Scientific support
to Europe’s photovoltaic
manufacturing industry
Brussels, Berlaymont
27 January 2015
Programme
Joint
Research
Centre
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
European Commission, Berlaymont Building, Room Schuman
Rue de la Loi 200, Brussels
08:30 – 09:00
Registration and welcome
09:00 - 09:45
Opening session
Chair: Vladimír Šucha, Director-General, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre,
European Commission
Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, European
Commission
Claude Turmes, Member of the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee,
Member of the European Parliament
Helmfried Meinel, Director-General, Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection
and the Energy Sector, Baden-Württemberg
09:45 - 11:15
Case study: the European Gigawatt Factory initiative
Presentation by Eicke Weber, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Frauke Thies, Policy Director of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
Gaëtan Masson, Vice-Chairman of the EU PV Technology Platform
Discussion with the audience
11:15 - 13:00
Panel discussion - “Re-launching Europe’s PV industry”
Chair: Giovanni De Santi, Director, Institute for Energy and Transport,
Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, European Commission
How could the Commission support the recovery of the European photovoltaic industry?
Are there realistic options to develop a “Financial Engineering” process between public
and private investors? Is there scope for Smart Specialisation Strategies to give critical
mass to projects from R&I to production?
Heinz Ossenbrink, Head of Unit, Renewables and Energy Efficiency, Institute for Energy
and Transport, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Paula Abreu Marques, Head of Unit, Renewables and CCS policy, Directorate-General
for Energy, European Commission
Xabier Goenaga Beldarrain, Head of Unit, Knowledge for Growth, Institute for
Prospective Technologies, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre,
European Commission
Laura Piovesan, Head of the Innovative Industries Division, European
Investment Bank (EIB)
Carlo Pettinelli, Director, Sustainable Growth and EU 2020, Directorate-General Internal
Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Discussion with the audience
13:00 - 13:15
Conclusions
Christopher Jones, Deputy Director General for external policy and development of
financial instruments, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
Vladimír Šucha, Director-General, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre,
European Commission
13:15 - 14:30
Networking lunch
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