11th SE Europe Energy Dialogue

Presentations

Day 1: Tuesday, June 26, 2018

13:30-15:00 Conference Opening Session 

Chair: Mr. Costis Stambolis, Executive Director, IENE, Greece

  • Opening Remarks by Mr. John Chadjivassiliadis, Chairman, IENE, Greece
  • Video Message by Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, Paris
  • Opening Address by Mr. Michalis Verroiopoulos, Secretary General for Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece
  • Mr. Simon Uzunov, Electricity Expert /Deputy Head of Unit, Energy Community, Vienna
  • Mr. Gurbuz Gonul, Acting Director, Country Support and Partnerships, IRENA, Abu Dhabi

15:00-16:30 Session I: International and Regional Perspectives 

Chair: Mr. Gus Papamichalopoulos, Deputy Chairman, IENE, Partner, KG Law Firm, Greece

  • Mr. Tim Yeo, Chairman of The New Nuclear Watch Institute, Former Minister of Energy, UK
  • Dr. John Kambouris, Chief Officer of Operation, Infrastructure & Market, IPTO, Greece
  • Dr. Yurdakul Yigitguden, Independent Energy Consultant and Former Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environment Activities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Turkey
  • Prof. Ionut Purica, Executive Director, Advisory Center for Energy and Environment, Romanian Academy, Romania
  • Dr. Charles Ellinas, CEO & Founder, EC Natural Hydrocarbons Company Ltd., Cyprus and UK

Q + A

17:00-18:30 Session II: Energy Market Transition and Key Policy Issues in SE Europe 

Chair: Dr. Hans Hutta, General Manager, International Center for Petroleum & Industrial Management (ICM), Vienna, Austria

  • Keynote Address by Mr. Costis Stambolis, Executive Director, IENE, Greece
  • Ms. Eugenia Gusilov, Director, Romania Energy Center (ROEC), Bucharest, Romania
  • Dr. Spyros J. Kiartzis, Manager New Technologies and Alternative Energy Sources, Hellenic Petroleum S.A., Greece

Q + A

18:30-19:30 Session III: Panel Discussion on Energy and Geopolitical Perspectives

Chair: Mr. Christos Dimas, Chairman of the Geopolitics and Energy Committee and Member of the BoD, IENE, Honorary Chairman of the Hellenic-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Greece

  • Mr. Aleksandar Kovacevic, Energy Expert, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Prof. Ionut Purica, Executive Director, Advisory Center for Energy and Environment, Romanian Academy, Romania
  • Mr. Yurdakul Yigitguden, Independent Energy Consultant and Former Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environment Activities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Turkey
  • Mr. Vladimir Durovic, Energy Expert, Croatia
  • Dr. Christos Papadopoulos, Regional Director Europe, Energy Exemplar, UK

 

Day 2: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

09:00-11:00 Session IV: The Ascendance of Electricity Markets in SE Europe and Infrastructure and Investment Priorities

Chair: Mr. Nenad Stefanovic, Senior Expert for Electricity, Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS), Serbia 

Q + A

Panel Discussion on SEE’s Emerging Regional Electricity Market with the participation of: 

11:30-13:30 Session V: Supply Prospects and Market Realities in Advancing Gas Use in SEE

Chair: Dr. John Desypris, Head of Regulatory Authorities, Mytilineos Holdings S.A., Greece 

 Q + A

Panel Discussion on the Evolution of Natural Gas Markets in SEE with the participation of: 

14:30-16:00 Session VI: Grid Transformation and Innovation for High RES Penetration in SEE

Chair: Prof. Dimitrios Mavrakis, Director, Energy Policy and Development Center, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 

Q + A

16:15-17:45 Session VII: The Key Role of the Building Sector in Improving Energy Efficiency in SEE

Chair: Dr. Vesna Borozan, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, FYR of Macedonia 

 Q + A

Conference Summing Up by Energy Dialogue Coordinator, Mr. Costis Stambolis, Executive Director, IENE, Greece