Programme

Conference programme

11:30

Registration

12:00

Standing lunch

13:30

Welcome  

Moderator Lea Rüfenacht, Energy Science Center, ETH Zürich 

13:35

Introductory remarks  

Dr. Stefan Brupbacher, CEO, Swissmem  

13:40

Keynote – Setting the scene 

Prof. Dr. Christian Rüegg, Director, Paul Scherrer Institute PSI

13:55

In conversation with… 

Rada Rodriguez, President of Orgalim, Europe’s Technology Industries and CEO, Signify GmbH 

Martin Hirzel, President, Swissmem 

14:25

Introduction to Sector Coupling 

Dr. Tom Kober, Energy Systems Analysis Group, Paul Scherrer Institute PSI

Dr. Gianfranco Giudati, Energy Science Center, ETH Zürich

15:00

Break

15:15

Industry Panel Discussion 

Alexander Beck, Head Government Affairs, Smart Infrastructure Sales, Siemens Switzerland

Raymond C. Decorvet, Senior Account Executive, Global Business Development ETES, MAN Energy Systems 

Luca Schmidlin, Co-founder & CTO, AlphaSYNT  

15:50

Closing remarks 

Malte Lohan, Director General, Orgalim, Europe’s Technology Industries 

16:00

End of the conference