3rd HAEE Energy Transition Symposium

Kostas Andriosopoulos, Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics; Professor, Finance and Energy Economics, ESCP Europe Business School

David Knapp, IAEE President 2018; Chief Energy Economist; Editor, Oil Market Intelligence

Patrick Gougeon, Emeritus Professor, ESCP Europe Business School, France; frm. Dean

Keynote Address

Giorgos Stathakis, Minister of Environment and Energy, Greece

Eleni Myrivili, Deputy Mayor of Athens for Urban Nature, Urban Resilience & Climate Change Adaptation

Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director General, DG Energy, European Commission

Kostas Skrekas, MP, New Democracy Party, Head of Energy, Environment & Climate Change Sector; frm. Minister of Development and Competitiveness

Giorgos Arvanitidis, Member of the Parliament B’ Thessaloniki, Director of Environment & Energy Sector - Democratic Coalition

In discussion with:

Marcelino Oreja Arburua, Chief Executive Officer, Enagas

Maria Rita Galli, Senior VP, Business Development, Snam

Arno Bux, Chief Commercial Officer, Fluxys

Lucian Pugliaresi, President, EPRINC

The investment landscape and the potential of the Greek Energy markets

Keynote Address: Leonidas Fragkiadakis, CEO, National Bank of Greece  

Ambassadorial Round Table: The Geopolitics of Energy in SE Europe

Session Chair: Kostas Andriosopoulos, Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics; Professor, Finance and Energy Economics, ESCP Europe Business School

Keynote Address

Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Hellenic Republic

Efisio Luigi Marras, Ambassador of Italy to the Hellenic Republic

Enrique Viguera Rubio, Ambassador of Spain to the Hellenic Republic

Luc Liebaut,  Ambassador of Belgium to the Hellenic Republic

ROOM ATHINA I - CONCURRENT SESSION

Integration of decentralized energy markets

Session Chair: Dr Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• Dynamic Quantile Relations in Energy Markets

Authors: Evangelos Kyritsis, Jonas Andersson

Presenter: Evangelos Kyritsis

• Effect of the adoption of “EUPHEMIA” algorithm in the Greek day-ahead electricity market

Authors: Athanasios Dagoumas, Nikolaos Koltsaklis

Presenter: Athanasios Dagoumas

• Volatility linkages between financial markets and energy firms' stock prices. The case of Cyprus exclusive economic zone

Authors: Augustinos Dimitras, Tsakalos Ioannis, George Peppas

Presenter: George Peppas

• On the market conditions rendering Demand Response attractive to all involved actors

Authors: Costas Kalogiros, Mihail Kanakakis, George Thanos, Angeliki Anastopoulou, George Stamoulis

Presenter: Costas Kalogiros

• Price convergence in the Nord Pool electricity market

Authors: Emmanouil Perdikakis, Nikolaos  Thomaidis

Presenter: Emmanouil Perdikakis

• The convergence of European electricity markets

Authors: Nikolaos Thomaidis, Konstantinos Andriosopoulos, Symeon Persidis

Presenter: Nikolaos Thomaidis

ROOM ATHINA II - CONCURRENT SESSION

Global and EU climate policy and emissions trading schemes

Session Chair: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Associate Professor, Finance Department, Audencia Business School

• Who is crowding whom in the European carbon market?

Authors: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou, Boulis Ibrahim

Presenter: Iordanis Kalaitzoglou

• The effects of oil price shocks on the prices of EU emission trading system and European stock returns

Authors: Neophytos  Lambertides, Christos Savva, Dimitris Tsouknidis

Presenter: Dimitris Tsouknidis

• A Linked Emissions Trading Scheme under alternative scenarios: implications for Europe and Brazil

Authors: Thais Oliveira, Angelo Gurgel, Steve Tonry

Presenter: Thais Oliveira

• Market design of an Energy Exchange: the case of Greece

Authors: Filippos Ioannidis, Kyriaki Kosmidou, Konstantinos Andriosopoulos

Presenter: Filippos Ioannidis

• Decoupling economic growth from GHG emissions for Australia: Decomposition analysis by sectoral factors

Authors: António Cardoso Marques, Patrícia Hipólito Leal, José Alberto Fuinhas

Presenter: Patrícia Hipólito Leal

• Regional energy supply and security in the transition to a cleaner energy world

Authors: Claire Wilby, Laura Huomo

Presenter: Laura Huomo

ROOM HERA I - CONCURRENT SESSION

Decentralized energy production and grid management

Session Chair: Manolis Souliotis, Associate Professor in "Renewable Energy and Management of Energy Sources", Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Western Macedonia

• The role of batteries in the profitability of smart-grid business models

Authors: Costas Kalogiros, Andreas Alexopoulos

Presenter: Costas Kalogiros

• Value of Flexible Industrial Demand in the European Power System,

Authors: Dimitrios Papadaskalopoulos, Roberto Moreira, Goran Strbac

Presenter: Dimitrios Papadaskalopoulos

• Interactions of Electricity supply, demand, emissions and diversification: a daily analysis of French electricity system

Authors: António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas, Diogo André Pereira

Presenter: Diogo André Pereira

• Optimal Time Choice Game for Energy Infrastructure Investment with Spillover Effect

Authors: Akira Maeda, Makiko Nagaya

Presenter: Akira Maeda

• Investment Scenarios for Achieving Energy Transition in Developing Countries: a Case Example from Fiji

Authors: Jale Samuwai, Jeremy M. Hills, Evanthie Μichalena, 

Presenter: Jeremy Hills

• Renewables intermittency versus power (in)flexibility: new insights from tail-index estimates

Authors: Cristian Stet, Ronald Huisman, Evangelos Kyritsis

Presenter: Cristian Stet

Seated Lunch

Keynote Address: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of New Democracy and Chief of the Opposition

Global Energy Transition and what it means for Greece

Keynote Address: Michalis Verroiopoulos, Secretary General, Ministry of Environment & Energy, Greece

Session Chair: Tasos Garis, Vice Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics

Megan Richards, Director, Energy Policy, DG Energy, European Commission

Emmanouil Panagiotakis, Chairman & CEO, Public Power Corporation SA

Andreas Shiamishis, Deputy CEO & CFO, Hellenic Petroleum SA

Dinos Benroubi, General Manager, Electric Power B.U, Protergia, MYTILINEOS SA

END OF DAY 1

ROOM ZEUS - PLENARY SESSION

Keynote Address & Opening Remarks

Plenary Session - Room ATHINA

RES global picture, product innovation, and Greek market developments

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

Session Chair: Spiros Papaefthimiou, Vice-Chairman, HAEE; Associate Professor, Technical University of Crete

Socratis Konstantinidis, Managing Director, Renewable Energy Sources Dept., COPELOUZOS GROUP

Elias Lardas, Managing Director, AlphaPlus Insurance Brokers

Peter Fitzsimmons, Renewable Energy Underwriter, Axis Capital

Arthouros Zervos, Chair, Renewable Energy Policy Network, REN21

Antonis Metaxas, Managing Partner, Metaxas & Associates Law Firm; Chairman, Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute

Plenary Session - Room  ZEUS

Gas Supply & Demand dynamics: pipelines and LNG 

Session Chair: Wolfgang Peters, Managing Director, Gas Value Chain Company GmbH

Mel Ydreos, Executive Director, Public Affairs, International Gas Union

Dimitris Tzortzis, Chief Executive Officer, DEPA SA

Tarek Souki, Senior Vice President, LNG Marketing & Trading, Tellurian Inc

Ioannis Arapoglou, Chairman, Gastrade

Katerina Papalexandri, Country Head for Greece, Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG

Massimo Fontolan,  Head of Greece, Cyprus and Eastern Mediterranean, Saipem                    

Plenary Session - Room ZEUS

The Hellenic Energy Exchange & its role in the greater SE Europe region

Keynote Address: Aristides Tassoulis, COO, Electricity Market Operator S.A.

Session Chair: Kyriaki Kosmidou, Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Nick Frydas, Senior Energy Specialist, IFC-International Finance Corporation

Matias Peltoniemi, Power Market Consultant, Nord Pool Consulting AS

Ashutosh Shastri, BoD Member; Expert, Global Gas Centre-World Energy Council

Award Nomination

Nikolaos Chatziargyriou, Chairman & CEO, Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO)

Seated Lunch

Keynote Address: Fofi Gennimata, Leader of the Movement for Change

Plenary Session - Room ZEUS

Small scale Gas applications (CNG/LNG) & LNG bunkering

Session Chair: René Bautz, Chief Executive Officer, Gaznat; Chairman, World Energy Council-Global Gas Centre

Irene Iacovides, Head, Gas Networks Unit, Regulatory Authority for Energy

Leonidas Bakouras, Director - General, EDA Thessalonikis – Thessalias

Demetrios Papacostas, Director General, EDA Attikis

Stavros Mountelos, General Director, Environmental & Energy Projects, PROMETHAN

Fernando Impuesto, Director General Enagas Emprende

Plenary Session - Room ATHINA

The post-liberalized electricity market: auctions and policy imperatives

Session Chair: Dimitris Pefanis, General Manager, insider.gr 

In discussion with:

Nektaria Karakatsani, Member of the Board of Commissioners, Regulatory Authority for Energy

Gunnar Eskeland, Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics, Norwegian School of Economics; frm Senior Researcher at the World Bank

Gürkan Kumbaroğlu, Bogazici University, Turkey; Chairman of Turkish Association for Energy Economics

Gianfranco Scalabrini, Partner, 3H Partners; Professor of Energy Markets, Luiss Guido Carli

Break

Plenary Session - Room ZEUS

New technologies, digitalization of energy & the role of networks

Session Chair: Spiros Papaefthimiou, Vice Chairman, HAEE; Associate Professor, Technical University of Crete

Christophe Bonnery, IAEE President Elect 2018; Director Economics & Prospective, Enedis (French Electricity DSO)

Maher Chebbo,Executive Officer – Chief Innovation Officer, GE Digital Energy Solutions

Costis Mathioudakis, Professor NTUA, frm. Secretary Ministry of Environment & Energy

Daniele Andreoli, Head of Optimization & Flexibility Solutions, Enel X

Plenary Session - Room ATHINA

The power mix in today’s energy transition: technological challenges, solutions and financing opportunities

Session Chair: Alexandra Sdoukou, Advisor to the President of New Democracy

Elena Giannakopoulou, Head of Energy Economics, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Isabelle Moretti, CTO, Engie; President, GERG (European Association of Gas Research)

Vyacheslav Mischenko, frm CEO Russia & FSU, Argus

Plenary Session - Room ATHINA

Energy Retail Markets – Bundle offers (Gas & Electricity) and Services: the new norm

Session Chair: Tasos Garis, Vice Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics

Ferdinand Varga, Senior Partner & Managing Director Boston Consulting Group, Budapest

Fotios Karagiannis, Director, Business Development Implementation Department, Public Power Corporation S.A

George Daniolos, Managing Director, HERON SA

Federico Regola, General Manager, ZENITH

Harry Vovos, Head of Corporate, Large Corporate Groups, National Bank of Greece

Plenary session – Room ZEUS

Upstream developments in SE Europe & their Geopolitical implications

Session chairs: Manolis Souliotis, Associate Professor in "Renewable Energy and Management of Energy Sources", Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Western Macedonia & Emilios Galariotis, Professor, Audencia Business School 

Spyros Bellas, Vice President, Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources Management SA

Nick Fretwell, Caspian and Southern Europe, Vice President Country Delegate, TOTAL

Theodoros Tsakiris, Assistant Professor for Geopolitics & Energy Policy, University of Nicosia; Head of Energy Geopolitics Committee, HAEE

Valerie Marcel, Associate Fellow, Chatham House

Giannis Grigoriou, General Director of Research & Production of Hydrocarbons, Hellenic Petroleum SA

END OF DAY 2

ROOM ZEUS - CONCURRENT SESSION

Energy Markets I

Session Chair: Nikolaos  Frydas, Senior Energy Specialist at IFC - International Finance Corporation

• A liquid Power Exchange, lynchpin of the European internal energy market

Authors: Nicholas Frydas, Matias Peltoniemi, Hans-Arild Bredesen

Presenter: Nicholas Frydas

• Price spikes in the electricity markets: how and why

Authors: Stefano Zedda, Giovanni Batista Masala

Presenter: Stefano Zedda

• A Regulatory Framework for Cross-Border Electricity Markets

Authors: Claudio Agostini, Shahriyar Nasirov, Carlos Silva, Andres Guzman

Presenter: Claudio Agostini

• Renewable Generation and Forward Contracting

Authors: Maria Roumpani

Presenter: Maria Roumpani

• The Impact of Income Tax Incentives on the Adoption of Solar Thermal Water-Heating Systems in Chile

Authors: Shahriyar Nasirov, Claudio Agostini, Carlos Silva, Nuri  Carredano

Presenter: Shahriyar Nasirov

• A High-frequency Empirical Analysis in the Electricity Forward Markets

Authors: Kun Li

Presenter: Kun Li

ROOM ATHINA I - CONCURRENT SESSION

Regional Energy Policy & Geopolitics

Session Chair: Kenichi Matsumoto, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University

• Global warming impact on future socioeconomic activities through labour productivity

Authors: Ken'ichi Matsumoto

Presenter: Ken'ichi Matsumoto

• Financial footprint of “brain drain” & migration for Greece in years of crisis (2008-2016)

Authors: Spyros Papaefthymiou

Presenter: Spyros Papaefthymiou

• Does Frugality Influence Firm Behaviour? Evidence from Natural Disasters

Authors: Matthew Wynter

Presenter: Matthew Wynter

• Energy Transition: when energy politics meets community

Authors: Dimitra Koumparou

Presenter: Dimitra Koumparou

• Anticipated Penetration Rate of Electric Vehicles in Greece's Motor Vehicle Market

Authors: Alexandros Perellis

Presenter: Alexandros Perellis

• A comparative analysis between two European climate change «hot-spots»: Baltic and Mediterranean Sea

Authors: Spyros Golfinopoulos, Kyriaki Liparou

Presenter: Kyriaki Liparou

• Contesting   the   EU’s   turn   in   energy   and   climate   policy   under   the   prism   of multidimensional power

Authors: Filippos Proedrou

Presenter: Filippos Proedrou

• Dominant Energy Security Issues in SE Europe and Proposed Accommodation Strategies

Authors: Costis Stambolis, Dimitrios Mezartasoglou

Presenter: Costis Stambolis

ROOM ATHINA II - CONCURRENT SESSION

Renewables

Session Chair: George Arampatzis, Assistant Professor at School of Production Engineering and Managment, Technical University of Crete

• Renewable Energy sources in Greece: Alignment of the National policy to the European guidelines

Authors: Pamela Kapetana, Spiros Papaefthimiou

Presenter: Pamela Kapetana

• Protecting the Environment and RES Investments: Achieving the Balance for Countries in Financial Crisis. The case of Greece through recent case-law

Authors: Constantinos Tokaltides

Presenter: Constantinos Tokaltides

• A GIS-based Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach for the Sustainable Siting of Renewable Energy Installations: The Case Study of the Regional Unit of Rethymno

Authors: Marina Giamalaki, Nikolaos Savvakis, Stavroula Tournaki, Theocharis Tsoutsos

Presenter: Marina Giamalaki

• Wind and Solar Energy  - Penetration in the Energy Mix in Germany

Authors: Hermann-Josef Wagner

Presenter: Hermann-Josef Wagner

• Offshore Energy Installations

Authors: Dimitra Savva

Presenter: Dimitra Savva

• When common paths of renewable energy create regional success: the case-study of the South Pacific

Authors: Evanthie Μichalena, Jeremy M. Hills

Presenter: Evanthie Μichalena

• Social acceptance of wind energy: The case of Skyros, a Greek non-interconnected island in the Aegean Sea

Authors: Achilleas Spais

Presenter: Achilleas Spais

• Solar (photovoltaic and thermal) technologies: a life cycle approach

Authors: Maria Milousi, Spiros Papaefthimiou, Manolis Souliotis

Presenter: Maria Milousi

• A Decision Support System for Design, Assessment and Evaluation of Integrated Water and Energy Production Systems

Authors: G. Arampatzis, A. Kartalidis, Spiros Papaefthimiou, D.  Assimacopoulou

Presenter: George Arampatzis

Plenary Session - Room ZEUS

Energy transition – Environmental concerns and the new business model of the Energy companies

Keynote Address: Richard Tol, Editor-in-Chief, Energy Economics journal; Professor of Economics, University of Sussex

Session Chair: Kostas Andriosopoulos, Chairman, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics; Professor, Finance and Energy Economics, ESCP Europe Business School

Liana Gouta, Group Director Energy Policy & International Affairs, Hellenic Petroleum SA

Ioannis Orfanos, Business Partner, Commercial Advisory, UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS); Director, Green Value Associates

Arnaud Henin, General Manager, Renemig Energy GmbH; Director, Gommyr Power Networks; Senior Strategy Advisor, Green Value Associates

Plenary Session - Room ATHINA II

Behavioral Economics and its relevance to Energy

Keynote Address: Michael Jefferson, Editor, Energy Policy journal; Affiliate Professor at ESCP Europe Business School; frm Chief Economist, Shell

Session Chair: Emilios Galariotis, Professor, Audencia Business School

In discussion with:

Areti Kontogianni, Associate Professor of Environmental Management, University of Western Macedonia

ROOM ZEUS - CONCURRENT SESSION

Energy Markets II

Session Chair: Benoit Sevi, Professor of Economics, University of Dantes

• The hedgers’ response to price changes in energy futures markets

Authors: Marie Bessec, Yannick Le Pen, Benoit Sevi

Presenter: Benoit Sevi

• A debate on Strategies for Electricity Market Enlargement: The case of Mibel

Authors: António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas, Daniela Macedo

Presenter: Daniela Macedo

• The impact of unconventional monetary policy shocks on energy prices

Authors: Panagiota Makrichoriti, Georgios  Moratis , Spyros  Spyrou

Presenter: Spiros Spyrou

• Scenarios Building by Integrating Energy Balances and Supply and Use Tables: An Application of Input – Output Analysis

Authors: Paulo Paixao

Presenter: Paulo Paixao

• Electricity Generation and Investmnets for Economic Growth in Southern Africa Countries (SADC)

Authors: José Alberto Fuinhas, Cleidy Abrão Waite, António Cardoso Marques

Presenter: Cleidy Abrão Waite

 ROOM ATHINA II - CONCURRENT SESSION

Behavioural insights for an energy efficient future

Session Chair: Areti Kontogianni, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia - Michalis Skourtos, Professor, Laboratory of Rural Economic Development, Agricultural University of Athens

• Behind the scene: Why are energy efficient home appliances such a hard sell?

Authors: Dimitris Damigos, Areti Kontogianni, Christos Tourkolias, Michalis Skourtos

Presenter: Dimitris Damigos 

• Barriers and Adoption of Energy Efficiency measures in buildings of micro, small and medium – sized Portuguese companies

Authors: António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas, Paulo Barbosa Cunha

Presenter: Paulo Barbosa Cunha

• Features of residential energy consumption: Evidence from France using an innovative multilevel modelling approach

Authors: David Roubaud, Fateh Belaid, Emilios Galariotis

Presenter: David Roubaud

• Quantifying the impact of behavioral energy efficiency measures under the Greek Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme for cost-effectiveness analysis

Authors: Nikolaos Gkonis, Christos Tourkolias, Yannis Vougiouklakis

Presenter: Nikolaos Gkonis

• Environmental and energy efficiency analysis of EU electricity industry using an heterogeneous Bayesian dynamic estimator

Authors: Maria Chiara D'Errico, Simona Bigerna, Carlo Andrea  Bollino, Paolo Polinori

Presenter: Carlo Andrea  Bollino

• Sustainable Urban Mobility in European cities

Authors: António Cardoso Marques, José Alberto Fuinhas, Cátia Pinto  Costa

Presenter: Cátia Pinto  Costa

END OF CONFERENCE