The role of natural gas in the EU energy mix in the context of the Paris Agreement

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13.30 Welcome

Professor Dr Friedbert Pflüger, Director, European Centre for Energy and Resource Security

Hans-Hartwig Blomeier, Director London Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung UK & Ireland Office

14.20 Introductory Comments

Dr Joachim Pfeiffer, Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson on Energy Policy for the CDU/CSU parliamentary party in Germany

Dr Timm Kehler, Chairman of the German Natural Gas advocacy, Zukunft ERDGAS e.V.

Bernd Biervert, Deputy Head of Cabinet to the Vice-President of the European Commission for the Energy Union, in charge with security of supply and international energy relations (TBC)

Alexandra-Maria Bocse, KAS Fellow at EUCERS and author of the EUCERS Strategy Paper “UK’s Dash for Gas: Implications for the role of natural gas in European power generation”

Professor Mike Bradshaw, UK Energy Research Centre

Richard Chatterton, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

15.30 Discussion

16.00 Reception