IENE is pleased to announce the detailed programme for its 20th National
Conference "Energy and Development 2015”, to be held in Athens, on November
11-12, 2015. This year’s conference theme deals with "The Role of the Energy
Sector in Revitalizing Greece’s Economy”. The conference’s opening speech will
be delivered by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Panos Skourletis.
The first session will include speeches and presentations by senior executives
of the Greek energy sector and namely Mr. Manolis Panagiotakis, Chairman and
CEO of Public Power Corporation (PPC), Prof. Stathis Tsotsoros, Chairman of
Hellenic Petroleum (HELPE), Mr. Spyros Paleoyanis, CEO of Public Gas
Corporation (DEPA), Mr. Anastasios Kallitsantsis, CEO of Hellenic Association
of Independent Power Producers (HAIPP), Mr. George Peristeris, Chairman of the Greek
Association of RES Electricity Producers and Chairman of GEK TERNA, and Mr.
Mathios Rigas, CEO of Energean Oil & Gas. The session will start with a keynote
speech by the Chairperson of the National Bank of Greece, Ms. Louka Katseli.
The conference will also be attended by senior
executives, scientists, engineers and energy professionals from other European
countries, as well by EU officials and high-rank representatives of industry organizations,
including: Dr. Volkan Ozdemir (Chairman EPPEN- Institute for Energy Markets and
Policies, Ankara, Turkey), Prof. Abbas Maleki (Energy Policy, Dpt. of Energy
Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran), Mr. Mihailo Mihailovic (Independent
Consultant, PE Electric Power Industry of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia), Mr.
Stephan Ressl (Resident Εnergy Αdvisor, European Commission, Secretariat-General
Structural Reforms Support Service), Mrs. Beate Raabe (Secretary General,
Eurogas, Brussels) Dr. Katja Yafimava (Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute
for Energy Studies, UK), Ms. Dimitra
Valavani (Energy Policy Advisor) and Dr. Savvas Seimanidis (Chairman, European
Renewable Energy Federation, Brussels).
The main subject areas to be covered in this year’s "Energy and
Development” conference will include the following:
·
Latest developments
in the energy sector in SE Europe
·
Greece’s electricity
sector and European market outlook
·
The SE European
gas market and the role of Greece
·
Global oil
market outlook and upstream developments in Greece and the East Mediterranean
·
A national energy
strategy for energy efficiency and RES penetration
·
Energy
geopolitics in SE Europe and security of energy supply
The
"Energy & Development 2015” conference will take place at the
"Eugenides Foundation” conference centre in Faliron, a short distance from
the centre of Athens (387, Syngrou Av., 175 64 Athens).
Greece’s
Public Gas Corporation (DEPA S.A.), Hellenic
Petroleum (HELPE S.A.) and the Public Power Corporation (PPC S.A.) are the
conference’s main sponsors, whereas TERNA Energy SA, Kyriakides Georgopoulos
Law Firm (KG Law Firm, Greece) and Energean Oil and Gas Co. are among the
conference’s supporters. Energia.gr and SEE News are the conference’s media
partners.