Final Conference of the CH 2 OICE project

February 25, 2011

MAXXI - Museum of XXI century Arts
via Guido Reni, 4 A, Rome

Programme (draft)

MORNING (9.30 – 13.00)
From renewable sources to sustainable production of electric energy
Chairman: (to be defined)

9.30-9.40
Greetings from the authorities
Representative of the Italian Ministry of the Environment

9.40-10.00
Sustainable use of renewable energy resources
Paolo Frankl, Head of the IEA Renewable Energy Division (to be confirmed)

10.00-10.20
Hydropower and attainment of good status of European Water Bodies
Ursula Schmedtje, WFD Team Coordinator - DG Environment, European Commission

10.20-10.40
Contribution of hydropower to European renewables: environmental compatible potential
David Owain Clubb, European Environmental Agency

10.40 - 11.00
CH 2 OICE: how can a voluntary certification help both RE production and rivers?
Giulio Conte, Ambiente Italia.

11.00. 11.30 Coffee break

11.40. 12.00
How the CH2OICE methodology works in practice: experimental certification in Italy and Slovenia
Andrea Goltara, Italian Centre for River Restoration
Natasa Smolar, Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia

12.00. 12.20
Certified hydropower: the Swiss experience
Ursula Stocker, Naturemade




12.20 - 12.40 Certified electricity and liberalized European energy market
Riku Eskelinen, EKO Energy

12.40-13.00
The advantages of voluntary certification for public bodies in planning and regulatory processes
Slovenian Ministry (to be confirmed)

AFTERNOON (14.30 – 17.30)
Round table and discussion: the point of view of stakeholders
Chairman and round table moderator:
Franco Becchis, Head of Fondazione per l'Ambiente (Environment Foundation) "Teobaldo Fenoglio"
(Torino)