Details

The event takes place on 12 & 13 August 2015 in Windhoek, Namibia at the Safari Court Hotel and Conference Centre. This conference brings together experts and interest groups from Kenya and beyond and will be graced by various highly and internationally renowned experts.

PROGRAMME

8.30 – 9.00 Registration

OPENING SESSION

9.00 – 9.20 Welcoming by the Organizers

Dr. Bernd Althusmann, Resident Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) for Namibia and Angola, Windhoek, Namibia

Prof. Dr. Oliver C. Ruppel, Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Stellenbosch and Director of the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), South Africa

9.20 – 9.40 Mr. Ullrich Harald Ernst Kinne, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Windhoek, Namibia

“Energy Security Projects – A German Namibian Perspective”

9.40 – 10.00 Round of Introduction of Participants

10.00 – 10.30 Health Break and Group Photo

PANEL I Improving Energy Security in Namibia

Chair: Prof. Dr. Oliver C. Ruppel

10.30 – 11.15 Dr. Zivayi Chiguvare, Director of the Namibia Energy Institute at the Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

“The state of renewables in Namibia - where do we stand in 2015 and where do we go”?

11.15 – 12.00 Dr. Detlof von Oertzen, VO Consulting “REEE-powering Namibia: renewable energy and energy efficiency driving

development”

12.00 – 12.30 Discussion

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

PANEL II Sustainable Energy Solutions for the Region?

Chair: Dr. Bernd Althusmann

14.00 – 14.30 Dr. Gabi Schneider & Dr. Nortin Titus, Director Geological Survey (GSN) Windhoek, Namibia “The future of Uranium in times of renewable energy”

14.30 – 14.45 Dr. Al-Mas Sendegeya, Senior Lecturer, Renewable Energy and Power systems, Head of Department, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Namibia

14.45 – 15.00 Ms. Lena Plato, Research Assistant at the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), South Africa

“Biofuels regulation and energy security – a South African Perspective”

15.00 – 15.30 Discussion

15.30 – 16.00 Health Break

PANEL III Connecting Business for Investment and Law for Development

Chair: Harald Schuett

16.00 – 16.30 Prof. Dr. Oliver C. Ruppel, Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Stellenbosch and Director of the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), South Africa “Sustainable Energy Solutions Powering Growth and Prosperity”

16.30 – 17.00 Mr. Dennis Thiel, Southern African – German Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC, SADC Sustainable Energy Competence Centre, Cape Town, South Africa “Connecting business for renewable energies development in Africa”

17.00 – 17.15 Ms. Frieda Omagano Shifotoka, Public Prosecutor at the Outapi Magistrates Court,Outapi, Namibia “Energy, development and law – reflections on legal education in Namibia”

Final Discussion

Word of Thanks by the Organizers