IEA hosts leading global meeting on energy analysis and modelling

The International Energy Agency is hosting the 2019 edition of the International Energy Workshop this week, the leading conference for the international energy modelling community. The three-day workshop has brought together 250 participants from over 40 countries with more than 100 authors presenting original academic work.

The event opened this morning with lectures from Professor William Nordhaus (winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University) and H.E. Dr. Kandeh Yumkella (Former UN Under-Secretary General and first CEO of Sustainable Energy for All ), and was chaired by Dr Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the IEA.

“I am thrilled that the IEA is hosting this important event for the fifth time, continuing our longstanding involvement with the International Energy Workshop. I am particularly pleased at this year’s record attendance, including the largest ever number of participants from emerging and developing economies,” said Dr Birol. “Having Professor Nordhaus and Dr Yumkella speaking today gives us renewed inspiration and direction of where we should be heading: climate, energy access and local pollution have to be dealt with hand in hand.”

Keynote speakers will include Dr Richard Newell (President of Resources for the Future), Dr Maria Neira (Director, WHO), Professor Pantelis Capros (head of E3M Lab), Dr Ken Koyama (Chief Economist, Institute for Energy Economics Japan), Dr Ritu Mathur (Director, TERI India)  and Mr Damgaard Jensen (Chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change).

The workshop is an occasion for the IEA to exchange with, and learn from, global energy modelling experts. Ms Laura Cozzi, IEA Chief Energy Modeller, provided insights into IEA modelling along with members of the IEA modelling teams in a series of deep-dive sessions. Participants are taking part in parallel sessions that focus on topics including: 100% renewable energy systems, pathways to net-zero emissions, flexibility in power systems, stranded assets, energy and the SDGs, energy demand in emerging markets. The participation of over 20 energy modellers from emerging and developing economies was made possible through the IEA’s Clean Energy Transitions Programme

In conjunction with IEW 2019, the IEA’s Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Technology Systems Analysis (IEA-ETSAP) is holding the TIMES training course (3-5 June) and the ETSAP workshop (6-7 June).