12th SE Europe Energy Dialogue

Presentations

Day 1: Wednesday, December 9, 2020

12:00 - 14:00: Session I: Opening Session

Introductory remarks by Costis Stambolis, Chairman & Executive Director, IENE

Input by IENE Partners from different countries in SE Europe and Panel Discussion 

 Presentation of IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2020 by Mr. Kieran McNamara, Senior Energy Analyst, IEA, Paris

Q & A


14:15 - 15:45: Session IΙ: Key Policy Issues and Critical Choices in SEE’s Energy Sector

Moderator: Mr. Miltos Aslanoglou, Independent Energy Consultant, Greece

Presentation by Prof. Pantelis Capros, Professor of Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Scientific Coordinator, E3Modelling, IENE Partner & Chairman of IENE’s Scientific Committee, to be followed by Panel Discussion 

  • Prof. Vesna Borozan, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering & Information Technologies, Univ. of Sts Cyril and Methodius & IENE Partner, North Macedonia
  • Mr. Aleksandar Mijuskovic, Advisor to the Executive Director, Coordinated Auction Office in South East Europe (SEECAO) & IENE Partner, Montenegro
  • Mr. Nenad Stefanovic, Senior Expert for Electricity, Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS), Serbia
  • Mr. George Polychroniou, Executive Director Strategy & Business Development, Public Gas Corporation (DEPA), Greece

15:45 - 16:15: In discussion with Mr. Costis Geropoulos, Journalist, New Europe, Brussels

  • Dr. Charles Ellinas, Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Energy for South-East Europe (IENE), UK
  • Mr. Julian Bowden, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK

16:30 - 18:15: Session III: Gas Supply Prospects and Energy Security in SE Europe

Moderator: Mr. John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, UK

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Katja Yafimava, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK 

  • Mr. Gokhan Yardim, Partner & General Manager, ADG Natural Gas Consultancy & IENE Partner, Turkey
  • Ms. Boyana Achovski, Secretary General, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), Brussels
  • Mr. Milan Zdravkovic, DSO Executive Director, JP SRBIJAGAS, Serbia
  • Dr. Michalis Thomadakis, Director of Strategy and Development Division, Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA), Greece 

18:30 – 19:30: Session IV: LNG and Tomorrow’s Gas Markets

Moderator: Dr. Gina Cohen, Lecturer, Gas Analyst and Consultant on Natural Gas, Israel

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Spyros Paleoyiannis, Managing Partner, Medgas & More Services Ltd & IENE Partner, Cyprus 

  • Mr. Robert Bosnjak, Development and Investment Division, Plinacro, Croatia
  • Mr. Nikos Satras, Head of Natural Gas Business Unit, MotorOil, Greece 

Day 2: Thursday, December 10, 2020


11:00 – 12:30: Session V: Networks, Storage and Innovation for Higher RES Penetration

-Moderator: Mr. Andreas Petropouleas, Energy Management Director, Elpedison and Chairman of IENE’s Electricity Committee, Greece

-Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ioannis Kambouris, Chairman & CEO, Southeast Electricity Network Coordination Center (SEENCC), Greece 


12:45 – 14:15: Session VI: Transition to more competitive Electricity Markets

Moderator: Mr. Nickolas Frydas, Principal, Head of Electricity, Grant Thornton & IENE Partner, Greece

Keynote Speaker: Prof. George Ioannou, CEO, EnEx Group, Greece 


14:30 – 16:00: Session VII: Decarbonization Challenges in SE Europe

Moderator: Dr John Desypris, Special Advisor to EVP, Regulatory Affairs, Mytilineos SA & IENE Partner, Greece

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ioannis N. Tzortzis, Legal Counsel of the Just Transition Development Plan (SDAM) Steering Committee, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece, Attorney at Law at the Supreme Court of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), Greece. 

  • Mr. Slavtcho Neykov, Chairman of the BoD, Energy Management Institute (EMI), Bulgaria
  • Mr. Fotios Kalantzis, Senior Economist, European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg

16:15 – 17:15: Session VIII: Towards an Integrated Energy Company: The example of Hellenic Petroleum

Moderator: Mr. Costis Stambolis, Chairman & Executive Director, IENE, Greece

 

  • Mr. George Alexopoulos, General Manager Group Strategic Planning & New Activities, Executive Member of the BOD, Hellenic Petroleum
  • Dr. Sotiris Kapellos, Operation & Development Manager, BoD Member, ELPE Renewables, Hellenic Petroleum
  • Ms. Liana Gouta, Group Director Energy Policy & International Affairs, Hellenic Petroleum 


17:15 – 18:00: Session IΧ: Energy Efficiency: Global Dimension and Regional Prospects

 


18:00 – 19:25: Session Χ: Energy and Geopolitics: The European Dimension

Moderator: Mr. Christos Dimas, Chairman of IENE’s Energy & Geopolitics Committee & IENE Partner, Greece 

  • Mr. John Roberts, Independent Energy Consultant, UK
  • Dr. Marika Karayianni, Energy expert, Research Associate- Visiting lecturer, Univ. of Peloponnese – PEDIS, Greece
  • Dr. George Filis, Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategy in the Ledra College, Nicosia
  • Prof. Ionut Purica, Executive Director, Advisory Center for Energy and Environment, Romanian Academy, Romania
  • Ms. Chen Dong, Deputy CEO, Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), Greece 

19:25- 19:30: Conference Summing Up by Energy Dialogue Rapporteur and Closing statement by IENE’s Chairman