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1 - S P E A K E R s B I Os Venue: Volkartgebäude Auditorium ZHAW School of Management and Law Winterthur/Switzerland Target groups: Political and business decision makers, Swiss public authorities, representatives from EU institutions, scientists, EFR experts, students, civil society, etc. Languages: Thursday, 24 October: The event will be held in German and English with simultaneous translation Friday, 25 October: The conference language will be English

2 Page 12 Dr. Constanze Adolf Director Green Budget Europe Brussels Office Trained as a banker, graduated from Passau University. She studied Economics, Law and Cultural Studies in Odense (Denmark) and Strasbourg and holds a PhD in informal decision-making processes in the European institutions. She worked in the European Commission and the European Parliament and was director of EUFED, a Brussels-based European NGO. Constanze Adolf is co-founder of a European Think Tank on sustainable development and is also guest lecturer at several Universities in Germany and Belgium. constanze.adolf@green-budget.eu Martin Bäumle Nationalrat, Präsident Grünliberale Partei Schweiz Martin Bäumle ist seit 2003 Nationalrat des Kantons Zürich und seit 2007 Präsident der Grünliberalen Partei Schweiz. Sein politischer Schwerpunkt ist die Verbindung ökologischer Anliegen und wirtschaftlicher Interessen. Er schloss in Zürich als dipl. Chem. ETH ab und arbeitete im Anschluss als Atmosphärenwissenschaftler. Heute widmet er sich hauptsächlich der Politik und setzt sich auch als Verwaltungsratsmitglied der Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) für die Umsetzung pragmatischer Energiestrategien ein. Zudem ist er ebenfalls seit 2003 Mitglied der nationalrätlichen Kommission für Umwelt, Raumplanung und Energie UREK. mbaeumle@bluewin.ch Dr. Martin Baur Leiter Stabsbereich Ökonomische Analyse und Beratung EFV Martin Baur hat in Zürich und Wien Volkswirtschaft und Politologie studiert. Von 2002 bis 2006 war er in einem privaten Forschungs- und Beratungsbüro tätig trat er als Ökonom in die Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung ein. Er beschäftigte sich dort mit ökonomischen Grundlagenarbeiten, leitete verschiedene politische Projekte und nahm unterschiedliche Aufgaben als Experte für die OECD wahr. Seit April 2012 ist Martin Baur Leiter des Stabsbereichs Ökonomische Analyse und Beratung der Eidgenössischen Finanzverwaltung. martin.baur@efv.admin.ch Dr. Regina Betz Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), and Joint Director (Economics), Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) at University of New South Wales (UNSW). Regina Betzt holds a PhD from the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. Regina has studied economics in Germany and the UK. In her PhD she analyzed the impact of different designs of carbon trading systems on transaction costs. From 1998 to 2004 she was a Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (FhG ISI) in Germany. Her work focuses on energy and climate change policies and their associated instruments, such as emissions trading schemes. For more than 8 years she was a consultant to the German Environmental Ministry regarding the Kyoto Mechanisms and Emissions Trading, and was closely involved with European Union and United Nations negotiations on climate change and the European Emissions Trading Scheme. She was part of the International Standardisation Group which developed ISO14064, the international standard on monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks. She has also experience as a consultant to the Australian government for example on auctioning design for emission permits in Australia. She

3 Page 22 has been regularly called to appear as an expert witness in climate change issues at various Federal government enquiries. Today her research is mainly focusing on the design of energy and environmental policy instruments applying experimental economics or empirical methods. Dr. Arthur Braunschweig Managing Partner, E2 Management Consulting Ltd. Arthur holds a PhD in Economics from University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He was born 1959, is (still happily) married and a father of three. Since 1998 he is Managing Partner at E2 Management Consulting Ltd., a Swiss consultancy specialised in environmental and sustainability oriented management. E2's clients range across multiple sectors, from banks and insurance companies, machinery, energy, to food, hotels, education, NGOs and the Swiss federal administration. From 1988 to 1997, Arthur was founding director of ÖBU, the Swiss Association for Ecologically Conscious Management, where he organized conferences, lead working groups and developed environmental management for companies. Together with member companies, he developed ecobalancing as a planning and controlling tool for companies and products. The method today is used by numerous companies certifying against ISO Arthur is a trained economist. After university, he joined IBM for three years. He researched and teaches sustainability management and ecobalance/lca at various universities. Numerous publications on environmental management, on ecobalancing/lca and ecological economics, e.g. on ecological tax reform. He is a member of ÖBU's board and active for the scientific quarterly "GAIA" as well as the "Int. Journal for LCA". abraunschweig@e2mc.com Jacqueline Cottrell Senior policy adviser, Green Budget Europe, and freelance environmental consultant. Jacqueline has worked for the German NGO, Green Budget Germany (GBG), since 2004 and has managed Green Budget Europe, GBG s European expert platform on Environmental Fiscal Reform, since She also leads the organisation s work on international affairs and sustainable development. Jacqueline has organised and contributed to numerous international conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops on EFR. She has published widely in the field of environmental economics and sustainability. Jacqueline also works as a freelance consultant specialising in Environmental Fiscal Reform and sustainable development, most notably for the implementing organisation GIZ GmbH. She has co-developed and regularly runs a capacity building training course on Environmental Fiscal Reform for poverty reduction in developing, transition and emerging economies. jacqueline.cottrell@green-budget.eu Jos Dings Director Policy Team, Transport and Environment Dutchman Jos joined T&E as director in 2004, having worked previously as head of the transport division at CE Delft, a respected environmental policy consultancy. At CE, he focused on EU policy issues and transport pricing strategies, advising national governments and the European Commission. jos.dings@transportenvironment.org

4 Page 32 Dr. Anselm Görres President Green Budget Europe and Green Budget Germany as well as Founder and Owner of ZMM Zeitmanager München GmbH. Anselm Görres studied in Heidelberg and Geneva, majoring in economics and law, and was an assistant professor at Stuttgart and Munich Universities, where he acquired his doctorate degree. After seven years as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Anselm Görres founded ZMM Zeitmanager München GmbH in1996. In 2004, he became cofounder and president of the German Association of Interim Providers. Since 1985, Anselm Görres has participated in the debate on Market-Based Instruments for environmental policy, initially with several publications on ecotaxes. In 1994, he became co-founder and board member of Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft or Green Budget Germany ( In 2008, Green Budget Germany initiated Green Budget Europe ( as a platform to unite MBI-experts and advocates throughout Europe and beyond. Anselm Görres is spokesman of GBE and speaker at many international conferences on Environmental Fiscal Reform and Market-Based Instruments. He has published numerous books, articles and papers on management, economic, and environmental issues. muc@foes.de Prof. Dr. Michael Grubb Professor Michael Grubb is Chair of Energy and Climate Policy at Cambridge University Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research, and Senior Advisor on Sustainable Energy Policy to the UK Energy Regulator Ofgem. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Climate Policy and is on the editorial board of Energy Policy, and was recently the Specialist Advisor to a House of Lords European Committee enquiry into decarbonisation and competitiveness. His former positions include Chair of the international research organization Climate Strategies; Chief Economist at the Carbon Trust; Professor of Climate Change and Energy Policy at Imperial College London; and head of Energy and Environment at Chatham House, and he continues to be associated with these institutions. In 2008 he was appointed to the UK Climate Change Committee, established under the UK Climate Change Bill to advise the government on future carbon budgets and to report to Parliament on their implementation. Michael Grubb is author of seven books, fifty journal research articles and numerous other publications. He has held numerous advisory positions with governments, companies and international studies on climate change and energy policy, and has been a Lead Author for several reports of the IPCC on mitigation, including the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. He has recently completed a new book Planetary Economics, which brings together the lessons from 25 years of research and implementation of energy and climate policies, and is published in January Michael.grubb@climatestrategies.org Dr. Erik F. Haites President, Margaree Consultants Inc. Dr. Haites contributed to designs of greenhouse gas emissions trading programs for Alberta, Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has published several papers on emissions trading, linking emissions trading schemes and the Kyoto mechanisms. He has been a consultant to the UNFCCC secretariat since 1998 on the Kyoto mechanisms and climate finance and he has contributed to five IPCC reports. Ehaites@margaree.ca

5 Page 42 l Gabi Hildesheimer Geschäftsleiterin Öbu - Netzwerk für nachhaltiges Wachstum, Zürich Gabi Hildesheimer hat an der Universität Zürich Biologie studiert. Seit 1998 ist sie Geschäftsleiterin von Öbu. Neben verschiedenen anderen Mandaten war Gabi Hildesheimer von 1998 bis 2012 Mitglied des OcCC, des beratenden Organ des Bundesrates in Fragen der Klimaveränderung. Seit 2010 ist sie zudem Mitglied des Fachhochschulrates des Kantons Zürich. hildesheimer@oebu.ch Dr. Patrick Hofstetter Leiter Klima und Energie, WWF Schweiz Patrick Hofstetter hat an der ETH Zürich das Maschineningenieurstudium absolviert und 1998 an der Abteilung für Umweltnaturwissenschaften promoviert zum Thema der Umweltbewertung hat er eine Teilzeitstellung beim WWF Schweiz angenommen und leitet den Bereich Klimapolitik. Seine Hauptarbeitsgebiete sind Klima- und Energiepolitik und die ökologische Steuerreform. patrick.hofstetter@wwf.ch Erica Hope EU Affairs Manager, European Climate Foundation Erica joined the European Climate Foundation (ECF) in February 2013 to work on energy efficiency and the development of the EU's post-2020 climate and energy framework. She came to ECF from Climate Action Network Europe (CAN-E), whose efficiency-related policy and advocacy activities she led from 2009, in particular on the shaping of the EU's Energy Efficiency Directive. Whilst at CAN-E she helped to establish the cross-sectoral Coalition for Energy Savings, an increasingly influential voice in European debates on energy policy. She is a respected co-columnist for the expert network the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee). From 2005 to 2009 Erica advised Green MEP (now MP) Caroline Lucas at the European Parliament, notably on the development of legislation on emissions trading and the import of illegal timber to the EU. She also worked briefly at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London, and has a First Class degree in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford in the UK. erica.hope@europeanclimate.org Dr. Rolf Iten Geschäftsleiter und Partner Infras, unabhängiges Forschungs- und Beratungsbüro, Zürich und Bern Rolf Iten studierte Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Zürich, wo er eine Dissertation zum Thema «Ökonomische Bewertung von Umweltqualitäten» verfasste. Er arbeitet seit 1989 bei Infras, seit 1991 als Leiter nationaler und internationaler Projekte in den Bereichen Energie, Umwelt, Sozial- und allgemeine Wirtschaftspolitik und seit 1998 als Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung. rolf.iten@infras.ch

6 Page 52 Prof. Dr. Armin Jans Dozent ZHAW, School of Management and Law, Winterthur Armin Jans ist Dozent für Volkswirtschaftslehre an der ZHAW School of Management and Law. Er war in den Jahren 1995 bis 1999 Nationalrat, 1999 bis 2011 Bankrat der Schweizerischen Nationalbank und ist seit 2003 Bankrat Zuger Kantonalbank, seit Mai 2010 als Vizepräsident. Dr. Frank Jotzo Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Climate Economics & Policy at the Australian National University s Crawford School of Public Policy Frank Jotzo works on the economics and policy of climate change, as well as on broader issues of development and economic reform. He has researched and published on these topics since the late 1990s, focusing on Australia and countries of the Asia-Pacific. Frank has advised governments and consulted for international organisations, and has made contributions to the scientific literature and policy development especially on carbon pricing and emissions trading. He has been a senior advisor to the Garnaut Climate Change Review commissioned by the Australian government, and is a lead author of the Fifth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Since 2010 he has collaborated with Chinese organisations on research for market mechanisms for low-carbon growth. frank.jotzo@anu.edu.au Dr. Ion Karagounis Programme director, WWF Switzerland Ion Karagounis studied natural sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has a MBA degree (University of St. Gallen). In the year 2000 he established the Swiss foundation for environmental management Pusch and was its director until There he was mainly engaged in the improvement of the legal and financial framework for the environmental protection. Ion.Karagounis@wwf.ch Kurt Lanz Leiter Infrastruktur, Energie & Umwelt, economiesuisse, Dachverband der Schweizer Wirtschaft Kurt Lanz hat Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Universität Bern studiert (Volkswirtschaft, Soziologie und Ökologie). Er führt seit April 2012 den Politikbereich Infrastruktur, Energie und Umwelt als Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung von economiesuisse. Davor war er in leitender Funktion bei der SBB, der Swisscom sowie bei Sunrise tätig. kurt.lanz@economiesuisse.ch

7 Page 62 Markus Maibach Managing Partner, INFRAS Master's Degree in economics and economic geography at the University of Zurich. Markus Maibach joined INFRAS staff in /89 transport economics surveys for projects in Burma and Nepal. Project manager in the area of transport since 1990, with further specialisations in transport cost assessments and pricing and financing schemes, energy/environment, evaluation of large projects, and sustainable development. Markus Maibach has been a member of INFRAS management since He is an international expert in transport strategy, policy issues. He is moderating several policy evaluation projects for Swiss cantonal, national and international clients. markus.maibach@infras.ch Lynda Mansson Director General MAVA Foundation The MAVA Foundation is a Swiss-based, family philanthropic foundation focussed on biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. It has three regional programmes (Coastal West Africa, Mediterranean Basin, and the Alpine Arc) and a new, fourth programme focussed on fostering a sustainable economy. Lynda Mansson is responsible for defining and implementing the strategy of the foundation and leading the secretariat team. Before joining the foundation, Lynda spent 13 years with WWF International in Switzerland. She brought with her the experience of managing and directing global strategies for all aspects of office operations in the WWF Network and developing performance tools for its offices. Prior to that, she spent five years in charge of WWF leadership and organisational development. Before joining WWF, Lynda ran a consulting business in Lausanne that specialised in financial and strategic planning. She had previously worked in London as the Executive Director of a small non-profit organisation. Lynda began her career as a San Francisco stockbroker and then earned an MBA from Berkeley Business School. lynda.mansson@fondationmava.org Dr. Louis Meuleman Coordinator European Semester, DG Environment, European Commission Louis works with DG Environment of the European Commission in Brussels as overall coordinator for the greening of the EU's economic and social governance cycle (the 'European Semester') and as adviser on regional development and environmental impact assessment. Louis is also research fellow at the Free University Amsterdam, senior fellow at the Center for Governance and Sustainability of the University of Massachusetts Boston and member of the editorial board of the IAIA Journal Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. He holds a PhD in public administration (on metagovernance) and an MSc in environmental biology. Louis has over 30 years of public sector experience handling national, regional and international issues, mainly in the fields of environment, sustainable development and land use planning. He was head of unit Rural Areas in the Dutch Environment and Planning Ministry, director of the Netherlands Advisory Council for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and Environment (RMNO) in The Hague and chair of the Netherlands Association for Public Management (VOM). He has published articles and book chapters on environmental policy, interactive policy-making, metagovernance, governance of long-term decision making and cultural diversity and sustainability governance in English, German and Dutch. louis.meuleman@ec.europa.eu

8 Page 72 Eike Meyer Vice Director, Green Budget Germany (GBG) Before joining GBG in 2010 he worked for the German International Development Cooperation (GIZ) and First Solar Inc. He is an expert on Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR) with a focus on environmentally harmful subsidies, resource taxation and EFR in emerging and developing economies. Eike Meyer holds a master s degree in public policy from the University of Potsdam. Eike.Meyer@foes.de Dr. Axel Michaelowa Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives GmbH Dr. Axel Michaelowa has two decades of research experience on international climate policy. Between 1999 and 2006, he was head of the Research Programme International Climate Policy at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA), founding the climate policy consultancy Perspectives with Sonja Butzengeiger as a spin-off in Since 2007, Axel is part-time researcher on climate policy at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Zurich. From , he was lead author for the chapter on policies and measures in the 4th Assessment Report of the IPCC and is working on international policy instruments in the 5th Assessment Report due in Furthermore does Axel consult private, governmental and public institutions in the area of environmental economics, climate and trade policy and has written more than 100 research articles and studies on various aspects of the Kyoto Mechanisms and climate policy. He is associate editor of the journals Climate Policy, Climate and Development and Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management. Axel also is one of the leading CDM experts in Europe. Since 2003, he is baseline methodology expert for the CDM Executive Board and since 2001 in the roster of experts for the UNFCCC Secretariat. Between 2006 and 2013, he was member of the CDM Registration and Issuance Team of the CDM Executive Board. michaelowa@perspectives.cc Magnus Nilsson Senior Campaigner, Transport & Environment Magnus Nilsson has a long experience as environmental journalist, consultant and NGO campaigner, working in the fields of nature conservation, infrastructure planning and climate, often with emphasis on the use of economic instruments to achieve environmental goals in a cost-efficient way. In the late 1980 s Nilsson, as an employee at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, made a study that contributed to the introduction 1991 in Sweden of the first CO 2 tax in the world. He has followed national infrastructure planning in Sweden for two decades, and headed the multi-year campaign that preceded the successful introduction of congestion charges in Stockholm Since 2010 Magnus Nilsson primarily works for the Brussels-based NGO network Transport & Environment as senior campaigner on the revisions of the Energy Tax and VAT Directives. Above that active as an independent consultant in the fields of transport, climate, nature conservation and forestry policy, notably in the European perspective. Bird-watcher. magnus.nilsson@transportenvironment.org

9 Page 82 Prof. Dr. Jean Marc Piveteau Rektor, ZHAW Züricher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Jean Marc Piveteau hat 1987 an der ETH Zürich in Mathematik dissertiert trat er als Professor für Internet-Technologien in die Abteilung für Informatik der Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR) ein übernahm er die Leitung des Instituts für Internettechnologien und anwendungen (ITA) an der HSR. Seit 2004 war Jean-Marc Piveteau Prorektor und Mitglied der Schulleitung der HSR und in dieser Funktion verantwortlich für die Leistungsbereiche Ausbildung und Weiterbildung. Seit dem Herbstsemester 2011 ist er Rektor der ZHAW. Mag. Klemens Riegler-Picker Geschäftsführer, Ökosoziales Forum Europa Herr Riegler-Picker absolvierte ein Studium der Psychologie mit Vertiefung Wirtschaft. Von 1995 bis 2002 war er tätig in der Unternehmensberatung, von 2002 bis 2005 war er bei Daimler Chrysler Consult Graz GmbH zuerst für die Personalentwicklung dann für den Personalbereich verantwortlich. Ab 2003 übernahm er ehrenamtlich die Koordination der Global Marshall Plan Initiative Österreich. Seit 2005 ist er im Ökosozialen Forum Europa verantwortlich für die Koordination Global Marshall Plan Österreich. Seit Juli 2007 ist Herr Riegler-Picker Geschäftsführer des Ökosozialen Forums Österreich und des Ökosozialen Forums Europa. Zudem ist er Mitglied des Steuerungskreises des Forums Nachhaltiges Österreich und Mitglied des Hochschulbeirats der Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik Wien sowie Vizepräsident des Umweltdachverbandes. Andrea Rumiz Head of Sales, South Pole Carbon Andrea Rumiz is the Head of Sales at South Pole Carbon since In his role he was able to grow South Pole s market share in the voluntary carbon markets and helped the Swiss based project developer in becoming one of the world leading climate solutions providers. Andrea joined South Pole after having worked for a carbon service provider based in Beijijng and has a past of commodity trader and shipping. Andrea holds an MBA from the LUISS University of Rome. South Pole Group is a world leader in developing emission reduction projects. In only six years, South Pole contributed to saving over 35 million tons of CO2 in its 250 emission reduction projects around the globe. Over 100 carbon professionals in 15 global offices have helped to achieve the title Best Project Developer three times in a row, as well as to many other awards and prizes, including Swiss Social Entrepreneur of the Year. a.rumiz@southpolecarbon.com Carsten Schirmeisen General Manager of Holcim s CO2 trading entity managing the cement maker s CO2 allowance position in Europe, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia and Quebec. Prior to Holcim Carsten worked in various investment banking roles focusing since 2004 on environmental and social risks in the financial sector. He has held managerial positions in Germany, Australia and The Netherlands and is now Zurich based. His work on sustainability in the business context is based on degrees in biology, geography and finance, a University of Cambridge diploma in sustainability and London Business School qualifications in carbon. carsten.schirmeisen@holcim.com

10 Page 92 Kai Schlegelmilch Stellvertretender Vorsitzender FÖS, Green Budget Germany (GBG) Kai Schlegelmilch ist Bankkaufmann und Diplom-Volkswirt. Seit 1999 arbeitet er im Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU). Derzeit ist er an das Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz (MKULNV) NRW abgeordnet. Im BMU war er u.a. für die Umsetzung der Ökologischen Steuerreform in Deutschland zuständig. Mit dieser Erfahrung beriet er im Auftrag der GIZ Regierungen in China, Vietnam und Thailand. Er ist Gründungsmitglied des FÖS und seit 2002 stellv. Vorsitzender. Prof. Dr. Reto Schleiniger Dozent ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur Reto Schleiniger hat an der Universität Zürich Volkswirtschaftslehre studiert. Dort hat er auch promoviert und 2003 zum Thema Ecological Tax Reform: A Normative Analysis habilitiert. Er ist Privatdozent an der Universität Zürich sowie Dozent für Volkswirtschaftslehre an der ZHAW School of Management and Law. shie@zhaw.ch Dr. Karine Siegwart Vizedirektorin, Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) Karine Siegwart ist in Freiburg (FR) und Deutschland aufgewachsen. Sie hat an der Universität Freiburg Rechts wissenschaften studiert, 1996 zum Thema «Die Kantone und die Europapolitik des Bundes» doktoriert sowie am Europainstitut der Universität des Saarlandes (D) einen Master im Europarecht absolviert. Nach einer Oberassistenz an der Universität Zürich, Forschungsaufenthalten in den USA und Brasilien und einer Ausbildung zur Mediatorin an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz trat Karine Siegwart 2003 ihren Dienst bei der Bundesverwaltung im für die europapolitischen Belange zuständigen Integrationsbüro (heute Direktion für Europäische Angelegenheiten, EDA) an wechselte sie ins Bundesamt für Umwelt und leitete die Sektion Europa, Handel und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Seit 2007 ist sie auch Lehrbeauftragte an der ETH und dort für die Durchführung des Kurses «Mediationsverfahren und Umweltplanung» verantwortlich. Seit 2013 ist Frau Siegwart Vizedirektorin beim BAFU und Leiterin der Bereiche Hydrologie und Klima. karine.siegwart@bafu.admin.ch Prof. Dr. Tilman Slembeck Dozent ZHAW School of Management and Law, Winterthur Tilman Slembeck hat an der Universität St. Gallen Wirtschaftspädagogik studiert und 1992 in Wirtschaftswissenschaften doktoriert. Nach mehrjähriger Tätigkeit an internationalen Universitäten (u.a. Harvard, U College London) begann er im Jahr 2000 als Dozent für Volkswirtschaftslehre an der ZHAW und ist seit 2010 Leiter der Fachstelle für Wirtschaftspolitik. Seine Forschungsinteressen gelten den Themen Gesundheit, Bildung und Verkehr sowie den öffentlichen Finanzen. stil@zhaw.ch

11 Page 102 Dr. Bruno Vanderborght Independent consultant and researcher with Climate Strategies. From 1999 to 2012 Bruno was vice president Climate Change at Holcim, a Swiss based global cement company and from 2009 general manager of the Group s emissions trading company. From 2000 to 2007 he chaired the Task Force Climate Protection of the WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative. He has been member of the Technical Advisory Board of the European Cement Research Academy, the International Advisory Council of Climate Strategies and of the Antwerp University Doctoral School. He has held managerial positions in the industrial and domestic waste industry in Belgium, has been professor at the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands and research fellow at the Nuclear Energy Research Centre in Belgium. He is Doctor of Chemistry and holds a postgraduate degree in business economics. bruno.vanderborght@gmail.com Sirini Withana Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Bruxelles Sirini Withana holds a Masters degree in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelors degree with honors in Economics from the University of Cape Town. Since joining IEEP in 2007, she has contributed to a range of research projects including work on environmental fiscal reform, the green economy, strategic processes, and future orientations of EU environmental policy. Recently, Sirini led work on the phasing out and reform of environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS) for the European Commission and on evaluating international experiences in environmental tax reform for the Swiss Government. swithana@ieep.eu Eero Yrjö-Koskinen Executive Director, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) FANC is the biggest environmental NGO in Finland and has a national network of 15 regional associations and 180 local associations spread out across the country. FANC is specialised in legislative lobbying covering all spheres of human activity, including agriculture, forestry, transport, mining, energy and climate, resource efficiency, fiscal policies, development cooperation etc. FANC is a member of a dozen international organisations, such as IUCN, Green Budget Europe, European Environmental Bureau, Climate Action Network, Coalition Clean Baltic, Forest Stewardship Council and Fisheries Secretariat, among others. Before taking his current position in 2002, Yrjö-Koskinen worked for seven years at the European Parliament and four years at the UN. He holds a Master s degree from political science and is currently doing complementary studies in international environmental law at the University of Eastern Finland. eyk@sll.fi

12 Page 112 Prof. Dr. Zhang Xiliang Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Mr. Zhang Xiliang received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University in Dr. Zhang is currently a professor of energy economics and policy at Tsinghua University and executive director at the Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University. Prof. Zhang s current research interests include energy technology innovations, integrated assessment of energy and climate policies, renewable energy, and automotive energy. Prof. Zhang served as coleader of the expert group for drafting the China Renewable Energy Law during , and as energy expert of the expert group for drafting the China Circular Economy Law in Prof. Zhang is currently the chief expert of the key research grant Key Issues in Climate Policy Decision for China of the China National Social Sciences Foundation, and co-chief scientist of the research project Climate Change Mitigation Targets, Pathways and Policies which is organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology with the support of the National Development and Reform Commission. Prof. Zhang is also coordinating a five-year research program titled China Automotive Energy Outlook: technologies and policies, which is tasked jointly by the National Energy Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Prof. Zhang has been a lead author of the 4th and 5th IPCC Climate Change Assessment Report and the coordinating lead author of the Chapter Energy of China National Climate Change Assessment Report. He is an associate editor of Energy- The International Journal and Energy for Sustainable Development, and a member of the editorial board of Climate Policy. Dr. Zhang has been the secretary general of the New Energy Committee of the China Energy Research Society since 2006, and vice chair of the China Renewable Energy Industry Association since zhang_xl@tsinghua.edu.cn Peter Zapfel Head of policy coordination in DG Climate Action, European Commission. After joining the Commission in 1998 Peter Zapfel worked for the DG for Economic and Financial Affairs and DG Environment. He has represented the Commission as a delegation member in several UN climate negotiation sessions. For several years he was responsible for the economic assessment of climate policy. He has been involved in the Commission s work on emissions trading since Peter Zapfel has coordinated DG Environment s EU ETS team for over two years and in particular the Commission's assessment of national allocation plans for phase 2 of the EU Emission Trading System. Prior to his current assignment he was assistant to the deputy director-general of DG Environment. Peter Zapfel holds academic degrees from the University of Business and Economics in Vienna, Austria, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. peter.zapfel@ec.europa.eu This conference is organised in cooperation with: