The fifth conference of the Energy Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP-E) will take place on 6^th– 7^th October 2020 and will be hosted by the European Commission DG Research & Innovation in Brussels. The conference is put together in co-operation with the H2020 Energy Modelling Group, made up of eight Horizon 2020 projects.

The EMP-E brings together scientists and policy makers working on current energy modelling and energy policy issues, looking at the current and future opportunities for change. This annual conference seeks to bridge the gap between scientific modellers and policy makers at all levels, with the help of European Commission representatives. To reach beyond local, national and regional policymakers, and engage with the widest possible range of stakeholders involved in the EU energy system, modelling and policy insights developed during the conference will be opened up to a peer review process and compiled into an informative report.

The platform creates an environment for exchange and sharing of ideas, where research and development in energy modelling currently undertaken across Europe can reach policy makers and other modellers. By creating this space to share ideas, European energy modelling data, tools and results can help inform the next energy innovations and policy.

The EMP-E aims to foster a more interactive agenda with plenaries, focus groups and a networking space. This year’s conference covers the following themes: Climate Neutrality and climate change mitigation, Carbon Neutral Pathways, scenarios and storylines, Socio and economic impacts of the transition, consumer and citizen engagement, Sector Integration and smart cities, openness and transparency, and circularity. These themes will be discussed in plenaries and focus groups sessions chaired by researchers from the H2020 Energy Modelling Group. These sessions will be interactive, and participation will be encouraged.

To foster maximum exchange and knowledge sharing, the networking space will give all conference participants a place to continue discussions from sessions and to start dialogues about the EU energy modelling space. This space will also display posters from researchers on a variety of topics of the conference themes, giving an even wider overview of the EU energy modelling context. We encourage researchers and policy makers alike to use this unique opportunity to discuss their own work and the work of others and to gain valuable insight into EU energy modelling projects.

The results of the meeting will be published after a peer-review process in a Journal special issue which will be provided as input to high-level events.

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EMP-E 2020 is co-organised by the following 8 projects: openENTRANCE, plan4res, MAGNITUDE, Planet, Spine,  Sentinel, Navigate, AuresII. All have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.