The "Oil
Refining, Storage and Retail in SE Europe” conference is convened by the
Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) as part of its regional remit and in
the context of its "SE Europe Energy Dialogue” initiative. The conference
will take place in Thessaloniki, on March 30-31, 2017, and will be held at the
Met Hotel where IENE has organized many similar events.
By organizing the present conference IENE
wants to inform the business and energy community of the highly positive
developments in the SE European and East Mediterranean refinery sector but also
explore the significant challenges which lie ahead. Recognized authorities of
the oil industry and well respected analysts from the region but also from
international oil companies and organizations will travel to Thessaloniki to
speak in this highly focused event.
In the official conference dinner on Thursday
evening, March 30, Mr. Grigoris
Stergioulis, CEO of Hellenic Petroleum, will deliver the opening address
while Mr. John Aligizakis, Chairman
of the Hellenic Petroleum Marketing Companies and CEO of Elinoil and Mr. Avner Maimon, CEO of Bazan Grou
from Israel will contribute opening remarks, while the Chairman of the
Institute, Mr. John Chadjivassiliadiswill open and chair the Session.
On Friday, March 31, renowned energy
experts of the oil sector will provide latest insights on how global oil market
dynamics work and the trends which are now prevailing in the SE European and
East Mediterranean market with special reference to refining and inventories.
In the first Session, on the morning of March 31- Dr. Leo Drollas (Independent Energy Consultant, UK),Mr. John Cooper (Director
General, Fuels Europe, Brussels) andMr. Dimitris Mezartasoglou (Resident Research Associate, IENE) will
present a review of the global and European oil markets with the Session being moderated
by Mr. Costis Stambolis, IENE’S
Executive Director.
In the second Session, which deals with the Refining Trends in SE Europe,
senior executives from a number of important regional oil companies will
participate and speak. These will include Mr.
Avner Maimon, CEO, Bazan Group, Israel, Μ
r. Vladimir Gagic
, Director of Refining Block, NIS, Serbia Mr. Laurentiu Pachiu, Founder Partner
and Member of the Board, EPG and Mr.
Alexandru Maximescu,Public and Regulatory Affairs Director, OMV Petrom,
Romania and Mr. Diomidis Stamoulis, Senior
Director, Strategic Planning of Industrial Activities and Participations of
Hellenic Petroleum and Mr. Petros
Papasotiriou, Managing Director, Asprofos from Greece while Dr. Hans Hutta, General Manager, ICM
and senior IENE Associate from Austria will moderate this Session.
In Session III, which deals with infrastructure finance and regulatory
issues, a number of prominent panelists from the region but also from international
banking institutions will participate. Mr.
Ilia Gjermani, Head of Regulatory and Management of the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Energy from Albania, Mr. Adam Howard, Principal Banker
Natural Resources της
EBRD from London, Mr. Roman Matkiwsky, Director of Energy
and Infrastructure of BSTDB and Mr. Gus Papamichalopoulos,
Senior Partner της
KG Law Firm and Secretary
General of ΙΕΝΕ
from Greece will speak in this Session which will be co-ordinated
by Mr. Christos Dimas, Chairman of
the Hellenic-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Geopolitics
Committee and Member of the BoD of IENE.
The conference’s last Session (IV) which deals with oil marketing, storage
and transportation issues and will be co-ordinated by Mr. Nikola Radovanovic, Chief Legal Officer for EU Legislation, EU
Liaison Office, CEO Office, NIS (Serbia). Mr. Roberto Karahannas, General Manager, Domestic and International
Retail of Hellenic Petroleum will be the keynote speaker and a panel discussion
will follow with the participation of Mr. Dinos Leukaritis, CEO of Petrolina
(Cyprus), του
Mr. Dragan
Kovacevic,
Chairman of JANAF (Croatia) and Mr.
Alexis Athanasopoulos, Head of Regulatory Affairs, EKO (Bulgaria).
The main sponsor of the conference is Hellenic
Petroleum SA, which is the major oil
and refining group in SE Europe, while media sponsors include Greece’s leading
energy portal Energia. Gr, specialist
economic site Insider.gr, Sofia
based business portal See News and the Athens daily Kathimerini.
For further information regarding the conference programme and registration
please visit
www .iene .eu
.