The regional perspectives and the international dimension of major energy infrastructure projects and related investments, as well as the relationship between energy and foreign policy are two major subjects on which IENE’s 18th National Energy Conference "Energy and Development 2013” Conference will focus on. This year’s "Energy and Development” (Athens, 3-4 December, 2013), to be held under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry for Environment, Energy & Climate Change, will examine the "Sustainability and Security of Greece’s Energy System”The
regional perspectives and the international dimension of major energy
infrastructure projects and related investments, as well as the relationship
between energy and foreign policy are two major subjects on which IENE’s 18th
National Energy Conference "Energy and Development 2013” Conference will focus
on. This year’s "Energy and Development” (Athens, 3-4 December, 2013), to be
held under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry for Environment, Energy &
Climate Change, will examine the "Sustainability and Security of Greece’s
Energy System”, reflecting the ongoing diminishing support in the funding of
RES in the country and the European Union in general, due to Eurozone’s
recession and restrictive fiscal policies, combined with the recent emphasis on
research in the upstream sector in the wider SE Europe and the East Mediterranean
region.
Mr. Ioannis Maniatis, Greece’s Minister for Environment, Energy & Climate Change, will be the keynote speaker in the opening session of the IENE’s "Energy and Development 2013" annual conference. In his speech, Mr. Maniatis is expectedto underline Greece’s emerging role for Europe’s energy security and its growing importance as a regional energy bridge and prospective gas supplier.
Senior executives from well-known international energy organizations and institutes will highlight the changes now taking place on the current agenda, both at a European and global level. More specifically, Dr. Fabian Kesicki, Energy Analyst at the Directorate of Global Energy Economics of the International Energy Agency (ΙΕΑ, Paris), Dr. Leo Drolas, Executive Director of the London-based CGES Institute, one of the most prestigious think tanks on energy at an international level, and Prof. Uwe Leprich of the Germany’s influential Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES), will provide analysis on several aspects of international energy developments in this established annual IENE event. Finally, Mr. Costis Stambolis, the Institute’s Executive Director, will describe Greece’s importance as an emerging supply corridor for European energy needs.
As energy-related investments are expected to play a crucial role Greece’s economic recovery, IENE’s conference will focus on electricity, natural gas, oil and energy efficiency as the most promising forms of energy. Mr. Harry G. Sachinis, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of DEPA S.A., Mr. Mathios Rigas, Chairman and CEO of Energean Oil & Gas SA and Mr. Dimitrios Georgantonis, General Manager of HERON Group Companies, are some of the top speakers who will refer to several aspects of Greece’s energy investment potential.
Additionally, a Round Table Discussion on energy and foreign policy will be held as part of the conference. The discussion is to be coordinated by one of the Greece’s better known geopolitical analysts, Dr. Ioannis Th. Mazis, Professor of Economic Geography (Dept of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) with the participation of academics experts, and professionals from the country’s energy sector and also of representatives of Greek political parties.
Moreover, IENE’s "Energy and Development 2013" Conference will be attended by senior executives, scientists, engineers and energy professionals from all the major Greek energy companies, policy-makers, experts, academics etc.
Among others, the conference will cover the following subject areas:
·Energy geopolitics in Greece and SE Europe
·The oil market: regional developments and international trends
·Hydrocarbon exploration and production and the growing importance of natural gas as an alternative fuel
·The domestic energy market: prices and sustainability
·Power generation and investments in the next decade
·The transformation of the power sector, the electricity market and RES
·Transformation of the energy market and competition issues
·Towards EU’s goals of 2020/ 2030 and the role of renewable energy sources in Greece and SE Europe in view of the current Eurozone crisis
The main sponsors of the 18th Annual National Conference «Energy & Development 2013» include Greece’s Public Gas Corporation S.A. (DEPA S.A.), Protergia SA of Mytilineos Group and Hellenic Petroleum S.A. The Law Firms KG and Norton Rose Fulbright, as well as Siemens and Wartsila are the conference’s supporters. Greece’s leading daily «Kathimerini» and Energia.gr, Greece’s foremost energy portal, as well as SeeNews, a worldwide provider of business news and market intelligence, and FM Voice, a website and web radio focusing on economy, markets and business, are the conference’s official media partners.
The "Energy & Development 2013” conference will take place at the "Eugenides Foundation”, conference facilities in Faliron a short distance from the centre of Athens (387, Syngrou Av., 175 64 Athens).
The conference’s detailed programme and registration details are available through a special banner on IENE’s website.
