SmartEdge Workshop 3

Can we reduce carbon emissions in metropolitan areas by facilitating business development in edge cities? How can the metropolitan and municipal level work together to support low carbon economic development. Building on local resources, can we base economic development on renewable energy?
The following topics will be covered: implications, opportunities and challenges in transformation to a low carbon economy, small cities as laboratories, the attractiveness of edge cities for businesses and citizens.
Progam
Venue: Conference hotel Dorint Sanssouci
08.30 - 09.00 Registration & coffee
09.00 - 09.30 Welcome  and Keynote 1: Economic development of renewable energies in Brandenburg with focus on Hydrogen potential analysis K. - C. von Knobelsdorff Head of Department 3 - Energy and Raw Materials Ministry of Economy and Energy
09.35 - 09.50 Case study  1: Energy self -sufficient Feldheim - A village provides for itself Werner Frohwitter, Energiequelle GmbH
09.55 - 10.10 Case study  2: The world's first hydrogen wind biogas hybrid power plant Prenzlau  Simon Müller, ENERTRAG
10.15 - 10.30 Case study 3: TBA
10.30 - 10.45 Coffe Break
10.45 - 12.25 Partner/stakeholder presentations
12.25 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 16.30 Workshop 3 Economic development based on renewable energy. 3–4 groups with conclusive roundtable discussion. Moderation: M. Buchta, S. Plocke, N. Krüger. 
16.30 - 17.30 Bilateral Exchange
17.30 - 18.00 Transfer to city
18.00 - 19.30 Guided tour w ith Nightwatch
19.30 - 21.00 Joint  Dinner