Mr. Costis
Stambolis, IENE’s Deputy Chairman and Executive Director, participated as an
invited guest in the 10th annual "Regional Conference on Safe and Profitable Investing
in Energy: Balkan- The New European Energy Source”, that took place in Belgrade
(Sava Center), the capital of Serbia, on March 20, 2013. The conference,
organized by ΜΜ International, was attended by more than 200 people from
Serbia, other countries of the former Republic of Yugoslavia and from SE Europe
in general. Power generation, power grid management, transmission and
distribution of natural gas and energy efficiency, with special reference to
buildings and energy policies and strategies were among the topics discussed in
the conference. The conference’s keynote speaker was the Minister of Energy,
Development and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia, Ms. Zorana Mihajlovic.
IENE’s Executive Director took part
in two sessions. The first was a panel discussion on "Profitable and Safe Investing
in Energy of Serbia and Balkans”, in the morning of March 20, where also
Ljubomir Aksentijevic ( Ministry of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection),
Loup Brefort ( World Bank), Dirk Buschle ( Energy Community Secretariat) and Vladimir
Milovanovic (Energoprojekt Holding) participated. In his brief opening remarks,
Mr. Stambolis referred to the Institute’s activities in SE Europe and its
studies on energy investments in the region, and especially in the Western
Balkans. He stressed the crucial role of energy related investments as a key
factor contributing to a positive overall investment climate.
Moreover, Mr. Stambolis participated
as a speaker in a special session in the afternoon of the same day. The topic
of his presentation was "Investing in Energy in SE Europe”, drawing
considerable data from IENE’s major reference study on "SE Europe Energy Outlook”,
but also referring to updated information on latest international developments
concerning prices of oil and natural gas, as well as on investments in
electricity, upstream, oil refining, natural gas and RES in SE Europe. For
detailed information on the 10th annual "Regional Conference on Safe and Profitable
Investing in Energy”, please visit www.massmediainternational.euThe presentation of IENE’s Deputy Chairman and Executive Director is available
here.
During his stay in Belgrade, Mr. Stambolis had the opportunity to meet with executives from Serbia’ s energy sector, including the country’s energy regulator (AERS), the natural gas company Serbgas, oil company NΙS, electricity company EPS as well as with Energoprojekt, Serbia’s leading international energy consulting company.
