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With the start of a new legislative period in Germany, the new European Commission taking up its work and the re-election of President Trump in the USA, Germany and Europe are at a critical point when it comes to setting the course for a successful energy transition and the future competitiveness of their industries. A key element here is resilience. Resilience is increasingly becoming a guiding political, economic and social concept - against the backdrop of China's growing dominance in essential areas and the re-election of Donald Trump in the USA, which emphasise the need for Europe to be independent and capable of acting on its own.

A number of legislative projects have already been adopted to strengthen resilience in terms of diversifying supply chains and strengthening energy security and production in Europe, including the Critical Raw Materials Act and the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) at EU level, which now need to be implemented. The EU Commission also recently presented the Clean Industrial Deal.

At the same time, many questions relating to resilience require further public discussion involving different perspectives from business, society and politics: What further political measures does an agenda for greater resilience need? How can industrial policy and climate policy trade-offs be brought together? How can one-sided dependencies be effectively countered and how can a secure energy system and the security of the EU and its member states be guaranteed?   

We would like to discuss these and other questions with you and renowned experts from politics and business at the dbb Forum in Berlin on 13 May.

Please register directly via this form provided by the BDEW.  (Event in German language)

We have planned the following programme for you: 

Agenda: 


10:00 h - Welcome
Kerstin Andreae, BDEW and Dr. Dennis Rendschmidt, VDMA

Impulse:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Panel discussion I
What is required for a resilient energy system and how much resilience is needed for the energy transition?

• Philipp Steinberg, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection
• Pacal Daleiden, Hitachi Energy 
• Verena Hubertz, Member of the German Bundestag (requested)
• Christine Hofer, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
• Dr Florian Dotzler, Tennet TSO GmbH 

Panel discussion II
Resilience in practice: focus on technologies and supply chains

• Andreas Jung, Member of the German Bundestag (requested)
• Corinna Enders, German Energy Agency GmbH (dena)
• Michael Stipa, Rolls-Royce PS
• Jörg Kubitza, Ørsted Germany GmbH
• Dr Thilo Schaefer, Cologne Institute for Economic Research
• Christoph Podewils, European Solar Manufacturing Council

Moderation: Kerstin Andreae, BDEW and Dr Dennis Rendschmidt, VDMA

Closing remarks
Kerstin Andreae, BDEW and Dr Dennis Rendschmidt, VDMA

12:15 h - Networking-Lunch

We look forward to your participation!