Lisboa, 12 April 2018

10.00 Introduction and Welcome to the Seminar

• Carla Amado Gomes
  Assistant Professor
  Reseacher of the Research Centre of Public Law  (CIDP)
  Faculty of Law - University of Lisbon
   

• Iñigo del Guayo
  Professor
  Faculty of Law - University of Almería

 
Session I. Technology and Energy Transition
Moderator: Prof. Milton Montoya
 
10.10 p.m. Energy transition in Qatar and the Middle East: advancing renewable energy technologies as the alternative to fossil fuel use

• Damilola Olawuyi
  Associate Professor
  College of Law and Public Policy - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Doha - Qatar)
   

 10.30 p.m. Low Carbon Energy Transition in Canada: Planning and Legislating in a Diverse Federation

• Alastair Lucas
  Professor
  Faculty of Law - University of Calgary (Canada)
   

 10.50 a.m. Competitive electricity markets and support-schemes to renewable energies in the European Union

• Iñigo del Guayo
  Professor
  Faculty of Law - University of Almería (Spain)
   

11.10 a.m. Coffe-break

 
Session II. The impact of Technological Innovation
Prof. Martha Roggenkamp
 
11.40 a.m. Colombia’s approach to the future of coal-fired electricity generation—climate change demands on national coal development

• Milton Montoya
  Professor
  Faculty of Law - University Externado (Colombia)
   

12.00 p.m. The regulatory challenges of energy disruptive technologies

• Mr Filipe Matias Santos
  Director of ERSE Legal Department  - ERSE
   

12.20 p.m. Technological Innovation and Disruptive Lawmaking to Counter Climate Change: Addressing the Challenges to Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in South Africa

• Hanri Moster
  Professor
  Faculty of Law - University of Cape Town (South Africa)
   

 12.40 p.m. Discussion


 1.00 p.m. Lunch
 

Session III. Innovation within traditional energy sectors
Moderator: Prof. Hanri Mostert
 
3.00 p.m. Greening the European gas sector: the regulation of alternative  gases

• Martha Roggenkamp
  Professor
  Faculty of Law - University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
   

3.20 p.m. Prospects for electricity storage

• José Juan González
  Professor
  Universidad Metropolitana de México (México, D.F.)
   

3.40 p.m. The impact of the blockchain on the energy markets

• João Marques Mendes
  Lawyer at CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
   

Session IV. Electric mobility and Electricity Vehicles
Moderator: Prof. Al Lucas
 

4.00 p.m. Electric mobility  

• Manuel Cassiano Neves
  Lawyer at Garrigues Portugal
   

4.20 p.m. Electricity vehicles Law and Policy: a comparative analysis

• Barry Barton
  Professor
  School of Law - Waikato University (New Zaeland)
   

4.40 Discussion
 

5.00 p.m. Conclusions

• Francisco Paes Marques
  Assistant Professor
  Faculty of Law - University of Lisbon