Description
REINA PLUS ESCP organizes the Final Target Market Group Meetings, where speakers from the 6 Target Markets (México, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, North Africa and North America) of the ESCP-4i will present the evolution and general overview of these energy markets up to date. Besides, european SMEs will present their experience in some of these markets. The agenda of the workshop is the following:
9,00h – Welcome and official opening (Aitor Oregi, Energy Director of the Basque Government) (tbc)
9,10h – Outlook and new EU policy measures to support clusters Going International and cluster cooperation (José Freitas, Policy Officer of the EC, DG GROW)
9,20h – REINA PLUS project. Activities and results (José I. Hormaeche, General Manager of the Basque Energy Cluster)
9,30h – Mexico Target Market
- General outlook of the Mexican energy market; new energy strategy and regulatory system; Low Carbon Business Action in Mexico (German Campero, CEGISTAM; Marta Sainz, Project Manager at Idom)
- Experiences of an SME in Mexico:
- Protecttion
10,30h – Chile Target Market: State and perspectives of NCRE in Chile: a silent transition (Mr. Carlos Finat, General Manager of ACERA)
11,00h – Coffee break/Networking
11,30h – Colombia Target Market
- Energy Transition in Colombia - Challenges and Opportunities (Dr. Jorge Valencia, Energy Markets Specialist, former General Manager of UPME)
- Experiences of an SME in Colombia:
- Euskabea
12,30h – Brazil Target Market: Current market of alternative energies in Brazil and perspectives of business development under the economic and political context of 2018 (Mr. Gustavo Arnizaut, Main Consultant at 4 Saints.com.br / Expert in Low Carbon Business Action Brazil)
13,00h – Morocco Target Market: General outlook of the Moroccan energy market (Mr. Rachid El Mrabet, Director of Projects and Innovation at IRESEN)
13,30h – USA Target Market: Trump effect in the US energy market (Ibon Iturriaga, Innovation Strategy Manager at MINSAIT)
14,00h – Way forward for the REINA Partnership: next steps
14,15h – Q&A. Open discussion
14,30h – Lunch/Networking