Day 1 (17th May 2017)
Welcome and Introduction
| Opening of the EMP-E José Cotta, Head of unit “Advanced Energy Production”, DG Research & Innovation (EC) |
| Context and goals of EMP-E Berit Müller (RLI) and Patrick Van Hove (DG Research & Innovation – EC) |
First Session: Energy modelling practice at European level and involved communities
| Introduction by the moderator (Mark Howells, KTH) |
| How the European Commission uses energy modelling in policy planning Tom Howes (DG Energy – EC) |
| Data openness in EU Energy Models Andreas Zucker (DG JRC – EC) |
| Market equilibrium models of energy and the economy and their use supporting European Commission’s impact assessments Pantelis Capros (E3Modelling Lab, National Technical University of Athens) |
| Fostering European Energy Transformation: Reconciling the modelling and stakeholder communities Jürgen Kropp (PIK) |
| Session 1 – Panel Discussion |
Second Session: Insights in the LCE 21 projects
| Introduction by the moderator Patrick Van Hove (DG Research & Innovation – EC) |
| Linking models – SET-Nav Gustav Resch (TU Wien); Ruud Egging (NTNU) |
| Openness, sharing and reproducibility – MEDEAS Jordi Sole Olle (CSIC) |
| Modelling of flexibility and technological progress – REflex Angelo Martino (TRT Trasporti e Territorio srl) |
| EU28 decarbonisation pathways: multi-model impact assessment and diagnostics – REEEM Mark Howells (KTH) |
Third Session: Pathways, sector coupling, case studies
| Introduction by the moderator Joan Canton (DG Energy – EC) |
| The ambitious task of setting policy targets for energy efficiency: a multi-scale analysis of societal metabolism – MAGIC Maddalena Ripa (Autonomous University of Barcelona) |
| Modelling EU cities decarbonisation pathways – InSMART Sofia Simoes (Nova University of Lisbon) |
| ECF’s Energy Union Choices report: integrated gas/electricity/demand infrastructure modelling – ECF Laurent Noirhomme (Climact) |
| Insights from EU Integrated gas and electricity modelling Paul Deane (University College Cork) |
| Energy modelling and the Nexus concept: design and tools in SIM4NEXUS Floor Brouwer (Wageningen Economic Research); Hector Pollitt (Cambridge Econometrics) |
| Session 3 – Panel Discussion |
| Discussion on continuation EMP-E |
Day 2 (18th May 2017)
Fourth Session: Models and transparency
| Introduction by the Moderator (Berit Müller, RLI) |
| Models in Energy System Analyses Michael Grubb (University College London) |
| Transparency in EU energy system modelling – METIS open-book approach (METIS) Tobias Bossmann (Artelys) |
| POTEnCIA: An innovative, technology-rich, policy-oriented, open model to address EU energy scenarios Tobias Wiesenthal (DG JRC) |
| An adaptable energy systems model (EERA Joint Programme on Energy Systems Integration) Juha Kiviliuoma (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) |
| The E3ME-FTT Integrated assessment model Jean-Francois Mercure (Radboud University Nijmegen) |
| The PRIMES Model Alessia de Vita (E3M lab NTUA) |
Networking Space
| Preview on Networking Space / Poster Mingle (1min/poster) |
Focus Groups
| Focus Groups 1 – parallel sessions: |
| Designing and comparing energy transition pathways |
| Capacity expansion planning in high RES worlds combined with Uncertainty in modelling inputs and outputs |
| Publishing in open databases and increase of transparency and reproducibility |
| Focus Groups 2 – parallel sessions: |
| Bridging the gap between policy questions and models |
| Modelling of environmental impacts and externalities |
| Methodologies for linking models |



