Plenary

Joint Plenary Panel session

Wednesday 9th June: 14:00 –15:30

Ground Floor Auditorium, Congress Centre

Climate Policy Uncertainty – Where Does the Power Industry Go From Here?

Delegates from POWER-GEN Europe, POWERGRID Europe, Renewable Energy World Europe and Nuclear Power Europe are invited to join together for a joint plenary panel discussion on Wednesday afternoon for what promises to be one of the conference highlights. The debate encapsulates the dilemma for suppliers and utilities, many of whom were hoping for greater direction to emerge from the Copenhagen Climate change talks. Meanwhile, a competitive European electricity sector continues to face the challenges of an aging infrastructure base, a rising level of demand and questions of fuel sources and choices.

The Joint Plenary Panel Discussion will take place in the Auditorium in the Congress Centre from 14:00 until 15:30 and will feature leading industry participants from utilities, suppliers and NGOs. There will be an opportunity for delegates to participate in the session by putting their own questions to the panel. Details of the panel members are detailed below.

MODERATOR:
Stephen Sackur, International journalist and TV presenter

Stephen Sackur is identified around the world as the presenter of HARDtalk, the flagship current affairs interview programme aired on BBC World and the News Channel. Known for his combative style, his subjects have included the heads of NATO and OPEC, Shimon Peres, Gore Vidal and Richard Dawkins.

Stephen previously served in Brussels as the BBC’s Europe Correspondent, reporting on day to day stories from the major European institutions and across the continent. Before that he was Washington Correspondent, where his coverage and analysis of 9/11 won widespread acclaim. He has interviewed Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Ten years earlier it was Sackur who broke the story of the mass killing on the Basra road out of Kuwait, marking the end of the Gulf War. He was then posted to Cairo and Jerusalem as Middle East Correspondent, where he reported on the emergence of the Palestinian Authority.

PANELISTS

	Joan MacNaughton, Senior Vice President, Power and Environmental Policies Alstom Power UK Mrs. MacNaughton has a strong and broad background in energy and environmental policy. Joan has held senior positions within the British government including Director General for Energy within the Department of Trade and Industry, where she was responsible for energy policy. She has served as chair of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency and been very active in both EU and global energy policy issues.
	Dr. Rainer Hauenschild, CEO Energy Solutions Siemens AG Germany Effective June 1, 2008, Dr. Rainer Hauenschild was appointed CEO of the Business Unit Energy Solutions. Since September 2006 Hauenschild served as Chief Operating Officer on the Managing Board of Lurgi AG and was Managing Director of Lurgi GmbH following renaming of the company on January 1, 2008. After gaining a degree in mechanical engineering majoring in heat, energy and process engineering, and thermodynamics, Rainer Hauenschild obtained his doctorate on heat and material transfer processes in wet cooling towers. Then he started his career at ABB Kraftwerke AG as project manager in the field of R&D, where his duties included responsibility for the performance of feasibility studies for international power plant projects. Hauenschild ended his career at ABB in 2000 as Senior Vice President, Engineering Fossil Fired Steam Power Plants. Following the integration of ABB Kraftwerke AG into Alstom Power Generation AG, Hauenschild was appointed by Alstom Power Generation AG in Mannheim as Director, Project Management, Power Plants. There, he was responsible for order execution for international turnkey power plant projects until 2003. In September 2003, Hauenschild joined Invensys APV, Crawley, UK, where he assumed responsibility for the execution of plant projects worldwide, focusing on the food and beverages industry as well as in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector. In August 2005, he was appointed Technical Director and assumed global responsibility for technology, R&D, quality, strategic procurement and production management at GEA Energy Technology GmbH in Bochum. There, his work’s focal aspects until September 2006 included the introduction and improvement of business processes. Rainer Hauenschild is married and has two grownup children. He dedicates his leisure time to recreational sport and other outdoor activities together with his family. He values “open, constructive communication. It is just as much a part of the basic values of a successful company as the declaration of belief in binding, demandable targets.”
	Stephen Kidd, Director of Strategy & Research World Nuclear Association UK Steve Kidd is Director of Strategy & Research at the World Nuclear Association, the international association for nuclear energy based in London. After a brief period as an economics tutor at Sheffield University, he followed a career as an industrial economist with leading UK companies. These specialized in the raw materials and engineering sectors and included Rio Tinto and Rover Cars. He practiced as an independent consultant from 1990 onwards and then joined the former Uranium Institute as Senior Research Officer in 1995. He assumed his present position when the Institute became the World Nuclear Association in 2001. He received his bachelors and masters degrees in economics from Queens’ College, University of Cambridge and was the winner of the Adam Smith Prize. He authors many articles on the commercial aspects of nuclear power, is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetings around the world and is the author of the recent book, “Core Issues – Dissecting Nuclear Power Today”. Finally, he organizes and teaches at training courses for nuclear professionals in developing nuclear countries on behalf of the World Nuclear University.
	Iain H Miller, CEO Doosan Power Systems UK Iain Miller joined the company as a graduate trainee in 1975 with the Construction Division of Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. He participated in the execution of major projects at Peterhead and Drax, followed by a spell in the maintenance sector in NE England. In 1990, he returned to the Renfrew HQ and became Sales Director on the board of Babcock Construction Ltd, becoming Construction Director of Mitsui Babcock Energy Services Ltd in 1994 and Director & General Manager in 1996. In 1998, Iain became MD Services & Technology, responsible for all Renfrew based businesses - and an Executive Director on the main board of Mitsui Babcock. In 1999, he was appointed MD - UK Operations, MD - Europe in 2001, Chief Operating Officer in February 2004 and Chief Executive Officer of Doosan Babcock in December 2006 upon the acquisition of the company by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction of South Korea. Following the acquisition of Škoda Power of Czech Republic by Doosan Heavy Industries in late 2009, Iain was appointed CEO of Doosan Power Systems and Chairman of Škoda Power in January 2010.

Carlo Luzzatto, Co-General Manager
Ansaldo Energia
Italy

Carlo Luzzatto is Co-General Manager at Ansaldo Energia since 2008. At the same company he previously was Senior Vice President of Services, starting in late 2004 when he joined the business.

Between 1997 and 2004, he worked for General Electric, both in Europe and in the U.S., with various responsibilities ranging from Project Management to Merger & Acquisitions to General Management.

For the last 23 years, he has operated in the Power Generation and Oil & Gas Industry.

Matthias Hartung, CEO and President
RWE Technology GmbH
Germany

Matthias Hartung is CEO and President of RWE Technology. This division of RWE was created specifically for the building of new power stations in Europe. RWE is currently implementing its largest “new build” programme in its history.

Matthias Hartung is an expert in lignite extraction and power generation. In 1981 he started his career as an engineer at the opencast mine in the Rheinish Area. He worked for two years in Indonesia as an engineer before taking the job as provisional Head of Departement in another opencast mine of Rheinbraun, one of the predecassors of RWE. After many postings including a period at the Departement of Opencast Mine Planning, Matthias Hartung became Head of Departement in Plant Operation Engineering and Environmental Protection. From 1994 to 2004 he was Vice President of Opencast Mine Planning and Approval. As a board member of RWE Power he was responsible for Lignite Mining, Upgrading and Lignite-Based Power Generation from 2004 up to 2010.

Matthias Hartung is also board member of DEBRIV, the federal german association of all lignite producing companies and their affiliated organisations.

David Porter, Chief Executive
Association of Electricity Producers
UK

David Porter began his career in local government. He then ran businesses of his own, including a successful restaurant. He was an adviser to the Association from 1987 and became its Chief Executive in 1991 (until 1995 it had been the Association of Independent Electricity Producers). In 2007, he was appointed OBE by Her Majesty the Queen, for services to the Power Generation Industry.

He has served on the Executive Committee of the Electricity Pool of England & Wales, the government’s Renewable Energy Advisory Committee, the government’s ‘Foresight Energy Futures Task Force’ and he was President of the UK’s ‘Energy Industries Club’ 2003 - 2005.

He is currently on the Board of the European electricity body ‘Eurelectric’, Chairman of the Energy Policy & Generation Committee of Eurelectric, a Director of the UK Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group (‘PRASEG’), a member of the government's Coal Forum and Chairman of the Future Generation Sub Group of the Coal Forum.

David is an Honorary Fellow of the Energy Institute.

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