Programme

DAY 1 | May 23rd
9:30 – 10:00 Registration of participants
10:00 – 10:35 Opening & Welcome Session
Joan Franco, President TECNIBERIA
Inés Ferguson, President EFCA
Elisa Carbonell Martín, CEO of ICEX
10:40 – 11:30 Conference Introductory Session
Moderator: Araceli García Nombela, general secretary of TECNIBERIA
Pietro de Lotto, President CCMI European Economic and Social Committee
Patrick Child, Deputy Director General DG ENV
11:30 – 12:30 Panel Session 1: Blue Deal and energy infrastructure
Moderator: Carlos Mateo, Chief Operating Officer. SAITEC
Imanol García Sendon, Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Daniel Pérez Varela, Infrastructure Director at Red Eléctrica de España
Luis de Pereda Fernandez, Partner & Consulting director, Eneres
12:30 – 12:55 Coffee break and networking
13:00 – 14:00 Panel Session 2: Blue Deal and climate impact
Moderator: Felix Francés, President of the Water Technology Platform, Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia
Jesús Martínez, PhD, President of SUSTENTA Foundation. Ambassador of the EU Climate Pact
Jan Parys, Antea Group, Belgium; President, ORI
Luis Baz, General Manager of ARTIFICIAL
14:00 – 15:25 Lunch Break
15:30 – 16:30 Panel Session 3: Blue Deal and Best Practice Procurement
Moderator: Jaap N. De Koning (Koninklijke NLingenieurs), Chair of EFCA Internal Market Committee
Jose Manuel Vacas, Chair of TECNIBERIA Infrastructures Committee and Vice President Onshore Operations of TPF
Rafael Torrente, Associated Director, Project Implementation Advisor. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Søren Adamsen,  EFCA Board Member, Vice President and Chair, European Green Deal Committee
16:30 – 17:00 Closing remarks
Inés Ferguson, President of EFCA
20:00 Gala dinner & Future Leaders’ Competition Award
Club Financiero Génova
DAY 2 | May 24th
9:00 – 11:30 General Assembly Meeting-GAM (for EFCA members only)
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK
12:00 – 12:45 Session on Commitees
12:45 – 13:30 Presentation of the Future Leaders’ Competition winning projects
13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 – 16:00 BoD meeting (for EFCA BoD members only)
14:30 – 18:00 Future Leaders’ Day + coffee break (for registered Future Leaders)
DAY 3 | May 25th
10:00 – 14:00 Madrid Tour (on foot)
Start at 10:00 from Hotel IMAGINE BARCELO