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Symposium and Opening of the Energy Exhibition, incl. Apéro
Monday, 5 December 2022, ETH main building
The symposium took place in the Audimax in ETH’s main buiolding. It was simultaneously translated into German and English. Michael Sokoll moderated the event.
The presentations are directly linked in the programme below. Additionally, a video recording of the symposium is available (individual contributions linked below).
13.30h
Welcome Adress (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. Detlef Günther, Vice President for Research, ETH Zurich
13.55h
Net-zero energy system scenarios for Switzerland (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. Russell McKenna, Energy Systems Analysis, ETH Zurich and Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, PSI
14.15h
Saving, storing, producing? The role of buildings in the energy transition (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter, Architecture and Building Systems, ETH Zurich
14.35h
The role of negative emission technologies until 2050 (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti, Separation Processes, ETH Zurich
14.55h
15.05h
Discussion (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. Russell McKenna, ETH Zurich/PSI
Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti, ETH Zurich
Michèle George, Energie 360° AG
15.30h
Break
16.00h
Sector Coupling – key element of a future energy supply (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. André Bardow, Energy and Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zurich
16.20h
Operating a secure grid infrastructure for the sustainable energy future (Video Recording)
Kaja Hollstein, Head of Operations Services at Swissgrid
16.50h
Challenges and solutions to finance green hydrogen projects (Video Recording)
Dr. René Cotting, Chief Financial Officer, Smartenergy
17.00h
Discussion (Video Recording)
Prof. Dr. André Bardow, ETH Zurich
Kaja Hollstein, Swissgrid
Christian Verhoeven, GE Switzerland
Christian Pho Duc, Chief Technology Officer, Smartenergy
17.25h
Final words (Video Recording)
Dr. Christian Schaffner, Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich
17.30h
End of Symposium, Transfer to ETH Main Hall
18.00h
Opening of Energy Exhibition, incl. Apéro
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, ETH Zurich
Martin Ettlinger, Museum of Transport Lucerne
Energy Sprint: The Future Electricity System Needs Flexibility: Can Commercial Buildings help?
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, Empa Dübendorf
What is the Energy Sprint?
During the Energy Sprint, participants explored the not-yet-solved problems on a path towards a more sustainable energy system. We guided them through a Design Thinking Process to come up with creative ideas and ultimately a concept to tackle the challenges ahead of us.
The heard from the industry partner Siemens about real industry challenges. The mix of people from different backgrounds, the opportunity to be creative or even a little bit crazy and the relevance of the topic made this an amazing experience. In one day, the students understood an industry challenge, formed teams, defined a relevant problem and then developped, prototypeed and pitched a solution.
Industry Partner of the Energy Sprint 2022: Siemens
Who could participate?
The Energy Sprint is an event that is aimed at Masters and Doctoral students. The selection of the participants was very competitive and was made by an expert jury. The Energy Sprint was held in English.
What are the prizes for the best pitches?
In addition to the gained experience and the support you received from the facilitators and the energy experts during the day, the winning team of the jury prize received CHF 3’000 in the form of the “ESC Start-Up Ticket” when participating in the Venture Kick.
The winning team of the peer-to-peer award was offered a slot at the Science Policy Panel of the Energy Week @ ETH in order to present their idea to a large audience. The Science Policy Panel took place on Friday, 9 December 2022, 16:00h-19:00h.
08:00h
Arrival and Welcome at NEST, Empa Dübendorf
08:30h
Start of the Energy Sprint 2022
09:00h
Presentation of the Challenge of the Day by Siemens
09:20h
Kick-off Design Thinking Process
12:00h
Lunch Break
13:00h
Design Thinking Process, part 2
17:00h
Pitching Session
17:45h
Award Ceremony and Apéro
Focus Dialogues
Wednesday and Thursday, 7-8 December 2022, online (Zoom)
The Focus Dialogues took place online.
The Focus Dialogues on “Buildings”, “Scenarios Electricity Supply”, “Investments” and “Infrastructure” took place in German, the Focus Dialogue on “AI and Decentralised Energy Flexibility” took place in English.
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
16:00h – 17:00h
Buildings (Video Recording, in German)
Speakers:
Christian Frey, Siemens
Dr. Danielle Griego, ETH Zurich
Prof. Matthias Sulzer, Empa
Moderation: Lea Rüfenacht, ETH Zurich
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
17:00h – 18:00h
Scenarios Electricity Supply (Video Recording, in German)
Speakers:
Michael Frank, VSE
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Russell McKenna, ETH Zurich and PSI
Moderation: Dr. Gianfranco Guidati, ETH Zurich
Thursday, 8 December 2022
16:00h – 17:00h
Investments (Video Recording, in German)
Speakers:
Caterina Mattle, Energy Infrastructure Partner
Dr. Jonas Savelsberg, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Bjarne Steffen, ETH Zurich
Moderation: Dr. Marius Schwarz, ETH Zurich
Thursday, 8 December 2022
17:00h – 18:00h
Infrastructure (Video Recording, in German)
Speakers:
Daniel Guyot, General Electric (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Marco Mazzotti, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Sansavini, ETH Zurich
Moderation: Dr. Kirsten Oswald, ETH Zurich
Thursday, 8 December 2022
18:00h – 19:00h
AI and Decentralised Energy Flexibility (Video Recording, in German)
Speakers:
Ben Bowler, Lucern University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Dr. Roberto Castello, EPFL and Swiss Data Science Centre
Till Richter, Aliunid
Moderation: Gianluca Mancini, Master in Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zürich
This Focus Dialogue was co-organised with the Analytics Club at ETH Zurich.
Science Policy Panel + Closing of the Energy Exhibition, incl. Apéro
Friday, 9 December 2022, ETH Main Building
The panel took place in German (no translation provided) in the ETH Main Building in the Audimax.
A video recording (in German) is now available.
16.00h
Welcome
Dr. Benedikt Knüsel, Science-Policy Interface, ETH Zurich
16.05h
Presentation of “Best Cases” from the Energy Sprint and the ESC initiative “Energy Now!“
Groups from the Energy Sprint + “Energy Now!”
16.20h
Lessons Learned from the Energy Week @ ETH 2022
Dr. Benedikt Knüsel, Science-Policy Interface, ETH Zurich
16.30h
Science Policy Panel
Prof. Gabriela Hug, Power Systems Laboratory, ETH Zurich
Prof. Anthony Patt, Climate Policy, ETH Zurich
Dr. Pascal Previdoli, Deputy Director, Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Gabriela Suter, National Council, Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP)
Priska Wismer-Felder, National Council, Die Mitte
Moderation: Dr. Benedikt Knüsel, Science-Policy Interface, ETH Zurich
17.30h
Final words
Dr. Christian Schaffner, Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich
17.35h
End of Science Policy Panel, Transfer to ETH Main Hall
17.45h
Apéro in the Energy Exhibition
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