Focusing on "Energy Markets in
Transition”, this year’s IENE’s annual National "Energy and Development”
Conference, will take place in Athens on November 23-24, 2017 and will be held,
as usual, at the conference centre of the Eugenides Foundation. "Energy
and Development 2017”, which is organized under the auspices of Greece’s
Ministry of Environment and Energy, will seek to underline the major changes
already taking place in the shaping of the energy mix at both national,
regional and global level.
The conference will be attended by senior
executives, scientists, engineers and energy professionals from major Greek
energy-related companies and policy-makers, as well as by representatives from
various leading European energy and industry groups and international
organizations. This annual IENE Conference has already attracted strong support
from industry with a wide range of companies from electricity, oil and gas and renewable
having sponsored this major event.
The Conference will commence on Thursday (PM),
November 23, with keynote speeches by H.E. Mr. George Stathakis, Minister of
Environment and Energy of Greece, Mr. Κonstantinos Michalos, Chairman of Athens
Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Dr. Athanasios Dokos, General Manager,
Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
The first session, to follow, is entitled
"The Greek Energy Market in Search of
a New Direction”, and will involve presentations by CEOs and senior
executives of major energy companies and namely by Mr. Manolis Panagiotakis
(Chairman and CEO, Public Power Corporation - PPC), Mr. Eustathios Tsotsoros
(Chairman, Hellenic Petroleum - HELPE), Mr. Michalis Filippou (Chairman and
CEO, Hellenic Electricity Market Operator - HEMO), Mr. Manoussos Manoussakis
(Chairman & CEO, Greece’s Electricity System Operator – ADMIE) and Mr.
Dinos Benroubi (General Manager of Electric Power Business Unit, Mytilineos
Group of Companies).
"The
Global Energy Markets in Transition”
is the subject of
the 2nd session, with the participation of distinguished analysts of
established international energy organizations and think-tanks. These include
Mr. Brent Wanner (Energy Specialist, IEA, Paris), Mr. Karl Vella (Coordinator
Environment and Climate Change Environment & Sustainable Development Policy
Unit, Εurelectric, Belgium), Ms. Eugenia Gusilov (Director, ROEC, Romania) and
Dr. Yurdakul Yigitguden (Independent Energy Consultant and Former Co-ordinator
of OSCE Economic and Environment Activities, Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe, Turkey).
The third session will focus on the current activities
related to
exploration for hydrocarbons
in Greece. Dr. Ioannis Basias, Chairman and CEO of Hellenic Hydrocarbons
Resources Management, Mr. Ioannis Gregoriou, Director General of Hydrocarbons
Exploration and Production (HELPE), Dr. Ntinos Nikolaou, Technical Advisor of
the Greece-based Energean Oil & Gas and Member of the BoD of IENE, as well
as Dr. Charles Ellinas, CEO & Founder of the Cyprus-based Natural
Hydrocarbons Company Ltd., are among the speakers of this session, which will
take place with the participation of major oil and gas companies active in
Greece.
The second day of the Conference, Friday,
November 24, will start with a session dedicated to the pivotal
role of natural gas and renewables in the energy
transition, with Prof. Nikolaos Farantouris (Head of Legal Dpt., Public Gas
Corporation, Professor at the University of Piraeus, Greece and Chair of Legal
Affairs Committee, Eurogas, Belgium), Mr. Anastasios Tosios (Head of
Distribution Operations, Gas Distribution Corporation of Attica, Greece), Mr.
Spyros Paleogiannis (Managing Partner, Medgas & More Services Ltd, ex-CEO
DEPA, Greece) and Dr. Savvas Seimanidis (Chairman, EREF, Brussels) among its
speakers.
Prof. Pantelis Capros, Chairman Scientific
Committee and Head of E3M Lab (NTUA) will co-ordinate the 5th session of the
"Energy and Development 2017” conference, which deals with
"The Critical Transition of the Greek
Energy Electricity Market and the Target Model”, and will be contacted with
the participation of industry executives from the country’s electricity sector.
"Long
Term Energy Planning and Energy Security”
will be the subject
of the sixth session of the Conference. Mr. Michalis Verroiopoulos (Secretary
General for Energy and Mineral Resources), Dr. Nikos Boulaxis (Chairman,
Regulatory Authority of Energy, Greece), as well as senior experts, will
provide their perspective on these matters, so crucial for the country’s energy
future.
Mr. Savvas Politis (Scientific Project
Officer European Commission, DG Joint Research Center, Netherlands) and Mr.
Massimo Merighi (Senior Energy Expert, Projects Directorate, EIB, Poland) will
be among the speakers of the seventh session, which will focus on the growing
problem
on the tackling of energy poverty.
A session on the role of
"energy as a
lever for investments and development” to be moderated by IENE’s Deputy
Chairman and senior partner of KG Law firm, Mr. Gus Papamichalopoulos will conclude the proceedings of this year’s conference.
Greece’s Public Power Corporation
S.A. is the lead sponsor of this year’s "Energy and Development” Conference, Greece’s
Transmission System Operator (ADMIE) is the event’s strategic sponsor, while
Hellenic Petroleum S. A. and TERNA Energy S. A. are among its sponsors. The
supporters of the Conference include Energean Oil & Gas, the Public Gas Corporation
(DEPA), MYTILINEOS S.A., KG Law Firm and EDA Attikis S. A., while Greece’s
leading energy portal, Energia.Gr, the daily Kathimerini, "New Europe” and
"Finance & Markets Voice” newspapers, as well as Euro2Day, Insider.gr, FM
Voice.gr and EnergyPress websites are the event’s media partners.
For further information about the
Conference, please visit the corresponding banner on
www.iene.eu