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GasNatural


Agenda

9.00

Reception of Participants

9.30

Conference Objectives

Introduction:
Teresa Mendizábal, Vice President of the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome
Ashok Kosla, Co-President of the Club of Rome
Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, Honorary President of the Club of Rome
10.00

The Expectations of the Copenhagen Summit and the Social and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Fight Against Climate Change

Alicia Montalvo, President of the Spanish Office for Climate Change
10.30 Discussion
10.45 Break - refreshments.
11.00

Public Understanding of Climate Change

Jorge Wagensberg, Director of the Environment and Science Area of "La Caixa" Foundation (ES)
11.30 Discussion
11.45

The Stern Report and the economic aspects of Climate Change

Dimitri Zenghelis, Stern Report Co-Autor, Member of the Grantham Research Institute, Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and Consultant of Cisco Systems.
12.15 Discussion
12.30

Opportunities of a Sustainable Economy

Carlos López López, Head of the IDEA Department for Development and Studies
12.50 Discussion
13.00

The Last Conference of the Club of Rome in Amsterdam: Climate, Energy y Economic Change

José Ramón Lasuén, Member of the Club of Rome
13.20 Discussion
13.30

Wealth, Energy and Climate Change

Marcel Coderch, Member of CADS (Consell Assessor per al Desenvolupament Sostensible), of the Generalitat de Catalunya
13.50 Discussion
14.00 Break - Lunch
15.30

Round Table 1

Climate Change and the Diplomacy for Sustainability

Introduction and Chair: Ramon Folch, Catalan Group of the Club of Rome

Participants:

Climate Change and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Elvira Carles, Director of the Company and Climate Foundation

Social Action on Climate Change
Armando Menéndez Viso, Co-ordinator Secc. Esp. World Wide Views on Global Warming

Cities Against Climate Change
Iñigo de la Serna Hernáiz, Mayor of Santander
15.30

Round Table 2

The Limits of a Sustainable Economy

Chair: Thomas Schauer, Director of the European Support Centre of the Club of Rome

Participants:

TIC's for sustainable energetics: Smart Grids
Adolfo Borrerro, Vice-President of Telvent and President of Eticom

Climate Change y Water Management
Fernando Rayón, Director of Technology Planning, AGBAR

Climate Change and Scientific Verification
Josep Enric Llebot, CProfessor at the UA de Barcelona and Member of the Advice Council to the Government Minister of Economics and Finance
15.30

Round Table 3

Energy as a Determining Factor

Presentation and Chair: Martí Boada, Catalan Group of the Club of Rome

Participants:

New Fuel Models
Mariano Marzo, Professor at the UA de Barcelona

Challenges of the Electricity Sector
Rafael Villaseca, Managing Director of Gas Natural

Energy and Climate Security for a World of 10 Billion People
Oliver Steinmetz and Tobias Morell, Co-Founders of the DESERTEC Foundation
17.00

Climate Change and Future Generations: Beyond the myths

Chair: Bartolomé Masoliver, Co-ordinator for the Catalan Group of the Club of Rome

Eva Geli, Member of tt30
Jonás de Miguel, Member of tt30
Ivan Capdevilla, Member of tt30
17.30

Climate Change and New Activities of the Club of Rome

Martin Lees, General Secretary of the Club of Rome
18.00

The Catalonian Compromise in the Fight Against Climate Change and In favour of Human Development

Hble. Conseller Francesc Baltasar i Albesa, Government Minister of Environment and Housing
18.30 END OF CONFERRENCE