Initiate! - Main Stage
Initiate! Manifesto
The sense of urgency to achieve this energy transition is crystal clear; we need to act now, before it’s too late. Bold moves have to be undertaken to make a significant impact. Incremental change will remain business as usual.
Everyone has the power to play a role in this transition by utilizing their social, economic, and technological influences. Diversity is our strength.
There is no time for looking back, fearlessly we must move forward. Post-energy transition is the dawning of a new energy economy, a better economy, a better planet.
Tue 03 Oct 11:00 to 11:05
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Tue 03 Oct 11:05 to 11:25
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Tue 03 Oct 11:25 to 11:45
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Data Science Disrupting the Energy System
What is AI and what are its business cases to disrupt?
Read more Tue 03 Oct 11:45 to 12:30
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Panel Discussion: A New Energy Economy – The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on the Energy Trilemma
Other panelists to be announced
Read more Wed 04 Oct 10:30 to 10:45
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Disruptive Infrastructures and Abundant Systems
How to identify blindspots and translate the unexplored innovation space
Read more Wed 04 Oct 10:45 to 11:00
Wed 04 Oct 11:00 to 11:15
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A Transition to Free Energy
What is the feasibility of free energy energy? What would be the consequences for society and indsutry?
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Workshop Disruptive infrastructures and abundant systems
Research Bureau Gartner predicts that a technology like blockchain will result in a programmable economy with new economic systems to disrupt the old ones.
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Workshop A Transition to Free Energy
The perspective of free energy is exciting, but can also be worrisome. What will change for whom?
Read more Wed 04 Oct 12:00 to 12:30
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A Free Energy System - Wrap up
This session will be a summary output of the workshops and previous presentations in the Decentralised Power track. Policy makers and other indsutry professionals will reflect on the presentations, workshops and how this translates to their vision and strategy.
Read more Wed 04 Oct 13:30 to 13:45
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Wed 04 Oct 13:45 to 14:00
Wed 04 Oct 14:00 to 14:15
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Measurable & Sustainable Cities – Futureproofed
The next decade or two, may very well be the most important since beginning of mankind. There’s no room for spectators in this game. Either we become the assholes who let the climate change tragedy unfold, or we become the hero generation who speed up and scale the transformation to attractive cities and a fossil-free future.
Read more Wed 04 Oct 14:15 to 15:00
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Workshop The End of Ownership
Circular and value based economy– where goals and opportunities meet behavioral challenges
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the new attitudes and behavioral choices that are needed for the transition to a circular based economy, and accordingly identify opportunities and challenges for businesses and policy to realise the circular transition.
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Workshop: Cities are where the action is
When it comes to climate change, cities are where the action is. In recent weeks months 364 mayors in the US came together to commit to meet their cities’ climate goals, push for new action to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and work together to create thriving, fossil-free, sustainable cities where it’s great to live and work.
Read more Wed 04 Oct 15:00 to 15:30
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Circular and Value-Based Economics - Wrap up
This session will be a summary output of the workshops and previous presentations in the Decentralised Power track. Policy makers and other indsutry professionals will reflect on the presentations, workshops and how this translates to their vision and strategy.
Read more Thu 05 Oct 10:30 to 10:45
Thu 05 Oct 10:45 to 11:00
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Ecosystem matters: Decentralised power in action
Collaborative, co-creative solutions are the key. How to align stakeholders objectives and requirements in a decentralised system. And what will be trend impacts and benefits?
Read more Thu 05 Oct 11:00 to 12:00
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Workshop: What market designs and regulatory responses are we seeing that are accelerating change?
Almost by definition, regulated energy market players are unable to innovate. The returns on infrastructure investment, their role in the market and how and what they communicate and sell to consumers are all highly scrutinised by government regulators. For decades, electricity systems have remained largely unchanged and systematic incentives encouraged utilities to resist startups and new market designs. Today these systems are being challenged politically, technically and financially, driven in no small party by the threat of climate change and an urgent agenda to provide energy access for all. At the same time, a combination of technology trends in energy (such as new battery capability) and computing (such as blockchain) show the promise of moving toward a much more decentralised, decarbonised energy system.
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Workshop: Ecosystem matters: Decentralised power in action in Europe
During this workshop we will focus on challenges such as the opportunities and business models arising from co-created decentralised eco-systems and how the future trends (e.g. IoT, batteries) will have an impact on these partnerships and business models. How will the grid manage the complexities of distributed power (e..g grid congestion, visibility of load)
Read more Thu 05 Oct 12:00 to 12:45
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Decentralised Power - Wrap up
The wrap up will be a brief reflection on the discussions that took place during the workshops and will follow into a panel discussion where policy makers and other established stakeholders in the field of decentralised power will elaborate on what is currently being developed and has been proven to work or should work differently.
Read more Initiate! Awards
The awards celebrate and showcase the top 5 startups and young talent participants that have been nominated.
Tue 03 Oct 14:00 to 15:30
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Young Talent Award
In this session the top 5 nominees will defend their abstract in front of the judges on stage.
Read more Tue 03 Oct 15:30 to 17:00
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Startup Awards
The Startup Award honours those who play a crucial role in the creation of a sustainable utility industry!
Read more Pitch Session Accelerator Hangout Participants
In this session you will hear the Initiate! Startup Alumni pitch their business.
Wed 04 Oct 12:30 to 12:40
Wed 04 Oct 12:40 to 12:50
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Wed 04 Oct 12:50 to 13:00
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Wed 04 Oct 13:00 to 13:10
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Karybel BVBA - monitoring and control solutions for electrical power grids
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UAB Laserpas: Case study: manned vs unmanned helicopters for power line surveillance
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Wed 04 Oct 13:30 to 13:40
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Future Utility Workforce
With the utility industry in transformation the questions rises what this means for the future workforce development and environment.
What will be the impact of new technologies and different innovation strategies?
Wed 04 Oct 15:30 to 15:40
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Wed 04 Oct 15:40 to 16:15
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How will new technologies disrupt the utility workforce?
This session will discuss how a range of new technologies will affect the future utility workforce. A range of technologies--including augmented reality, drones, robotic process automation, blockchain, machine learning and AI--threaten roles that have existed for decades.
Read more Wed 04 Oct 16:15 to 16:25
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Introduction by the moderator & Presentation EESN Survey Report
Introduction to the topic and presentation of the survey report conducted by EESN to identify the students' and young professionals view on innovation in the sector.
Read more Wed 04 Oct 16:25 to 17:00
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How will different Innovation strategies impact the utility workforce?
This session will discuss different innovation strategies will affect the future utility workforce.
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