LEADING MINDS FORUM
11.9.2024 - 13.9.2024 | Ostrava - BrickHouse
The LMF International Conference will take place in September in Ostrava.
This conference brings together the elite of the domestic economy, names the issues to be solved and allows to predict the development in the energy sector.
You can recall the atmosphere of last year’s meeting HERE.
Jan Fousek will be one of the participants at this conference.
PROGRAM
BLOCK 1: THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT
- Priorities of the new European Parliament and European Commission in the context of maintaining the position of the Czech Republic as an export-oriented country with highly energy-intensive industries
- The reality of meeting the EU’s 2040 targets for decarbonization, efficiency and renewables
- Competition for public support among EU member states as a result of the continuation of European electricity market reforms
- Opportunities to revise climate and energy policies to maintain the competitiveness of the Czech Republic and its industry
- Feasibility of the new National Energy and Climate Plan (NCEP) in practice after addressing EC comments
BLOCK 2: ENERGY SECTOR OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU MARKET AND THE NEW STRATEGY
- Resource/generation adequacy versus import dependency of the Czech Republic
- Role of coal, gas, renewables and nuclear energy in the future energy mix of the Czech Republic
- Future of district heating in a decentralized energy sector
- Vision of a Czech “state” gas industry
- Possibilities of the functioning of a state energy trader in a liberalized market
BLOCK 3: THE SECRET OF COMMUNITY ENERGY
- Importance of aggregators and energy communities for the future functioning of the energy sector
- Impact of energy communities on network infrastructure (capex, opex, privacy), power flows and the position of traders
- Expectations regarding the role of the Electric Power Data Center (EPDC) in the energy sector (temporary vs. permanent solution)
- Optimal design of the new tariff structure from the perspective of different market participants
- Smart metering, individualized products and the economics of community operation or What companies will grow on community energy?