Tuesday, 21 October 2025 | 09:00 - 12:30
Powering Change: Innovation for Europe's Energy Transition - Morning Session
AGENDA
Day 1, 21st of October
09:00 – 09:15 A Brief Welcome by Michael Huebner, CETPartnership Coordinator
09:15 – 09:45 Key Note I by Rosalinde van der Vlies, DG ENER, responsible for Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Efficiency, and Innovation and Pierepaolo Cazzola, University of California: Highlights and Major Topics of the EC Report: Addressing European Research and Innovation Challenges for System Transitions in Energy and Mobility
9:50 – 10:30 Panel Discussion I: European Research and Innovation Challenges for Energy System Transitions.
High-level panel discussions with Members of the CETPartnership Strategic Advisory Board. Moderation: Henriette Spyra, Director General Innovation and Technology, Federal Ministry Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure, Republic of Austria.
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Panellists:
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Rosalinde van der Vlies , DG Energy
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Birte Holst Jørgensen, Head of Scientific Advice at DTU Wind and Energy Systems
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Henk Jan Vink, President European Energy Research Alliance
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Dr Eleanor Webster, Head of the Mission Innovation Secretariat
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Michael Huebner, CETPartnership Coordinator
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10:30 – 10:45 Q&A
Break
11:00 – 11:30 Key Note II by Paula Kivimaa, Finnish Environment Institute Syke: **How to Transition a System?
11:30 – 12:10 Panel Discussion II**: What does System Transition mean for us, the CETPartnership?
Moderation: Michael Huebner, CETPartnership Coordinator,
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Paula Kivimaa, Finnish Environment Institute Syke
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Aage Stangeland, TRI 3
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Gerdi Breembroek, TRI4
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Tina Ringenson, TRI 5
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Åsa Bergérus Rensvik, TRI6
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Stefan Nowak, TRI 7
12:10 – 12:25 Q&A
12:25 – 12:30 Wrap-up