ETIP SNET 17th Regional Workshop – Northern Region

As part of its mission of fostering Research and Innovation activities to support Europe’s energy transition with the goal to research, develop and demonstrate technologies, services and their integration across all energy carriers and considering grids and storage, the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) warmly welcomes you to register to the upcoming 17th ETIP SNET Regional Workshop taking place on 21th March in Vaasa, Finland during Energy Week. Workshop is organised in co-operation with Vaasa Energy Business Innovation Centre (VEBIC).

 

The overall purpose of this event is to link national and regional research, development and innovation (RD&I) to the RDI activities on EU level; specifically, to the ETIP SNET. To that end, the Regional Workshop aims to bring together representatives of national/regional representatives of authorities or funding agencies and coordinators of leading national, regional, EU projects to in identify gaps, common challenges in how national, regional and EU projects and R&I programmes relate to each other and to the higher-level EU R&I roadmaps, in particular the ETIP SNET Roadmap and Implementation Plan.

 

This upcoming ETIP SNET Regional Workshop will be based on the Northern European Macro-Region (consisting of Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania and Latvia).

 

Art Hall (Vaasa City Hall)
Senaatinkatu 1, behind Vaasa City Hall
Tuesday 21 March
09:00 - 16:15

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TIME TOPIC SPEAKERS
10.00 Opening Remarks VEBIC Representative
10.05 Keynote Speech European Commission – TBC
10.15 Introduction to ETIP SNET & BRIDGE Maria Laura Trifiletti

ETIP SNET Coordinator
10.25 Introduction to ETIP SNET Roadmap 2022-2031 and HLUCs Nikos Hatziargyriou

ETIP SNET CORE Team
10.35 Panel Session: National/regional representatives

·         Key Ideas from Funding Programmes

 

 Ludwig Karg – Moderator

National/regional reps – TBC

Reijo Munther, Head of EU Initiatives, Business Finland

Maria Backman, City of Vaasa, Strategy

Baltic Reps – TBC

Further Nordic Reps – TBC
11.20 COFFEE BREAK
11.40 Projects Panel Session 1: Integrated Energy Networks

·         Cross Sector Coupling

·         Transport & Storage

·         Energy Markets

(based on ETIP SNET IP HLUC 1,3,8)

 Ludwig Karg – Moderator

ETIP SNET CORE Team

National/regional reps

Projects – TBC
12:25 Research with impact – the Finnish way.

·         Helena Sarén, Member of Board of Nordic Energy Research (tbc)

·         Kenneth Widell, Programme Manager at Wärtsilä Smart Technology Hub

·         Pia Salokoski, clic innovation, Senior Advisor for RDI in Finland and Clean Energy Transition Partnership

·         Jan Segerstam, Enerim Oy, expert for transforming technologies

 

  
13.15 LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
14.15 Projects Panel Session 2: Renewable Energy Systems

·         Massive RES Penetration

·         System Operators’ Collaboration

·         Power Electronics Challenges

(based on ETIP SNET IP HLUC 2,4,6)

 Ludwig Karg – Moderator

ETIP SNET CORE Team

National/regional reps

Projects – TBC
15.05 Session 3: Digitalisation and Citizen’s Involvement

·         Empowering Consumers & Smart Communities

·         System Control

·         Cybersecurity

(based on ETIP SNET IP HLUC 5,7,9)

 Ludwig Karg – Moderator

ETIP SNET CORE Team

National/regional reps

Projects – TBC
16.00 Wrap Up Rainer Bacher
16.10 Closing Remarks TBC
16.15 CLOSING

 

Dr. Suvi Karirinne

Director, University of Vaasa, VEBIC
tel: +358294498284