The INCITE launch event aims to support industrial transformation by connecting innovators, industry, Member States, and financial actors by building science-for-transition bridges and removing information barriers. By sharing valuable insights and expertise, this event will contribute to shaping a sustainable future direction for industrial transformation and emissions reduction.

The launch of INCITE is taking place in Seville at the Exploraterra venue.

MORNING

1.  

   Welcome coffee
   (10.00)
2. Opening
   (11.00)

   Bernard Magenhann

   Acting Director-General, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

    

3. DIALOGUE 1

   INCITE means TRANSFORMATION

   Florika Fink-Hooijer

   Director-General of DG Environment, European Commission

   Luis Colunga

   Special Commissioner PERTE Decarbonisation at the Ministry of Industry and Tourism of Spain

   Maive Rute

   Deputy Director-General of DG for Internal Market, Industry, Enterpreneurship and SMEs, European Commission

   Axel Eggert

   Director-General of the European Steel Association (EUROFER)

4. DIALOGUE 2

   INCITE means INNOVATION

   Jorge Paradela

   Andalusian Regional Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines

   Muriel Attané

   Secretary General of the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO)

   Maria Cristina Russo

   Director for Prosperity of DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

   Daniel Witthaut

   Executive Director for Innovation, European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)

5. DIALOGUE 3

   INCITE means RESOURCES

   Salla Saastamoinen

   Deputy Director-General, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

   Elisa Rivera Mendoza

   General Director For Planning, Coordination And Knowledge Transfer. Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

   Sean Kidney

   CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative

   Mark Mawhinney

   Senior Adviser, Innovation and Competitiveness, European Investment Bank (EIB)
6. Closing

   Veronica Manfredi

   Director for Zero Pollution of DG Environment, European Commission

   Mikel Landabaso

   Director for a Fair and Sustainable Economy, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
7.  

   BREAK AND COCKTAIL LUNCH

AFTERNOON

1. Opening
   (14.30)

   Caroline Lambert

   Head of Circular Economy and Sustainable Industry Unit, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

2. SESSION 1
   (14:35 - 15:35)

   Governance and legislative aspects

   Benoit Zerger

   Industrial Emissions team leader, Industrial emissions and safety Unit, DG Environment, European Commission

   Barbara Freund

   Head of Division for Installation-based Air Pollution Control, Ambient Air Quality in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation

   Eva Blixt

   Representing the informal Industrial Alliance of the IED Article 13 Forum

   Christian Schaible

   Head of Zero Pollution Industry, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

3. LIVE PRESENTATION
   INCITE PLATFORM

   Simon Gutierrez Alonso

   Scientific Officer at the Circular Economy and Sustainable Industry Unit of DG Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

   Topics covered

   • INCITE set-up and operation
   • Engagement with stakeholders
   • INCITE information platform
   • Permitting flexibilities for industrial installations
   • Synergies between INCITE and the Sevilla process

4. SESSION 2
   (15:35 - 16:30)

   Technology and innovation

   Nicolai Schaaf

   Sustainability Manager, Kanthal (Technology provider)

   Vincent Michel

   Director of the Go4Zero initiative

   Adam Andersson

   Head of EU affairs, RISE (The Research Institute of Sweden)

   Anna Papagrigoraki

   Sustainability Director, Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)

   Topics covered

   • INCITE positioning in the innovation space (EU-funded projects, EISMEA, research institutes)
   • Technologies / sectors covered
   • Showcasing success stories
   • Identification of barriers to implementation.

5. COFFEE BREAK (16:30 - 16:55)

    

6. SESSION 3
   (16:55 - 17:40)

   Exploring how INCITE can help investors

   Kevin Flowers

   Deputy Head, Green Finance and investments Unit, DG Environment, European Commission

   Karla Ceño Rubio

   Executive Director, Investment Banking and Finance, BBVA

   Ana Diaz

   Head of Global energy transition head, Climate Bonds Initiative

   Alberto Toril

   Manager Europe-Power Sector, Breakthrough Energy

   Topics covered

   • Utilisation of INCITE’s technical outputs in Sustainable Finance, e.g. alignment of innovative techniques with the EU Taxonomy criteria
   • Technical verification of the validity of transition and transformation plans
   • Evaluation of projects financed by private investments
7. Closing
   17:40 - 17:50

   Veronica Manfredi

   Director for Zero Pollution, DG Environment, European Commission