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Wednesday, September 22, 2010:
Opening Ceremony

Thursday, September 23, 2010:
Plenary Sessions
Section A - Combined Generation Portfolio
Section B - Technology / Future Development

Friday, September 24, 2010:
Section A  - Combined Generation Portfolio
Section B  - Technology / Future Development

Opening Ceremony        
Wednesday, September 22, 2010  (back)

12:00	Opening of the Exhibition
16:00	Opening of the Congress
	Opening Speech
	Prof. Dr. Gerd Jäger, Chairman VGB PowerTech e.V.
	Welcome Address
	Dr. Jürgen Großmann, President and CEO RWE AG, Essen, Germany
	Reinhard Paß, Lord Mayor of the City of Essen, Germany (enquired)
	Hans ten Berge, Secretary General EURELECTRIC, Brussels, Belgium
	Awards
	Festive Lecture
	90 Years VGB - Practical Reason in a Technical Culture
	Prof. Dr. Dr. Carl Friedrich Gethmann Director of the European Academy for researching the consequences of scientific-technical development GmbH, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
18:30	End of the Opening Ceremony
ensuing	Welcome Evening in the Exhibition

Plenary Sessions       
Thursday, September 23, 2010  (back)

Renewables, Nuclear, Coal and Gas - Technologies for a Low Carbon Future
Chairman of the Session: David Marsh

09:00 P 1	Adopting Future Challenges - The New Structure of Power Generation Dr. Bernhard Fischer, CEO E.ON Generation GmbH, Hannover, Germany
09:20 P 2	Renewable Energies in Europe - Opportunities and Challenges Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, CEO RWE Innogy GmbH, Essen, Germany
09:40 P 3	Nuclear Outlook in the UK Kevin McCullough, Chairman "Horizon Nuclear Power", Gloucester, Great Britain
10:00 P 4	Sustainable Energy for Europe Günther Oettinger, EU Commissioner "Energy", European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (enquired)
10:30	Break
11:00	Panel Discussion
	Chair: David Marsh Speaker P1, P2, P3, P4, Dr. Michael Süß, Siemens AG, and Hans ten Berge, EURELECTRIC
12:00	Lunch / Luncheon Speaker Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, CEO, Region EMEA, Wind Power, Siemens AG

Section A - Combined Generation Portfolio 
Thursday, September 23, 2010  (back)

14:00 A 1	Requirements of the Market and Grid Operation to the Electricity Generation Dr. Günther Rabensteiner, Verbund Austrian Power Trading AG, Vienna, Austria
14:30 A 2	Perspectives for the Generation Portfolio of the Future Dr. Frank-Detlef Drake, RWE AG, Essen, Germany
15:00	Break
15:30 A 3	Pump Storage Plants - Status and Perspectives Dr.-Ing. Peter Vennemann, Hans-Peter Sistenich, RWE-Power AG, Essen, Germany, Dr.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Gruber, Andreas Kunsch, Verbund-AHP, Vienna, Austria and Hans-Rudolf Thöni, BKW-FMB, Bern, Switzerland
16:00 A 4	Nuclear / Renewables - Partners or Adversaries? Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Voß, University of Stuttgart Institute for "Energiewirtschaft und Rationelle Energieanwendung", Stuttgart, Germany

 

Section B - Technology / Future Development 
Thursday, September 23, 2010 (back)

14:00 B 1	New Power Plants in Europe? - A Challenge for Project and Quality Management Matthias Hartung, RWE Technology GmbH, Essen, Germany
14:30 B 2	Consideration of Safety in New Build Activities of Power Plants Gerhard Seibel und Bob Taylor, E.ON New Build & Engineering
15:00	Break
15:30 B 3	The Challenge of an Integrated Development in Maasvlakte, The Netherlands Gustaaf Boon, GDF Suez, Linkebeek, Belgium, and Dr. Jörg Kruhl, E.ON Energie AG, Munich, Germany
16:00 B 4	Performance Improvement EnBW Power Plant Fleet Martin Giehl, EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Stuttgart, Germany
ca. 19:30	Gala Evening on Zeche Zollverein

Section A - Combined Generation Portfolio     
Friday, 24. September 2010 (back)

09:00 A 5	New Fossil Fired Power Stations in Europe - Status and Perspectives Dr. Wolfgang A. Benesch, Evonik Energy Services GmbH, Essen, Germany, and Dr. Sauro Pasini, ENEL Produzione SpA, Pisa, Italy
09:30 A 6	Nuclear Energy: Outlook for New Build and Lifetime Extension in Europe Rüdiger König, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany, and Dr. Willibald Kohlpaintner, E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hannover, Germany
10:00	Break
11:00 A 7	Biomass in the Future European Energy Market - Experiences of Dong Energy Charles Nielsen, Dong Energy, Fredericia, Denmark
11:30 A 8	Meeting the 20:20 Targets: the Offshore Challenge Michael Lewis, E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
12:00 A 9	DESERTEC: Sustainable Electricity for Europe, Middle East and North Africa Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Müller-Steinhagen, Head of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (DLR, Germany Aerospace Center) University of Stuttgart, Germany

Section B - Technology / Future Development 
Friday, September 24, 2010 (back)

09:00 B 5	Lessons Learned from Operation of Worldwide CCS Pilot Plants Philippe Paelinck, Alstom Power, Paris, France
09:30 B 6	Two Years of Operation Experience with the Vattenfall Oxyfuel Pilot Plant Dr. Thomas Porsche and Hubertus Altmann, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG, Cottbus, Germany
10:00	Break
11:00 B 7	Pre-conditions for CCS Dr. Johannes Heithoff, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany, Dr. Georg Gasteiger, AE&E Group GmbH, Vienna, Austria, Dr. Bernd Eck, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Jörg Linsenmaier, Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH, Dresden, Germany
11:30 B 8	Storage Technologies for a Volatile Generation Mathilde Bieber, GE Global Research - Europe, Munich, Germany, Dr. Peter Moser and Roland Marquardt, RWE Power AG
12:00 B 9	Overview: New Generation of Gas Turbines Gustaaf Boon, GDF Suez, Linkebeek, Belgium
12:30 - 13:30	"Farewell" in the Exhibition