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States and Regions: Technologies and targets on the road to Mexico

Starts
12:00AM, 02 June 2010
Ends
12:00AM, 02 June 2010
Location
Bonn, Germany
States and Regions: Technologies and targets on the road to Mexico

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The State of North Rhine Westphalia and The Climate Group will host a high-level meeting of sub-national leaders in Bonn, Germany on June 2nd, halfway towards COP16 in Cancun, Mexico.

Focusing on low carbon policy and technology, the meeting will provide a platform to announce new commitments from business and governments aimed at accelerating the development of the low carbon economy. These announcements will come at an important time, sending a message from Bonn to the international community.

This meeting will be the second in our 2010 schedule of sub-national government meetings, with the first held in Paris on March 4th. Below is a draft agenda.

Draft agenda:

Morning session:

10.30 - 11.30: Premiers, Governors and Ministers meeting - closed roundtable session

                          Confirmed Ministers, Vice Presidents and Commissioners:

                          Minister Christa Thoben, NRW
                          Minister Pilar Unzalu, Basque Country
                          Minister Stewart Stevenson, Scotland
                          Minister Jane Davidson, Wales
                          Vice-President, Bernard Soulage, Rhone-Alpes
                          Vice-President, Dominique Ramard, Brittany
                          Vice-President Michèle Sabban, Ile de France
                          Commissioner Tim O’Loughlin, South Australia
                          Minister Rudolf Anschober, Upper Austria

11.30 - 12.00: Press conference
12.00 - 13.30: Registration of conference participants and Lunch
                          (Address by Michèle Sabban, President, Assembly of European
                          Regions)

Afternoon session:

13.30 - 14.00: Opening session of the conference

                          Welcome by NRW Minister Christa Thoben
                           Comments from Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
                          Opening remarks by Steve Howard, The Climate Group

14.00 - 15.15: Building smart states and regions – how sub-national governments are leading the way

                          Panelists:

                          Minister Jane Davidson, Wales
                          Frederic Ximeno, Director General for Environmental Policy and
                          Sustainability, Catalonia
                          Commissioner Tim O’Loughlin, South Australia
                          Clay Nesler, Vice President of Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson
                          Controls
                          Frank Robert, Director Smart Grid Business Unit, Cisco
                          Harry Verhaar, Director Energy and Climate Change, Philips

15.15 - 15.45: Coffee Break

15.45 - 17.00: E-Mobility – Scaling up electric vehicles quickly

                          Panelists:

                          Policy Program Manager, Eloisa Susaeta, Basque Country
                          Michèle Fournier, Senior Advisor, Québec
                          Nicolas Buchoud, Senior Advisor, Île de France
                          Lothar Schneider, Cluster Manager AutoCluster, NRW
                          Rolf Schumann, Business Development Executive – Germany, Better
                          Place
                          Jens Knoth, Ford Werke GmbH

17.00: End of the conference
            (Closing words by Rupert Posner, The Climate Group)

Evening session:

18.00 - 19.30: UNFCCC Side Event, held in collaboration with the German Federal Government

                          Welcome by Minister Christa Thoben, North Rhine Westphalia

                          Franz Josef Schaffhausen, Chief Negotiator for the German Federal
                          Government
                          Luc Bas, The Climate Group

                          Panel speakers:

                          Minister Rudolf Anschober, Upper Austria
                          Commissioner Tim O’Loughlin, South Australia
                          Craig Egner, Senior Advisor, Scotland
                          Michèle Fournier, Senior Advisor,Québec

Location: UNFCCC Convention SB 32 at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn

19.30 – 21.00: Reception