| “BLACK
SEA ENERGY CONFERENCE”
3-5 April 2006, Bucharest, Romania
International Convention Center
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
Bd. Octavian Goga nr. 2, Sector 3, Bucharest |
| - Program&presentations - |
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| Working
language of the Conference is English |
| Monday,
April 3, 2006 |
| 08:30
– 09:15 |
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Registration of participants
Cuza Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
| 09:30 – 10:30 |
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Official opening session
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Speakers:
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
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Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 13:00 |
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Plenary
Session I: “Impact of Energy on Stability and Economic
Development in the Region”
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Moderators:
Speakers:
- H.E. Natig ALIYEV - Minister of Industry and Energy, Azerbaijan
- Mr. Archil MAMATELASHVILI – Deputy Minister of Energy, Georgia
- Mr. Slobodan SOKOLOVIC – Assistant Minister, Ministry of Mining and Energy, Serbia & Montenegro, Representative in the Interstate Committee of Pan European Oil Pipeline Project (PEOP)
- Ki-Hyung BONG – Head of Europe Division, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co, LTD (KHNP)
- Mr. Robert F. ICHORD– Jr. – Chief, Energy and Infrastructure Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, United States Agency for International Development
- Mr. Calin GEORGESCU - Director, National Center for Sustainable Development / UNDP
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| 13:00 – 14:30 |
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Lunch
Official
Hall (2nd Wing, Ground Floor) |
| 14:30 – 16:30 |
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Plenary Session II
– “Energy Policies and Strategies”
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Moderators:
- Mr. Cristobal Alonso BURGOS - Adviser, Energy and Transport General Directorate, European Commission
- Mr.
Radu BERCEANU – Vice-President of Romanian Senate,
Former Minister of Industry
Speakers:
- Mr. Fulvio CONTI– CEO of ENEL Spa, Italy
- Mr. Janusz BUGAJSKI – Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies, United States of America
- Mr. Gjergj BOJAXHI - Deputy Minister, Ministry Economy, Trade and Energy, Albania
- Mr. Ara SIMONYAN – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, Armenia
- Mr. György HATVANI – Deputy Minister of Energy, Hungary
- Mr. Bogos ZSOLT – State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Romania
- H.E. Konstantin ANDREEV - Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Romania
- Mr. Sergey KOUZMIN – Head of the Power Systems Integration Center, SO – CDO for UES” JSC, Russian Federation
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| 16:30 – 17:00 |
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Coffee break |
| 17:00 – 18:30 |
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Panel I: “Business
Environment: Opportunities and Obstacles”
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Moderators:
- Mr.
Victor BABIUC - President, Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Romania
- Mr. Dan IONESCU - Member of the Board, American Chamber of Commerce in Romania
Speakers:
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Panel II: “Energy
Technologies and the Environment Protection”
Dacia
Hall (2nd Wing, Mezzanine) |
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Moderator:
Speakers:
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| 09:30 – 11:30 |
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Plenary Session
III – “Financing and Investment Projects in
the Energy Infrastructure”
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Moderators:
- Mrs.
Valentina Elena SICLOVAN – Vice-President, Black Sea
Trade and Development Bank
- Mr.
Milko KOVACEV – Former Minister of Energy and Energy
Resources of Bulgaria, and former representative of G24 for
Bulgaria, EU/Bulgaria negotiator of Energy Chapter
Speakers:
- Mr. Jose PENEDOS - President, Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity in Europe (UCTE)
- Mr. Vladimir ANTOSII – Minister of Industry and Infrastructure, Republic of Moldova
- Dl. Anastasios NERANTZIS – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Development, Greece
- Mr. Alfred STEFFEK
- Deputy General Manager, Energy and Mining Department, Ministry of Economy and Labor, Austria
- Mr. Louis BORGO - Senior banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Mr. Angelo dell' ATTI– General Manager, Private Enterprise Partnership for Southeast Europe Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation
- Mr. Bo Inge Manfred NORMARK – Senior Vice President, Globally responsible for Marketing and Sales in Grid Systems, ABB Sweden
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| 11:30 – 12:00 |
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Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 13:00 |
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Final Session:
Conclusions and Recommendation
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Speakers:
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| 13:00 – 14:30 |
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Lunch
Official
Hall (2nd Wing, Ground Floor) |
| 14:30 – 16:30 |
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Regulatory Workshop |
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Panel
I: “The legal and regulatory framework in the Region“:
laws and secondary legislation; permitting of interconnection; licensing;
market monitoring and surveillance; transmission tariffs; bilateral
and multilateral contracts.
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor) |
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Moderator:
Speakers:
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Panel
II: “Transmission Systems Operators - Issues and Challenges”:
operating rules; cross-border trade; the market for system services;
management of transmission congestions; setting up market operators;
capital expenditures – master plans.
Dacia Hall (2nd Wing, Mezzanine) |
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Moderator:
Speakers:
- Mr. Evangelos LEKATSAS - Chairman of the Board of Directors - Hellenic Transmission System Operator (HTSO), Greece
- Mr.
Tibor DRASKOVICS - – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hungarian Power Companies,
Ltd (MVM), Hungary
- Mr. Konstantin Valerievich USHCHAPOVSKYI – First Deputy Director, NPC Ukrenergo Company, Ukraine
- Mr.
Vasil ANASTASOV – Deputy Chairman, NEK Company, Bulgaria
- Mr. Bogdan POPESCU VIFOR – Director, Romanian Power Grid Company, Transelectrica Company, Romania
- Mr.
Neagu CRACIUN – National Society for Gas Transport,
Transgaz, Romania
- Mr. Lucian PALADE – Deputy General Director, Romanian Electricity Market Operator (Opcom), Romania
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Panel
III: “Energy Access and Affordability”: energy tariffs
and prices; social safety net measures/programs; poverty characteristics,
energy use and housing; poverty risks of increased energy bills.
Ronda Hall (1st Wing, 8th Floor) |
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Moderator:
Speakers:
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| 9:30 – 12:00 |
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Regulatory Workshop (cont)
Cuza
Hall (2nd Wing, 4th Floor)
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Conclusions
presented by the panel moderators and discussion on the workshop follow
–up |
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