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Workshop on Using Long-Term Scenarios for R&D Priority Setting

Location and date(s) of workshop:	Paris, 15-16 February 2007

Organiser(s):	IEA Experts' Group on R&D Priority-Setting and Evaluation and the IEA Secretariat

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Background:	The IEA Experts' Group on R&D Priority Setting and Evaluation and the IEA Secretariat are convening this workshop on long term scenarios and their use for R&D priority setting. Experts are invited to share experiences and provide input to the Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 publication, which will report to the Japanese G8 presidency in 2008. The workshop will draw on key experts with hands-on experience in scenario aided R&D priority setting from Governments, industry, academia and international organisations.

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Proceedings:	Welcome Herbert Greisberger, Chair, IEA Expert Group on R&D Priority Setting, Austria Graham Campbell, Chair, IEA Committee on Energy Research & Technology. Canada The G8 Plan of Action – IEA reporting on Energy Technology Perspectives Neil Hirst, Director, Office of Energy Technology and R&D, IEA ETP 2008 - translating the ETP 2006 scenarios into R&D policy recommendations Jeppe Bjerg, Energy Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA ETP 2006 – results, technologies and R&D needs Dolf Gielen, Senior Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA Session 1: Global energy technology scenarios – key technologies and policies Chair Neil Hirst, Director, Office of Energy Technology and R&D, IEA Pathways to 2050 – energy & climate change Adam Kirkman, Program Manager, Energy and Climate World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland Global Scenarios out to 2025 and their implications for strategy Peter Snowdon, Senior Energy Adviser, Shell International, The Netherlands Climate Change Scenarios – key technologies and policies in the power sector Bo Nelson, Corporate Strategic Advisor, Vattenfall AB, Sweden Session 2: Approaches to RD&D priority setting Chair Egil Ofverholm, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden Insights from the use of MARKAL for R&D priority setting for electricity supply and electricity end-use technologies Paul (Chip) Friley, Energy Sciences and Technology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States Insights from strategic technology roadmap and back casting approach - Energy Technology Vision 2100 Makoto Akai, Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan Insights from qualitative methodologies for R&D priority setting Per Dannemand Andersen, Head of Programme, Systems Analysis Department, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark Session 3: R&D priorities and technology policies Chair Isabel Cabrita, Director, INETI – National Institute of Industrial Engineering and Technology, Portugal Using long term scenarios for R&D priority setting in United States Robert C. Marlay, Director, Office of Science Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, United States Using long term scenarios for R&D priority setting in the 7th Framework Programme Angel Perez Sainz, Head of Unit, Energy Research - Horizontal Aspects and Coordination, European Commission Technology and innovation policies in OECD countries. Perspectives for energy technology R&D Dirk Pilat, Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate of Science, Technology & Innovation, OECD Improving the efficiency of research & development in energy research policy by making use of innovation science insights Clemens Cremer, Systems and Innovation Research, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany Session 4: RD&D priorities and investment needs Chair Robert Dixon, Head,Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA CO₂ Capture and Storage – RD&D Priorities and investment needs Jacek Podkanski, Senior Energy Analyst, IEA RD&D priority setting: lessons learned and priorities for the future François Cattier, R&D Analyst, Electricite de France (EDF) Electricity and CHP production from biomass - RD&D priorities and investment needs Ralph Simms, Senior Analyst, IEA Session 5: RD&D priorities and investment needs Chair Herbert Greisberger, Chair, IEA Expert Group on R&D Priority Setting, Austria Grid integration of large scale wind – challenges and R&D needs Bernhard Ernst, RWE Transportnetz Strom GmbH, Germany Wind turbines – RD&D priorities and investment needs Sebastian Achilles, Lead Scientist, GE Global Research, Germany Solar PV technologies – RD&D priorities and investment needs Hubert Fechner, IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, Head of Business Unit Renewable Energy Technologies Arsenal Research, Austria Session 6: Roundtable discussion on issues raised in Day 1 and 2 Chair Dolf Gielen, Senior Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA