Symposium “Energy Sustainability and Competitive Markets”
Barcelona, January 29, 2013
Parc Científic de Barcelona (C/Baldiri i Reixac, 10, Barcelona)
08:45-09:00
Registrations
OPENING
Authorities (to be confirmed)
Dídac Ramírez i Sarrió (Rector of the University of Barcelona)
Martí Parellada Sabata (IEB Director, FUNSEAM Board of Trustees)
09:00-11:00
PLENARY SESSION
The Role of Contracts in Electricity Markets
Juan Pablo Montero (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
PRESENTATION
María Teresa Costa Campi (Universidad de Barcelona & IEB, Chair Director)
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
Chair-Discussant: Joan Batalla (Comisión Nacional de Energía, Board Member)
The Environmental Kuznets Curve in Spain 1857-2007
Cecilio Tamarit (Universidad de Valencia)
11: 30-13:45
Environmental Policy and Directed Technological Change
Raphael Calel (London School of Economics)
Greenhouse Gases Emissions, Growth and the Energy Mix in Europe
Gustavo Marrero (Universidad de la Laguna)
R&D Drivers in the Energy Industry
Nestor Duch, José García-Quevedo (Universidad de Barcelona & IEB)
13:45-14:30
WORKING Lunch (Location:Parc Científic de Barcelona)
COMPETITION AND CONSUMERS
Chair-Discussant: Paulina Beato (SEGIB)
Estimation of Search Frictions in the British Electricity Market
Monica Giulietti (Warwick Business School)
14:30-16:00
Price Behaviour Comparison in Electricity Markets: Pool vs. Future
Ronald Huisman (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Retail Competition in Energy Markets
Monica Gandolfi (OFGEM)
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
CORPORATE STRATEGIES IN GLOBAL MARKETS
Chair-Discussant: Miguel Angel Lasheras (Iberian Gas Hub, Director)
Assessing the Consequences of Restructuring Reforms on Firms' Performance
Emili Grifell-Tatjé (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
16:30-18:00
Which Market Design to See the Development of Demand Response in an All-market
Context?
Yannick Pérez (Supélec & European University Institute)
Regulatory Reform and Corporate Control in European Energy Industries
Francesc Trillas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & IEB)
18:00-18:45
CLOSING CEREMONY
Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga (Comillas University & CEEPR-MIT)
More information is available at the IEB website: www.ieb.ub.edu