma University, Ethiopia - Mr. Johnson Maviya
Environmental and Projects Officer, Southern African Power Pool - Mr. Tyler Bryant
Project Manager, International Energy Agency (IEA) - Mr. Andrew Amadi
Secretary General, Association of Energy Professionals Eastern Africa
Presentations
- Dimitris Papastefanakis: EU Energy Efficiency Policies - TAF Activities in Africa - EU SE4All Technical Assistance Facility - Eastern and Southern Africa, PDF, 335 kB
- Tyler Bryant: Energy Efficiency, PDF, 729 kB
- Breaking down Energy Efficiency, PDF, 830 kB
14:30
Session 3 - Energy Security: Connectivity and Regional Integration
Venue: Room L.1.4
Panellists will discuss the relevance of energy infrastructure development and regional integration, particularly through cross-border transmission lines and power pools, for energy security in Africa and Europe. In addition panellists will discuss the need and progress made on developing a legal harmonised regulatory framework for the energy sector in Africa in order to improve the electricity market.
Session Chair
- Mr. Aboubakari Baba Moussa
Director, Infrastructure and Energy Department, African Union Commission (AUC)
Moderator
- Mr. Tom Pätz
Head of Division 311, Energy, Infrastructure and Raw materials, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Panellists
- Dr. Mohamedain Eltigani Seif Elnasr
Senior Energy Expert, COMESA Secretariat, Zambia - Prof. Pippo Ranci
Advisor and Former Director of the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Italy - Mr. Elijah Sichone
Executive Secretary, Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) - Mr. Abel Didier Tella
Director General, Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) - Mr. Alberto Piatti
Head of Sustainability, ENI, Italy - Mr. Peter Kinuthia
Senior Energy Officer, East African Community
16:00
Coffee and Networking Break
16:30
Thematic Parallel Sessions; part 2 (continuation from part 1)
Session concepts elaborated and coordinated by AEEP Stakeholder Action Groups
After Paris, what now for the energy and climate sector?
Venue: Room L.1.4
It is widely acknowledged that energy is one important key to mitigate climate change. Important international initiatives and processes have been launched in Paris at the COP 21 (NDCs, AREI, ElectriFi), which have significant implications for energy sectors in emerging and developing countries, and which have to be harmonized with on-going initiatives and processes in both energy (SE4ALL) and climate sectors (NAMA, GCF and various climate funds). However, coordinating strategies and decisions between the climate and other relevant sectors such as energy is often challenging. Vice versa, decisions made within the energy sectors are often incompatible with climate protection efforts and may actually increase CO2 emissions. To implement the Paris Agreement, it will therefore become essential to increase the coherence between energy and climate sectors. But how can this be achieved?
Session Chair
- Mr. Daniel Werner
Programme Manager, EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF), Germany
Moderator
- Prof. Yacob Mulugetta
Professor of Energy and Development Policy, Dep of Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy (STEaPP), University College London
Panellists
- Ms. Gifty Delali Tettey
Deputy Director, Ministry of Power, Ghana - Mr. Nicolas Dasnois
Policy Advisor: Climate Change: Energy, Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France - Mr. Miguel Ángel Varela
Policy Officer – Unit C6: Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, DEVCO - European Commission - Mr. Momodou O. Njie
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, The Gambia - Dr. Mohamed Abdel Monem
AMCEN focal point, Ministry of Environment, Egypt - Ms. Priscillia Andrieu
Special Advisor to the President - Energies for Africa, France - Mr. Ed Brown
Co-Coordinator of the UK Low Carbon Energy for Development Network
16:30
Municipal Energy Efficiency Governance and the role of Covenant of Mayors (Session 2 continuation)
Venue: Room L.1.5
Building on the earlier dialogue regarding links to the urgent call for incorporating energy efficiency in energy mix, this panel will discuss the implications and strong need for a local political ownership and governance structures to drive energy efficiency in urban settlements. The Covenant of Mayors for Africa has been launched by the European Commission and the panel will discuss and identify synergies and overlaps of different initiatives and instruments promoting municipal energy efficiency.
Session Chair
- Mr. Nico Longo
Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Moderator
- Dr. Vincent Kitio
Chief Urban Energy Unit, UN-HABITAT
Panellists
- Dr. Claudia Boldrini
Head of Sector, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, DG DEVCO, European Commission - Mr. Laurent Widmer
Program Manager Infrastructure Financing at Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland - Mr. Paolo Bertoldi
Senior Expert on Renewables and Energy Efficiency, European Commission JRC - Prof. Federico Butera
Emeritus Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Mr. Antoine Faye
Chief Resilience Officer, City of Dakar, Senegal - Mr. Khaiko Makwela-Wali
Director, Green Globe Architecture Ltd, United Kingdom - Ms. Silvia Escudero
Project Manager, EU Energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF)
Presentations
16:30
SE4ALL and Energy Access: Strengthening capacities in the public sector for reaching the last mile first (Session 1 continuation)
Venue: L.1.2 (Plenary Hall)
Building on the earlier discussion on the links between enabling environment and energy project investments, this panel will discuss the need for strengthening public sector capacities to facilitate increase of private investment and financing. The outcome of the session should be a greater understanding of the roles, experiences and contributions of the public sector, a clear picture on which capacities should be strengthened within the public sector and how, and finally, a consensus on how national planning processes can be better focused on delivering energy access to the last mile. The session will tap on experiences from selected SE4ALL African focus countries.
Session Chair
- Amb. Sergio Mercuri
Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Moderator
- Dr. Mike Enskat
Energy, Water and Transport Group Leader, GIZ
Panellists
- Dr. Daniel Schroth
SE4All Africa Hub Coordinator, African Development Bank - Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo
President, Énergies pour l’Afrique (former Minister of Environment in France) - Mr. Felice Zaccheo
Deputy Head of Unit, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change – DG DEVCO European Commission - Mr. Hary Andriantavy
Executive Secretary, Club-ER - African Association for Rural Electrification - Ms. Chiedza Mazaiwana
Advocacy Officer, Practical Action Southern Africa - Ms. Faith Wandera Odongo
Deputy Director of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya - Ms. Juliet Gbormittah
Technical Solar and Training Advisor, DSTC Solar Training Center, Ghana
18:00
Summary of Day 1 and Preview of Day 2
Session Chairs and Graphic summary by Housatonic
(Pre)-Launch of RES4Africa and collaboration
- Dr. Roberto Vigotti
Director, RES4MED - H.E. Dr. Elham Ibrahim
Commissioner AUC (AEEP Co-chair)
Closing Remarks
- Amb. Sergio Mercuri
Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Venue: Plenary Hall, L.1.2
18:30
Departure to Hotels and Gala Dinner
20:00
Gala Dinner
Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Venue: Politecnico di Milano, Leonardo Campus, City Center
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