Monday, 23rd November 2015
| 18:00 |
Dinner sessions (upon registration of participants) |
| Dinner Session I |
Energy Union: reviewing the role of ACER and the energy regulatory framework |
Chair |
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| Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research, Budapest | |
Speakers |
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| Walter Boltz, Vice-Chair of the Board of Regulators, ACER, and the Executive Director of the E-CONTROL | |
Commentary |
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| Martina Krčová, Vice-Chairwoman, Energy Regulatory Office, CR | |
| Jozef Holjenčík, Chairman, Regulatory Office for Network Industries, SR | |
| Krisztián Tóth, Director, International Affairs, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority | |
| Rafał Gawin, Deputy Director of Department of Markets Development and Consumer Issues, Energy Regulatory Office, Poland |
| Dinner Session II |
Energy efficiency in Ukraine, Slovakia and the EU: challenges and opportunities for municipalities
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| DS will be held under the auspices of the Energy Cities and SFPA |
Chair |
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| Juraj Mesík, Energy and Climate Advisor, Slovak Foreign Policy Association | |
Speaker |
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| Katarína Mathernová, Deputy Director General, DG NEAR, European Commission | |
| Serhiy Savchuk, Head, State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine, Kyiv | |
| Kristina Dely, Project Manager, Energy Efficiency Watch – Energy Cities,Brussels | |
| Marián Minarovič, Director, CITENERGO, Bratislava | |
Commentary |
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| Andriy Kyrchiv, Executive Director, Association of Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine, Lviv |
| Dinner Session III |
LNG for Central Europe |
| DS will be held under the auspices of the Cheniere Energy, Inc. |
Chair |
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| Pavol Hamžík, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic | |
Speaker |
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| Anita Orbán, Cheniere Energy, Inc. | |
| Ragnar Wisløff, Chief Commercial Officer, Hoegh LNG | |
Commentary |
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| András Deák, Senior Fellow, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | |
| Mikhhail Gonchar, President, Centre for Global Studies STRATEGY XXI, Kyiv | |
| Karel Hirman, Member of the Board, Slovak Foreign Policy Association |
| Dinner Session IV |
How to strengthen energy security? The role of nuclear power |
| DS will be held under the auspices of MVM | |
Chair |
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| Zuzanna Nowak, , Head of the Energy Project, Polish Institute of International Affairs | |
Speakers |
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| András Cserháti, Senior Expert, Paks NPP | |
| Jozef Zlatňanský, Member of the Board, Slovenské elektrárne, a. s., ENEL | |
Commentary |
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| Martin Vlachynský, Senior Expert, Institute of Economic and Social Studies |
| Dinner Session V |
Russian state-owned enterprises in natural gas and nuclear sector in Central and Eastern Europe |
| DS will be held under the auspices of the International Institute of Political Science, Brno |
Chair |
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| Tomáš Kulda, Project Manager, Prague Security Studies Institute | |
Speakers |
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| Tomáš Vlček, Assistant Professor, Energy Security Studies, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University | |
| Martin Jirušek, Researcher, International Institute of Political Science, and Lecturer, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University | |
Commentary |
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| Jitka Holubcová, Secretary to the Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic | |
| Andrej Nosko, Program Manager, Open Society Think Tank Fund, Budapest |