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2022 EPRG Winter Seminar

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 Winter Seminar. On December 8, 2022, EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Sidney Sussex College, and on December 9, 2022, at Homerton College for a full-day seminar. The first day concluded with a keynote speech given by Cass Sunstein (Harvard University & Harvard Law School).

PROGRAMME

EPRG 2022 Winter Seminar, 8-9 December 2022
Energy policy at a time of crisis

9 December 2022

SESSION 1––ELECTRICITY CRISIS: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chair: David Newbery (EPRG)


Chloé Le Coq (University Paris-Pantheon-Assas & Stockholm School of Economics
(SITE)) – The EU’s electricity crisis:Is “greening” feasible now?

Paul Simshauser (Griffith University & EPRG Associate) – Australia’s National Electricity Market

SESSION 2––THE FUTURE OF CARBON MARKETS
Chair: Robert Ritz (EPRG)
Sam Reed (BEIS)
S. Keshav (Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits) – Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits:
Bringing Scale and Trust to Carbon Credits

SESSION 3—PANEL DISCUSSION: UK ENERGY POLICY CHALLENGES
Chair: David Reiner (EPRG)
Alice Barrs (RWE) – UK Energy Policy Challenges
Gavin Knott (Ofgem) – UK Energy Policy Challenges
Katherine Marshall (SSE) – UK Energy Policy Challenges
Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – UK Energy Policy in Time of War

SESSION 4—THE FUTURE OF GAS IN EUROPE
Chair: Michael Pollitt (EPRG)
David Cairns (Equinor) – The Future of Gas in Europe – Global macroeconomic and energy market out
Karsten Neuhoff (DIW Berlin & EPRG Associate) – EU gas market reforms to respond to the crisis
Svetlana Ikonnikova (Technical University Munich) – The Future of Natural Gas in Europe

Concluding word – David Newbery (EPRG)

CEEPR & EPRG European Energy Policy Conference
Brussels, 1-2 September 2022

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 EPRG & CEEPR European Energy Policy Conference. This year the conference was held in strategic partnership with EDF. It took place at Sparks Building, Rue Ravenstein 60, in Brussels, Belgium, on 1 – 2 September 2022 and comprised of 1,5 day of sessions and dinner. PROGRAMME Thursday 1 September Welcome and Announcements Christopher R. Knittel… Continue Reading

David Newbery awarded the honorary title of Doctor by Dauphine – PSL

We are delighted to announce that David Newbery (Director of EPRG, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge)  awarded the honorary title of Doctor by Dauphine-PSL on 2 June 2022 by Prof. El Mouhoub Mouhoud, President of Dauphine – PSL, and Prof. Bruno Bouchard, Vice-President of the Scientific Council. Please read more here… Continue Reading

Presentation “The Green Economy and the Path to Net Zero: Implications for Productivity Measurement” by M.Pollitt

Michael Pollitt (Assistant Director, EPRG and Professor of Business Economics, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) visited the ESCOE Annual Conference in Glasgow on 27 May 2022 and gave a talk on “The Green Economy and the Path to Net Zero: Implications for Productivity Measurement”  You can watch a video of the talk here A shorter interview… Continue Reading