09.00 Europe's new Green Deal: Energy efficiency at the centre

Becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and simultaneously boosting the economy, improving people‘s health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind – these ambitious goals require ambitious measures. Energy efficiency as the "first fuel" of the energy transition is at the centre of this roadmap for making the EU‘s economy sustainable.

• Welcome and opening
  Markus Achleitner, Regional Minister for Economy and Energy, Upper Austria
  
  
• A Green Deal for Europe
  Radoš Horáček, European Commission, DG Energy
  
  
• The IEA Energy Efficiency Report 2019
  Vida Rozite, International Energy Agency
  
  
• A Green Deal for Upper Austria
  Gerhard Dell, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria
  
  
• Beyond energy efficiency: results from EU projects
  Anette Jahn, European Commission, EASME
  
  
• R&D as an energy efficiency policy
  Theodor Zillner, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation & Technology, Austria

11.00 Voices Platform: Views and opinions

Your opinion counts! In this interactive session, you are invited to express your opinion in the context of a large EU survey. You will also hear which priorities for the energy transition are important to young people from research and industry.

• Your opinions and views:
  the Energy Efficiency Watch Survey live
  
  
• Young voices for the energy transition
  Lakshmishree Venugopal, India / Germany
  Lurian Pires Klein, Brasil / Portugal
  Alex Epik, Ukraine
  Meri Olenius, Finland
  Irene di Padua, Italy / Belgium

12.00 Narrative Session: Creating a better society through the local energy transition

In this session, we show with convincing examples how, on the local level, a better society is already being created through the energy transition. These examples demonstrate how the ambitions of the Green Deal can be delivered in real life.

• Narratives and counter narratives for the local energy transition
  Hanne May, Dena, Germany
  
  
• Boosting local economic development
  Søren Hermansen, Samsø Energy Academy, Denmark
  
  
• Creating a better community image
  Vlasta Krmelj, Energy Agency of Podravje, Slovenia
  
  
• Improving health through energy-efficient renovation
  Seamus Hoyne, Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland
  
  
• Competitiveness through energy efficiency
  Andrea Di Gregorio, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Chairperson:
Jan Geiss, Eufores, Coordinator Energy Efficiency Watch Project

This conference is organised in the context of the H2020 "Energy Efficiency Watch 4" project: www.energy-efficiency-watch.org