Monday 23rd October 2017
| Welcome message & opening speech Philippe Goyens (Permanent Secretary RAOS) Georges Van Goethem (Conference Chairman, RAOS) Carole Maman (representing Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation and Digital Agenda) |
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| The Demography of Africa: Impacts on Economy, Energy, and Governance Prof. John F. May |
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| African universities and science diplomacy in favour of alternative sources of energy (based on exchanges with 100 universities during COP22 in Marrakesh) Prof. Wail Benjelloun |
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| Energy for sustainable development in Africa: successes, challenges and possible way forward Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Ackom E.K., Haselip, J.A and Mackenzie, G.A. |
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| Financement des énergies renouvelables en Afrique : principaux enjeux et perspectives d’avenir pour les partenariats publics-privés sous l’angle européen Paul Frix |
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| Governing decentralised energy provision: exploring the role of local governance in articulating nexus approaches to energy transitions Prof. Ed Brown |
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| Centralized and decentralized energy solutions for Africa: cutting edge technologies supported by and co-developed with the African actors Bruno Bensasson | PPT | VIDEO |
| Digital solutions for growth François-Xavier Dubois |
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| Integrating Climate into Strategy for an Oil & Gas Company: focus on Africa Valérie Quiniou |
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| Sustainable energy mix for African and MENA region countries Prof. Idris Eisa El-Tayeb |
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Tuesday 24th October 2017
| Towards a global partnership regarding mineral resources and energy production: contribution to sustainable development with focus on Africa Prof. Jean-Pierre Tshibangu, Univ. Mons, Faculty of Eng., Dept of Mining Eng., RAOS |
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| Sustainable Energy Transition: An Operations Research Perspective Prof. Per J. Agrell, co-director “Center of Operations Research and Econometrics” (CORE), Prof. Anthony Papavasiliou, ENGIE Chair at UCL in Energy Economics and Energy Risk Management, and Ignacio Aravena, senior researcher, all co-authors with CORE - Louvain |
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| On Power System Paradigm: Opportunities and Challenges Aymen Chaouachi, PhD, EGI (Elia Grid International, Brussels), Power System Operations & Security |
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| Energy poverty in Africa: focus on challenges and solutions related to electric power and to energy for cooking Prof. Samuele Furfari, Geopolitics of Energy, ULB, École polytechnique |
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| Renewable energy deployment in Africa: opportunities, challenges & perspectives Dr. Ir. Pépin Tchouate Heteu, Managing Director of DEECCConsulting (Energy, Environment, ClimateChange Mitigation) |
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| Steel: a key resource for a sustainable and circular economy in emerging countries Carl De Maré,Vice-President Arcelor Mittal,Group CTO,Head of Technology Strategy |
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| Hydro-electricity in Africa: remaining economically exploitable capacity and impact assessment study (including social acceptance) Henri Boyé, USAID Electrification Advisor/Electricity Sector Reform Project, and Michel de Vivo,General Secretary International Commission on Large Dams |
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| Grand Inga, le plus grand complexe hydroélectrique du monde : ambition nécessaire mais à mûrir François Misser, diplômé de l’École supérieure de journalisme de Lille, chercheur indépendant, spécialiste des relations entre pouvoir et ressources naturelles en Afrique |
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| Using small low cost, robust and easily maintained decentralized hydraulic power stations in Central Africa Prof. Patrick Hendrick, ULB, École Polytechnique |
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| The development of Small Modular Reactors for emerging nuclear countries in Africa Prof. Peter Baeten, SCK•CEN & VUB Kernenergie, and Prof. Hamid Aït Abderrahim, Deputy Director- General International Affairs SCK•CEN & UCL Ecole Polytechnique |
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| The potential and challenges related to photovoltaic electricity generation and local (DC) microgrids Prof. Dr. Ir. Jozef Poortmans, Scientific DirectorPV@imec, Director R&D strategy@EnergyVille and Part-time Professor at KULeuven and Univ. Hasselt |
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| The value of concentrated solar power for developing countries: another look on energy transitions Marcel Bial, Secretary General European Solar Thermal Electricity Association |
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| Development of solar energy in Africa : A challenge in terms of resource availability and recycling Prof. Dr. Ir. Eric Pirard, RAOS, Mineral Engineering, Materials and Environment, ULg, and Dr Ir Sandra Belboom, Chemical engineering, ULg |
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Wednesday 25th October 2017
| Wood: an ever-present domestic energy priority for people in emerging Africa Régis Peltier, Jean Noël Marien, ThéodoreTrefon |
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| A locally manufactured gasification technology for the valorization of agricultural wastes in West African countries Prof Hervé Jeanmart ,Séverin Tanoh, Wilfried Ouedraogo,YohanRichardson, Sayon Sidibe , Frédéric Bourgois and François Pinta |
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| MOOCs for Africa: Lessons Learned Dr Dimitrios Noukakis and Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg |
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| Massive Open Online Courses: an answer to the issues facing higher education in sub-Saharan Africa? Nicolas Roland, Eric Uyttebrouck and Prof. Philippe Emplit |
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| Measuring sustainable energy projects to orient strategies for access to energy: why does it matter? Prof. Emanuela Colombo, Dr Lorenzo Mattarolo, Dr Mariano Morazzo, |
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| Jozef Smets, Belgian Federal Public Service, Foreign Affairs, Director for Africa, representing Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs |
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| Concluding remarks Georges Van Goethem |
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