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The EU island forum 2022, was organised as an on-site event at the Rhodes Bay Hotel on Rhodes, Greece, and featured high-level keynotes by Greek Minister Kostas Skrekas and Commissioner Kadri Simson as well as MEP Tonino Picula - Chair of the SEArica intergroup, European Parliament, Chrysi Vitsilaki - Rector University of the Aegean and Antonis Kabourakis – Mayor of Rhodes, three plenaries (Act, Shape, Explore), four parallel sessions, and a site visit to the GR-eco-island Chalki.
Figures & additional info
- The event had 300 participants over the whole two days on-site and online, the sessions were well attended and the feedback we directly received was very promising;
- 160 registered participants for the on-site participation;
- 97 participants took part in the site visit to the GR-eco-island Halki (including presentations from Evaggelos Fragkakis – Mayor of Halki Island & Vasilios Roussakis -Deputy Mayor of Halki Island as well as a presentation on the GR-eco island concept by John (Ioannis) Kaldellis - Vice Rector for Research University of West Attica (Greece);
- 2 Keynotes (Kostas Skrekas, Greek Minister for Environment and Energy, Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy EC);
- 1 Keynote session by islands stakeholders (MEP Tonino Picula - Chair of the SEArica intergroup, European Parliament, Chrysi Vitsilaki - Rector University of the Aegean and Antonis Kabourakis – Mayor of Rhodes
- 3 Plenaries and 4 Workshop Sessions;
- 140 people attended the on-site event over the two days at Rhodes Bay Hotel on Rhodes, Greece and 160 people watched the live stream
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Part of the European Year of Youth: A deliberative session on energy security and climate transition with students of the University of the Aegean and pupils from Rhodes high schools.
Agenda & Slides
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DAY1 | 17 May 2022
Program details
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10:00 am - 10:10 am EEST
Welcome to the Clean energy for EU islands forum
Jan Cornillie
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10:10 am - 10:25 am EEST
Keynote (online)
Kostas Skrekas
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10:25 am - 10:40 am EEST
Keynote (online)
Kadri Simson
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10:40 am – 10:45 am EEST
Views from the Islands
IANOS project
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10:45 am - 11:10 am EEST
Keynotes by island stakeholders Setting the agenda for clean energy transition on European islands
MEP Tonino Picula | Chrysi Vitsilaki
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11:10 am - 11:15 am EEST
Views from the Islands
Bornholms Varme
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11:15 am - 12:30 am EEST
European Year of Youth Deliberative session on energy security and climate transition
Ioannis Poulopoulos | Gianni Chianetta
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03:00 pm – 06:30 pm EEST
Site visit on the island of GR-eco-island Halki
Evaggelos Fragkakis | Vasilios Roussakis | John (Ioannis) Kaldellis
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DAY 2 | 18 May 2022
Program details
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09:30 am - 09:35 am EEST
Welcome to the ACTION Day
Jan Cornillie
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09:35 am - 09:40 am EEST
Views from the islands
Kythnos Smart Island - DAFNI
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09:40 am – 10:20 am EEST
ACT: Lessons learnt from Technical Assistance
Ugo Toić | Nuria Albet Torres | Yiannis Fragkoulis | Claudio Moscoloni | Marina Montero Carrero
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10:20 am – 11:00 am EEST
SHAPE: Regulatory - Conclusions from the regulatory deep dives
Lucija Rakocevic | Gustav Blomberg | George Aliagas | Edita Dranseikaite
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11:10 am – 11:15 am EEST
Views from the islands
VPP4ISLANDS - Grado
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11:15 am - 12:15 pm EEST
EXPLORE: Transition strategies for the islands
Jan Cornillie | Alfons Röblom | Diana-Paula Gherasim | Finnbar Howell | Rosa Mingo Ávila | Luis García Benedicto | Andrei Moarcas
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12:15 pm – 12:20 pm EEST
Views from the islands
El Rosario, Tenerife (Canary Islands)
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01:15 pm - 02:45 pm EEST
EXPLORE: Innovation in Horizon2020 projects
Alessandra Cassisi | Denys-Ioda Díaz Garrido | Stergios Vakalis | Nikolaos Tagkoulis | Ismini Moustafelou | Marina Montero Carrero
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01:15 pm - 02:45 pm EEST
SHAPE: Financing e-mobility infrastructure
Julia Guyon | Petros Markopoulos | Maria Xylia | Rahul Pratap Singh | Evangelos Bekiaris | Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida
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03:00 pm - 04:30 pm EEST
ACT: Setting up Island Energy Communities
Nuria Albet Torres | Dimitrios Kollias | Miquel Garcia | Maja Jurišić | Søren Hermansen | Dimitris Katsaprakakis | Antonia Proka | Lucija Rakocevic
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03:00 pm - 04:30 pm EEST
ACT: Balancing interconnections and energy storage for the clean energy transition of islands
Lucía Blanco Cano | Michail Chatzipanos | Joana Ferreira Rita | Nikolaos Hatziargyriou | John (Ioannis) Kaldellis | Konstantinos Kyparissis | Christina Protopapadaki
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04:45 pm - 04:50 pm EEST
Views from the islands
REACT project
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04:50 pm - 05:50 pm EEST
FINAL DEBATE: What does RePowerEU mean for the islands?
Eero Ailio | Kostas Komninos | Maria Kottari | Søren Hermansen | Alexis Chatzimpiros
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05:50 pm - 06:00 pm EEST
Conclusion and goodbye
Jan Cornillie
DAY1 | 17 May 2022
Program details
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10:00 am - 10:10 am EESTWelcome to the Clean energy for EU islands forum
Jan Cornillie
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10:10 am - 10:25 am EESTKeynote (online)
Kostas Skrekas
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10:25 am - 10:40 am EESTKeynote (online)
Kadri Simson
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10:40 am – 10:45 am EESTViews from the Islands
IANOS project
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10:45 am - 11:10 am EESTKeynotes by island stakeholders Setting the agenda for clean energy transition on European islands
MEP Tonino Picula | Chrysi Vitsilaki
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11:10 am - 11:15 am EESTViews from the Islands
Bornholms Varme
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11:15 am - 12:30 am EESTEuropean Year of Youth Deliberative session on energy security and climate transition
Ioannis Poulopoulos | Gianni Chianetta
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03:00 pm – 06:30 pm EESTSite visit on the island of GR-eco-island Halki
Evaggelos Fragkakis | Vasilios Roussakis | John (Ioannis) Kaldellis
DAY 2 | 18 May 2022
Program details
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09:30 am - 09:35 am EESTWelcome to the ACTION Day
Jan Cornillie
-
09:35 am - 09:40 am EESTViews from the islands
Kythnos Smart Island - DAFNI
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09:40 am – 10:20 am EESTACT: Lessons learnt from Technical Assistance
Ugo Toić | Nuria Albet Torres | Yiannis Fragkoulis | Claudio Moscoloni | Marina Montero Carrero
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10:20 am – 11:00 am EESTSHAPE: Regulatory - Conclusions from the regulatory deep dives
Lucija Rakocevic | Gustav Blomberg | George Aliagas | Edita Dranseikaite
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11:10 am – 11:15 am EESTViews from the islands
VPP4ISLANDS - Grado
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11:15 am - 12:15 pm EESTEXPLORE: Transition strategies for the islands
Jan Cornillie | Alfons Röblom | Diana-Paula Gherasim | Finnbar Howell | Rosa Mingo Ávila | Luis García Benedicto | Andrei Moarcas
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12:15 pm – 12:20 pm EESTViews from the islands
El Rosario, Tenerife (Canary Islands)
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01:15 pm - 02:45 pm EESTEXPLORE: Innovation in Horizon2020 projects
Alessandra Cassisi | Denys-Ioda Díaz Garrido | Stergios Vakalis | Nikolaos Tagkoulis | Ismini Moustafelou | Marina Montero Carrero
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01:15 pm - 02:45 pm EESTSHAPE: Financing e-mobility infrastructure
Julia Guyon | Petros Markopoulos | Maria Xylia | Rahul Pratap Singh | Evangelos Bekiaris | Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida
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03:00 pm - 04:30 pm EESTACT: Setting up Island Energy Communities
Nuria Albet Torres | Dimitrios Kollias | Miquel Garcia | Maja Jurišić | Søren Hermansen | Dimitris Katsaprakakis | Antonia Proka | Lucija Rakocevic
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03:00 pm - 04:30 pm EESTACT: Balancing interconnections and energy storage for the clean energy transition of islands
Lucía Blanco Cano | Michail Chatzipanos | Joana Ferreira Rita | Nikolaos Hatziargyriou | John (Ioannis) Kaldellis | Konstantinos Kyparissis | Christina Protopapadaki
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04:45 pm - 04:50 pm EESTViews from the islands
REACT project
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04:50 pm - 05:50 pm EESTFINAL DEBATE: What does RePowerEU mean for the islands?
Eero Ailio | Kostas Komninos | Maria Kottari | Søren Hermansen | Alexis Chatzimpiros
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05:50 pm - 06:00 pm EESTConclusion and goodbye
Jan Cornillie
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