17th IAEE European Energy Conference

Spiros Papaefthimiou, HAEE President; Professor, Technical University of Crete

David G. Horner, President, The American College of Greece

Kostas Axarloglou, Dean, Alba Graduate Business School

Peter Hartley, IAEE President; George A. Peterkin Professor Rice University

Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (video)

Kostas Skrekas, Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (video)

Aristotelis Chantavas, Head of Europe Area, Enel Green Power; President, SolarPower Europe (online)

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Spiros Papaefthimiou, HAEE President; Professor, Technical University of Crete

• Revised NECP Plans and Policies toward energy diversification and green affordable energy
• Reducing EU’s reliance on Natural Gas – Temporary and Long-term options
• The transformation of the energy sector – Strategies and Plans

Chair:

Kostas Andriosopoulos, CEO, Akuo Energy Greece; Professor of Energy Economics, Audencia Business School

Speakers:

Alexandra Sdoukou, General Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic

Yiannis Yiarentis, President and CEO, DAPEEP

Sotiris Kapellos, Chief Operating Officer (COO) – BoD Member, Hellenic Petroleum Renewable Energy Sources S.A.

Giannis Karydas, CEO Renewables & Energy Storage, Copelouzos Group

• Energy crisis: Opportunity or threat for EU’s Energy Transition?

• Revamping fossil-fuel investments or accelerating RES investments?

• Pathways for safe and sustainable energy supply

Chair:

Carlo Bollino, Professor, Universities of Perugia and LUISS; Visiting Researcher, KAPSARC; Honorary President, Italian Association for Energy Economics (AIEE)

Speakers:

Andreas Poullikkas, Chairman, Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority

Christophe Bonnery, Programme Director, Paris School of Economics; President, French Association for Energy Economics

Apostolos Petropoulos, Energy Modeller, World Energy Outlook Team, International Energy Agency (online)

Panagiotis Doumas, Director and Member of the Executive Committee, Howden

• Integrating renewable energy: opportunities and challenges

• Reducing electricity costs by using RES in the wholesale market – Capacity and limitations

• Interrelation between Energy Security and Renewable Energy Sources deployment

Chair:

Michael Pollitt, Professor of Business Economics, Cambridge Judge Business School

Speakers:

Eric Scotto, Chairman and Co-Founder, Akuo Energy

Pierre-Arthur Lestrade, VP Europe, EDF Renewables

Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Partner, Deloitte Greece

• Surging Commodity prices, price setting mechanisms – Is it time for an EU market redesign?

• Liquidity of long-term markets and competitiveness between market operators

• EU Gas price cap and other measures to mitigate energy prices

Chair:

Victor Grigorescu, Former Minister of Energy, Romania

Speakers:         

Alex Papalexopoulos, CEO & President, ECCO International, Inc. USA; CEO & Chairman of the Board, ZOME Energy Networks, Inc. USA

Septimiu Rusu, Development Manager, Romanian Commodities Exchange

Nikos Frydas, Principal, Energy Advisor, Grant Thornton

Emmanouil Kalaitzakis, Director, Strategy & Business Development, EnExGroup

Michalis Manis, CEO, Ensight

Apollonas Konstantopoulos, COO, Ensight

• Reducing energy consumption – Paving the way for optimized energy resources’ use in smart cities

• Boosting Sustainable Electromobility – Support Actions, Challenges, and Advantages

• Alleviate household and industrial energy costs by implementing smart technologies and developing micro-grids

Chair:                  

Spiros Papaefthimiou, HAEE President; Professor, Technical University of Crete

Keynote Speakers:

Kostas Ach. Karamanlis, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Hellenic Republic

Matthew Lodge, British Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic

Speakers:           

Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, Nea Dimokratia Party

Ioannis Mitropoulos, General Manager, Fysiko Aerio-The Hellenic Energy Company

Markus Popp, Brand Director, Omexom

Soteris Kalogirou, Editor-in-Chief, Renewable Energy Journal; Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

• US recent climate bill as an enabling factor for USA-EU cooperation

• Powering EU’s energy diversification in the short and long-term

• New Oil & Gas discoveries, energy efficiency and clean energy technologies toward Russian fossil fuels independency

Chair:

Olga Khakova, Deputy Director for European Energy Security, Global Energy Center at Atlantic Council

Speakers:         

Gulmira Rzayeva, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (online)

John Jimison, President, Energy Future Services, Inc.

• Short-term vs Long-term Energy Transition horizon: Where should we focus on?

• Are existing tools, policies, and frameworks sufficient to define transition pathways?

• How price volatility, energy supply uncertainty and climate change affect the pathways towards climate neutrality?

Chair:

George Ioannou, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business

Speakers:          

Stijn Van Hummelen, Managing Director, Cambridge Econometrics (Belgium)

José Maillet, Head of Gaia, Audencia Business School 

Fereidoon Sioshansi, President, Menlo Energy Economics

Cem Avci, Professor, Bogazici University; Director of Energy Policy Research Center and TRAEE Board Member

Spiros Papaefthimiou, HAEE, President; Professor, Technical University of Crete

Carlo Di Primio, President, Italian Association for Energy Economics (AIEE)