Friday, 2nd December 2016
| 9:00-11:00 |
Panel IV. Renewable energy
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Ballroom |
The Panel will discuss the implementation of the key actions under the Integrated SET-Plan with focus on renewable energy. Throughout 2015 the representatives of the Commission, Member States, Associated Countries part of the SET Plan, and relevant stakeholders have been working on translating the key actions into agreements on strategic targets and priorities in each of the action areas, as well as on implementation plans that will aim to deliver the agreed targets and priorities. The aim of the panel is to discuss the state of play in the area of renewable energy and the way forward. |
Chair |
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| András Siegler, Director of Directorate G – Energy, RTD | |
Speakers |
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| Diego Pavía, Chief Executive Officer, KIC InnoEnergy | |
| Konstantin Staschus, Secretary-General, ENTSO-E | |
| Eicke R. Weber, President, Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres – EUREC; Director, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg | |
| Rowena McCappin, Project Director, Glen Dimplex | |
| Igor Kočiš, CEO, GA Drilling, Bratislava | |
| Q&A |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee break |
| 11:30-13:00 |
Panel V. (parallel) Efficient energy and smart cities |
Ballroom |
The panel will discuss the implementation of key actions under the Integrated SET-Plan, focusing on energy efficiency. It will also consider the lessons member states learned from the implementation of the 2020 Framework targets on energy efficiency and R&I and what should be done to meet the ambitious targets of the 2030 Framework. In addition to the above issues, the panel discussion will consider the review of the directive on energy efficiency to be discussed in the EU Council during the Slovak Presidency. |
Chair |
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| Marie Donnelly, Director, Directorate C – Renewables, R&I, Energy Efficiency, DG ENER, European Commission | |
Speakers |
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| Roman Chovanec, Head, Energy Management Department, Municipal Authority of Bratislava - Capital City of the Slovak Republic | |
| Brigitte Bach, Coordinator, Joint Program Smart Cities, Austrian Institute of Technology | |
| Claire Roumet, Executive Director, Energy Cities | |
| João Torres, CEO of EDP Distribuição (EDPD) | |
| Peter Robl, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Slovak Green Building Council | |
| Q&A |
| 11:30-13:00 |
Panel VI. (parallel) Market integration I: Harmonization of regulatory framework |
Waldorf |
The panel discussion will examine prospects for strengthening the role of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in harmonizing member state regulatory frameworks, which is a fundamental precondition to the creation of a fully integrated energy market within the EU. Another central issue to be discussed by the panel concerns the electricity market design package that is expected to be discussed during the 2016 Slovak Presidency, including a review of the directives on energy efficiency and support for renewable sources of energy. In addition to key EU level topics, the panel will also reflect on the experiences of the Central European member states relating to the regional integration of energy markets. |
Chair |
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| Ján Klepáč, Executive Director, Slovak Gas and Oil Association | |
Speakers |
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| Alberto Pototschnig, Director, Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) | |
| Maciej Bando, President, Energy Regulatory Office, Poland | |
| Richard Ružička, Director, Natural Gas Regulation, Regulatory Office for Network Industries, Slovak Republic | |
| Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research, Budapest | |
| Henrich Krejčí, Head, Energy Law and Regulatory Affairs, Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. (SPP) | |
| Q&A |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
Poster session IIFor details, please click here. |
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Workshop presentation: Ukraine and the Energy Union: exploring potential for cooperation with Slovakia and the Visegrad Four |
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Embassy |
A workshop presentation of the research findings produced by project CBC01014, supported by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and co-funded from the Slovak state budget. |
| Alexander Duleba, Director, Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association | |
| Michael Gonchar, President, Center for Global Studies Strategy XXI, Kyiv | |
| Karel Hirman, Member, Strategic Advisory Group for Support of Ukrainian Reforms, Kyiv | |
| Aleksey Yizhak, Senior Researcher, Ukrainian National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv – Dnipro |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Panel VII. (parallel) Market integration II: Emerging Central European gas market |
Waldorf |
Representatives of gas transmission companies and experts from the member state energy ministries and the Energy Community Secretariat will be invited to comment on the major challenges facing the EU and member states in Central and South Eastern Europe relating to security of gas supplies and developing a strategic gas transmission infrastructure. The panelists will discuss the review of the EU directive on security of gas supply and the decision on transparency of intergovernmental agreements to be debated during the 2016 Slovak Presidency. Special attention will be paid to the implementation of the “Road Map towards the regional gas market among Visegrad 4 countries” adopted by the Visegrad Group Prime Ministers in Warsaw on 16 June 2013. They will also discuss the key challenges in the regional integration of V4 national gas markets. |
Chair |
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| Pavol Hamžík, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic | |
Speakers |
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| Peter Fischer, Deputy Director General for Energy & Climate Policy and Export Control, Federal Foreign Office, Germany | |
| Janez Kopač, Director, Energy Community Secretariat, Vienna | |
| Milan Sedláček, Director for commercial and regulatory affairs, Eustream, Bratislava | |
| Michael Kehr, Director, Business Development, NET4GAS | |
| Piotr Kus, Director of the Brussels Office, OGP Gaz-System SA | |
| Ielyzaveta Badanova, Deputy Head, Legal Department, NJSC Naftogaz Ukraine | |
| Q&A |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Panel VIII. (parallel) Market integration III: Regional market-coupling in electricity |
Ballroom |
The panel will assess the lessons learned in relation to the market-coupling in electricity between the Czech Republic, Slovakia (2009), Hungary (2012) and Romania (2014) that created the basis for building a regional electricity market in Central and South-Eastern Europe. They will consider the experiences of market-coupling from the point of view of the transmission network operators (ETSOs) and market operators (MOs) and the perspectives of other countries from the region on joining the integrated CZ-SK-HU-RO electricity market. Other issues include the main obstacles to expanding a regional electricity market and the prospects for market-coupling of regional electricity markets within the EU. |
Chair |
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| Matteo del Fante, Vice President, ENTSO-E; CEO, Terna S.p.A., Rome | |
Speakers |
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| Michal Cabala, Chair of the Board, OKTE | |
| Konrad Purchała, Deputy Director, Strategy and International Cooperation, PSE S.A., Konstancin-Jeziorna | |
| Zbyněk Boldiš, Member of the Board, ČEPS | |
| Manfred Pils, Head of Unit Market Management, Austrian Power Grid (APG) | |
| Vsevolod Kovalchuk, Acting Director, NPC Ukrenergo, Kyiv | |
| Q&A |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Concluding and closing session |
Ballroom |
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Chair |
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| Dominique Ristori, Director General, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission | |
Speakers |
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| Peter Plavčan, Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic | |
| Jerzy Buzek, Chair, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament | |
| Alexander Duleba, Director, Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association |
| 16:00 |
Cocktail |
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