FUTURE ENERGY SOLUTIONS 2025
Energy Innovations
TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 12.00
Coffee and Networking
10.00 – 12.00
Workshop:
Advancing Green Electrification: Horizon Europe Training to Boost EU Funding for South Karelia, Karthikeyan Natarajan and Tiina Jauhiainen, LUT University
12.00 – 13.45 Welcome Session
Welcome words
Greetings from the City of Lappeenranta
Keynote 1: Sari Multala, Minister of Climate and the Environment
Keynote 2: Pasi Vainikka, CEO, Solar Foods
Electrification of district heating – Pauli Hiltunen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
District heating in Lappeenranta – Lappeenrannan Energia
Buildings as energy storages – Risto Kosonen, Aalto University
Case example: Sand battery by Polar Night Energy – Tommi Eronen, Polar Night Energy
13.45 – 14.15 Coffee and Networking
14.15 – 16.00 Digital Energy Systems
16.15 – 17.15 Workshops: Planning and developing the smart energy system
Workshop 1: Technical solutions and shared experiences from the past and ongoing projects
Workshop 2: Financing the innovative solutions for the energy system
19 – 22 Evening Program (tbc)
WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
8.30 – 9.00 Coffee and Networking
9.00 – 10.30 Hydrogen Economy
10.30 – 11.00 Networking Break
11.00 – 12.30 Future Mobility
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.30 Site Visits (tbc)