Programme
| DAY 1 – 16 November Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Room, Villa Blanc Luiss Business School, Via Nomentana 216, Rome | DAY 2 – 17 November Room 200, Campus Luiss Viale Romania 32, Rome |
| 9:00 | am | Registration |
| 9:30 | am | Welcome Address Andrea Prencipe Rector, Luiss University Marco Piredda Head of International Affairs Analysis & Business Support, Eni |
| 9:45 | am | Keynote Speech: Energy, Food and Climate in Africa’s Future Maria Helena Semedo Deputy Director General, FAO |
| 10:00 | am | Opening Session Speakers: Damilola Ogunbiyi CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (online) Francesco Corvaro Special Envoy for Climate Change of Italy Carla Montesi Director Green Deal & Digital Agenda, DG INTPA (online) Carlo Batori Head Task Force on Climate and Development Finance, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Francesco La Camera Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (videomessage) Chair: Raffaele Marchetti Deputy Rector for Internationalisation, Luiss University |
| 11:00 | am | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 | am | Session 1 – The Impact of Climate Change on Africa Keynote Speech Amy Jadesimi CEO of Nigerian Sustainable Industrial Special Economic Zone (online) Speakers Rose Ngugi Executive Director, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis Romy Chevallier Senior Researcher, SAIIA Anderson Kehbila Director of SEI Africa Energy and Climate Change Programme, SEI Africa Elena De Nictolis Assistant Professor, Luiss University, Italy Abdul Abbas Research Fellow, University of Sussex, UK Chair: Giovanni Carbone Full Professor at the University of Milan and Head of the Africa Program of the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale Q&A Session |
| 12:45 | pm | Networking lunch |
| 3:45 | pm | Session 2 – Africa’s Development Paths and the Resources Needed Keynote Speech Rama Yade Senior Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council (online) Speakers Arslan Chikhaoui Executive Chairman, Nord Sud Ventures, Algeria Christian Sekomo Birame General Director, National Industrial and Research Agency, Rwanda Alexander Ezenagu Director of AfCFTA Policy Centre, Strathmore University, Kenya Shimelis Admassie Molla Full Professor, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Elvis K. Avenyo Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Chair: David Chiaramonti Full Professor, Dept of Energy and Vice Rector for International Affairs, Politecnico di Torino Q&A Session |
| 5:00 | pm | Coffee Break |
| 8:30 | pm | Conference Dinner (by invitation only) |
| 9:00 | am | Session 4 – Africa’s Priorities in the Energy Transition Keynote Speech Suor Smerilli Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development Speakers Anne Kingiri Director Research & Innovation, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya Mohamed Koita Sako Directeur de l’Ecole de Formation Continue et de Perfectionnement des Cadres, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire Carol Awuor Ofafa Research Associate, African School of Regulation Peter Oluseyi Associate Professor, University of Lagos, Nigeria Gideon Ndubuisi Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Chair: Maddalena Procopio Senior Policy Fellow in the Africa Programme, ECFR Italy Q&A Session |
| 10:30 | am | Session 5 – International Players and the Private Sector in Africa’s Energy Transition Keynote Speech Paolo Lombardo Head of the new International Cooperation and Development Finance Department, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Speakers Fabio Natalucci Deputy Director Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund (online) Carlos Shenga Director, Centre for Research on Governance and Development, Mozambique Chukwuka Onyekwena Executive Director, Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, Nigeria Marco Massoni Adjunct Professor, Luiss University, Italy Chair: Massimo Zaurrini Director Africa e Affari/InfoAfrica Q&A Session |
| 12:30 | am | Concluding Remarks Giorgio Silli Undersecretary of State, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lapo Pistelli Director Public Affairs, Eni |
| 1:00 | pm | Conference Lunch at Luiss |