Event
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Achieving climate targets and the global energy transition requires international cooperation. For this reason, the German government has entered bilateral energy partnerships – among them the Canada-Germany Energy Partnership established in 2021.
The Canada-Germany Energy Partnership currently focuses on the hydrogen alliance, raw material security for the energy transition and the just transition. Due to increasing demand for raw materials, rising geopolitical tensions and intensifying (system) competition, this partnership will become ever more important.
In cooperation with the Atlantik-Brücke and together with the Canadian delegation of KAS Canada, we would like to take stock of the Canada-Germany Energy Partnership and discuss its further potential. The event "German-Canadian Energy and Raw Materials Partnership" will take place on June 27 from 13:00 to approximately 17:00 at the AXICA Kongress- und Tagungszentrum (Pariser Platz 3, 10117 Berlin).
Program
13:00 Arrival and Light Lunch
14:00 Welcome Address and Introduction
Sabina Wölkner
Head of Department 2030 Agenda
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
14:15 Panel I: Potential of an Energy and Raw Materials Partnership between Germany and Canada
Patrick Chevalier
Director, Environmental Science, CanmetMINING, Lands and Minerals Sector
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
Oliver Grundmann MP
Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear
Safety and Consumer Protection
Deputy Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Climate Action and Energy
Shannon Joseph
Chair
Energy for a Secure Future
Anne Lauenroth
Deputy Head of Department International Cooperation, Security, Raw Materials and Space
Federation of German Industries (BDI e.V.)
Dr. Daniel Wicklum
CEO
The Transition Accelerator
Moderator: Julia Friedlander, Atlantik-Brücke
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Panel II: Prerequisites for Profitable Cooperation - LNG, Hydrogen and Raw Materials
Karol Bednarek
Consultant Raw Material Availability
VDA – German Association of the Automotive Industry
Heather Exner-Pirot
Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Tom Hoefer
Senior Advisor
NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
Dr. Frank Umbach
Head of Research, European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS)
Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), University of Bonn
Moderator: Sabina Wölkner, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.
16:30 Closing Remarks
Director KAS Office Canada
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.