Greece’s energy and banking sector, as well as the country’s business community, are expected to participate en masse in this one-day conference jointly convened by the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE), the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) and the Panhellenic Exporters Association (PEA), on “Energy: Investments, Employment and Exports”, to be held in Athens on April 26, 2017.
The event,
which will take place in the ACCI auditorium(7, Akadimias Str., Athens), will
focus on the crucial factors involved
in energy investments, employment and
exports. Despite the great difficulties that
Greece is currently enduring, as the country’s economy has been going
through a long phase of decline and stagnation, many significant opportunities
have arisen lately in its energy
sector. Infrastructure has emerged
as a most promising field in Greece’s
energy sector, whereas there is a growing export potential in oil refining,
solar thermal systems, building materials and energy related products, metering
systems and services. This very timely conference, jointly convened by three
of the most
active organizations of the country, and organized by IENE, aspires to stress the urgent need for the
introduction of policies that would
guarantee a viable
course for energy
investments and exports, thus
improving employment in a sector
so crucial for
Greece’s economy.
The event’s
opening speeches will be delivered by the Chairman of ACCI, Mr. Constantinos
Michalos, the Chairwoman of PEA, Ms. Christina Sakellaridis, the Secretary General of Energy
and Mineral Resources at
the Ministry of Environment &
Energy, Mr. Michalis
Verroiopoulos, while Mr. John Chatzivassiliadis,
Chairman of IENE will contribute opening remarks.
The speakers
of the conference
include senior executives
from Greece’s major energy groups,
namely Hellenic Petroleum
SA, Public Power Corporation
(PPC) SA, Public Gas Corporation (DEPA)SA, Protergia SA, TERNA Energy SA, Energean
Oil & Gas, Kopelouzos Group, EDA
Attikis SA (Attiki Natural Gas Distribution Company), ENEL,
the Athens Exchange Group, as well as
institutional organizations and
associations engaged in
the energy field(Independent Power
Transmission Operator-ADMIE SA,
HellasRES, EREF,HACHP etc.), who
will elaborate on their viewpoints on the current situation of energy business
in Greece, as well as its potential for energy to become a key factor for the
country’s exiting policy from its ongoing crisis. Something that could be
achieved through the promotion of
exports with the parallel rejuvenation in employment. Last but
not least, within the framework of the “Energy:
Investments, Employment and Exports” conference, IENE
will present the preliminary findings of its latest revised “Energy and Employment” study, the first version of
which was published in 2013.
The conference’s main
sponsors include TERNA Energy SA, Energean Oil& Gas and EDA Attikis SA
(Attiki Natural Gas Distribution Company), while Greece’s leading energy portal
Energia. Gr is the media sponsor.
For further
information regarding the conference programme and registration please visit www.iene.gr