3rd Mannheim Energy Conference

Conference

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) are pleased to announce the 3rd Mannheim Energy Conference 2014. International scholars and professionalsfrom various disciplines are invited to discuss the lessons learned from more than 15 years of power market liberalisation in Europe, new opportunities, and future challenges. The conference seeks to providea stimulating environment for debates, addressing policy implications of recent research and challenges for research resulting from current political decisions. Advanced theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions to all aspects of the economics of energy markets are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is:

Competition and Investment in Electricity Markets

Competition in wholesale, retail, and balancing markets
Power market design and competition policy
Investment incentives in power generation, infrastructure, and demand side management

Infrastructure and Regulation

Future regulatory framework
Energy infrastructures
Reliability and security of energy supply
Integration of the European power markets

Transition Towards a Sustainable Energy System

Instruments to achieve environmental policy targets
Transition costs and financing the energy transition
Energy economics and employment

Understanding Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency

"Energy poverty" and distributional impacts of energy policies
Modelling issues and sectoral analysis of energy demand
Challenges of energy efficiency

Energy Innovation

Technological and organizational innovation in the energy equipment, production, and distribution sector
Adoption and diffusion of energy innovations
Role of intellectual property rights

Special Practitioners Session

Current topics of energy policy
Challenges faced by firms in the energy market

Keynote Speakers

Martin Graf (Energie-Control Austria)
Richard Green (Imperial College London)
José M. Labeaga (UNED, Madrid)
Steven Stoft (Global Energy Policy Center)

Panel Discussion "Financing the Energy Transition"

Jörg Böttcher (HSH Nordbank AG)
Marcus Jentsch (MVV Energie AG)
Dieter Weiß (TransnetBW GmbH)
Christoph Weber (University Duisburg-Essen)

Scientific Committee

Natalia Fabra (University Carlos III, Madrid)
Gautam Gowrisankaran (University of Arizona)
Kai Hüschelrath (ZEW, MaCCI, and University of Mannheim)
Georg Licht (ZEW and MaCCI)
Andreas Löschel (ZEW and University of Heidelberg)
Michael Waterson (Warwick University)

Programme

Programme (as PDF file, 1,49 MB)

Call for Papers

Call for Papers (as PDF, 84 KB)

Submission

Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper or an extended abstract (at least 3 pages), interested professionals a single page abstract, as PDF file to energy2014@zew.de no later than March 3, 2014.