Breakfast Seminar: Coal phase-out in Finland, UK, Denmark and Germany
Time: Tuesday 29 August 2017, 8:00 am – 10:30 am
Venue: Aalto University School of Business, Nokia Hall, Runeberginkatu 14-16, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Programme
8:00 Breakfast Buffet opens
Seminar chair: Professor Eva Heiskanen, Helsinki University
8:15 Coal phase out in the UK (video)
Senior Research Fellow Paula Kivimaa, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex
8:30 Coal and nuclear phase out in Germany (video)
Research Fellow Phil Johnstone, SPRU, University of Sussex
8:45 Denmark seeks to create green growth with the goal of 100 percent renewable energy use by 2050 – how to get rid of coal? (video)
Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen, Aalborg University
9:00 Coal phase-out in Finland (video)
Minister for Housing, Energy and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen
9:15-10:15 Panel discussion:
What can Finland learn from the British, Danish and German coal phase-out policies? (video 1) (video 2)
- Director Jari Kostama, Finnish Energy (ET)
- Senior Advisor Jaana Pelkonen, Helsinki Metropolitan Smart & Clean Foundation
- Minister for Housing, Energy and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen
- Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen, Aalborg University
Moderator: Director of Stakeholder Relations Karoliina Auvinen, Smart Energy Transition project / Aalto University
10:15 – 10:30 General discussion (video)
10:45 Possibility to continue discussion for lunch at Restaurant Metropol Hietaniemi, Hietaniemenkatu 14, a five minute walk from the Aalto School of Business Main Building (self-financed)
Welcome!
This event is organized by Smart Energy Transition project funded by The Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland.
More information: Allu Pyhälammi, allu.pyhalammi@aalto.fi, Aalto University
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