This side event is proposed by ParisTech, registered as a RINGO (non-governmental research institution observer at the United Nations) within the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference through its Chair in Prospective Modelling for Sustainable Development. This side event aims to highlight and analyze the challenges and complexity of planning low-carbon electricity systems. To fuel the discussion, the scenarios of the Chair on Prospective Modelling will be presented, based on long-term bottom-up modelling derived from the TIMES family of models: they consider the consequences of low-carbon policies on the future electricity system and will be discussed by the panel of experts. It will focus on the technically plausible and sustainable options that would guarantee an intelligent deployment of these systems while respecting the climate constraint; in particular, some options proposed by the industrial world will be analysed and which concern :

• the deployment of smart power grids ;
• energy-efficient solutions;
• conditions for the integration of renewable resources.

Round table moderated by Hervé GARDETTE from FRANCE CULTURE :

• Bernard SALHA, Director of Research and Development, EDF Group
• Pierre ASTRUC, General Secretary, GRTgaz
• Luc REMONT, President, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC France
• Philippe MONLOUBOU, Chairman of the Management Board, ERDF
• Romain SOUBEYRAN, Director, MINES ParisTech / Nadia MAÏZI, Director of the Centre for Applied Mathematics of MINES ParisTech

This side event, whose ambition is to provide a high quality forum for exchanges in order to consider the plausibility of future energy systems and the stakes of their deployment, will be an opportunity to demonstrate the contribution and interest of prospective modeling, to establish a dialogue between decision-makers, experts and scientists. Beyond that, this side event will contribute to the reflection on the orientation of public and private strategies, in a process of accompaniment of the climate negotiations.