Programme

Programm Overview (subjects to chance)

Wednesday, 19 September 2007:

Opening Ceremony

Thursday, 20 September 2007:

Plenary session - “Efficient Power Plant Technologies!
Our Contribution to a Secure and Climate Compatible Electricity Generation”
Section A - Nuclear and Renewables in a Competitive Market
Section B - Highly-efficient Coal- and Gas-based Generation

Friday, 21 September 2007:
Section A - Old and New Renewables in a Competitive Market
Section B - Carbon Capture & Storage Technologies

Opening Ceremony (back)
Wednesday, 19 September 2007

12.00 h 14.00 h	Opening of the Exhibition Opening of the Congress: Opening Speech Dr. Gerd Jäger, Chairman of the Board of Directors , VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen, Germany
	Welcome Addresses Dr. Othmar Raus, Deputy Governor of the Province of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Harald Preuner, Deputy Mayor of the City of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria - inquired - Hans ten Berge, Secretary General, Eurelectric, Brussels, Belgium Dr. Herbert Schröfelbauer, Chairman of the Board, VERBUND-Austrian Hydro Poaer AG, Vienna, Austria
	Honours Qualty Award
	Festive Lecture: Quantum Teleportation and Quantum Computer: Science Fiction and Technologies of the Future Professor Dr. Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna, Austria
16.30 h	End of Opening Ceremony
ensuing until 18.00 h	Get-together in the Exhibition
ca. 20.00 h	Welcome Evening

Plenary session (back)
Thursday, 20 September 2007

"Efficient Power Plant Technologies!
Our Contribution to a Secure and Climate Compatible Electricity Generation“

Leader: David Marsh, Chairman of the London & Oxford Group, London, United Kingdom

09.00 h P1	Energy Trading in Europe - Role of Power Plants Dr. Günther Rabensteiner, Member of the Stock Exchange Council, EEX, President EUREL and ÖVE, Spokesman of the Board, VERBUND-Austrian Power Trading AG, Vienna, Austria
09.20 h P2	Challenge for the European Manufacturers and Suppliers Andreas Wittke, Chairman of EPPSA, Member of the Management Board Alstom Power AG, Mannheim, Germany
09.40 h P3	Ethical Aspects of the Future Global Electricity Generation Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Carl Friedrich Gethmann, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
10.00 h P4	Energy Supply and Climate Protection - A Solvable Dispute? Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director of the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Postdam, Germany
10.30 h	Break
11.00 h	Panel Discussion Leader: David Marsh
	Speakers P1, P2, P3, P4 Hans Haider, Honorary President EURELECTRIC Dr. Stephan Singer, WWF Europe Office
12.00 h	Lunch / Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Franz Strohmer, Spokesman of the Board, VA TECH HYDRO, Linz, Austria

Section A - Nuclear and Renewables in a Competitive Market (back)
Thursday, 20 September 2007

14.00 h A1	AREVA – Our Contribution to a CO₂ -free Electricity Generation Paul Felten, AREVA NP GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
14.30 h A2	The Nuclear Renaissance: Advances in Technology and Supply Brian Cothran, GE Energy, Bracknell, United Kingdom
15.00 h	Break
15.30 h A3	Training as Joint Task of German Power Plant Operators Markus Bieder, RWE Power AG, Ludwigshafen, Dr. Eberhardt Hoffmann, KSG/GfS, Essen and Heinrich Nacke, Kraftwerksschule e.V., Essen, Germany
16.00 h A4	Status and Perspectives of Renewables in South East Europe Dr. Joze Zagozen, HSE Holding Slovenske Elektrarne d.o.o., Slowenia

ca. 19.30 h Gala Evening

Section B - Highly-efficient Coal- and Gas-based Generation (back)
Thursday, 20 September 2007

14.00h B1	STEAG´s Track to a highly-efficient Power Plant Karl Schnadt, STEAG GmbH, Essen, Germany
14.30h B2	The Success of Lignite-fired Power Plants in Lusatia Heinrich Breuer, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co. KG, Cottbus, Germany
15.00h	Break
15.30h B3	Highly-efficient Combined Cycle Lingen Power Plant: Integration of the Recent GT26-Technology Dr. Johannes Lambertz, Member of the Board of Directors, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany, and Dr. Manfred Kehr, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany, Dr. Georg Gasteiger and Andreas Lusch, ALSTOM Power AG, Mannheim, Germany
16.00h B4	700°C Technology: The Hard Coal-fired Power Plant of the Next Generation Dr. Dariush Hourfar, E.ON Engineering GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany and Helmut Tschaffon, E.ON Energie AG, Munich, Germany and Dr. Franz Bauer, VGB PowerTech e.V., Essen, Germany

ca. 19.30 h Gala Evening

Section A - Old and New Renewables in a Competitive Market (back)
Friday, 21 September 2007

09.00 h A5	Pumped Storage Plants – Overview on New Projects in Austria Gerald Berger, KELAG-Kärntner Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft, Klagenfurt, Austria and Dr. Ernst Pürer, Vorarlberger Illwerke AG, Schruns , Austria
09.30 h A6	Uprating, Upgrading of Hydro Power Plants Gerhard Wedam, VERBUND-Austrian Hydro Power AG, Vienna, Austria and Gerald Tscherne, Salzburg AG, Salzburg, Austria
10.00 h	Break
11.00 h A7	RADAG: Ecology and Economy in Balance Dr. Manfred Rost, Member of the Board of Directors, Schluchseewerk AG, Laufenburg-Rhina, Germany
11.30 h A8	Biomass Power Plants Ludwig Gockner, Wienstrom GmbH, Vienna, Austria and Norbert Rechberger, Energie AG Oberösterreich Kraftwerke GmbH, Gmunden, Austria
12.00 h A9	Concentrating Solar Power Plants Florian Remann, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, 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.
	Ensuing Technical Visits

Section B - Carbon Capture & Storage Technologies (back)
Friday, 21 September 2007

09.00h B5	The Hard Coal-fired Power Plant Projects with CO₂ Sequestration and Storage of the RWE-Group Dr. Johannes Ewers and Dr. Johannes Heithoff, RWE Power AG, Essen, Germany
09.30h B6	The Challenge within the Planning, Design, Installation and Startup of the Vattenfall Oxyfuel Pilot Project Hubertus Altman, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co. KG, Cottbus, Germany, Udo Gade, Vattenfall Europe Power Consult and Dr. Georg-Nikolaus Stamatelopoulos, Alstom Power Boiler GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
10.00h	Break
11.00h B7	The E.ON Strategy for a low CO₂ Electricity Generation Eckhardt Rümmler and Dr. Jörg Kruhl, E.ON Energie AG, Munich, Germany
11.30h B8	Learning by Doing: Shell's Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Dr. Wolfgang Heidug, SHELL International Renewables B.V., The Hague, The Netherlands
12.00h B9	The BP/Scottish Power Project at Peterhead Iain W. Wright, BP Alternative Energy International Ltd., United Kingdom and N.N., Scottish Power
12.30 – 13.30h	"Farewell" in the Exhibition VGB and Exhibitors would like to say "Good-Bye" and invite al participants to the next VGB Congress.
	Ensuing Technical Visits

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