Updated: Program for IEA Baltic Sea Geothermal Symposium, 13 Feb. 2019
The Baltic Sea Symposium by IEA and IGA will take place 13 February 2019 in Offenburg/ Germany ahead of the GeoTHERM expo & congress, featuring an interesting regional overview on geothermal ambitions in the Baltic region.
The Baltic Sea Symposium, highlighting the current status of geothermal ambitions in the Baltic region has now released its preliminary program. The event is organised by IEA Geothermal and the International Geothermal Association (IGA).
The event takes place, the day ahead of the GeoTHERM expo & congress in Offenburg/ Germany, which takes place 14-15 February 2019.
Wednesday, 13th of February 2019 Venue: GeoTHERM Offenburg, Oberrheinhalle
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 Welcome and Introduction
10:00 – 10:10 Marco Steffens, Lord Mayor of Offenburg – Words of Welcome
10:10 – 10.25 Dr. Lothar Wissing Chairman IEA Geothermal – Overview of IEA activities and aspects for geothermal heat application
10:25 – 10:40 Alexander Richter, President International Geothermal Association IGA – Overview about IGA Activities
10:40 – 10:55 Gurbuz Gonul, Acting Director, Country Support and Partnerships, IRENA, Global Geothermal Alliance: Fostering Global Partnership for Geothermal Energy
10:55 – 11.20 Prof. Dr. Inga Moeck, Board Member of Geothermal Association Germany (BVG), Director LIAG, Germany Country Presentation
11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 – 12:00 Lene Fenger Clausen, Chief Advisor, Centre for Energy Resources, Denmark, Bring geothermal energy into Play in Denmark: Challenges and opportunities
12:00 – 12:20 Thor Erik Musæus CEO, Rock Energy AS, Oslo, Norway Country Presentation
12:20 – 12:40 Teppo Arola, Ph.D., Chief Expert Geoenergy, Geological Survey of Finland, Geothermal Energy in Finland – state of the art
12:40 – 13:00 Tero Saano, St1 Deep Heat Oy, Finland Production Manager, First Deep Geothermal project in Scandinavia
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:20 Christine Croeniger, Stadtwerke Muenchen GmbH SWM Geothermal Business Development, Geothermal District Heating in Muenchen
14:20 – 14:40 Prof. Dr. Beata Kepinska Polish Geothermal Society President, Poland Country Presentation
14:40 – 15:00 Zygimantas Palaitis, Lithuanian Geothermal Association, Lithuania Country Presentation
15:00 – 15:20 Dr. Gerhard Schwarz, Assoc.Prof.(UU), State Geophysicist, Geological Survey of Sweden, Geothermal Applications in Sweden
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee Break
15:40 – 16:00 Prof. Dr. Rolf Bracke, International Geothermal Centre Bochum GZB Director, From Coal Mining to Heat Mining
16:00 – 16:20 Victor Gornov, Insolar-invest, Director of project design department, Russia Country Presentation
16:20 – 16:40 Hjalti Pall Ingolfsson, GEORG – Geothermal Research Cluster Operational Manager, GEOTHERMICA
16:40 – 16:50 CONCLUSION
16:50 – 17:00 Introduction of Workover-Rig EBIMA by Max Streicher Anlagentechnik
17:00 – 18:00 Outdoor Demonstration of Innovative Mobile Workover-Rig EBIMA by Stadtwerke Muenchen SWM and MAX STREICHER Anlagentechnik
18:00 – 21:00 Get-Together
Program (Updated, 4 February 2019)