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PROGRAM OUTLINE
29.04.2019
16:00 – Registration
17:00 – 18:30 – Opening Session
THE STATE OF THE NATURAL GAS MARKET – TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSIFICATION, SUPPLY ALTERNATIVES AND TRANSIT.
Moderator: Alex Alexiev, Chairman of Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies
Keynote Speaker:
Tom Pyle – American Energy under Trump. Problems and Prospects
Steve Hayward – The Energy Revolution and America’s Foreign Policy
Mikhail Krutikhin, RusEnergy – A look from Moscow
Ivan Ivanov, Chairman, Bulgarian Regulator, KEVR – Regulatory frameworks for LNG imports
Ambassador Ilian Vassilev – Level Playing field for LNG, the Geopolitical Impact for the CEE
19:00 – Dinner (by invitation)
With the special participation and address of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov
30.04.2019
8:45 – 9:00 – Coffee & Tea
9:00 – 12:30 – Morning Session Round Table
FREE NATURAL GAS MARKET IN GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OUTLOOK – CHALLENGES?
Moderator: Vasko Nachev, analyst
9:00 – 10:45 – First Session
Mrs. Temenuzhka Petkova, Minister of Energy, Bulgaria
Lou Pugliaresi – Washington outlook, LNG in America’s Energy Mix
Yasen Ivanov – New opportunities for natural gas transit via Bulgaria from the Southern Gas Corridor, including from LNG Terminals, Forecasts, Capacities – Entry and Exit
Stelios Bikos. Head of Commercial Division at DEPA S.A. – LNG in the gas mix of Greece – its role for the regional gas market
Teodora Georgieva, Executive Director ICGB – The interconnector IGB – the gateway for gas from the Southern Gas Corridor to Central and East Europe
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 Second Session
Moderator: Ilian Vassilev, Director, Innovative Energy Solutions Ltd.
Silvio Cappellari, Partner, SZA Brussels – EU Gas Directive and the 4th energy package – The Challenge to Gas Market Integration in SEE and market liberalization/competition
Svetoslav Ivanov, Chairman BAPG – Do the Balkans deserve a free energy market: What we lost and continue to lose from the “energy slavery”
Vasko Nachev – LNG – Making the Difference in the SEE gas market
Representatives of:
Ukraine – Naftogaz, Ministry of Energy, Ukrainian Embassy
The Role of Ukraine in the regional gas market – new opportunities and challenges.
12:30 – 14:00 – Buffet Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 – Closing Session
Moderator: Ilian Vassilev, Director, Innovative Energy Solutions Ltd.
Keynote Speaker – Mike McKenna – Legitimate Lobbying vs Corruption: What’s the Difference?
Martin Vladimirov, Center of the Study of Democracy – Detaching the Oil and Gas markets. Upstream Projects – the Regional Gas Production potential
Alex Alexiev – Gas Distribution and LNG – Small scale LNG Potential
Closing Address – Institute for Energy Research (IER) and US Embassy.
