MEXIREC CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Day 1
Monday 11 September 2017
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Registration, Side Events, Welcome Reception
14:30 – 16:30
Registration
16:30 – 18:00
Side Events
19:00 – 21:00
Welcome Reception (open to all DEMEX delegates)
Day 2
Tuesday 12 September 2017
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Opening Plenary, Ministerial Panels, Parallel Sessions.
7:30 – 9:00
Registration
9:00 – 11:00
Opening Plenary DEMEX/MEXIREC
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee/Tea Break and Press Conference
11:30 – 12:30
Ministerial and High-level Panel 1:
The role of the energy sector for reaching the Paris Agreement: implementing the NDCs
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12:30 – 13:30
Ministerial and High-level Panel 2:
Energy Transition with Renewables: Globally and in Latin America and the Caribbean: Different pathways, shared goals
13:30 – 15:00
Networking Lunch
Afternoon Parallel Sessions
SESSION
TRACKS
15:00 – 16:30
A. POLICY/FINANCE
B. ELECTRICITY
SECTOR &
INFRASTRUCTURE
C. HEATING &
COOLING/TRANSPORT
D. ENERGY ACCESS/LOCAL
VALUE CREATION
E. TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATIONS
Session A.1
Evolution of
Regulatory
Frameworks to
Integrate High-shares
of Renewables
Session B.1
Power linkages:
Electricity
interconnection in
North and Central
America
Session C.1
Renewables-based Heating
and Cooling
Session D.1
Energy Access with
Renewables: Emerging
technology trends and offgrid business models
Session E.1
Ocean and marine
Session D.2
Energy Access with
Renewables: How to speedup connections
Session E.2
Bioenergy
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 – 18:30
19:00 – 22:00
Coffee / Tea Networking Break
Session A.2
Renewable Energy
Tenders and
Community
[em]power[ment]
Session B.2
Utilities of the Future:
New business models
Session C.2
Corporate Sourcing for
Renewable Energy
Gala Dinner (by invite only)
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Day 3
Wednesday 13th September 2017
Parallel Sessions
Morning Parallel Sessions
SESSION
TRACKS
09:30 – 11:00
A. POLICY/FINANCE
B. ELECTRICITY
SECTOR &
INFRASTRUCTURE
C. HEATING &
COOLING/TRANSPORT
D. ENERGY ACCESS/LOCAL
VALUE CREATION
E. TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATIONS
Session A.3
Scaling-up Largescale Renewable
Energy Investments
Session B.3
Energy Infrastructure:
From bottleneck to
backbone
Session C.3
Sustainable Movement:
Renewable energy transport
solutions
Session D.3
Energy Transition and Local
Value Creation
Session E.3
Solar (PV, CSP, solar thermal)
Session D.4
Renewable Energy for Islands
Session E.4
Wind (on-shore and off-shore)
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:30
Coffee / Tea Networking Break
Session A.4
Scaling-up
Distributed
Renewable Energy
Investments
Session B.4
Enabling Technologies:
The role of storage
Session C.4
The Role of Renewables in
Megacities
Networking Lunch
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Afternoon Parallel Sessions
14:30 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30
Session A.5
Hydropower
Session B.5
System Thinking:
How to interconnect
sectors
Session C.5
100 % Renewable Energy
Communities: Utopia or
reality?
Session D.5
The Role of Energy Efficiency in
the Energy Transition
Session E.5
Geothermal
Coffee / Tea Networking Break
16:30 – 18:00
Closing Plenary DEMEX & MEXIREC
Report on key findings from parallel sessions/side events
Adoption of MEXIREC Declaration
Closing Remarks
Day 4
Thursday 14 September 2017
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Site visits to renewable energy installations
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