Program
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| Time | Duration (minutes) | Event | Speaker Information |
| 08:00 | 30 | Registration | |
| 08:30 | Session 1 - Welcome and keynote presentations | ||
| 08:30 | 30 | Welcome | Mr. Antonis Ioannou, Acting Director of Energy Service on behalf of Georgios Lakkotrypis, H.E. Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, The Republic of Cyprus |
| 09:00 | 30 | The 2030 EU climate and energy framework – The role and prospects of RES in the decarbonisation challenge | Dr. Theodoulos Mesimeris, Senior Environment Officer and Head of Climate and Energy Unit, Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Cyprus |
| 09:30 | 30 | Climate change, impacts and mitigation: implications for energy transition | Dr. Joel Guiot, CNRS, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 10:00 | 30 | The Race to Zero Carbon | Dr. Charles (Chuck) Kutscher, Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado-Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| 10:30 | 30 | The value proposition of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies | Prof. Manuel Blanco, PhD, Dr.Ing, ERA Chair in Solar Thermal Technologies for the Eastern Mediterranean, Energy Division, Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Vice-Chair of the International Energy Agency's SolarPACES Technology Collaboration Program, Cyprus |
| 11:00 | 30 | The role of CSP in the Energy Transition | Dr. Cédric Philibert, Senior Analyst at the Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA) |
| 11:30 | 30 | Coffee Break | |
| 12:00 | Session 2 - Climate Change and Energy Transition challenges and opportunities for the Mediterranean and the Middle East (MME) | ||
| 12:00 | 30 | Model projections of climate change in the Mediterranean and the Greater Middle East | Dr Panos Hadjinicolaou, Associate Professor, Atmosphere and Climate Division, Energy Environment & Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 12:30 | 30 | Climate Change challenges in the EMME region and possible energy solutions | Prof. Costas N. Papanicolas, President of the Cyprus Institute and Director of the Energy Division, Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 13:00 | 30 | Socioeconomic impacts of RES deployment | Mr. Emanuele Bianco, Associate Programme Officer - Knowledge, Policy and Finance Center (KPFC), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |
| 13:30 | 60 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 | Session 3 - The technological frontier of CSP technologies (I) | ||
| 14:30 | 30 | Thermal energy storage applied to CSP | Prof. Nicolas Calvet, Assistant Professor, Chair of the Masdar Institute Solar Platform of the Concentrated Solar Power and Thermal Energy Storage Unit, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates |
| 15:00 | 30 | CSP technologies for electricity production and process heat - global overview | Mr. Wesley Stein, Solar Research Leader at the Solar Group, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia |
| 15:30 | 15 | Challenges of high-temperature volumetric receivers in CSP | Dr. Cyril Caliot, Senior Scientist at CNRS, PROMES, Odeillo, France |
| 15:45 | 15 | CSP-DSW concept and potential | Dr. Marios C Georgiou, Head of the PROTEAS Facility Operations, Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 16:00 | 30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Session 4 - PANEL on The Role of Dispatchable Renewable Energy Technologies in the Competitive Electricity Market | ||
| 16:30 | 30 | Large scale integration of renewable energy systems into electricity markets | Dr. Andreas Poullikkas, PhD, DTech, FIET, Chairman, Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority, Cyprus |
| 17:00 | 30 | CSP: the cost competitive carbon free choice for evening and night dispatch profile | Dr. Luis Crespo, President of the Euro Mediterranean Solar Thermal Electricity Association |
| 17:30 | 30 | Panel | Dr. Andreas Poulikkas (Chair), Dr. Luis Crespo, Dr. Charles (Chuck) Kutscher, Dr. Nestor Fylaktos, Mr. George Partasides |
| 18:00 | - | Welcome Reception | |
| Time | Duration (minutes) | Event | Speaker Information |
| 09:00 | Session 5 - The potential contribution of solar thermal technologies to the Energy Transition in the MME (I) | ||
| 09:00 | 30 | A potential example: Portugal, 2030 and beyond | Prof. Manuel Collares-Pereira, Renewable Energies Chair at the Institute for Advanced Studies and Research, University of Évora |
| 09:30 | 30 | Challenges for Decarbonizing the Cypriot Economy - The Uncertain Path to 2030 and 2050 | Dr. Theodoros Zachariadis, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Science and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus |
| 10:00 | 30 | CSP and the energy transition of Cyprus: Modelling potential futures | Dr. Nestor Fylaktos, Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre (EEWRC), the Cyprus Institute |
| 10:30 | 30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Session 6 - The potential contribution of solar thermal technologies to the Energy Transition in the MME (II) | ||
| 11:00 | 30 | Desalination: Review of current market status and challenges for decarbonisation by solar energy | Dr. Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla, Head of the Solar Desalination R&D Unit at CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería, Spain |
| 11:30 | 30 | Facing the booming A/C demand through the solar resource | Dr. Fabio Maria Montagnino, General Director Consorzio ARCA, Italy |
| 12:00 | 15 | Lowering the CO2 Emissions at the Smart Urban Isle for Sustainable Cities | Prof. Arch. Despina Serghides, PhD, AA Grad., AA Dipl., RIBA, President ISES-Cyprus, Adjunct professor at the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 12:15 | 15 | Solar concentration system for the built environment, the CyI experience | Dr. Alaric Christian Montenon, Associate Research Scientist at Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 12:30 | 60 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30 | Session 7 – The technological frontier of CPS technologies (II) | ||
| 13:30 | 30 | Solar-driven thermochemical processes | Dr. Manuel Romero, PhD. Deputy Director of IMDEA Energy Institute. Spain |
| 14:00 | 30 | Robust optimization of aim-point strategies in central receiver power plants | Dr. Jeffrey Cumpston, Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair of Process Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany |
| 14:30 | 15 | Multiple Effect Distillation for Desalination combined with CSP | Dr. Aristides M. Bonanos, Assistant Professor, Energy Division, Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 14:45 | 15 | Heterogeneous Catalysis for Solar Fuels | Prof. Angelos M Efstathiou, Chemistry Department, University of Cyprus (Editor, Catalysis Communications Journal), Cyprus |
| 15:00 | 15 | R&D Focus of DLR in the field of CSP | Prof. Robert Pitz-Paal, Director of the Institute of Solar Research, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Chair of the International Energy Agency's SolarPACES Technology Collaboration Program, Germany |
| 15:15 | 30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45 | Session 8 - PANEL on energy options and Climate Change | ||
| 15:45 | 30 | General Overview of the Governance of the Energy Union towards 2030 targets - Cyprus Challenges and Pathways | Mr. George Partasides, BSc., MSc., Electrical Engineering, Industrial Extension Officer, Energy Service, Ministry of Energy, Commerce Industry & Tourism, Cyprus |
| 16:15 | 15 | The EOS 50 MW CSP Project in Cyprus | Mr. Nicos S. Kyriakides, Partner, Head of Financial Advisory Services, Deloitte, Cyprus |
| 16:30 | 45 | Panel | Mr. George Partasides (Chair), Prof. Derek K. Baker, Prof. Manuel Collares Pereira, Mr. Nicos S. Kyriakides, Dr. Fabio Maria Montagnino, Mr. Wesley Stein |
| 17:15 | End | ||
| 20:00 | Conference Dinner | ||
| Time | Duration (minutes) | Event | Speaker Information |
| 09:00 | Session 9 - Regional and International Approaches (I) | ||
| 09:00 | 30 | Decarbonisation of Energy viewed within the Energy-Water-Food-Ecosystems "nexus" | Prof. Michael Scoullos D.Sc, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry, UNESCO Chair & Network on Sustainable Development Management and Education in the Mediterranean, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chairman Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean, Greece |
| 09:30 | 30 | The approach of Morocco to decarbonise the energy sector and address climate change challenges and opportunities | Hicham Bouzekri, Ph.D., Directeur R&D et Intégration Industrielle, MASEN, Morocco |
| 10:00 | 15 | Decarbonising the Energy Sector in the MENA Region: A Future Earth Perspective | Prof. Manfred Lange, Director, Future Earth MENA Regional Center, Professor Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 10:15 | 15 | Decarbonization in Jordan's electricity sector | Prof. Suhil Kiwan, Professor of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Dean of Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid Jordan |
| 10:30 | 30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Session 10 - Regional and International Approaches (II) | ||
| 11:00 | 30 | Hydrocarbons in the EMME region and Climate Change | Dr. Charles Ellinas, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Cyprus |
| 11:30 | 15 | Small-scale multigenerative concentrating solar thermal plants in the Mediterranean area: the case of the MATS project | Dr. Alberto Giaconia, PhD, Solar Thermal and Thermodynamic Division (STT), Energy Technologies Department (DTE), ENEA - Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy |
| 11:45 | 15 | Turkey's Approach to Decarbonising the Energy Sector: A Renewable Energy Perspective | Prof. Derek K. Baker, Co-Director of ODAK, Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey |
| 12:00 | 30 | Session 11 - Conference closing and wrap-up | Prof. Costas N. Papanicolas, President of the Cyprus Institute and Director of the Energy Division, Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
| 12:30 | End | ||