Conference Program
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Societies in Transition
Energy, Climate and Oceans – Impacts on the Global Economy
Journalists and Experts Alumni Program
Berlin – Hamburg – Copenhagen
January 27 – February 3, 2010
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Berlin
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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| All day |
Arrival and check-in at: NH Hotel Berlin
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| 13:00 |
Lunch at the hotel
followed by thematic City Tour through Berlin (www.zeit-reisen.de)
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| 16:30 |
Introduction to topic of Study Tour
Speaker: Dr. Camilla Bausch, Ecologic Institute
Topic: The outcome of Copenhagen from a transatlantic perspective
Location: Hertie School of Governance, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin
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| 19:00 |
Welcome Reception
Hosted by BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt
Location: BMW Stiftung, Reinhardtstraße 58, 10117 Berlin
Keynote Speaker: Karsten D. Voigt, Former Member of the German Bundestag
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
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| 9:00 |
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Meeting with Dr. Karsten Sach, Director general, International Cooperation
Location: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Alexanderstr. 3, 10178 Berlin
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| 11:00 |
Federal Foreign Office
Meeting with Dr. Robert von Rimscha, Deputy Head of Policy Planning
Location: Federal Foreign Office, Werderscher Markt 1, 11013 Berlin
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| 12:15 |
Lunch on invitation of the Federal Foreign Office
Location: Federal Foreign Office, Werderscher Markt 1, 11013 Berlin
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| 14:00 |
German Bundestag
Meeting with Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs the German
Bundestag:
Hans-Ulrich Klose, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (Host)
Kerstin Müller, Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
Philipp Mißfelder, Foreign Affairs Spokesman of CDU / CSU
Location: Paul-Löbe Haus, Committee Room 2.800
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| 16:00 |
Office of the Federal President
Meeting with Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wolff, Head of the Office of the Federal President
Location: Bundespräsidialamt, Spreeweg 1, 10557 Berlin
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| 19:00 |
Reception and dinner with guests
Hosted by Robert Bosch Stiftung
Location: Bosch Stiftung, Bismarkstraße, Berlin
Welcome address:
Dr. Peter Theiner Head of Department for International Relations Western
Europe, America, Turkey, Japan, India, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Klaus Töpfer, Former Under Secretary General United Nations
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Hamburg
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Friday, January 29, 2010
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| Morning |
Transfer to Hamburg, Check-in at Hotel
Location: Madison Hotel, Schaarsteinweg 4, 20459 Hamburg
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| 12:00 |
Light lunch at Marleys Restaurant in the Hotel
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| 12:45 |
Guided bus tour through Hamburg – Green Capital 2011
Guide: Dr. Tomas Kaiser, Cultural Scientist, Hamburg Marketing GmbH
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| 13:45 |
Arrival at Körber Foundation
Körber-Foundation, Kehrwieder 12, 20457 Hamburg
Phone: +49.40.80 81 92-168 www.koerber-stiftung.de
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| 14:00 |
Conference opening / welcome address
Dr. Lothar Dittmer, Member of the Executive Board, Körber Foundation
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| 14:10 |
Introduction:
- Hamburg’s Economy– facts and figures
Tobias Knahl, Head of Energy and Environment, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
- Hamburg European Green Capital 2011 – problems and challenge
Jennifer Wesche, Project Manager, European Green Capital 2011
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| 15:00 |
Coffee break
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| 15:30 |
Cities fighting Climate Change: the Hamburg Experience
Panel discussion:
- Christian Maaß, State Secretary, Hamburg Ministry of Urban Development
and Environment
- Dr. Bernd Drouven , Chief Executive Officer, Aurubis AG
- Alexander Porschke, Vice-President of Naturschutzbund Hamburg (nature and biodiversity conservation union), former Senator for Environment in Hamburg
Moderation: Brent Goff, Business News Anchor, Deutsche Welle TV (participant)
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Plenary discussion
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
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| 9:30 |
Conference at the Körber Foundation
Input: Impacts of Climate Change
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Claußen, Head of Cluster of Excellence of the University of Hamburg, Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction – CliSAP
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| 11:00 |
Working Sessions
- International Governance and local practice
Stefan Schurig, Director Climate Energy, World Future Council Hamburg
- Renewable energies and smart grids
Amity Balbutin-Burnham, Utility Sales Associate, SunPower Corporation
(participant)
- Communicating the climate change and the role of the media
Dr. Steffen Burkhardt, Associate Academic Director, Hamburg Media School
(participant)
- Economic Challenges
Tobias Wolny, Press Spokesperson, British Petrol Berlin (participant)
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| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch at the Körber Foundation
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| Afternoon |
Site Visits
- International Building Exhibition (iba) at work in Wilhelmsburg
Contact: Uwe A. Carstensen, engineer
- „Green Schools“ Gymnasium Allee, Max-Brauer-Allee 83, 22765 Hamburg
Contact: Ulrich Mumm, Director of Gymnasium Allee
Jörg Heermann, TÜV NORD
- Hochbahn/HySolutions
Intelligent Transportation Systems/Sustaninable Transportations
Contact: Heinrich Klingenberg, hySolutions GmbH
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| 19:00 |
Reception and dinner with guests
Hosted by Körber-Foundation
Location: Kultur- & Gewerbespeicher, Kehrwieder 2-3, 20457 Hamburg
Welcome: Karin Haist, Head of Department Civil Society, Körber Foundation
Keynote Speaker: Karen E. Johnson, Consul General of the U.S. in Hamburg
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
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| 9:00 |
Breakfast
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| All day |
Thematical excursions in Hamburg (port, Hafencity, concert hall Elbphilharmonie)
Guide: Dr. Tomas Kaiser, Cultural Scientist, Hamburg Marketing GmbH
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| 17:28 |
Transfer to Copenhagen by train
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| 22:11 |
Arrival at Kopenhagen and Check-in at hotel:
Location: Scandic Palace Hotel, Radhuspladsen 57, DK- 1550 Copenhagen V
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Copenhagen
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Monday, February 1, 2010
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| 07:30 – 08:30 |
Breakfast
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| 09:00 – 10:30 |
The Confederation of Danish Industry
Location: Sundkrogskaj 20, 2100 København Ø
Input I: The Danish Model
Speaker: Hans Peter Slete, Director, Confederation of Danish Industry
Input II: How will the climate change be financed?
Speaker: Lars Bach Jensen, Senior Advisor, Confederation of Danish Industry,
representing Danish Energy Industries Federation
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| 11:00 – 12:00 |
Ministry of Climate and Energy
Meeting with Minister Lykke Friis
Location: Sundkrogskaj 20, 2100 København Ø
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| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch at BioMio
Location: Halmtorvet 19, 1700 København V
Guest: Ulrika Mårtensson, Press Officer, Wonderful Copenhagen
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| Afternoon |
Site Visit
(windmills in the harbor, energy efficient powerplant, testmills)
Meeting with Anders Eldrup, CEO, DONG Energy:
Going from 80 percent coal and 20 percent wind to 80 percent wind and
20 percent coal within a generation.
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| Evening |
Free time
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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| 7:30 – 9:00 |
Breakfast
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| 9:30 |
EEA European Environment Agency
Location: Kongens Nytorv 6, 1050 Copenhagen
Welcome by Prof. Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director
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| 10:00 |
General EEA presentation
Speaker: Katja Rosenbohm, Head of Communications Programme
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| 10:15 |
EEA perspective on climate and energy and results of COP15 negotiations
Speaker: Andreas Barkman, Head of Group, Mitigation
André Jol, Head of Group, Vulnerability and Adaption
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| 11:00 |
Environmental challenges in the Arctic
Speakers: Nikolaj Bock, Senior Advisor on International Affairs
Anca-Diana Barbu, Project Manager for Energy and Environment
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| 12:00 – 14:00 |
free Lunch, Change of the Royal Guard at the Amalienborg Palace Square
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| 14:30 |
Visits to NGOs
Greenpeace
Location: Bredgade 20, 1260 Copenhagen
Topics: Presentation of Greenpeace Activities, Campaigns during COP 15,
Analysis of COP 15
Henrik Pedersen, Programme Manager
Brigitte Lesanner, Press
Danish Institute of Human Rights
Location: Strandgade 56, 1401 Copenhagen
Topic: Climate change and Human Rights
Hans-Otto Sano, Senior Researcher,
Bredan John Sweeney, PhD
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| 19:00 |
Farewell dinner
Location: Nikolaj Kirken, Nikolaj Plads 12, 1067 Copenhagen
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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Individual Departure
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