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.

• The importance of renewable energy in the economic growth and GDP

• Financing clean energy projects: Prospects and challenges

• Innovation in policy, technology and finance for supporting infrastructure to advance clean energy

Chair:               

Dimitris Pefanis, Director of Financial and Business Content, DPG Digital Media

Keynote Speakers:

                          George J. Tsunis, United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic

Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Development and Investments, Hellenic Republic

Speakers:            

Pavlos Mylonas, CEO, National Bank of Greece

Manos Manousakis, Chairman and CEO, Independent Power Transmission Operator

Chair:

Naji Abi-Aad, Senior Consultant and Author on Middle East Oil and Gas Issues

Speakers:          

Julidé Yasar-Sonjoux, General Director, France Gaz Maritime

Panayiotis Mitrou, Global Gas Segment Director, Lloyd’s Register

Thierry Bros, VP Policy & Research, Tellurian

• The future of green hydrogen and alternative fuels in the European Energy Landscape

• EU and National Policies and strategies to develop a green hydrogen economy

• Enabling Green Hydrogen: Investment trends and opportunities

Chair:

Anne Neumann, Professor, NTNU, Dept. of Industrial Economics and Technology Management; Research Director NTNU Energy Transition Initiative

Speakers:          

Mariarosa Baroni, President, NGV Italy (online)

Panagiotis Grammelis, Director of Research, Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

Constantinos Papalucas, Energy Expert, Coordinator of the National Hydrogen Committee, Ministry of Environment & Energy

• Emergency energy plans – Balancing social impact and energy-saving necessity

• Natural gas shortages: Electricity sector portfolio and safeguards

• Energy Prices hikes: Future trends and mitigation measures

Chair:                  

Nevenka Hrovatin, Professor of Economics, University of Ljubljana; VP, SAEE

Speakers:            

Majid Al Moneef, Chairman, International Advisory Committee of King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)

Clara Poletti, Chair of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER); Board Member at ARERA

Boyko Nitzov, Senior Associate Fellow, Energy and Climate Program, CSD

Georg Erdmann, Professor, Institute for Energy Technology, Berlin University of Technology; Past President, IAEE

Yanos Michopoulos, Course Leader, New Energy Business School

• EU’s economic outlook: Inflation rates and the cost-of-living crisis

• Energy subsidy expenditure and State budget

• Tax policy measures as an option to offset high energy prices

Chair:

Haris Doukas, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA); General Secretary, HELORS

Speakers:          

Ioannis Ghikas, Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to the EU (online)

Vicente Hurtado Roa, Head of the Energy Taxation and other Indirect Taxes Unit, European Commission, Belgium (online)

Miguel Palacios, Professor of Management & Executive Education Associate Academic Dean, ESCP Business School

Adonis Yatchew, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto; Editor-in-Chief, The Energy Journal

• Electricity network investments and RES deployment

• Electricity interconnections and green energy supply in the Eastern Mediterranean region

• The Three D’s Pillars in a green economy: Decarbonization, Decentralization. Digitalization

Chair:

Georgios Papaefthymiou, Principal Power System Operation and Security, ELIA GRID International

Speakers:          

Adam Sieminski, Senior Advisor to the Board, KAPSARC

Vasilis Georgiou, Managing Director, Protasis

Charles Mason, Associate Dean for Research, University of Wyoming; Editor-in-Chief, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy Journal

• Global energy supply and geopolitical challenges
• The role of USA, OPEC and new emerging economies in the energy transition
• Energy crisis and new international equilibrium: Energy shortages, climate goals and disrupted supply chains

Chair:

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

Speakers:           

Nikos Tsafos, Chief energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece

Maria Rita Galli, CEO, DESFA

Aristofanis Stefatos, CEO, Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management S.A.

Leonidas Drollas, Independent energy consultant (online)

Bassam Fattouh, Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (online)

• The role of PPA in the development of large-scale Solar PV projects
• Solar PV market in the view of REPowerEU
• Investment opportunities and challenges

Chair:

Thomas Lamnidis, Managing Director, Lamnidis Law; 

Speakers:          

George Kremlis, Principal Advisor on Energy, Climate and Circular Economy Issues to the Greek Prime Minister (online)

Panayiotis-Peter Contis, CEO Advisor, Ameresco

Stefanos Lialios, Country Manager Greece - Cero Generation

Konstantinos Zygouras, Group CEO, SUNEL Group

Anastasios Tosios, Deputy CEO, EYDAP