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

8:15 Coal phase-out in the UK
Senior Research Fellow Paula Kivimaa, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex

8:30 Nuclear vs. coal phase-out in Germany
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?
Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen, Aalborg University

9:00 Coal phase-out in Finland
Minister for Housing, Energy and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen

9:15-10:15 Panel discussion:
What can Finland learn from British, Danish and German coal phase-out policies?

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

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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