• Paul van Son, Chairman and Moderator, CEO Dii (pdf)
• Jordi Hereu i Boher, Mayor of Barcelona (Welcome Letter)

• Keynote speech – Günther Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Energy
• Antonio Hernández García, Director General for Energy Policy and Mining, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain
• Jochen Homann, State Secretary Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
• Abdellah Griech, Executive Director Hydraulic and Renewables, ONE Morocco
• Hassine Bouzid Ambassador, Chief of the Mission of the League of Arab States in Madrid

Reference projects as reality proof for desert energy generation

Rainer Aringhoff, COO Dii

Potential for Renewable Energy in Algeria

Issad Rebrab, CEO & Founder Cévital (Shareholder of Dii), Algeria

Panel I: Desert energy generation

• Moderator: Rainer Aringhoff, COO Dii
• Robert Schlögl, Director Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
• Rainer Tamme, Head of Department Thermal Process Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Walid Shahin, President, National Energy Research Center, Jordan
• Eicke R. Weber, Director Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Germany
• Michael Geyer, Director International Business Development,  Abengoa Solar, Spain
• Holger Gassner, Director Markets and Politics RWE, Germany
• Karim Asali, Project Finance Manager, First Solar, Germany

Panel II: Strategic connections between EU/ MENA grids and markets

• Moderator: Aglaia Wieland, Senior Director Strategy Dii
• Georges de Montravel, designated CEO Transgreen/MEDGRID, France
• Abdellah Griech, Executive Director Hydraulic and Renewables, ONE Morocco
• José Luis Mata, Head of Regulation and Studies Department, Red Eléctrica Group, Spain
• Dimitrios Chaniotis, Senior Advisor System Development ENTSO-E

Panel III: Economic and social development in MENA

• Moderator: Gerhard Knies, Chairman of the board of trustees DESERTEC Foundation
• Omran Al Kuwari, CEO Green Gulf, Qatar Science & Technology Park
• Robert Pitz-Paal, Head of Department Solar Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Mouldi Miled, CEO ULYSOFT, Tunisia
• Christian Stoffaës, Executive Director, Transgreen Foundation, France
• Nabil Saimi, Advisor MASEN, Morocco

Presentation of key results of In-depth sessions

• Moderator: Hans Müller-Steinhagen, Head of Dii Advisory Board
• Panellists: Representatives from In-depth sessions

Developments in the international climate and renewable financing sector

• Guest speaker – Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group

Global financing to tackle climate change

• Laszlo Lovei, Director Sustainable Development Department World Bank

Masdar’s experience: challenges for RE assets in the Middle East

• Frank Wouters, Director Masdar Power, UAE

Financing renewable energy in the Mediterranean: lessons learned from EIB’s experience

• Sophie Jablonski, Energy Specialist, European Investment Bank

Challenges of the Union of the Mediterranean

• Marc Strauss, Senior Advisor Energy Department, UfM

Legislation for Renewable Energy in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia

• Abdelkrim Benghanem, former CEO of Sonelgaz, Algeria

Building a comprehensive framework for RE in EUMENA

• Philippe Lorec, Deputy Director General, Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development, France

European law and regulation perspectives for 2020/ 2050

• André Poschmann, German Ministry for Environment

Closing remarks

• Anni Podimata, Vice President Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament