Institute for Economy and the Environment

Program of the 4th St.Gallen Forum for Management of Renewable Energies

We created a diverse program related to our topic "RENEWABLES – From Vision to Value"


Below you will find the current program. Program slots, which will take place in English, are labeled accordingly. For the main conference programme we offer simultaneous translation of English-German resp. German-English.

The brochure is also available for download in PDF format.

Thursday, 23 May 2013 - Pre-conference program

Pre-conference dinner
 
Dinner speech:
Marketing Clean Energy: Experiences from the United States (in English)
Brian F. Keane, President of SmartPower and Author of Green Is Good: Make Money, Save Money and Help Your Community Profit From Clean Energy
Location: Restaurant Lagerhaus, Davidstrasse, St.Gallen
 
Friday, 24 May 2012 - Main program
 
Morning
 
8.30 - 9.00 h
Registration & Welcome coffee
 
9.00 - 9.30 h
RENEWABLES - From Vision to Value
Welcome speech of Prof. Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen, University of St.Gallen
 
9.30 - 9.50 h
M2M solutions in the energy market - implementation through the example of a virtual power plant
Frédéric Gastaldo, CEO Swisscom Energy Solutions AG
 
9.50 - 10.10 h
Zurich Risk Room - Protecting Investments and Values
Zurich Climate Prize Switzerland & Liechtenstein 2012 - the Winners!
lic.oec/lic.iur HSG Manuel Meier, CEO, Zurich Global Corporate Switzerland
 
Coffee break
 
10.40 - 11.40 h
Panel discussion "Sunrise in the East, Sunset in the West - which future for European solar firms?" (in English)
  • Ben Hill, President Trina Solar Europe
  • Anjan Ghosh, Senior General Manager, Tata Power Solar, India
  • Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Luther, Professor emeritus, Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Moderation: Peter Forster, journalist and editor, World Radio Switzerland
 
11:40 - 12:00 h
Future Smart Grid
Dr. Remo Lütolf, Country Manager, ABB Switzerland Ltd
 
12:00 - 12:20 h
A plan to power the world for all purposes with wind, water, and the sun (in English)
Mark Z. Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director Atmosphere Energy Program, Stanford University, USA
 
12:00 - 12:30 h
Exclusiv: 3rd Customer Survey Renewable Energies - in cooperation with Raiffeisen
Simon Pernisch, customer consultant Raiffeisen & Sylviane Chassot, University of St.Gallen
 
Networking - Lunch
Forum Dinner Konversation
 
Afternoon: Workshops & Plenum – more information soon
 
13:45 - 15.45 h
Parallel workshops
1. Energy investment decisions of strategic and institutional investors
2. „Let’s do this deal!“ – An internal view into start-up and growth investors (in English)
3. Energy Market 2.0: Utilities and telecommunications companies in search of the sustainable business model
4. Renewable Energies in the Transportation Sector of Switzerland
5. New business models for smart grids: Solutions for electricity storage using thermal loads (in English)
 
Coffee break
 
16.15 - 17.15 h
Panel discussion "Mit innovativen Projekten die Energiezukunft gestalten"
  • Urs Näf, economiesuisse, Deputy Head of Infrastructure, Energy & Environment, Website
  • Christoph Ott, Architect and Concepteer, Bern, Member of the board of the BVZ Holding AG , Member of the board of the S.E.TRACK AG, Website
  • Dr. Christoph Sutter, Axpo Power AG, Member of the executive management, Head Asset Development, Website
  • Urs Peter Koller, Entrepreneur and Investor, Website
Moderation: Urs Leuthard, Managing Editor Tagesschau, Swiss National Radio and Television SRF
 
17.15 - 18:00 h
Final remarks of Prof. Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen
 
 Apéro

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In 2013 the Forum again takes place in cooperation with the congress and exhibition platform ENERGIE

    Contact

    Chair for Management of Renewable Energies
    Institute for Economy and the Environment
    (IWOe-HSG)
    Tigerbergstrasse 2
    CH-9000 St.Gallen

    Phone: +41 (0)71 224 25 84
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    Fax: +41 (0)71 224 27 22 
    http://forum.iwoe.unisg.ch

     

    Event coordinator
    Karoline Künzel

    Phone: +41 (0)71 224 32 30
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