Panel
The Draghi Report and Europe's Industrial Transition Amid Transport Electrification: Does the EU Have an Industrial Future?
Moderator: Prof. Neven Duić
As Europe accelerates its industrial transformation in response to climate imperatives and geopolitical shifts, the Draghi Report offers a strategic blueprint for revitalizing competitiveness through innovation, investment, and integration. This panel explores the implications of the Draghi Report in the context of the electrification of transport—a sector at the heart of Europe's decarbonization challenge. European industry was based for many years on internal combustion engine car exports, at least partially thanks to deceitful emissions accounting. We will examine how the transition to electric mobility reshapes industrial value chains, from battery manufacturing and critical raw materials to grid infrastructure and digital platforms. The discussion will be framed by insights from the CAETS 2024 report on the decarbonization of transport, which underscores the urgency of coordinated policy and systems-level thinking to achieve net-zero goals.
Prof. Paula Ferreira
Universidade do Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Prof. Reinhard Haas
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Reinhard Haas is university professor of Energy Economics at Vienna University of Technology in Austria. He teaches Energy Economics, Regulation and Competition in Energy markets, and Energy Modeling
His current research focus is on (i) evaluation and modelling of dissemination strategies for renewables; (ii) modelling paths towards sustainable energy systems; (iii) liberalisation vs regulation of energy markets; (iv) energy policy strategies.
He works in these fields since more than 15 years and has published various papers in reviewed international journals. Moreover, he has coordinated and coordinates projects for Austrian institutions as well as the European Commission and the International Energy Agency.
Prof. Ingo Stadler
TH Köln, Cologne, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Ingo Stadler researches and teaches at the TH Köln, where he is responsible for renewable energy and energy economics and is involved in the Cologne Renewable Energy Institute (CIRE), which he co-founded.
He completed his doctorate and habilitation at the University of Kassel. His work covers grid integration of renewables and renewable energy systems and focuses on non-electric storage and load management beyond electricity.
He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Conference on Renewable Energy Storage IRES and the International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems SDEWES. For more than a decade he represented Germany in the Photovoltaic Systems Programme of the International Energy Agency IEA.
He is also the editor, together with Prof. Dr. Michael Sterner from OTH Regensburg, of the standard work on energy storage - demand, technologies, integration, published by Springer-Verlag.
In addition, he has been involved in various projects in Brazil for over twenty years, including with the University in Fortaleza and projects with the Society for Cooperation and the regulatory authority ANEEL.
