Times indicated in CET (Brussels time)
25 Oct

08:00

Sign-in

09:00

Opening Plenary

· Welcome by Paloma Aba Garrote, Director, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
· Ditte Juul Jorgensen, Director General, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
· Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
· Joško Klisović, President of the City Assembly of Zagreb, Rapporteur Commission for Environment of the Committee of the Regions

Paul Henri Spaak Room

10:00

Coffee break ☕ Networking

Cities and regions at the centre of the Clean Energy Transition and climate adaptation

Strand 1: Paul Henri Spaak Room

Mobilizing sustainable energy investments in the public and private sectors

Strand 2: Louise Weiss Room

Emerging approaches to boost energy efficiency finance

Strand 3: Simone Veil Room

10:30

How public authorities can prepare local heating and cooling plans and initiate impactful projects.

Paul Henri Spaak Room

Seamless services for Housing Energy Efficiency Renovation in Sofia, Bulgaria

Louise Weiss Room

Dublin’s innovative project finance and delivery structure to upscale sustainable energy investments

Simone Veil Room

11:30

REMARKABLE Climate Leaders - Stimulating Investment Towards Carbon Neutrality

Paul Henri Spaak Room

One stop shops to support energy communities

Louise Weiss Room

Improving energy security and citizens’ lives through EU taxonomy-aligned green homes and green finance

Simone Veil Room

12:30

Lunch 🍽️ Networking

13:30

The role of Positive Energy Districts in the ongoing energy transition in urban areas

Paul Henri Spaak Room

ELENA – European Local ENergy Assistance, the INTERACT project

Louise Weiss Room

Guaranteed financing schemes for deep energy renovations of multifamily buildings

Simone Veil Room

14:30

Generating resilient actions against the heat island effect on urban territory

Paul Henri Spaak Room

Transformation of the district heating system in the Šaleška valley

Louise Weiss Room

Accelerating family home retrofitting with a cost neutral, on-tax, end-to-end solution in The Netherlands.

Simone Veil Room

15:30

Coffee break ☕ Networking

16:00

Local authorities demonstrating solutions certified by the Solarimpulse Label

Paul Henri Spaak Room

Support to cities and municipalities in mobilising sustainable energy investments

Louise Weiss Room

Boosting social innovation in the energy market

Simone Veil Room

17:00

Paul Henri Spaak Room

Closing Plenary

· Aneta Willems, Head of Department Natural Resources, Climate, Sustainable Blue Economy and Clean Energy, CINEA
· Eero Ailio,
Adviser, Energy transition and local governance, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
· Frédéric Boyer, Co-lead of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy - Europe Office