PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME13:30-14:00  Registration / Coffee 14:00-15:45 Session 1: Rural electrification – Views of Main Partners for Energy Access SolutionsWelcome and Introduction by ARE – Ernesto Macías, ARE President / Partner at SFC Business Partners, SpainThe Core Factors for Access to Energy and Services – Martin Niemetz, SE4ALL Country Action Officer, Austria (tbc)Asia, Africa and Latin-America - Off-grid Economic Growth Perspectives – Marcus Wiemann, ARE Secretary General, BelgiumEnergy Access Support Schemes - Key Players, Donors and Funding Conditions – Felice Zaccheo, Deputy Head of Unit EuropeAid and three high-level experts out of AFD, BEI, DFID, EUEI PDF, GIZ, FMO, IRENA; tbc15:45-16:00  Q&A16:00-16:30 Coffee Break and Networking – Matchmaking16:30-17:30  Session 2: How to get successfully involved?Financial Mechanisms and Programmes - Key Characteristics and Principles – Caroline Nijland, ARE Board Member / Business Development Director FRES & Chris Service, Business Developer FRES, NetherlandsSE4ALL High Impact Opportunity – Private Sector View on Cooperation with IFIs and IOs – Matteo della Volta, ARE Board Member / Energy Sector Business Developer, Siemens AG, GermanyUNEP – EDP Partnership on ‘Clean Energy Mini-Grids’ in Africa – Guilherme Collares Pereira, ARE Board member / Director EDP, Portugal17:30-17:45  Q&A17:45-18:45  Session 3: Café for Energy Access – Expert tableHow to Design Rural Electrification Technologies Solutions – Xavier Vallvé, ARE Board member / Director TTA, SpainHow to Choose from Available Technologies, Products and Services for Rural Electrification – Claude Ruchet, ARE Board member / Deputy Director Studer Innotec SA, SwitzerlandHow to Be Your Own Boss – Business Opportunities with Solar Systems – Tobias Zwirner, ARE Board Member / Managing Director, Phaesun, Germany18:45-19:00  Q&A19:00-20:00  Networking Cocktail (with high-level representatives of African embassies)