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Martin Porter moderates the European Commission’s high level stakeholder event on the Energy Union Research, Innovation and Competitiveness Strategy

October 06, 2016

The director of the i24c initiative, Martin Porter, was requested by the European Commission to moderate the high level stakeholder event on the public consultation on the Energy Union Research, Innovation and Competitiveness Strategy (EURICS) this month. The stakeholder event was convened by the Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas.

The panel debates emphasised and questioned how Europe can create the right market conditions, incentives and smart financing for enabling the energy transition both keeping in mind competitiveness and decarbonisation.

Further among the speakers were:

  • Professor Mariana Mazzucato, University of Sussex
  • Diego Pavia, CEO, KIC InnoEnergy
  • Paul Simpson, CEO, CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) 
  • Marco Mensink, Director-General, CEFIC
  • Kristin Halvorsen, Director, CICERO
  • Michał Olszewski, Deputy Mayor of Warsaw
  • Stephan Neugebauer, Director, BMW and ERTRAC Chairman 
  • Ingo Luge, CEO, E.ON Germany
  • Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament