What is the role of economists in addressing the energy transition?

Break-out session 1

Scarcity on Electricity Grids
with contributions from:

• Mark de Kwaasteniet (BudgetThuis): The challenges for the electricity grid and collaboration of energy companies with consumers.
• Marcel Volkerts (Baringa): How can we best utilise the available network capacity?

Collaborating to Accelerate 
with contributions from:

• Leonardo Fuligni (Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship): Collaborating in complex ecosystems where both public and private interests converge
• Daniël Lodders (Saman Groep): Collaborating on generation, storage, and consumption in energy hubs

Forecasting and Energy Prices
with contributions from:

• Kristiaan Glorie (Erasmus Quantitative Intelligence): Predicting demand
• Dongchen He (Tilburg University): How does the uncertainty of renewable energy supply influence (forward)prices on futures markets?

Break-out session 2

Does the transition make us happier?
with contributions from:

• Martijn Burger (EHERO): Hope for the future and the willingness to pay for sustainable energy
• Peter Mulder (TNO): Energy inequality

Directing Demand
with contributions from: 

• Rob Massuger and Jeroen van der Beek (GreenChoice): Experiences with innovations to manage consumer demand
• Olga Heijmans - Kuryatnikova (Erasmus School of Economics): Managing energy use and its impact on CO2 emissions

Implications for Transportation
with contributions from:

• Linda Punt (RSM): Better utilise the network by smartly charging electric vehicles
• Larissa van der Lugt (Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port, and Transport Economics): The economic perspective on the transition to sustainable fuels for shipping