SAU, Alm.del - 2010-11 (1. samling) - Bilag 288: Henvendelse af 25/8-11 fra Det Økologiske Råd vedrørende invitation til international Konference om grønne afgifter/grønne investeringer 15.

Taxation, Innovation and Communication:Enhancing the prospects for green fiscal reformA conference organised byGreen Budget Europe and the Danish Ecological CouncilWith the support ofEuropean Environment Agency (EEA),European Environmental Bureau (EEB),Rockwool International and Concito

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Day 1The advantages of green taxation, including special sessions on theEnergy Tax Directive09.30 – 11.00: Keynote speakers – taxation as a driver for the green economyChair: Christian Ege, Director, Danish Ecological Council

Taxation, innovation and communication – ways forward for Environmental Taxation in EuropeProfessor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment AgencyEnvironmental Taxation in Europe – new opportunities offered by the crisisDr. Anselm Görres, President, Green Budget EuropeGreen tax reform in DenmarkMartin Lidegaard, Chairman of the Board, Concito11.00 – 11.30: Coffee break11.30 – 13.00: The Energy Tax Directive: The latest Commission proposal and prospects forImplementationChair: Aldo Ravazzi, Italian Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea,and Vice President, Green Budget Europe

The Commission proposal for a revised Energy Tax DirectiveDr. Rolf Diemer, Head of Unit, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European CommissionGreen Budget Europe’s analysis of the proposed revisions to the Energy Tax DirectiveKai Schlegelmilch, Green Budget EuropeBrief statements from speakers on their approaches to and opinions on the Energy TaxDirective, including representatives from:•The Upcoming Danish EU Presidency - comments from the Danish Members of ParliamentJesper Petersen (SF) and Morten Østergaard (RV)•Other speakers – details tbc

13.00 – 14.00 LunchParallel sessions 14:00 – 15:301) Exploring the interrelationship between innovation and taxationChair: Eelco van Heel, CEO, Rockwool, Denmark

Innovation of energy technologies – the role of taxesHelge Sigurd Naess-Schmidt, Director, Copenhagen EconomicsTaxation and Innovation in Denmark (title tbc)Lene Skov Henningsen, Head of Division, Danish Ministry of Taxes(Additional speaker to be confirmed)2) The Energy Tax Directive – stationary sources of emissionsChair: Jørgen Henningsen, formerly Principal Advisor of DG Energy and Transport

Environmental taxes in the context of fiscal consolidationJohn Ward, Principal, VIVID Economics Ltd.How and why energy taxes can be good for businessAnders Stouge, Deputy Director General, Danish Energy AssociationHouseholds and energy taxationSøren Dyck-Madsen, Climate and Energy Policy Officer, Danish Ecological Council15.30 – 16.00: Coffee breakParallel sessions 16:00 – 17.301) Evidence of green taxation boosting green innovation – successes in DenmarkChair: tbc

The impact of the Danish carbon taxation on innovation at DanfossThomas Keller, Senior Director, DanfossInnovative responses to green taxes on waste in DenmarkProfessor Dr. Mikael Skou Andersen, European Environment Agency (EEA)The impact of specifically industry-related taxes on industry in DenmarkEdward James - Smith, Energy Analyst, Ea Energy Analyses

2) The Energy Tax Directive and the transport sectorChair: Per Homan Jespersen, Lecturer, Institute for Environment, Social and Spatial Change atRoskilde University ENSPAC

Could EU prevent transport fuel tax competition between member states by copying theUSA/Canada IFTA model?Magnus Nilsson, Senior Campaigner, Transport & EnvironmentTax treatment of fishing fuels in the EUDr. Edward Fahy, Coordinator, Smart Taxes Network(Additional speaker to be confirmed)

Day 2Taxation, innovation and communication – highlighting the possibilitiesfor changeKEYNOTES09:15 – 10:45Chair: Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Executive Director, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

The benefits of stricter carbon cuts for innovation and green investmentsConnie Hedegaard, Climate Action Commissioner, European CommissionThe 'Sustainable Prosperity' project and its lessons for communicating environmental policiesStewart Elgie, Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Ottawa, Canada (tbc)Policies to enhance innovation and green growthJens Lundsgaard, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs (tbc)10.45 – 11.15 Presentation: GBE’s Green Fiscal Reformer of the Year Award11.15 – 11.30 Coffee breakParallel sessions 11.30 – 13.001) Environmental taxation and innovation – cases from around EuropeChair: Thomas Kähler, Chairman, Rockwool International A/S

The debate in Switzerland to replace (all of) VAT with environmental taxationIon Karagounis, Managing Director, Praktischer Umweltschutz Schweiz Pusch, SwitzerlandThe Community Innovation Survey in France – identifying sources of innovationMaryvonne Phantarangsi, Chargée de mission in environmental policy and business/Ministry ofEcology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea, FranceGreening industries without loss of competitiveness – Danish experiences and European optionsAnders Chris Hansen, Lecturer at Institute for Environment, Social and Spatial Change at RoskildeUniversity ENSPAC

2) The potential impacts of taxes on innovation in the transport sectorChair: Per Homann Jespersen, Lecturer, Institute for Environment, Social and Spatial Change atRoskilde University ENSPAC

Results of traffic-related taxes in DenmarkChristian Ege, Director, Danish Ecological CouncilTax Incentives in Taxation on Vehicles in the Czech Republic – a comparison of behaviour beforeand after environmental tax reform in the sector in 2009Karel Korba and Zdenka Teserova, Head of Tax, Ministry of Finance, Czech RepublicPossibilities and prospects for EFR in the transport sector in PortugalNuno Domingues, EFR Coordinator, GEOTA, Portugal13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH14.00 – 15.30: Environmental Fiscal Reform: Communicating the benefitsChair: Susanne Tolstrup, Director of Communications & Public Affairs, Better Place

•This innovative session will have 3 working groups discussing the communication of EFR•After 45 minutes discussion, the groups will all come back together for the last 45 minutes tobrainstorm ideas•Proposed group leaders, presenting their ideas about communication in the working groups:-Professor Dr. Mikael Skou Andersen, EEA- Wayne Gumley, Senior Lecturer in Taxation Law, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia- András Lukács, President, Clean Air Action Group, Hungary15:30 – 16:00: Coffee break16:00 – 18:00 Panel Discussion – the potential for EFR, particularly the Energy Tax Direc-tive, to green the EU economy (including closing remarks by hosts GBE and DEC)Chair: Kai Schlegelmilch, Vice President, Green Budget Europe

Margrethe Vestager, Parliamentary Group Leader of the Danish Social Liberal PartyDr. Anselm Görres, President, Green Budget EuropePieter de Pous, Policy Director, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)Michael Jacobs, Visiting Professor, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Envi-ronment, London School of Economics, and former Special Adviser in the UK TreasuryHans Larsen, Deputy Manager, Representative from the Danish Ministry of Tax (tbc)Manfred Rosenstock, Deputy Head of Unit, Strategy, Environment DG (tbc)

Contact details:Green Budget Europe (GBE)Jacqueline Cottrell, GBE ManagerJan Eichhof, GBE AssistantForum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft e.V. (FÖS)Schwedenstraße 15a13357 BerlinGermanyPhone: +49-30 76 23 991-52Fax: +49-30 76 23 991-79www.green-budget.eu[email protected]

Danish Ecological Council (DEC)Anne-Mette Wehmüller, Policy OfficerBlegdamsvej 4B2200 CopenhagenDenmarkPhone: +45-33 15 09-77http://www.ecocouncil.dk[email protected]Location of the conference:European Environ-ment AgencyKongens Nytorv 61050 Copenhagen