Programme

Programm Overview (subjects to chance)

Opening Ceremony

Plenary session

Section A: Market and Competition ( 28.09.2006 / 29.06.2006 )

Section B: Technology, Operation and Envirionment ( 28.09.2006 / 29.06.2006 )

Exhibition

Opening Ceremony ( International Congress Center Dresden )
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

12.00 h 14.00 h	Opening Ceremony Patron: Michael Glos, Federal Minister for Economy and Technology, Berlin, Germany Opening of Exhibition Opening of the Congress Opening Speech Dr. Gerd Jäger, Chairman of the Board of Directors, VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen Germany
	Address of the Patron Michael Glos, Federal Minister for Economy and Technology, Berlin Germany Welcome Addresses Detlef Sittel, Mayor of the City of Dresden Prof. Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Frank, Chairman of the Executive Board, DREWAG, Dresden, Germany Paul Bulteel, Secretary General, EURELECTRIC, Brussels, Belgium
	Honours
	Festive Lecture: "The Frauenkirche Dresden" History – Reconstruction – Use Dr.-Ing. E. h. Eberhard Burger, Building Director and Chairman of the Board of the Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden
16.00 h	End of the Opening Ceremony
until 18.00 h	Get-Together in the Exhibition
ca. 20.00 h	Welcome-Evening

Plenary Session ( back )

Thursday, 28. September 2006

"Future Becomes Reality - Investments in New Power Plants"

Moderation: David Marsh, David Marsh & Co.Ltd., London, United Kingdom

09.00 h P1	Power Generation Market in Europe: Perspective and Challenge Dr. Mathias Krahl, Executive Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group GmbH, Hamburg and Dr. Johannes F. Lambertz, Member of the Board of Directors, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany
09.20 h P2	Clean Power Technology Platform: Where Oil, Gas, Electricity Meet to Prepare the Future Prof. Dr. Kurt Häge, Chairman of European Technology Platform ZE FFPP
09.40 h P3	Future Becomes Reality: Investments in new Nuclear Power Plants Laurent Stricker, Operating Senior Vice-President, EDF Generation, Saint-Denis, France
10.00 h P4	Potentials and Technologies of Renewable Energies in International Markets Dr. Henning Nothdurft, Chairman of the Executive Board, Lahmeyer International, Bad Vilbel, Germany
10.30 h	Break
11.00 h	Panel-Discussion Leader: David Marsh Speakers P1, P2, P3, P4 Klaus Voges, Siemens AG
12.00 h	Lunch / Luncheon Speaker: Klaus Voges, Chairman of the Group Executive Management of the Siemens Power Generation, Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

Section A - Marktet and Competition ( back )
Thursday, September 28, 2006

14.00 h A1	Overview Power Generation in South Africa Ehud N. Matya, Managing Director and John Begg, ESKOM, Johannesburg, South Africa
14.30 h A2	Perspectives and Projects for a Sustainable Electricity Future in India Y.S. Ratra, Chairman and H.M. Jain, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Patiala, India
15.00 h	Break
15.30 h A3	EDF and the Nam Theun 2 Hydro-power Project (1070 MW) in Laos Jean-Francois Astolfi, EDF, St. Denis Cedex, France
16.00 h A4	Overview on CEZ-Strategies and Projects Vladivoj Reznik, Director Section of European Affairs, CEZ a.s., Praha, Czech Republic

ca. 19.30 h Gala Evening

Section B - Technology, Operation and Environment ( back )
Thursday, September 28, 2006

14.00 h B1	Maintenance in Competition - Experience with OEM and Non-OEM upon Maintenance of Gas- and Steam Turbines and Generators Dr. Klaus Schippers, Andreas Hinterthan, Bruno Schroeder, RWE Power AG, Dormagen, Germany and Dr. Oliver Then, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany
14.30 h B2	Maintenance – Quo Vadis? Gerhard Dewender, Executive Managing Director and Jürgen Kaulitz, E.ON Anlagenservice GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15.00 h	Break
15.30 h B3	Start-up after Blackout - A Challenge for Power Plants and Networks Dietrich Kirmse, Dr. Bernd von Rein, Ralf Kirsch and Thomas Schäfer, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co.KG
16.00 h B4	Quality in Project Management Thorsten Holl, Alstom Power Generation AG, Mannheim, Germany

ca. 19.30 h Gala Evening

Section A - Marktet andCompetition ( back )
Friday, September 29, 2006

Dr. Heinz Scholtholt, Member of the Board of Directors, STEAG AG, Essen, Germany

09.00 h A5	New Vattenfall Projects Reinhardt Hassa, Member of the Board of Directors, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG, Cottbus and Dr. Axel Rademacher, Vattenfall Europe PowerConsult GmbH, Vetschau, Germany
09.30 h A6	New Power Plants at RWE Power – Investments into New Technology, Climate Protection and Supply Security Dr. Manfred Kehr, Dr. Reinhold Elsen and Dr. Eckhard Ritterbach, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany
10.00 h	Break
11.00 h A7	STEAG Projects at Home and Abroad
11.30 h A8	Hydro Power – Challenges in Europe Michel Vogien, EDF, Mulhouse Cedex, France and Hans-Peter Sistenich, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany
12.00 h A9	Run an Offshore Wind Farm like a Power Plant – Experiences from Nysted and Horns Rev Claus Bjerge, ENERGI E2, Copenhagen, Denmark
12.30 – 13.30 h	"Farewell" in the Exhibition VGB and Exhibitors would like to say "Good-Bye" and invite al participants to the next VGB Congress in.
	Ensuing Technical Visits

Section B - Technology, Operationand Environment ( back )

Friday, September 29, 2006

09.00 h B5	Retrofit and Technical Progress at Nuclear Power Plants Dr. Hartmut Pamme, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany
09.30 h B6	R&D in Energy Technology and the Role of Utilities Dr. Jörg Kruhl and Dr. Stefan Bockamp, E.ON Energie AG, Munich, Germany
10.00 h	Break
11.00 h B7	New Gas Turbines for Higher Customer Benefit Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Krüger, Siemens AG, Power Generation, Erlangen, Germany
11.30 h B8	IGCC - Cleaner Coal Technology of Choice Dr. Norman Shilling, GE Energy, New York, USA
12.00 h B9	CCT – International Activities Dr. John Topper, IEA Clean Coal Center, London, United Kingdom, Dr. Adolf Aumüller, EVN AG, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria and Hans-Joachim Meier, VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen, Germany
12.30 – 13.30 h	"Farewell" in the Exhibition VGB and Exhibitors would like to say "Good-Bye" and invite al participants to the next VGB Congress in.
	Ensuing Technical Visits

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