Preliminary programme
9:30 – 10:00 Registration of the participants
10:00 – 10.30 Welcoming speeches
Belarus Ministry (tbc)
EU delegation re representatives (tbc)
Green Network representative, Yaroslav Bekesh
10:15 – 11:00 Presentation “Chernobyl and its aftermaths for Belarus and the world”
Academics: Aleksei Yablokov (RU), А.Nesterenko (BY)
Presentation "Nuclear scars: a long-term heritage of Chernobyl and Fukushima"
Rashid Alimov, Greenpeace
11:00 – 12:00 Parallel panels: Developments in the energy sector over the past 30 years
“Belarus energy sector development during last 30 years”
Mikhail Malko, leading researcher of the Institute of Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, tbc.
“The Nuclear Industry development – overview of the last 30 years”
Antony Froggat, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House
“Renewable energy development in last 30 years”
Yves Marignac WISE Paris
12-00 Coffee-break
12:30 – 14:00 Panel “Transition towards renewable energy”
“Global Energy [R]evolution scenario 2015”
Tobias Muenchmeyer Greenpeace Germany
Andrew Konashenkov WEA, Vice-President, Chairman of the CIS Committee
Belarus' potential in renewable energy Artem Bystryk, Center for environmental solutions, Belarus
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 15:45 Presentation “Chernobyl + 30 – Fukushima +5”
Rebecca Harms, MEP co-chair Green Group in European Parliament
16:00 – 17:00 Parallel panel discussions
Barriers and opportunities for renewable energy development in Belarus
Andrey Konechenkov WWEA
Saulius Piksris Lithuanian WEA,
Marina Belous, the head of the UNDP \ GEF Project "Removing barriers to wind energy development in the Republic of Belarus"
Vladimir Nistsyuk Association "Renewable Energy" (Belarus)
Mechanisms for transition towards low-carbon energy:
Minna Gilberg, energy expert, Sweden
Oleksii Ryabchyn, Ukrainian Parliament committee on Energy Efficiency
Alexei Khabatiuk, director of Ukrainian Environmental Investment Fund
Alexander Grebenkov UNDP Belarus (tbc)
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 Plenary session “New EU energy polices”:
18:00 Chernobyl 30 + 30: Future outlook
18:30 – 21:00 Reception
