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Energy Transition Symposium
5th HAEE Energy Transition Symposium
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PAST EVENT
30 September - 2 October 2020
Theoxenia Palace Hotel, Kifissia
Conference Agenda
09.15 - 09.25
WELCOME ADDRESS
Spiros Papaefthimiou, Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics (HAEE); Assoc. Professor in Energy Management Systems and Energy Efficiency Technologies, Technical University of Crete
09.25 - 09.40
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (TBC)
09.40 - 10.20
OPENING REMARKS
Sokratis Famellos, Member of Parliament Thessaloniki B, Director of Environment and Energy Sector, SYRIZA
Giorgos Arvanitidis, Member of Parliament Thessaloniki B, Director of Environment and Energy Sector, KIN.AL.
10.20 - 10.45
Andreas Shiamishis, CEO, Hellenic Petroleum S.A.
In Discussion with (in Greek Language):
Thodoris Panagoulis, Editor in Chief, energypress.gr
10.45 - 10.50
Break
10.50 - 12.25
EU GREEN DEAL AND THE LANDSCAPE OF THE GREEN ENERGY MARKETS
powered by: National Bank of Greece
Georgios Gkiaouris, Associate Director, Regional Head, Energy EMEA, EBRD (digital)
Pantelis Capros, Professor of Energy Economics, NTUA (digital)
Kostas Andriosopoulos, Professor of Energy Economics, ESCP Business School
Katherine Poseidon, Associate, EMEA Energy Transition, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Moderator:
Manolis Souliotis, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia; HAEE’s BoD Member (digital)
12.25 - 12.30
Break
12.30 - 14.00
TARGET MODEL: THE NEW ERA OF THE GREEN ENERGY MARKETS
George Ioannou, CEO, Hellenic Energy Exchange S.A.
Victor Grigorescu, Former Minister of Energy, Romania (digital)
Konstantin Konstantinov, CEO, Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange
Septimiu Rusu, Development Manager, Romanian Commodities Exchange (digital)
Miloš Mladenović, Managing Director, SEEPEX (digital)
Moderator:
Nikos Frydas, Principal – Energy, Grant Thornton Advisory
14.00 - 14.05
Break
14.05 - 15.40
THE FUTURE OF RES: AGGREGATORS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Yiannis Yiarentis, President and CEO, DAPEEP
Konstantinos Tomaras, General Director, Spyropoulos S.A.
Vassilis Spiliotopoulos, Managing Director Greece, Cyprus, Siemens Gamesa Renewables Energy S.A.
Panagiotis Papastamatiou, Director, ENTEKA; CEO, Hellenic Wind Energy Association
Elias Eliadis, Director Investment Promotion & Facilitation, Enterprise Greece
Giannis Panagis, President, POSPIEF
Moderator:
Filippos Ioannidis, Energy Market Analyst; PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15.40 - 15.45
Break
15.45 - 17.35
THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ENERGY PROJECTS AND SECURITY ISSUES
powered by: Atlantic Council
Keynote address
Joshua Volz, Acting Director, Office of Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of Energy (digital)
Richard Morningstar, Founding Director and Chairman, Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council; Former US Ambassador to the Rep. of Azerbaijan, Former US Ambassador to the EU (digital)
David Livingston, Senior Analyst, Eurasia Group; Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council (digital)
Nikolaos Bakatselos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Theodoros Tsakiris, Assoc. Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Policy, University of Nicosia’s Business School
Aristofanis Stefatos, CEO, Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management
Moderator:
Katerina Sokou, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council (digital)
17.35 - 17.40
Break
17.40 - 18.25
THE FUTURE OF GREEN SHIPPING
Arthur Richier, Senior Freight Analyst, Vortexa (digital)
Charlotte Bucchioni, Tankers Editor, S&P Global Platts (digital)
Moderator:
Panagiotis Mitrou, Global Gas Segment Manager, Lloyd’s Register Marine & Offshore
18.25 - 18.30
Break
18.30 - 19.45
TOWARDS A GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION
Ricardo Gorini, Senior Programme Officer - Remap, IRENA (digital)
Ulrich Laumanns, Project Manager, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Menelaos Ydreos, Executive Director, Energy Vantage Inc. (digital)
Marina Economidou, Scientific Officer, Institute of Energy and Transport, Joint Research Centre, European Commission (digital)
Moderator:
Michael Jefferson, Frm. senior editor of ‘Energy Policy’; Affiliate Professor at ESCP Business School; Senior Fellow, Department of Economics and International Studies, University of Buckingham; Frm. Chief Economist, Shell (digital)
09.00 - 10.25
RES: THE GREEK POTENTIAL
Keynote address
Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Development and Investments, Hellenic Republic
Patrizia Falcinelli, Italian Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
Patrick Maisonnave, French Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
Éric Scotto, Chairman and Co-Founder, Akuo Energy
Aristotelis Chantavas, Head of Europe area, Enel Green Power; President, SolarPower Europe
Moderator:
Dimitris Pefanis, Director, insider.gr
10.25 - 10.30
Break
10.30 - 11.15
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
Athanasios Dagoumas, President, Regulatory Authority for Energy
Aurora Rossodivita, Senior expert of European regulation, ARERA (digital)
Moderator:
Jean-Michel Glachant, Director, Florence School of Regulation; Holder of the Loyola de Palacio Chair (digital)
11.15 - 11.20
Break
11.20 - 13.00
RES INVESTMENTS: BIG SCALE PROJECTS
Rabia Ferroukhi, Director, Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre, IRENA (digital)
Adnan Polat, Chairman, POLAT Holding
Konstantinos Mavros, CEO, PPC Renewables
Loukas Lazarakis, CEO, Nostira S.A.
Tasos Athanasopoulos, President and CEO, Enerdia
Grigoris Marinakis, General Manager, Voltalia Greece
Panagiotis Doumas, Managing Partner, Alpha Plus Insurance Brokers PC
Moderator:
Haris Floudopoulos, Journalist, capital.gr
13.00 - 13.05
Break
13.05 - 14.30
NATURAL GAS NETWORKS: THE NEW LANDSCAPE IN GREECE
(IN GREEK LANGUAGE)
Leonidas Bakouras, General Manager, Gas Distribution Company Thessaloniki-Thessalia S.A.
Marios Tsakas, Public Gas Distribution Networks SA (digital)
Theodoros Stavropoulos, Executive Director of Commercial Services, Attiki Natural Gas Distribution Company S.A.
Michael Thomadakis, Director of Strategy and Development, Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator
Moderator:
Thodoris Panagoulis, Editor in Chief, energypress.gr
14.30 - 14.35
Break
14.35 - 15.00
REPORT PRESENTATION: “THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN ECONOMY”
powered by: International Gas Union
Matthew Doman, Interim Public Affairs Director, IGU (digital)
Kostas Andriosopoulos, Professor of Energy Economics, ESCP Business School
15.00 - 15.05
Break
15.05 - 16.35
EAST MEDITERRANEAN MARKETS: REGIONAL GAS PROSPECTS AND SMALL-SCALE LNG APPLICATIONS
powered by: Global Gas Centre
Dan Milstein, Director, European Regional Office U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Embassy-Prague (digital)
Dimitris Manolis, Head, International Activities/Projects, DEPA S.A. (digital)
Symeon Kassianides, Chairman, Natural Gas Public Company, Cyprus (digital)
Marcel Kramer, Energy & Infrastructure Consultant; President, Energy Delta Institute (digital)
Kostis Sifnaios, Business Development and Project Director, GasTrade S.A.
Moderator:
Naji Abi-Aad, Advisor, Global Gas Centre
16.35 - 16.40
Break
16.40 - 18.10
A CLIMATE NEUTRAL EU BY 2050. THE CHALLENGES FOR NATURAL GAS
powered by: Global Gas Centre
René Bautz, Chairman, World Energy Council - Global Gas Centre
Jean-Marc Leroy, External Relations Senior Executive Vice President, Engie France (digital)
Anita Orban, Vice President, International Affairs, Tellurian LNG (digital)
Andrew Walker, Vice President, LNG Strategy and Communication, Cheniere (digital)
Moderator:
Alex Barnes, Advisor, Global Gas Centre
10.00 - 11.30
SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS - CIRCULAR ECONOMY ASPECTS
Session Chair: Konstantinos Tsagkarakis
An online platform for sustainable investment planning under environmental and economic life cycle analysis thinking: the case of PV when integrated with storage solutions
Authors: Ioannis Mamounakis, Dimitrios-Sotirios Kourkoumpas, Athanasios Natsikas, Nikolaos Nikolopoulos
Presenter: Ioannis Mamounakis
Integrating solar technologies in the circular economy concept: A life cycle perspective
Authors: Maria Milousi, Manolis Souliotis, Spiros Papaefthimiou
Presenter: Maria Milousi
Turning CO2 emissions to CH4 by means of green H2 and novel catalytic materials
Authors: M. Konsolakis, S. Papaefthimiou, D. Ipsakis, M. Lykaki, S. Stefa, G. Varvoutis, G.E. Marnellos
Presenter: M. Lykaki
An Analysis of Energy in the Circular Economy Definitions: A Natural Language Processing Approach
Authors: Konstantinos P. Tsagkarakis, Boris Tanchovski, Dimitar Trajanov
Presenter: Konstantinos P. Tsagkarakis
11.30- - 11.40
Break
13.10 - 13.20
Break
13.20 - 14.50
ENERGY MARKETS, DECARBONISATION AND ENERGY TRANSITION
Session Chair: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
Is climate policy effective in reducing GHG emissions? Southeast versus southwest Europe
Authors: Inês Carrilho Nunes, Margarida Catalão-Lopes
Presenter: Inês Carrilho Nunes
Capacity mechanisms in the decarbonization era: the EU law challenges for South-East European electricity markets in transition
Author: Orestis Omran, Stella Mavrommati
Presenter: Orestis Omran
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Energy Markets and Energy Resilience: The Example of HEDNO
Authors: Stratis Zacharis, Aikaterini Gkika, Alexios Tagaris, Niki Komioti
Presenter: Aikaterini Gkika
Energy transition projections of the Serbian energy sector and lessons learnt for decarbonization in the Balkans
Authors: Savvas Louzidis, Ioannis Stefanou, Nenad Jovanovic
Presenter: Ioannis Stefanou
Is the EU ETS really becoming more efficient?
Author: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
Presenter: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
The Viability of a Mediterranean Energy Hub and the Interests of European Union and Russia: Common or Conflicted?
Authors: Antonios Stratakis, Theodore Pelagidis
Presenter: Antonios Stratakis
14.50 - 15.00
Break
15.00 - 17.00
OIL AND GAS: CHALLENGES AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Session Chair: Filippos Ioannidis
Session Chair: Filippos Ioannidis
Oil prices as a predictor for stock market returns
Authors: Andrianos Tsekrekos, Konstantinos Vasileiadis
Presenter: Konstantinos Vasileiadis
Energean’s pledge to net zero emissions by 2050
Author: Vassilis Tsetoglou
Presenter: Vassilis Tsetoglou
Investing in Bridging Fuels: The Unit Commitment Problem of Public vs Private Ventures
Authors: Filippos Ioannidis, Kyriaki Kosmidou, Iordanis Kalaitzoglou
Presenter: Filippos Ioannidis
A new pole for Sustainable Research and Innovation in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Institute of Petroleum Research (IPR) /Foundation for Research and Technology
Authors: Spyridon Bellas, Nikolaos Pasadakis
Presenter: Spyridon Bellas
Growing Political Opposition to Oil & Gas Development in the United States: Implications of a Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
Authors: Lucian Pugliaresi
Presenter: Lucian Pugliaresi
Natural Gas Market Globalization Revisited
Authors: Evangelos Kyritsis, Anne Neumann
Presenter: Evangelos Kyritsis
09.00 - 09.15
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Takis Theodorikakos, Minister of Interior, Hellenic Republic
09.15 - 10.45
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SMART CITIES
powered by: Circle the Med Forum
Keynote Address
Konstantinos Aravossis, General Secretary of Natural Environment and Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (digital)
Giorgos Kremlis, President, Organizing Committee of the Circle the Med Forum; President, International “Circular Clima Institute” of the European Public Law Organization
Theodora Antonakaki, Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Greece
Haris Doukas, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens & Gen. Secretary of HELORS (digital)
Moderator:
Konstantinos Maragkogiannis, Senior Advisor on Circular Economy
10.45 - 10.50
Break
10.50 - 12.30
UNTAPPING THE VALUE OF NETWORKS THROUGH PRIVATIZATION
Sonia Babilis, Chief Investment Officer, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (digital)
Ioannis Margaris, Vice-Chairman BoD ADMIE, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager, “Ariadne Interconnection”
Nicola Battilana, CEO, Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator S.A.
Argyro (Argie) Banila, Head of Structured Financing, National Bank of Greece
Moderator:
Evangelos Kyritsis, Senior Researcher in Environment, Energy and Climate Policy, VATT Institute for Economic Research; HAEE’s BoD Member (digital)
12.30 - 12.35
Break
12.35 - 14.20
ECOMOBILITY AND MICROGRIDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF GREEN DEVELOPMENT
Keynote address
Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Hellenic Republic
Dimitris Kavvouris, Chief Operating Officer Citroen, DS Automobiles and Mazda
Arnaud Henin, Managing Director, Gommyr Power Networks (digital)
Athanasios Lazanas, Chairman and CEO, Arclif Group (digital)
Moderator:
Thanos Zarogiannis, Electric Vehicles Charging Specialist, Advisor on Electromobility
14.20 - 14.25
Break
14.25 - 16.25
HYDROGEN, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
powered by: Energy Delta Institute
Keynote addresses
Enrique Viguera Rubio, Spanish Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (digital)
Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament (digital)
Bert Stuij, Vice President Innovation, Energy Delta Institute (digital)
Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO, SolarPowerEurope (digital)
Maher Chebbo, Chair of the European ETIP Digital Energy Group and Digital Batteries Task Force (digital)
Pierre-Jean Cherret, Head of New Business Development & Strategic Innovation & Ventures, ITEMS International (digital)
Moderator:
Miguel Palacios, Professor of Management, ESCP Business School; Executive Education Associate Academic Dean, Madrid Campus (digital)
16.25 - 16.30
Break
16.30 - 18.00
HYBRID SYSTEMS IN ISLANDS - NEW ENERGY SOLUTIONS OPTIMISED FOR ISLANDS
powered by: NESOI European Islands Facility
Keynote address
Konstantinos Fragogiannis, Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Andrea Martinez, Deputy Managing Director, Sinloc (digital)
Dimitris Papastergiou, President, Central Union of Greek Municipalities; Mayor of Trikala (digital)
Panagiotis Grammelis, Director, Research at the Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, CERTH
Spyros Economou, President of the BoD and General Director, CRES
Fereidoon Sioshansi, President, Menlo Energy Economics (digital)
Moderator:
Spiros Papaefthimiou, Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics (HAEE); Assoc. Professor in Energy Management Systems and Energy Efficiency Technologies, Technical University of Crete
18.00 - 18.05
Break
18.05 - 19.30
BOOK PRESENTATION: “THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR SOUTH-EAST EUROPE: THE NEW ERA OF ENERGY TRANSITION”
powered by: EMC at ESCP Business School
Gulmira Rzayeva, Research Associate, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Founder and Managing Director, Eurasia Analytics (digital)
Olga Khakova, Associate Director for European Energy Security (digital)
Kostas Andriosopoulos, Professor of Energy Economics, ESCP Business School
Julian Bowden, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (digital)
Moderator:
Mamdouh Salameh, International Oil Economist; Visiting Professor of Energy Economics, ESCP Business School, London (digital)
19.30 - 19.40
CONCLUSIONS
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