Beyond Kyoto: searching for a sustainable energy-environment balance

European Policy Summit

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - La Bibliothèque Solvay

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This one-day Summit brought together senior European policymakers, government representatives, international organisations, civil society, business and trade representatives, and members of the international press. This interesting cross section of senior personalities made an important contribution to the debate on tackling the energy challenge.

The aim of the European Policy Summit was to bring together different stakeholders to discuss Europe’s energy realities, the impact of today’s level of research and development on climate change, and the global energy framework needed after 2012.

Keynote Addresses by:

Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy

Klaus Töpfer, Undersecretary General of the United Nations and Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

Confirmed Speakers:

Kiyotaka Akasaka, Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA), France and Principal Author of "World Energy Outlook" series.

Alain Bucaille, Special Advisor to the Chairman, Areva.

Marco Cercato, President, the European oil and gas innovation forum (Eurogif).

Fulvio Conti, CEO & General Manager, Enel.

David Cope, Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

Willy De Backer, Editor in Chief, Euractiv.com.

Jos Delbeke, Director, Air & Chemicals, European Commission Directorate General for Environment.

Lena Ek MEP, Member of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Klaus Gretschmann, Director General, Council of the European Union: Directorate General for Internal Market

Baudouin Kelecom, Executive, Corporate Global Issues, ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemicals.

Eija-Riitta Korhola MEP, Member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Corin Millais, CEO of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

Vittorio Prodi, MEP, Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament.

Paul Rübig MEP, Member of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Industry.

Piotr Rutkowski, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy and Labour, Poland.

Kari Törrönen , Director, EC, JRC, Institute for Energy.

Bettina Wittneben,Senior Research Fellow, Climate Policy & Energy Efficiency, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment & Energy, Wuppertal, Germany.