8:45 AM

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Großer Saal

Opening SolarPACES

Welcome messages: Robert Pitz-Paal, Benedikt Kölsch, Conference Co-Chairs, DLR, Germany Arantxa Fernandez Garcia, SolarPACES Chair, CIEMAT, Spain Mona Neubaur, Minister, Ministry of Economy, Industry, Climate Protection, Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia Meike Jipp, Divisional Board Member for Energy and Transport, DLR, Germany Alina Gilmanova, Women+ in CSP, France

9:30 AM

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Großer Saal + online

SolarPACES & Eurosun Joint Opening Session

Welcome and Introduction to Joint Session Conference Chairs / Eurosun / Solar PACES 30 Years of Energy Research in Germany Kerstin Deller, Director for Energy Research, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action,Germany Energy System of Germany - Achievments and Future Perspectives Prof. H.-M. Henning, Expert Council of the Energy Research Programm Germany, Former Director of Fraunhofer ISE , Germany IEA Perspective on World Energy Systems Transition Dr. Paolo Frankl, Head of the Renewable Energy Division at the International Energy Agency (IEA), France

10:20 AM

10:20 AM - 10:35 AM

Coffee Break

10:35 AM

10:35 AM - 11:35 AM
Großer Saal + online

Joint Session - Sustainable Heat for Industrial Processes

Bärbel Epp, Managing Director of Solrico, Germany Rafael Guedez, Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Benjamin Zühlsdorf PhD, Innovation Director, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark

11:35 AM

11:35 AM - 12:45 PM
Großer Saal + online

Joint Session - Thermal Energy Storage

Dr. Wim van Helden, Senior Expert in Thermal Energy Storage and group leader at AEE INTEC in Austria & Dr. Andreas Hauer, Director of Board ZAE Bayern, Germany Christina Prieto PhD, Group Leader at University of Seville, Spain & Julian Osorio PhD, Research Engineer at National Laboratory of the Rockies, USA

12:45 PM

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Großer Saal

CSP around the world

Speakers: Fengli Du, National Solar Thermal Alliance, China Jorge Marcial Islas Samperio, Undersecretary of Planning and Energy Transition, Ministry of Energy, Mexico (tbc) Paul Goj, Engie, Germany (tbc) Joachim Krüger, ESTELA; Gregor Bern, Fraunhofer ISE & Dirk Krüger, DLR

3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Großer Saal

Bankability and Financing of Solar Thermal Projects

Speakers: Chris Kimmet, Odqa, UK Cesar Arreola, IFC, Mexico Johannes Kretschmann, Fichtner, Germany Marina Montero Carrero, European Commission

5:00 PM

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Coffee break

5:30 PM

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Großer Saal

Solar Fuels and High Temperature Applications (beyond commercial status)

Speakers: Kent Warren, ETH, Switzerland Jose Gonzalez, IMDEA, Spain Christian Sattler, DLR, Germany Graham Nathan, Univ. Adelaide, Australia Philipp Furler, Synhelion, Switzerland

7:00 PM

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Welcome Reception