The future Retail Market Initiative: how to deliver concrete benefits to energy consumers? Renaissance Hotel, Rue Parnasse 19, 19/03/2014, 14.00 – 17.30 Followed by a Networking cocktail Draft agenda 14.00: Registration and welcome coffee 14.30: Welcome address by EPIA (Frauke Thies) and SEDC (Jessica Stromback) 14.45: “Towards consumers’ empowerment: what if the key to a sustainable future was in 500 million people’s hands?”  Presentation of concrete levers     Reducing our energy needs: Sorchas Edwards, CECODHAS Deputy Secretary General (tbc) (7’) Producing our own energy: concrete example of self-consumption in the commercial segment (7’) Providing flexibility to the system: concrete example of aggregation (7’) Being stronger together (cooperatives): Dirk Vansintjan, President of REScoop (tbc) (7’) Reactions from:  European Commission – K-D Borchardt, Director of Internal Energy Market, DG Energy (tbc)  CEER – Patricia De Suzzoni, Chair of Customers and Retail Markets WG (tbc)  MEP Judith Merkies (tbc) (20’) 15:35 Coffee break 15:50 Panel discussion moderated by Frauke Thies (EPIA): Topics for discussion: - Why haven’t consumers benefitted from the liberalisation of energy markets yet? - How to complete the internal retail energy market while enabling consumers to become active parts of the system? - The consumer 2.0: aware, efficient, smart; in a context of expected structural raise in energy prices, could the prosumer be part of an integrated solution? - How to integrate the consumer dimension in the 2030 climate and energy framework? (30’) 16:30: Questions and answers with the audience 16:45: Concluding remarks by Jessica Stromback (SEDC) 17:00: Joint signature of the Declaration for Consumers’ Empowerment by EPIA and SEDC representatives 17:30: Cocktail