[EN] EmPowerIngUs - Getafe 2026 | Day 1 Morning - Energy Poverty & Energy Communities

[EN] EmPowerIngUs Final Event - Getafe 2026 | Day 1 Morning - Energy Poverty & Energy Communities Morning session of the EmPowerIngUs Final Event, held at Espacio Mercado in Getafe (Madrid) on 1 July 2026. A day dedicated to the project's results and achievements in tackling energy poverty, and to the role of energy communities as a driver of citizen participation. With the City Council of Getafe, European networks and the project's partner cities. Project co-funded by the European Union (URBACT / Interreg). Organised by the City Council of Getafe and EMSV. SESSION INDEX (morning session) 0:00 Welcome — Chiara Lucchini (URBACT ad hoc expert, moderator) 2:07 Institutional opening: two years of the network and Getafe as an URBACT Good Practice — Gema Cáceres Martín (CEO of EMSV / Housing Dept., Getafe City Council) 8:04 Presentation of the day — Chiara Lucchini 9:36 The journey since 2019: from the UIA-EPIU project to EmPowerIngUs — Fernando González Ferreira (EmPowerIngUs coordinator, EMSV Getafe) 12:52 From pilot to public service: energy access as a health issue — Klemen Strmsnik (EmPowerIngUs Lead Expert) 15:07 The scales of intervention: from big data to the person — Klemen Strmsnik 17:49 The Cities Marketplace — Fernando González Ferreira 19:38 Audience poll: what is energy poverty? — Chiara Lucchini INSTITUTIONAL SESSION I · SPANISH NATIONAL STRATEGY 24:04 Introduction of speakers 27:37 Social bonus, National Strategy 2026-2030 and hidden energy poverty — Jorge Hernández Villarreal (Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Energy) 32:04 Building and person: renovation, health and habits — Ángel Fernández (General Manager, EMSV Getafe) 37:17 State-regions-municipalities coordination and listening sessions — Jorge Hernández Villarreal 40:30 Breaking silos: "healthy homes" and energy as a right — Ángel Fernández 45:20 Multidisciplinary teams at national level — Jorge Hernández Villarreal 47:25 The Healthy Homes Office and energy communities — Ángel Fernández 51:30 The Actúa network: funding local offices — Jorge Hernández Villarreal 53:26 Data and AI against hidden energy poverty — Ángel Fernández 57:50 The one-stop shop from the citizen's view: the Barcelona case — Jorge Hernández Villarreal 1:00:10 Support, trust and energy communities in Getafe — Ángel Fernández 1:06:43 The "facilitators": proximity referral networks — Ángel Fernández 1:09:14 National pilot with intermediaries for renovation aid — Jorge Hernández Villarreal 1:11:14 What can cities offer the State? Power-cut data — Fernando González and Jorge Hernández 1:14:44 Cities Marketplace and coffee break INSTITUTIONAL SESSION II · EUROPEAN NETWORKS 1:16:46 The Citizens' Energy Package and the Citizens' Energy Forum — Véronique Marx (DG ENER, European Commission, online) 1:27:55 Cities as a strategic European asset — Teofil Gherca (URBACT programme) 1:36:29 Twenty years of territorial cooperation between cities — Teofil Gherca 1:42:51 Spain in URBACT IV: European leader in participation — Teofil Gherca 1:44:51 URBACT study on the green transition in cities — Irina Rotaru (URBACT programme) 1:51:21 Dialogue with the partners: takeaways and next steps — Irina Rotaru 2:00:07 Negotiating the next EU financial framework — Teofil Gherca 2:05:02 Impact indicators: the five partners respond ROUND TABLE · PARTNER CITIES 2:14:08 Pomorie (Bulgaria): vulnerable groups and the transport scale — Vanya Vandova 2:28:29 Etterbeek (Belgium): climate plan and 299 municipal dwellings — Benjamin Sprnin de Leysat and Fabio Barbero 2:43:28 Maia (Portugal): AI detection with EDP and energy balconies — Fernando Gomes and Sónia Litjens 2:59:00 Trikala (Greece): a data-driven municipal energy office — Eleni Mirilla 3:09:27 Getafe (lead partner): from pilot to a stable municipal model — Fernando González Ferreira URBAN AGENDA AND FUNDING 3:23:27 European funding for cities: EUI, City-to-City, Peer Review and ERDF — Lucas Álvarez (URBACT/EUI National Contact Point, Spain) 3:44:09 Getafe's Urban Agenda and Urban Studio demo (AI for planning) — Carlos López Martínez (Getafe City Council) 4:01:09 Morning close: family photo and lunch break 📍 Espacio Mercado, Pl. de la Constitución 5, 28901 Getafe, Madrid