1st March 2012 - Deep Geothermal Energy
 

• 10:10 am Opening of GeoTHERM
  
  Greetings
  Edith Schreiner, Lord Mayor of Offenburg
  Waldemar Müller-Ruhe, President of the German Geothermal Association
  Dr. Erwin Knapek, Chairman of the Economic Geothermal Association
  Karl-Heinz Stawiarski, Managing Director of the German Heat Pump Association
  Dr. Ruth Allington, President of the European Federation of Geologists
  Dr. Burkhard Sanner, President of the European Geothermal Energy Council
    
  Key Speech
  Prof. Dr. Roland N. Horne, President of the International Geothermal Association 
  What Does the Future Hold for the Generation of Electricity from Geothermal Energy?
    

• 12:20 pm - 12:45 pm Current developments in Swiss deep geothermal energy, Dr. Roland Wyss,  SVG Schweizerische Vereinigung für Geothermie [SVG Swiss Geothermal Association]
   
• 12:45pm - 13:10 pm Deep geothermal energy in Switzerland – thoughts of the composition of locations, Jörg Uhde, Axpo AG | Neue Energien
   
• 13:10 pm - 13:35 pm The Lower Aaretal – an element of Switzerland‘s geothermal location composition,  Dr. Federico Matousek, Deep Rock Energy GmbH, Hansruedi Fisch, Axpo AG | Neue Energien, Dr. Martin Huber, Deep Rock Energy GmbH
   
• 13:35 pm - 14:00 pm The geothermal borehole at Schlattingen (canton of Thurgau), Bernd Frieg, Nagra Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle [National Association for the Storage of RadioactiveWaste]
    

• 15:25 pm - 15:50 pm Global Geothermal Development Growth Rates - In Relation to other Renewables, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ladislaus Rybach, ETH Zürich & Geowatt AG
   
• 15:50 pm - 16:15 pm Hydraulic conductivity in crystalline basement rocks: Pressure and depth dependence using the example of the Urach borehole, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Stober, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg [ Freiburg regional commission]
   
• 16:15 pm - 16:35 pm Concepts for flooding and future use from a geothermal point of view, Dr. Christian Konrad, G.U.B. Ingenieur AG
   
• 16:35 pm - 16:55 pm Geothermal energy focusing on the future use of landscapes after mining, using the example of the Zwickau coal district, Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Röder, Staatsbetrieb Immobilien- und Baumanagement des Freistaats Sachsen [Public Enterprise for Property and Construction Management of the Free State of Saxony]
   
• 16:55 pm - 17:15 pm Technologies for the use of geothermal energy from mine water, Prof. Dr. Steffen Wagner, TU Bergakademie Freiburg, Institut für Bohrtechnik und Fluidbergbau [Freiburg University of Mining and Technology, Institute of Drilling Engineering and Fluid Mining] 

 
1st March 2012 - Shallow Geothermal Energy
 

• 11:40 am - 12:05 pm Volume instead of depth: operation, area of application and potential of memory probes, Dr. Markus Kübert, tewag GmbH
   
• 12:05 pm - 12:30 pm Exergetically optimized operating control of a building’s supply of heat and cooling using a dynamic control system and the more flexible integration of a fully controlled geothermal probe field, Dr. Darius Mottaghy, Geophysica Beratungsges. mbH 
   
• 12:30 pm - 12:55 pm Geothermal energy in building renovation, results from ongoing monitoring work, Rüdiger Grimm, Christian Lumm, geoENERGIE Konzept GmbH
   

• 14:15 pm - 14:40 pm Digital recording of the sealing process during cementing: specifications and practical implementation, Claus Dietrich, Thorsten Weyhrauch, Dietrich Erdwärme GmbH 

• 14:40 pm - 15:05 pm Appraisal of the suitability of different measurement processes for monitoring and the quality of filling of geothermal probes, Dipl.-Ing. Mathieu Riegger, Solites Steinbeis Forschungsinstitut für solare und zukunftsfähige thermische Energie systeme [Steinbeis Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems]
   
• 15:05 pm - 15:30 pm Testing the quality of cementation in the annulus of geothermal probes – case studies from practical experience, Dipl.-Geol. André Voutta, Dr. Heike Voelker, André Voutta Grundwasserhydraulik
   

• 16:25 pm - 17:15 pm CT-Drilling - application fields: A worldwide market report and
  DTH-Fluidhammer: Results of the newest GZB R&D Activities, Dipl.-Ing. Volker Wittig, GZB Internationales Geothermie Zentrum Bochum

 
2nd March 2012 - Deep Geothermal Energy 
 

• 10:15 am - 10:40 am EGEC Deep geothermal market report, Philippe Dumas, EGEC European Geothermal Energy Council
   
• 10:40 am - 11:05 am Transenergy - Transboundary geothermal energy ressources in the Pannonian Basin, Gregor Goetzl, Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien [Geological Federal Institute, Wien], Annamaria Nador, Geological Institute of Hungary, Budapest
   
• 11:05 am - 11:30 am New geothermal activity in the Paris Basin - Case study, Olga Borozdina, Pierre Ungemach, GPC Instrumentation Process
   

• 13:20 pm - 13:45 pm Radioactivity of deep geothermal energy - wherefrom and whereto?, Dr. Detlev Degering, Verein für Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik Rossendorf e.V. [Rossendorf Association for Nuclear Engineering and Analytics Inc.]
   
• 13:45 pm - 14:10 pm Monitoring natural radioactivity: operational experience of the Bruchsal & Soultz locations, Lena Eggeling, Dr. Thomas Kölbel, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Dr. Albert Genter, Nicolas Cuenot, GEIE Exploitation Minière de la Chaleur
   
• 14:10 pm - 14:35 pm GTV Directive 1101 (Page 1): Seismic monitoring of geothermal projects, Dr. Ralf Fritschen, DMT GmbH & Co. KG
   

• 15:50 pm - 16:15 pm Characteristics of deep geothermal reservoir rocks in Hesse - extrapolation of outcrop analogue for reservoir characterisation: results of the "3D modelling of the Hesse deep geothermal potential" project, Kristian Bär, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften [Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Applied Geosciences]
   
• 16:15 pm - 16:40 pm Situation of deep geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine Valley – a current overview of projects, research and acceptability, Dr. Horst Kreuter, GeoThermal Engineering GmbH
   
• 16:40 pm - 17:05 pm The regional simulation model of the Malm aquifer in the Munich conurbation to evaluate the hydraulic and thermal interaction of hydrothermal plants, Dr. Jörn Bartels, Geothermie Neubrandenburg GmbH, Dr. Frank Wenderoth, AQUASOIL Ingenieure & Geologen GmbH

  
2nd March 2012 - Shallow Geotheraml Energy 
 

• 10:30 am - 10:55 am DVGW W120-2 basis of certification, Udo Peth, DVGW Deutsche Vereinigung des Gas- und Wasserfachs e.V. [German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water] 
   
• 10:55 am - 11:20 am Content of and procedure for certification in accordance with DVGW worksheet W 120 and dealing with the certification body on complaints by third parties about certified companies, Christiane Buddenbohm, Zertifizierung Bau e.V. [Certification Construction Inc.]
   
• 11:20 am - 11:45 am Regulations and monitoring: implementing the guidelines of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Eva de Haas, Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Würtemmberg, [Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, Baden-Württemberg]
    

• 14:30 pm - 14:55 pm Measurement of geothermal probes using Earth Energy Designer (EED) – the problematic case of peak load, Dr. Sven Rumohr, Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie [Hesse State Office for Environment and Geology] , Dipl.-Ing. Holger Kaiser, Gerber Ingenieurges. Geothermie mbH
   
• 14:55 pm - 15:20 pm Solar regeneration of geothermal probe fields,
  Arthur Huber, Huber Energietechnik AG
   
• 15:20 pm - 15:45 pm Experimental tests on the impact of geothermal field trials through groundwater flow, Dipl.-Ing. Heiko Huber, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Werkstoffe und Mechanik im Bauwesen [Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Materials and Mechanics in Civil Engineering]
   
• 15:45 pm - 16:05 pm Dynamic numerical groundwater model on thermal impact using a 1 MW exchanger field, Mag. Claudio Giorgio Höfer-Öllinger, GEOCONSULT ZT GmbH