Podcasts about energy union

In this episode, former Senator Bob Day joins Jeremy Cordeaux to discuss a wide range of topics, from the lack of urban planning in Texas and the importance of space in living environments to his reflections on political life in Australia. The conversation covers issues related to immigration, the impact of the CFMEU (Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union) on the building industry, and concerns over new regulations in housing and energy. Day also shares anecdotes about past political events, including his experiences with prominent political figures like John Howard and Peter Costello. Key Topics Discussed Urban Planning and Living Space: The importance of space in suburban living and the negative impact of modern urban planning. Immigration and Assimilation: Concerns about the assimilation of certain immigrant groups and the historical success of Australia's immigration program. Political Reflections: Bob Day's observations on political life, including experiences with John Howard, Peter Costello, and the CFMEU. Housing and Building Regulations: Criticism of the increasing costs associated with new building codes and energy regulations, such as the seven-star energy rating. Regulatory Overreach: Concerns about the impact of government regulations, including the introduction of smart electricity meters and the cost implications for homeowners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CGW Lawyers partner Fletch Heinemann shares some of the critical considerations for businesses engaging contractors with audit activity in this area on this rise. In this episode, Heinemann discusses two major High Court decisions, Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd and ZG Operations Pty Ltd v Jamsek, and the implications they've had on contractor arrangements. He also explores how the introduction of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 affects how businesses determine whether workers are employees or contractors.  Heinemann warns businesses on some of the key issues to watch out for when contracting sole traders, including potential payroll tax concerns. With audit activity from both the ATO and revenue offices in this area on the rise, he also provides insight into how businesses should prepare for a potential audit. 

John Setka (born September 1964) is an Australian trade unionist. He is secretary of the Victorian-Tasmanian division of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, and Energy Union which also administers the South Australian division under a temporary arrangement. He is a controversial figure in the Australian trade union movement. He is known for his strong support at a grassroots level, especially among the rank and file of the CFMMEU. His supporters regard him as a strong advocate against political, legal, and industrial opponents; the national secretary of the union, Christy Cain has called him one of the "most fair dinkum union people in this country". On the other hand, Setka's political opponents have derided him as a bully, and criticized his purported stance that it can be necessary to break the law to pursue union interests. He has also faced strong criticism for alleged public remarks on the topic of domestic violence, and a guilty plea for harassing his ex-wife via text, issues that contributed to his formal expulsion from the Australian Labor Party in 2019. In recent years Setka's personal life has been the subject of considerable media attention. His marital breakdown, and associated legal issues, have led to additional public criticism. John Setka was born to a Croatian family. His father was a labourer named Bob Setka, who survived the West Gate Bridge collapsein 1970, one of the worst industrial accidents caused by employer negligence in Victoria's history. Setka began working as a labourer at the age of 19. He began involvement with trade unionism first after joining the Builders Labourers Federation. He was mentored by state secretary John Cummins. Under John's leadership, media commentators have noted the "pervasive power of the CFMEU over construction companies". In 2012 he unsuccessfully attempted to sue the opposition leader Tony Abbott in defamation after Abbott called him a thug. In 2015, Setka encouraged workers within the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to strike during the Australian Football League finals to "use finals fever to their advantage in their bitter industrial fight with Metro Trains and Yarra Trams". The decision was criticised by Victorian Labor minister Jacinta Allan due to the strike's impact on businesses. Setka openly criticised the former prime minister Kevin Rudd in 2018. During a speech, he said: 'he's one of the worst fucking Labor PMs we've ever had ... (because) ... he kept the ABCC and coercive powers and he wants to talk about workers and the trade union movement.' Setka is known for his public condemnation of the ABCC and its staff. In 2017 he publicly threatened to target the home addresses of building watchdog inspectors and lobby local footy clubs so their "kids will be ashamed of who their parents are". These comments were controversial. On the other hand, he is regarded by many in the union movement, especially in the industrial left faction; to be a robust and genuine union activist. He has in the past had strong support from Luke Hilakari, among other prominent leaders in the trade union movement. In August 2022 a unanimous ballot at the South Australian branch of the CFMMEU brought about a co-operative administration arrangement between that branch, and the Victorian-Tasmanian division led by Setka. In 2015 Setka was arrested and forced to appear in court to face blackmail charges. On the day of his court appearance, around 2,000 CFMEU members and other unionists gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 8 December to show their support. Three years later, the Victorian prosecution office dropped the charges, a decision that the Magistrate Charles Rozecwajg described in court as 'very sensible. Setka spoke outside of court saying that he had been the victim of a witch hunt. He later sued a group of executives from the company Boral, successfully obtaining a settlement after alleging they conspired in the tort of malicious prosecution. Expulsion from Labor In June 2019 John attended a meeting of his union's national executive. It was reported by The Age that during that meeting, he made comments to the effect that the work of Rosie Batty had left men with fewer rights. Setka publicly denied that he made the comments. Following the reporting of these comments, the Australian Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese proposed to expel Setka from the Labor Party. John publicly objected to this attempt at expulsion and claimed that there was "dirty politics at work". He made an implicit claim that he was the victim of a witch hunt, driven by his "view of where the union should be in regard to the ALP, and some people probably don't share that view". Reactions to John's behavior and his potential expulsion were mixed. The CFMEU Victoria branch (that he controlled) threatened to cut financial support to the ALP if he was expelled.  The NSW and WA branches also expressed their support. Numerous politicians, as well as the ACTU secretary Sally McManus called on John to step down. Additional pressure upon John arose after the Senate crossbencher Jacqui Lambie threatened political blackmail, making a demand that he steps down or she would vote for a bill strongly opposed by the union movement. This threat was made during a lunch invitation at her Tasmanian house. In the midst of these events, John pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to harass a person in the Melbourne magistrate's court. The victim was identified as his wife at the time, Emma Walters. Following this, more than a dozen individual unions, including the three biggest in the country, renewed their calls for Setka to step aside. Some factional allies of Setka, like the then head of the RTBU Luba Grigorovitch , maintained their support. In July, John applied for an injunction at the Victorian Supreme Court to stop the expulsion decision. He argued at court that the ALP national executive didn't have the legal power to expel him, and that it was instead a matter for the Victorian State party branch. The court decided in August 2019 that the motion to expel Mr. Setka was 'outside the court's jurisdiction', and that it 'could not interfere with internal decisions of voluntary unincorporated associations'. In October he commenced an appeal of this decision, before withdrawing. After its withdrawal, the ALP immediately expelled him.  

Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union national secretary Zach Smith addresses the national Housing Justice Summit. Smith explained the CFMEU's campaign for a super profits tax to build public and community housing. He also addressed housing activists questions about whether 'Green Bans' or 'Black Bans' could be put on public housing estates that are under threat of demolition. The Housing Justice Summit was organised by Action for Public Housing and brought together hundreds of housing activists from across the country to discuss people-first solutions to the housing crisis. The summit was supported by many housing campaign groups including Anti-Poverty Network (South Australia), Save Barak Beacon, South East Queensland Union of Renters, University of Sydney Student Representative Council, National Union of Students 'Get a Room' Campaign, Antipoverty Centre (New South Wales), Renters and Housing Union (Victoria) and more. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.

In today's top story, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union is calling for a super profits tax to bankroll construction and solve the Australia's housing crisis. - 建設林業鉱業労働組合は、建設資金を調達しオーストラリアの住宅危機を解決するため、超過利潤税の導入を求めているなど、6本のニュースをお届けします。

The The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union is urging the state and federal governments to take on an ambitious plan to deal with the worst national housing crisis to hit the country. CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith told Millsy and Karl on 6PR Breakfast radical tax reform has to be done to stem the  flow of mortgage defaults and families losing out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Richards is the Secretary for the MEU (Mining and Energy Union of Victoria) and is based in the Latrobe Valley.  The Latrobe valley is the coal generation core of Victoria.  This became a long interview and is split into two parts. Mark's Social Media: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/powergeneration/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/markrichards_lv    Mark has a webpage at www.markrichards.com.au  The following clarifications are relevant to the interview: @16:03 Minor fact check - Mark wished to clarify that he said 63%. It was 61.6% Which was exactly the same for the “Same Sex Marriage Vote” of 61.6% - 'More than 60 per cent of Kimba locals support nuclear waste dump in their region': https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-07/majority-of-kimba-residents-support-nuclear-waste-facility/11680774,'Full results of Australia's vote for same-sex marriage, electorate by electorate – interactive'; https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2017/nov/15/same-sex-marriage-survey-how-australia-voted-electorate-by-electorate @21:50 Where Mark mentions an Energy Transition Authority, a Net Zero Authority has now been created and budgeted for in the Federal May budget. The MEU was a major player in facilitating its establishment. This article provides more detail: 'New Authority a game-changer for workers affected by energy transition': https://me.cfmeu.org.au/news/new-authority-game-changer-workers-affected-energy-transition @26:00 The MEU has subsequently won their court case to have a member vote of leave the CFMMEU and become a stand-alone union the MEU. 'Documents to support the Mining and Energy Division application to withdraw from the CFMMEU': https://www.meudocs.com/  

Mark Richards is the Secretary for the MEU (Mining and Energy Union of Victoria) and is based in the Latrobe Valley.  The Latrobe valley is the coal generation core of Victoria.  This became a long interview and is split into two parts. Mark's Social Media: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/powergeneration/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/markrichards_lv   Mark has a webpage at www.markrichards.com.au The following clarifications are relevant to the interview: @11:25 This article relates to the HESC project mentioned; 'Japan commits AUD$2.35 billion to establish world's first liquefied hydrogen supply chain' - https://www.hydrogenenergysupplychain.com/japan-commits-aud2-35-billion-to-establish-liquefied-hydrogen-supply-chain/ @16:10 This article relates to the plastics recyling company in South Austrlia that failed; 'SA plastics recycling business closes due to $100k hike in power bills' - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-27/sa-recycling-business-power-bills-rise-causing-closure/8654638 @27:57 This Wikipedia entry details the 2000-2001 California Electricity Crisis - California's deregulation and subsequent energy crisis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_California_electricity_crisis @29:45 and at @46:12 – The report mentioned is actually available here: 'Determination for the amendments to the national electricity code - https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/public-registers/documents/D03%2B38144.pdf  - 5.2 What the applicant says; 'The events of 23 January 2000 and the first few weeks of February 2000, where demand of electricity exceeded supply in Victoria and South Australia, led NECA to investigate the market's performance during these periods.  @36:40 The Waste to Energy for Australia Paper project has since stalled. There are up to 1000 job losses of timber and paper manufacturing jobs expected to be lost from the one and only Australian paper manufacturing facility. This article provodes more detail - 'Native timber harvesting to cease in Victoria at the end of the year' - https://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/news/2023/05/26/native-timber-harvesting-to-cease-in-victoria-at-the-end-of-the-year/ @40:30 This has eventuated. Chris Bowen did his Market Intervention with Gas Prices.

What are the causes of the current energy crisis? What has the EU done so far and what emergency measures has the EU council just adopted? How do the State of the Energy Union reports sent for translation to DGT fit into the EU's overall energy and climate action? Mechthild Wörsdörfer, deputy Director General of DG ENER (the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy), answers our questions and tells us how we should prepare for this winter. 

What are the causes of the current energy crisis? What has the EU done so far and what emergency measures has the EU council just adopted? How do the State of the Energy Union reports sent for translation to DGT fit into the EU's overall energy and climate action? Mechthild Wörsdörfer, deputy Director General of DG ENER (the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy), answers our questions and tells us how we should prepare for this winter. 

Greg Busson from the WA branch of the Mining & Energy Union speaks about his vision of Collie's future with special guest Stephen Smyth from the Queensland branch of the Mining & Energy Union sharing his thoughts on how WA is doing a Just Transition. 

Today we catch up with Mich-elle Myers, currently the Campaigns Director and Elected National Divisional Womens Representative of the Maritime Union of Australia Division of the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union about the upcoming Women In Male Dominated Industries WIMDOI Conference. We follow with a look at the ABCC the Australian Building and Construction Commission. We finish with a Song for Christopher - his death at work underlined by Dave Noonan why Unions are so necessary on Construction Sites.

This Federal election, the Mining and Energy Union is campaigning for Same Job Same Pay laws to end the pay discrimination between labour hire coal miners and permanent employees. Labor's Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke explains how Same Job Same Pay would work

Unionists in the Illawarra are celebrating the life of Mining and Energy Union life member Fred Moore - who passed in January - just nine months short of his 100th birthday. Fred started mining at 14 and was an advocate for women's rights, a supporter of the local Aboriginal community and a workers' rights activist.

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens. Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of the European Commission's DG for Energy . She is responsible for Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Efficiency, Innovation and Energy security. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“This is a very important question because cities are really living labs of everything that we're doing in terms of energy policy, and it's extremely important that whatever we are putting forward in terms of policy, if it is not embraced by the citizens in cities on the local level, the best policies will not serve any purpose if they not really taken up by citizens.
Of all of the Sustainable Development Goals, I think quality education is really the basis, I would call it really the foundation for practically all the Sustainable Development Goals. If you ensure quality education, all the rest will be easier.I think we could do much more from much earlier on in a structured manner to raise awareness, bring it into school programs, how important it is to care for the planet. How it can be done by every single one of us in the way we consume not just energy, but our choices, of what we buy in the supermarket. There's much more that can be done.”Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian.· https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Paula Pinho is Director of Just Transition at the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy. She was responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy coordination and then for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy and Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources. She was Acting Director for Energy Policy where she has overseen notably the work of international energy relations, financial instruments and inter-institutional relations.Paula has also been Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioners, including Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger both in his quality of Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and during his mandate as EU Commissioner for Energy. She was then responsible for energy security and infrastructure and the overall coordination of the international dimension of energy policy.As a member of the Cabinet, she has been involved in the trilateral gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine. While Head of Unit responsible for Energy Strategy and Policy Coordination, Paula has coordinated the preparation and adoption of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. Paula represented the Commission in the negotiations of the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and was responsible notably for the overall coordination of the assessment of the national Energy and Climate Plans. Paula speaks fluently Portuguese, German, English and French, as well as Spanish and Italian. · https://energy.ec.europa.eu/index_en · https://energy.ec.europa.eu · www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

In Episode 211, Jim Babalis and Madeleine White discuss a case: Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd [2021] FWCFB 6059, that addresses the ongoing issue of mandatory vaccinations in the workplace.  Click here to view the video version of the podcast. Click here to sign up to the VHIA Yammer Network. For more information, visit the VHIA website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this event, Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič presents the EU's vision for the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. He also addresses the post-Brexit challenges and opportunities which lie ahead in EU-UK relations in the context of Northern Ireland. About the Speaker: Maroš Šefčovič is Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight. He is responsible for the European Union's relations with the United Kingdom, co-chairing the EU-UK Partnership Council under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and the EU-UK Joint Committee for the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement. He also leads the European Commission's work on the European Battery Alliance. From 2010-2019, Mr Šefčovič was Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration and subsequently the Energy Union. Prior to this, he served as Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth. Mr Šefčovič previously served as a member of the Slovak diplomatic corps in Zimbabwe and Canada, as Ambassador to Israel, and as Permanent Representative to the EU. Vice-President Šefčovič holds a PhD in European Law from Comenius University, Bratislava.

Mining and energy industries have traditionally been among the most male-dominated in Australia. But women's numbers have been growing in our workplaces and importantly, in the Union. There are now more women workplace leaders than ever in the Mining and Energy Union. This episode we meet some of the women delegates to the National Convention at the NSW hub in Cessnock to find out what makes them tick.

Energy for the Balkans

Im Herbst 2020 widmet sich MdbK [talk] der Ausstellung ZERO WASTE, die bis 8. November 2020 im MdbK zu sehen ist. In der Folge #22 sprechen wir in Form eines "Walk the Talks" mit Dr. Ines Oehme vom Umweltbundesamt, Expertin für Obsoleszenz von Elektronikgeräten, Kreislaufwirtschaft und Recycling sowie Dr. Parissa Chokrai, Umweltpsychologin an der Universität Leipzig. "Walk the Talk" ist ein dialogisches Führungsformat mit zwei Expert*innen aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Bereichen. In einer moderierten Diskussion tauschen sie sich mit dem Publikum zu einem Themenkomplex der ZERO WASTE Ausstellung in Bezug auf ausgewählte Kunstwerke aus. Aufgrund der Corona-Schutzmaßnahmen können daran im MdbK aktuell leider nur 5 Personen teilnehmen. Deshalb zeichnen wir alle vier "Walk the Talks" auf und stellen sie als MdbK [talk] Podcast-Episoden zur Verfügung. Moderatorinnen: Lena Fließbach, kuratierte zusammen mit Hannah Beck-Mannagetta die Ausstellung ZERO WASTE im MdbK in Kooperation mit dem Umweltbundesamt und Laura Jansen ist eine Texterin aus Leipzig. Seit ihrem Engagement im "Café kaputt" (Leipziger Repair Café) bringt sie das Thema Abfall in das Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit: ob als Mitorganisatorin von Veranstaltungen wie dem "Markt der Müllvermeidung" oder als Mitgründerin des "Leipziger Bündnis Abfallvermeidung" – ein Netzwerk für Leipziger Abfallvermeidungs-Initiativen. Expert*innen: Ines Oehme (*1967) ist Fachgebietsleiterin für Produktverantwortung am Umweltbundesamt in Dessau-Roßlau. Die promovierte Chemikerin beschäftigte sich mit Ökodesign und der Obsoleszenz von Elektrogeräten. Seit 2018 leitet sie das Fachgebiet Produktverantwortung, welches Fragen der Kreislaufwirtschaft von Elektroaltgeräte, Altfahrzeugen, Batterien, Verpackungen und Kunststoffen bearbeitet. Parissa Chokrai (*1974 ist Sozial- und Umweltpsychologin. Als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der Universität Leipzig war sie u. a. an der 4. Naturbewusstseins-Studie des Bundesamt für Naturschutz sowie am EU-Projekt ECHOES (Energy CHOices supporting the Energy Union and the Set-Plan) beteiligt. Schwerpunkt ihrer Arbeit ist die Untersuchung von Einflussfaktoren pro-ökologischen Handelns sowie politischer Partizipation. 2019 organisierte sie die zweite umweltpsychologische Doktorand*innen-Tagung in Leipzig. Aktuell ist sie Doktorandin an der Universität Leipzig und forscht zu extremen Formen des Umweltengagements.

Matt Black has been intrigued by computers since reading "The Shockwave Rider" from a bookmobile in his small English village of his youth. Since then, he has created scratch mixes from a set of decks across London warehouse parties in the late 1980s, pirate radio, become the band Coldcut, created major hits, launched the label Ninja Tune, and developed mad programming skills. He builds what he calls "software instruments" for the iPad and (when he can) Android, expanding this year from Ninja Jam to JammPro, letting artists make their own tracks.   Guest: Matt Black, Co-Founder, Ninja Tune; Member of the band Coldcut Matt Black is half of legendary DJ duo and multimedia pop group Coldcut, formed in 1987, and founders of Ninja Tune, the UK  label. In 2020, Ninja Tune celebrates 30 years as one of the world’s leading electronic music labels and a beacon for the independent music spirit. In 2017 Coldcut celebrated 30 years in electronic music with a string of gigs releases and special projects. A new album is coming in 2020.   For over 28 years as part of Coldcut he has combined cutting edge artistic expression with positive activist themes in such pieces as Journeys by DJ, The Only Way is Up, People Hold On, Stop This Crazy Thing, Timber, Panopticon, Re:volution, Energy Union, Walk a Mile, True Skool, and many more. Coldcut have worked with a wild range of artists, activists and other groups and luminaries eg Steve Reich, James Brown, Mark  E Smith, Queen Latifah, Jello Biafra, Saul Williams, Robert Owens, Lisa Stansfield, Crass, Roots Manuva, Lee Scratch Perry, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Greenpeace, and Avaaz. In 2011 Matt designed the iOS app Ninja Jamm, Ninjatune's first music app which has had over 600,000 downloads; in 2020 the new advanced version Jamm Pro has been released. In 2017 2 more apps he designed were released: Pixi a visual synth, and Robbery a satirical video game. Midivolve, a music software collaboration with Ableton was released July 2017. The Zen Delay hardware unit released 2019 was also his co-creation. At Splice festival 2017 Matt showcased his experiments with Style Transfer, a cutting edge new style of visual processing using AI techniques. For his AV show, done in conjunction with his wife filmmaker Dinaz Stafford, Jamm triggers visual clips so every sound has a matching visual.  Matt collaborated with artist Wolfgang Buttress (the Hive, Kew) for BEAM AV installation Glastonbury 2019. Links: Jamm Pro Website: http://jammpro.net/   Jamm Pro for iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1148499320 Jamm Pro Competition - Win £1000: http://jammpro.net/jp1000/ Twitter: @NinjaJamm Coldcut Twitter: @Coldcut The Shockwave Rider, John Brunner, 1975 The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins, 1940 Tonto synth and Malcolm Cecil Ableton Link Kevin Kelly, The Next 5,000 Days on the Web, 2007, TED Roger Hallam, Common Sense for the 21st Century; Extinction Rebellion 

In this podcast, Dr Leonie Reins from Tilburg University discusses the role of the energy solidarity principle (as outlined in Article 194 TFEU) and the foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regulation in the development of a more integrated EU regulatory framework and a fully-fledged Energy Union. In particular, she examines how the General Court’s recent interpretation of the energy solidarity principle as seen in the OPAL case and the FDI screening will impact the energy sector.

European Battery Alliance. Clean Energy for All. Decarbonization. These are just some of the initiatives of the Energy Union under European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic. As he leaves that job to take on a different portfolio in the new European Commission, he sat with us for an interview to reflect on the progress made, challenges, and work left to be done on EV and energy related issues.

Previous years have seen tremendous advancements in the rollout of new socially-driven technologies aimed at empowering citizens to become prosumers. As the ‘yellow vests’ movement highlights, citizens are asking for more social justice and argue that industry remains the privileged player. At the same time, some EU industries protest that current energy and climate policies may hinder their competitiveness and investment attractiveness. Europe’s Energy Union has left a legacy for the next mandate – a legacy which has the potential to allow for Europe’s full decarbonisation. For this to happen, it is time to close the policy book and start implementing measures that are socially just and inclusive while maintaining the competitiveness of Europe’s industry sector. What can be done to ensure that industry remains competitive while avoiding a social backlash? Are current policies effective in supporting the integration of citizens within energy systems or do we have to move in another direction? How can we ensure a level playing field so that all actors – companies and citizens – can benefit from the transition to a low-carbon economy? SPEAKERS Olivier Biancarelli, Executive Vice-President of Impact and Customer Solutions at ENGIE; Chief Executive Officer of Tractebel Stephanie Brancaforte, Executive Director at Change.org, Italy Olivier Grabette, Executive Vice-President of the Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (RTE) Mark Radka, Brand Chief of Energy, Climate and Technology in the Economy Division at UN Environment Maria Spyraki MEP, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy at the European Parliament MODERATOR Dharmendra Kanani, Director of Insights at Friends of Europe

Trade unions across the country flexed their muscles last Wednesday, with a display of strength in support of the Australian Council of Trade Unions' Change the Rules campaign. As many as 200 000 people took to the streets of Melbourne, effectively shutting down the centre of the city. In Perth, some 3000 workers gathered outside State Parliament House. Alex Whisson was there to capture the highlights. The speakers, in order, are Meredith Hammat, the Secretary of UnionsWA, Carolyn Smith, Secretary of United Voice, Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Steve McCartney, and finally Dave Noonan, the National Construction Secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union.

The world energy sector is experiencing major transformations. Energy markets and the climate crisis are important, but governments will drive energy decisions as most investments are government-driven, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said at the official 27 November launch of the World Energy Outlook 2018 report – regarded as the “gold standard in energy analysis”. “Our energy destiny rests with governments,” Birol told the Brussels conference hosted by leading think-tank Friends of Europe. Indeed, some $42.3 trillion is needed for energy supply to 2040. Over 70% of the $2 trillion required each year in energy supply investment either comes from “state-directed entities” or receives “a full or partial revenue guarantee”, he explained. The remaining 30% is driven by the market. The IEA World Energy Outlook reveals the latest energy trends and the implications of different pathways on global climate goals, energy security and geopolitics. “We chose electricity as the focus this year,” Birol said, highlighting that not only is electricity demand set to grow at twice the pace of total energy demand, its share in final consumption will increase towards one third by 2040. Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union, on the eve of presenting the Commission’s landmark “Clean Planet for All” decarbonisation strategy for 2050, agreed electrification, supported by better regional cooperation and greater flexibility, was important for the energy transition and to achieve Europe’s climate targets. The key was also to progress much faster in transport – where electricity – notably in the huge growth in electric cars and buses – again plays a central role. But while electrification has “huge potential”, it could not stop greenhouse gases emissions, that in 2018 reached a new “historic high”, the IEA chief said. With Birol calling for “much more effort in terms of lower carbon technologies,” the report concludes there is no single emissions solution: “Renewables, efficiency and a host of innovative technologies, including storage, CCUS and hydrogen, are all required.” This message was supported by Francesco Gattei, Executive Vice-President for Scenarios, Strategic Options and Investor Relations at global energy company Eni, and Olivier Grabette, Executive Vice-President at French Transmission System Operator (TSO) RTE. They both emphasized respectively, “there is no perfect energy source, each has its pros and cons” and “decentralisation is very important and we do not have to oppose decentralisation and building a strong Energy Union at European level through the development of interconnections, we need all of this." Imke Lübbleke, WWF Europe Climate and Energy Head of Unit concluded by saying “We are very much looking forward to the net-zero commitment from the European Commission which should provide a strong emphasis and strong guidance to leaders where investments have to go.”

The EU depends heavily on fossil fuels (75%) and on imports (68% of its gas, 94% of its oil), a situation which the Energy Union is meant to address (security of supply, internal market, energy efficiency, decarbonisation, innovation and competitiveness). Megan Richards analyses the 2016 package “Clean Energy For All” implementing the EU commitments of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Ambitions must be raised further with a revamp of the EU’s electricity market, better energy efficiency in buildings and transport, a deeper integration of renewables in the energy mix and an enhanced governance of the Energy Union. M. Richards also discusses responses to the issue of energy poverty (8% of the EU population, and 50% households in some countries).

Ilaria Conti, Head of the Gas Area at the Florence School of Regulation talks to Jean Arnold Vinois, former director of DG Energy at the European Commission. She asks, "what is energy governance"? Recorded in Bruges, Belgium, April 2017 "The concept of an Energy Union is already a kind of revolution where the idea is to approach energy in a holistic way" "the first change which the Commission has brought into the Energy Union is to put the consumer first" "the member states are going backwards because they don't want binding targets on renewals"

Description: In this podcast, Deni Mantzari from the University of Reading addresses the looming effects of Brexit on the EU's internal energy market. While the terms of the UK's planned exit remain to be seen, unravelling their ties with the EU undoubtedly poses considerable challenges to an EU which is pushing toward an increasingly harmonised Energy Union. Up to this point, the UK has played a pivotal role in shaping the energy policies and regulations of the EU, particularly with respect to the liberalisation of the market. How will the UK's departure impact upon market integration initiatives, such as market coupling, cross-border balancing and cross-border capacity remuneration mechanisms, and the development of network codes? In addition, at the level of governance, while the UK will have to interact with the EU's energy networks, they will not be allowed to have representation in certain governing bodies such as ACER. In turn, without the UK's influence, how might the EU's energy priorities change? And, at an industrial and geopolitical level, how might a self-determined UK counter the challenges of being outside of the single market?

Vice-President Šefčovič, closed the Bruegel Annual Meetings with an intervention on the energy union and the challenges for jobs, growth and investment. He especially underlined the key role played by low carbon innovation in moving the EU economy forward and bringing it closer to its citizens.

The Annual Meetings are Bruegel’s flagship event. This year they took place on 6 and 7 September at Autoworld. They offer a mixture of large public debates and small private sessions about key issues in European and global economics. In a series of high-level discussions, Bruegel’s scholars, members and stakeholders addressed the economic policy challenges facing Europe.

http://energylawforum.eu/ The Vienna Forum on European Energy Law is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat. It is designed to promote engagement and discussion on the most relevant issues currently facing the EU and the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. In an ever-changing energy landscape, the forum considers the complex and challenging legal aspects of EU energy policy, and the opportunities of integration with the EU internal energy market.

Helmut Schmitt von Sydow, Professor in Parma & Lausanne, and former Director & Chief Legal Advisor at DG Energy, European Commission. At the EU Energy Law & Policy Conference, 9 February 2016, Jean-Michel Glachant, Director of the Florence School of Regulation, talks with Helmut Schmitt von Sydow, about the formation of the European Energy Union. “At first sight it seems like old wine in new bottles” “For some items, it’s just revigorating the policy and giving it new drive… the main new thing in the energy union is the security item, and that’s in reality foreign policy” “[The European Commission] have already come up with a lot of progress on the external front, in the past the European Union did not dare to deal with external relations with member states… The first step was they had to take account of the existing agreements, instead of going right away to the Court of Justice and speaking of external competences and so on, trade commercial policy, they did it in a slowly normal community method, to take stock, and then by taking stock of the different agreements see that we need a common approach because competing to get a better deal than my community neighbour is not the right approach”

http://fsr.eui.eu The Florence School of Regulation presents: Ilaria Conti's Energy Today no.015 22 May 2015 in Florence. Jacques de Jong, Senior Fellow at Clingendael International Energy Programme, on the Energy Union, talks to Ilaria Conti from the FSR about security of supply. "It is a highly political case with a lot of emotion around that. I feel sometimes hijacked by the political people when we are talking about energy and the security of supply" "I really do believe that security of supply is one of the key objectives of European Energy Policy, but we should define, much more in particular, what we mean by it…”

http://fsr.eui.eu Andris Piebalgs is Adviser to the President of Latvia and former Commissioner for Energy (Barroso I) and for Development (Barroso II). After giving a lecture at the EUI, he was interviewed by the director of the Florence School of Regulation, Jean-Michel Glachant, during which he answered questions on the European Commission and the Energy Union, implementing policies, and regulatory authorities “The biggest challenge for Energy Regulators was the general rejection of EU agencies” “The perception Energy Union sounds good for solidarity, so that’s why the name I think” “I believe that in the third energy package we have made some compromises that we need now to come back [to]”

http://fsr.eui.eu The Florence School of Regulation presents: Jean-Michel Glachant's Energy Today no.012 29 April 2015, at Vlerick Business School, Brussels Jean-Michel talks with Daniel Dobbeni about the Energy Union and what the major TSOs in the world think of it. Daniel Dobbeni is the former CEO of Elia, the Belgian TSO, the former chairman of ENTSO-E, as well as the co-chairman of GO15. “It is a pity is that, despite the fact that we have the first Directive that was approved in 1996, most energy policies are still very much nationally driven when it goes to the implementation phase.” “We are not benefitting today from the seamless access to this diversity of generation sources, and this should absolutely become a priority of all our leaders.” “We asked the CEOs of the 17 biggest system operators what were their three nightmares, and to our astonishment we discovered that we shared most of these nightmares.” “All of these CEOs are concerned by the lack of stability of regulation and the fact that regulation has to cope with the very fast changing environment in which these companies operate.”

http://fsr.eui.eu The Florence School of Regulation presents: Jean-Michel Glachant's Energy Today no.011 16 April 2015, at Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge Massachusetts. Jean-Michel talks with his old friend Denny Ellerman, and is told there already is a European Climate Union, the ETS! Denny Ellerman is former director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at MIT, as well as former area director of the Climate Policy Research Unit at the European University Institute's Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies “Think, you have a Climate Union, it’s called the ETS” “The problem, to my mind, is climate policy is in danger of becoming like what I regard energy security both in Europe and particularly the United States, that it is a justification for everything and for nothing, and with no results.” “It’s a long arduous, painful even process of incremental changes and people finally coming to agree to do certain things and you just move across incrementally and I just think that the Energy Union is a nice sort of banner but notice, it is the Energy Union, it is not the Energy and Climate Union”

http://fsr.eui.eu The Florence School of Regulation presents: Jean-Michel Glachant's Energy Today no.008 13 April 2015, at Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge Massachusetts. Jean-Michel talks with Alberto Pototschnig, Director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, and discovers that "at least one director of a European agency is willing to work much more” as the Energy Union might bring more power to ACER. “The increased liquidity of gas market I think that’s extremely important because flexibility in the electricity sector may come from a more flexible gas market” “ …we still need to address I would say the technical, but even more importantly the regulatory and the business model”

http://FSR.eui.eu 20 March 2015, CEER Secretariat, Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels Belgium 01 Introducing the paper European Energy Union, Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission 02 Christian Oliver | Financial Times, opens the debate, Energy Union, Content or Packaging? 03 Debate part 2 04 Debate part 3 05 Debate part 4 06 Questions from the Audience Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellist : Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute/College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute

http://FSR.eui.eu 20 March 2015, CEER Secretariat, Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels Belgium 01 Introducing the paper European Energy Union, Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission 02 Christian Oliver | Financial Times, opens the debate, Energy Union, Content or Packaging? 03 Debate part 2 04 Debate part 3 05 Debate part 4 06 Questions from the Audience Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellist : Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute/College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute

http://FSR.eui.eu 20 March 2015, CEER Secretariat, Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels Belgium 01 Introducing the paper European Energy Union, Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission 02 Christian Oliver | Financial Times, opens the debate, Energy Union, Content or Packaging? 03 Debate part 2 04 Debate part 3 05 Debate part 4 06 Questions from the Audience Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellist : Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute/College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute

http://FSR.eui.eu 20 March 2015, CEER Secretariat, Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels Belgium 01 Introducing the paper European Energy Union, Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission 02 Christian Oliver | Financial Times, opens the debate, Energy Union, Content or Packaging? 03 Debate part 2 04 Debate part 3 05 Debate part 4 06 Questions from the Audience Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellist : Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute/College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute

http://FSR.eui.eu 20 March 2015, CEER Secretariat, Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels Belgium 01 Introducing the paper European Energy Union, Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission 02 Christian Oliver | Financial Times, opens the debate, Energy Union, Content or Packaging? 03 Debate part 2 04 Debate part 3 05 Debate part 4 06 Questions from the Audience Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellist : Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute/College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute

http://FSR.eui.eu 20 March 2015, CEER Secretariat, Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels Belgium 01 Introducing the paper European Energy Union, Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission 02 Christian Oliver | Financial Times, opens the debate, Energy Union, Content or Packaging? 03 Debate part 2 04 Debate part 3 05 Debate part 4 06 Questions from the Audience Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellist : Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute/College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O'Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

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