Energy Transition 2018 - Agenda
ENERGY TRANSITION 2018
30 & 31 October 2018, Bucharest, JW Marriott Grand Hotel
Draft Agenda 15.10.2018
30 October – Conference, Grand Ballroom
09:00 - 09:30 Registration & Welcome coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Welcoming speech
• Claudia Brânduş – President of RWEA (confirmed)
• Giles Dickson - CEO, Wind Europe (confirmed)
09.45 – 10:15
Keynote speech
• Anton Anton – Minister of Energy of Romania
• Sebastian Kind, Undersecretary of Renewable Energy in Argentina’s Ministry of Energy and Mining, Chair of the IRENA Council (to be confirmed)
• Iulian Iancu – Chair of the Committee for Industries and Services, Romanian Chamber of Deputies (confirmed)
• Eva Hoos – Policy Officer, European Commission, DG ENER (confirmed)
10:15 – 11:15 Living the Energy Transition
Moderator: Claudia Brânduş – President of RWEA (confirmed)
Speakers:
• Mohamed El - Farnawany, Director, Strategic Management and Executive Direction, IRENA
• Katherine Poseidon – Policy Analyst Europe, Middle East & Africa, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (confirmed)
• Henning Hader – Manager for Energy Policy, Climate & Sustainability, Eurelectric (confirmed)
• Matthias Buck – Head of European Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende (confirmed)
• Ondřej Šafář – Country Manager, CEZ Romania (confirmed)
• Gabriel Nebreda Molinero, Executive Operating Director EDP Renewables Europe & Country Manager Romanian BU (confirmed)
• Aleksandra Tomczak – Policy Coordinator, DG Energy, European Commission Coal Regions in Transition Platform (confirmed)
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Renewables in Romania 2030 - expectations and challenges
Moderator: Giles Dickson - CEO, Wind Europe (confirmed)
Speakers:
• Răzvan Nicolescu - Energy & Resources Industry Leader, Deloitte Romania (confirmed)
• Zoltan Nagy-Bege – Vicepresident, ANRE (confirmed)
• Niculae Havrileţ, Ministry of Energy (confirmed)
• Laurent Schmitt – General Secretary, ENTSO-E (confirmed)
• Adrian Constantin Rusu – CEO, Transelectrica
• Renewables Grid Initiative (confirmed)
• Georgios Stassis – Country Manager, Enel Romania (confirmed)
• Eric Stab – President of Engie Romania (confirmed)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Renewables – pillars of sustainable energy growth
Moderator: Valeriu Binig, Business Advisory Partner, Energy Industry Leader, South-East Europe Cluster, Ernst &Young (confirmed)
Speakers:
• Victor Ionescu – General Manager, OPCOM (confirmed)
• Manfred Bernegger – Director Service Eastern Europe, Vestas (confirmed)
• Julian Popov - Senior Fellow, European Climate Foundation (confirmed)
• Microsoft
• Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu – Partner, Head of the Energy Practice, Dentons (confirmed)
• Ivan Komušanac – Analyst – Markets & Wind Technology, WindEurope (confirmed)
• Bogdan Marius Chiriţoiu - President, Romanian Competition Council
• Raed Ahmad Bkayrat – Managing Director, Clean Energy Business Council (confirmed)
15:00 – 15:15 Concluding remarks – Claudia Brânduş and Giles Dickson
Energy Transition 2018
31 October 2018 – RES integration - workshop, Grand Ballroom
09:00 –09:30 Registration & Welcome coffee
09:30 – 11:00 First session
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Second session
13:00 – Lunch
Topics:
• New electricity market design for accommodating a larger share of RES
• Aggregators – the role and benefits for the energy market
• Technical solutions to integrate a higher RES share – Romanian Case & best practices and ideas
Moderator: Radu Dudău, Director, Energy Policy Group
Participants:
• Maria Mânicuţă – Manager, ANRE
• Doina Ilişiu – Manager, Transelectrica (confirmed)
• OPCOM
• Victor Charbonnier – Public Affairs Specialist – Grids and Power Markets, Wind Europe (confirmed)
• Cătalin Stancu – General Manager, Electrica
• Aurel Mîndrican – Trade Development Manager, CEZ (confirmed)
• ABB
31 October 2018 – RES financing instruments – workshop, Grand Ballroom
09:00 –09:30 Registration & Welcome coffee
09:30 – 11:00 First session
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Second session
13:00 – Lunch
Topics:
• Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements – the key role in continuing large scale private investments in RES production
• EU funds for financing RES development (InvestEU, Projects of Common Interest, regional cooperation)
Moderator: Valeriu Binig, Business Advisory Partner, Energy Industry Leader, South-East Europe Cluster, Ernst &Young
Participants:
• Victor Ionescu – General Manager, OPCOM (confirmed)
• Adrian Borotea - Group strategy and EU agenda Director, CEZ (confirmed)
• Pierre Loaec – Policy Officer, DG Energy
• Enel
• Ioana Gheorghiade, Executive Director Corporate Risk Underwriting, BCR (confirmed)
• Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu – Partner, Head of the Energy Practice, Dentons (confirmed)
• ANRE
• Ivan Komušanac – Analyst – Markets & Wind Technology, WindEurope (confirmed)
• Microsoft
• Google