2025
Programme
September 8
11.00 - 12.00
Check-In
12.00 - 13.00
Lunch
11:50 - 13:00
Field Trips
☀️ Local Energy System & Sector Integration
→ Sønderborg’s District Heating Tour
→ Glansager Power-to-Gas Plant
→ Industry Decarbonization Tour
🔋 Electrifying Transport & Construction Machinery
→ Electric ferries in Fynshav
→ Community-Led Rural Bus
→ Application Development Center for Machinery of the Future
🏠 Energy-Efficient Buildings
→ Sønderborg Hospital
→ Social Housing Retrofits
→ Smart, Energy-Efficient Supermarket
→ Sønderborg’s District Heating Tour
→ Glansager Power-to-Gas Plant
→ Industry Decarbonization Tour
🔋 Electrifying Transport & Construction Machinery
→ Electric ferries in Fynshav
→ Community-Led Rural Bus
→ Application Development Center for Machinery of the Future
🏠 Energy-Efficient Buildings
→ Sønderborg Hospital
→ Social Housing Retrofits
→ Smart, Energy-Efficient Supermarket
18.00 - 18.45
Networking Drinks
18.45 - 21:00
Networking Dinner
September 9
9.00 - 09.30
Check In & Coffee
09.30 - 10.30
Opening Keynote & Panel
Opening Remarks by Sissel Hansen, Erik Lauritzen, Allan Pilgaard-Jensen, Lars Tveen and Marcin Zebrowski (Moderator)
Keynote by Dr. Kirsten Dunlop
Panel: Unlocking the Urban Energy Transformation: Public-Private Partnerships for Europe’s Competitiveness
w/ Marcus Horning, Dr. Kirsten Dunlop , Adam Pustelnik, Katrine Bjerre Milling Eriksen, Julie Kjestrup and Jonas Schorr (Moderator)
Keynote by Dr. Kirsten Dunlop
Panel: Unlocking the Urban Energy Transformation: Public-Private Partnerships for Europe’s Competitiveness
w/ Marcus Horning, Dr. Kirsten Dunlop , Adam Pustelnik, Katrine Bjerre Milling Eriksen, Julie Kjestrup and Jonas Schorr (Moderator)
10.30 - 12.00
Success Case Presentations
🇫🇮 Lappeenranta
Decarbonized heating and cooling journey
w/ Ilkka Räsänen, City of Lappeenranta
🇸🇪 Lund
Internet-inspired smart energy grids
w/ Markus Paulsson, City of Lund & CoAction Lund
🇳🇴 Oslo
Emission-free construction sites
Sofi Obrestad Halling, Oslo Climate Agency & Oslo's Net Zero Cities Engagement
🇫🇮 Helsinki
Electric trucks charging infrastructure (eCargo Project)
w/ Raimo Tengvall, Forum Virium Helsinki
🇵🇱 Poland
Scaling up near zero-emission districts
w/ Andrzej Leszczyński, Polish National Centre for Research and Development
🇩🇰 Travbyen
Innovative urban area in Billund (KIRKBI)
w/ Christian Nørgaard, KIRKBI
🇬🇧 Essex
Group-buying scheme for residential solar power
w/ Thomas Day, Head of Energy and Low Carbon Programme @ Essex County Council & Cas Bilhojt, CEO @ iChoosr
Decarbonized heating and cooling journey
w/ Ilkka Räsänen, City of Lappeenranta
🇸🇪 Lund
Internet-inspired smart energy grids
w/ Markus Paulsson, City of Lund & CoAction Lund
🇳🇴 Oslo
Emission-free construction sites
Sofi Obrestad Halling, Oslo Climate Agency & Oslo's Net Zero Cities Engagement
🇫🇮 Helsinki
Electric trucks charging infrastructure (eCargo Project)
w/ Raimo Tengvall, Forum Virium Helsinki
🇵🇱 Poland
Scaling up near zero-emission districts
w/ Andrzej Leszczyński, Polish National Centre for Research and Development
🇩🇰 Travbyen
Innovative urban area in Billund (KIRKBI)
w/ Christian Nørgaard, KIRKBI
🇬🇧 Essex
Group-buying scheme for residential solar power
w/ Thomas Day, Head of Energy and Low Carbon Programme @ Essex County Council & Cas Bilhojt, CEO @ iChoosr
12.00 - 13.00
Lunch & Networking
12.00 - 13.00
Challenge Workshops
🇩🇰 Copenhagen
Preparing buildings for low-temperature district heating
w/ Øystein Leonardsen & Erik Hagelskjaer, The Technical and Environmental Administration of Copenhagen
🇩🇪 Munich
Local finance facility: Driving the NetZeroCities mission
w/ Roman Mendle, Munich Climate Mission
🇳🇴 Trondheim
Zero-emission logistics and service vehicles
w/ Sunniva Fossen Haugen, Trondheim Municipality
🇱🇹 Tauragė
Retrofitting centrally-located individual homes
w/ Agnė Petrošiūtė, Tauragė Municipality
Preparing buildings for low-temperature district heating
w/ Øystein Leonardsen & Erik Hagelskjaer, The Technical and Environmental Administration of Copenhagen
🇩🇪 Munich
Local finance facility: Driving the NetZeroCities mission
w/ Roman Mendle, Munich Climate Mission
🇳🇴 Trondheim
Zero-emission logistics and service vehicles
w/ Sunniva Fossen Haugen, Trondheim Municipality
🇱🇹 Tauragė
Retrofitting centrally-located individual homes
w/ Agnė Petrošiūtė, Tauragė Municipality
15.00 - 15.30
Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.30
Closing Keynote & Presentations
16.30 - 18.00
Drinks & Networking
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Speakers
Andrzej Leszczyński
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Strategic Advisor in the Polish National Centre for Research and Development
Markus Paulsson
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Energy Strategist at the City of Lund and Project Manager for CoAction Lund
Sofi Obrestad Halling
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Senior Adviser in Oslo Climate Agency and Lead Coordinator of Oslo’s engagement on Net Zero Cities
Marcin Żebrowski
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Urbanist, moderator, podcast host and Knowledge & Editorial Lead at Urban Partners.
Lars Tveen
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CEO of the Bitten & Mads Clausen Foundation and chairman of the ProjectZero Foundation
Marcus Horning
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Director of City Planning in Malmö, Sweden & Chairman of the Nordic City Network
Julie Kjestrup
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President of Efficient Buildings Europe Head of Policy and Thought Leadership Velux
Øystein Leonardsen
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Program Director for the Technical and Environmental Administration of Copenhagen
Erik Hagelskjaer
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Senior Consultant at the Technical and Environmental Administration of Copenhagen