PROGRAM DAY 1 TUESDAY, APRIL 26
WELCOME RECEPTION - EXHIBITION AREA - HARPA. DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 08:30-10:00 Plenary Session Opening Silfurberg A & B hall
Opening Speech: Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, The Minister for Foreign Affairs Keynote: Rachel Kyte, CEO of SE4All and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Keynote: Dr. Hörður Arnarson, CEO of Landsvirkjun - National Power Company of Iceland Plenary Sessions Moderator: Hildigunnur H. Thorsteinsson, MD for Research & Development, OR COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY SPX DAY 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27
Phase A 10:30-12:30
10:30-10:50
OPERABILITY Phase B
11:20 - 11:40
Session B1 – Silfurberg B hall
Session C1 – Kaldalón hall
Resource Operation
Risk vs Investment
Social Impact
Session Chair Sæunn Halldórsdóttir, ISOR
Session Chair Harpa Pétursdóttir, BBA Legal
Session Chair Ragna Árnadóttir, Landsvirkjun
John Farison
Gunnar Tryggvason
Dr. Loftur Reimar Gissurarson
Geysir Case study
What is the value of your Geothermal Project Development?
Social Impact in Ethiopia
Jóna Bjarnadóttir
Reinjection and induced seismicity
NW Assekuranz
Landsvirkjun
Geothermal Risk Insurance – “It´s all about Standards”
Theistareykir - New Geothermal Power Plant
Óskar Pétur Einarsson
Árni Magnússon
Zoltan Salánki
Stykkishólmur Geothermal District Heating
Geothermal Development: Mission impossible? or possibly possible.
The social impact of an EGS demonstration project in Hungary
Mannvit
EU- Fire EGS
Alvaro Aguilar
Patrick Dobson
Dr. Páll Valdimarsson
Operation of the Cerro Prieto Field
The Role of Exploration in Accelerating Geothermal Deployment in USA
The Social Impact of Geothermal
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
PVald ehf.
Guðni Axelsson
Atli Björn Þorbjörnsson
Marietta Sander
Olkaría – Kenya
Regulatory Risk
COP21 & the Paris Agreement: Implications for renewables & the geoth. sector
Iceland GeoSurvey ISOR
12:30-13:30
Reykjavik Geothermal
Achim Fischer-Erdsiek
Reykjavik Energy – OR
CFE Mexico 12:10 - 12:30
KPMG
Hildigunnur H. Thorsteinsson
Verkís 11:45 - 12:05
PRACTICALITY
Session A1 – Silfurberg A hall
Calpine 10:55 - 11:15
FEASIBILITY Phase C
BBA Legal
International Geothermal Associations
LUNCH BREAK
DAY 3 THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Session B2 – Silfurberg B hall
Session C2 – Kaldalón hall
Operation of Power Plant
Finance & Opportunity
Resource Park
Session Chair: Inga Dóra Hrólfsdóttir, Veitur
Session Chair Ágústa Ýr Þorbergsdóttir, Navigo
Session Chair Kristín Vala Matthíasdóttir, HS ORKA
Reynir Jóhannsson
Dr. Halldór G. Svavarsson
IDDP - Business Case
Society Without Waste: Cultivating Microalgae with Non-Condensable Gases
08:30 - 10:30 Session A2 – Silfurberg A hall
08:30-08:50 Guðmundur J. Bjarnason DMM
Asset management for geothermal plants – what it is and isn´t
08:55 - 09:15 Geir Þórólfsson HS Orka
Case - Svartsengi - Reykjanes
13:30-18:00 14:00 19:30-23:00
HS Orka
Blue Lagoon
Ingi Ingason
Stefán Árnason
Turkish Delight - with geothermal flavour
Production of Senegalese Sole above the Arctic Circle
Efla Consulting
Stolt Sea Farm Iceland
Field Trips: Hellisheiði Powerplant - Resource Park Svartsengi - Hveragerði Geothermal Village - The Capital Area. Buses leave from Harpa Conference Centre at 13:30 Blue Lagoon - Optional Dep.14:00 Conference Dinner at Reykjavik Art Museum 19:30-23:00 Welcome Address: Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Minister of Industry and Commerce