Opening (09:00 - 09:30)

• António Sá da Costa, President of APREN - Portuguese Renewable Energy Association 

1st morning session - Innovation on renewables (09:30 – 11:00)

Moderator: André Macedo, RTP

• Patrícia Fortes, Investigator at Nova University - The role of renewables in decarbonising the national energy system
• António Sá da Costa, President of APREN - Portuguese Renewable Energy Association - The impact of renewable electricity on the wholesale market
• Manuel Collares Pereira, Teacher at Évora University - The most recent evolutions of CSP 
• Stephane Lascaud, CEO at EDF-SF - The huge opporunities of the new storage systems

Debate

Coffe Break (11:00 - 11:30)

2nd morning session - Sector trends (11:30 – 13:00)

Moderator: André Macedo, RTP

• Giles Dickson, CEO at WindEurope - Future trends in wind electricity
• Christophe Arnaud, Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe - Tendencies in Solar PV
• António Vidigal, CEO at EDP Inovação -The vision for future electrical systems
• Nuno Taveira, Grid Integration Engineer at ENERCON - ENERCON technology in the support of electrical networks

Debate 

Lunch (13:00 - 14:30)

APREN Award 2017 (14:30 - 15:00)

Afternoon session - Challenges (15:00 – 17:00)

Moderator: Rosália Amorim, Dinheiro Vivo

• Pedro Silva, General Manager of Efacec's Electric Mobility Unit - Electrical mobility, controllability and intelligent loads
• Victor Baptista, General Manager at REN - Renewables, variability and flexibility
• Pedro Miranda, CEO at Siemens Portugal - Renewables and smart grids
• João Amaral, Sales Manager at SENVION - Repowering vs. lifetime extension of wind turbines

Closing (17:00 - 17:30)

• António Sá da Costa, President of APREN - Portuguese Renewable Energy Association