21 Oct

On October 21, from 12:30 to 14:45, the newspaper ARA, the Catalan Energy Cluster, and BBVA will organize a special event dedicated to analyzing the current state of the energy transition in Catalonia. We will focus on three key areas: the role of public administrations in successfully implementing the energy transition, the integration of sustainability in businesses, and the deployment of renewable energy across the region. This event will continue the Special Dossier on Energy Transition, produced jointly by the ARA newspaper and the cluster, which was published on September 22.

The event will bring together representatives from public administration who are currently at the forefront of energy policies in Catalonia. The Minister of Territory, Housing, and Ecological Transition, and spokesperson for the Government, Sílvia Paneque, and the Vice President of the Social and Economic Development Area of the AMB, Jordi Valls, will be the featured speakers in the first round table titled “The Ecological Transition: A Challenge for Public Administrations,” moderated by the director of ARA, Esther Vera.

The event will also feature prominent representatives from companies and institutions leading the decarbonization process and the transformation toward a more sustainable energy model, such as Energética, Estabanell, Endesa, and BBVA.

PROGRAM

12:00 PM - Doors Open

Welcoming attendees with the distribution of the Sustainability special published on Sunday, September 22.

12:30 PM - Institutional Welcome

Journalist and event presenter, Antoni Bassas
President of CEEC, Joaquim Daura
BBVA Representative in Catalonia (TBC)

12:40 PM - Round Table: The Ecological Transition: A Challenge for Public Administrations

Moderator: Esther Vera, director of ARA
Sílvia Paneque, Head of Territory, Housing, and Ecological Transition, and spokesperson for the Government
Jordi Valls, Vice President of the Social and Economic Development Area at the AMB

1:20 PM - Round Table: Sustainability and Business

Moderator: Emma Felipe, ESADE Business School
Ferran Cornudella y Sáenz de Valluerca, Director of Corporate Banking BBVA Catalunya
Enric Brazis, Director of Endesa in Catalonia
Representative from the Port of Barcelona (TBC)
Representative from Philip Morris (TBC)

2:00 PM - Round Table: The Deployment of Renewables in Catalonia

Moderator: Santi Martinez, President of L'Energética
Pere Borràs, Director of the Generation subsidiary of the Estabanell group
Xavier Massa, Operations Director at KM0 Energy
Alberto Barriga, lawyer specializing in energy law at Schlaich Dauss

2:40 PM - Closing

Journalist and event presenter, Antoni Bassas

2:45 PM - Networking Cocktail