09.30-12:30 h

OPENING CEREMONY + HIGH LEVEL PANEL. Renewable Energy, the Solution for Net-zero, sustainable Development, energy security and sovereignty – 2050 roadmaps start now!

9.30 – 9.45 Official opening

Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of the Government of Spain

9.50 – 10.45 High Level Discussion (Davos style): Renewable Energies to Navigate through the World of the Polycrisis: Walking the Talk on our Path to 2030

Moderator: Cristina Monge, Political scientist and expert in governance for ecological transition

Michelle Muschett, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean UNDP
Francesco La Camera, Director General of IRENA
Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy of the European Commission
Teresa Ribera, Deputy Prime Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of Spain

10.45 – 10.50 Welcome address speech

Arthouros Zervos, President of REN21

11.00 – 11.45 Roundtable Energy Security: Opportunities and Challenges for a genuine Energy Union – the Energy pillar of the EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy

Keynote speaking (video): Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London

Moderator: Teresa Ribera, Deputy Prime Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of Spain

Rob Jetten, Minister of Energy of Netherlands
Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Minister of Energy of Romania
Ana Gouveia, Secretary of State of Energy of Portugal
Henrik Andersen, CEO of VESTAS

11.45 – 12.30 Roundtable Net-zero

Keynote speaking: Ren Jingdong, Vice Administrator of China (Vice-Minister level)

Moderator: Sara Aagesen, Secretary of State of Energy, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of Spain

María Neira, Director, Public Health and the Environment Department, World Health Organisation
Mohamed Benyahyia, Secretary General of the Ministry for the Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco.
Heike Henn, Director Energy, Climate and Environment at the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
Paul Heithersay, Chief Executive of the Department for Energy and Mining, Government of South Australia

09:30-10:30 h.

HIGH LEVEL PANEL. Renewable energy for social and economic development for all

Moderator: Ana Belén Sánchez. ITJ Advisor

Anna Shpitsberg
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State

Gloria Magombo
Secretary for Energy and Power Development, Ministry of Energy and Power Development of Zimbabwe

Alicia Montalvo Santamaría
Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF). Kandeh Yumkella: Advisor, Ashinaga

Nelson Lage
President European Energy Network (EnR) and President of the Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE)

Paolo Frankl
Head of Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Ibrahim Yacoubou
Minister of Energy and Renewable Energies of Niger

Romeo Mikautadze
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

09.30-10:30 h.

HIGH LEVEL PANEL. Energy and industrial policies to mainstream renewables

Moderator: Joan Groizard. Director General of IDAE

Rana Adib
Executive Director, REN21

Ramón Mendez Galain
Former Energy Minister, Uruguay

Rabia Ferroukhi
Director – Knowledge, Policy and Finance Center, IRENA

Jose Donoso
Chairman, Global Solar Council

Ciyong Zou
Managing Director of Technical Cooperation Services Directorate, UNIDO

Ali Zerouali
Head of Cooperation & International Development, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN)

15:45-17:15 h.

CLOSING CEREMONY: Continuous acceleration to be 2050-ready?

Moderator: Miriam Bueno, MITECO

Helena Viñes, CNMV (Spanish financial markets regulator)

Kane Thornton, Clean Energy Council

Danny Kenedy, New Energy Nexus