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Thursday - September 7, 2017

11.30-11.45	Welcome Coffee \| Registration
11.45-12.15	Introduction & Welcome Remarks ELIAS SPIRTOUNIAS, Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce SIMOS ANASTASOPOULOS, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce KOSTAS ANDRIOSOPOULOS, Professor of Finance and Energy Economics; President, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics CHRISTOS METIOS, Governor, Region of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace EVANGELOS LABAKIS, Mayor of Alexandroupoli CHRISTODOULOS TOPSIDIS, President, Chamber of Evros
12.15-12.30	Welcome Address GEOFFREY R. PYATT, US Ambassador to Greece
12.30-14.00	Oil & Gas Potential of Greece & SE Europe \| Challenges & Perspectives GEORGE STATHAKIS, Minister of Environmental & Energy, Hellenic Republic TEMENUZHKA PETKOVA, Minister of Energy, Republic of Bulgaria ALEKSANDAR ANTIC, Minister of Mining and Energy, Republic of Serbia
14.00-15:00	Lunch
15.00-15.30	Keynote Addresses Global Trends in the energy sector and geopolitics \| Understanding relationships between energy geopolitics and energy markets \| Trends in LNG Shipping and FSRUs Moderator: KOSTAS ANDRIOSOPOULOS, Professor of Finance and Energy Economics; President, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics PAUL WOGAN, CEO, GasLog Ltd RICHARD WESTERDALE, Director, Policy Analysis & Public Diplomacy, US State Department NEKTARIA KARAKATSANI*, Member of the Board, Regulatory Authority for Energy
15.30-16.30	New interconnections & terminals in SE Europe \| Gas & LNG trading prospects – The role of Greece Moderator: KOSTAS ANDRIOSOPOULOS, Professor of Finance and Energy Economics; President, Hellenic Association for Energy Economics THODORIS KITSAKOS, CEO, Public Gas Corporation, DEPA IOANNIS ARAPOGLOU, President, Gastrade AMOS HOCHSTEIN, VP & Senior Advisor, Tellurian Inc.; former US Special Envoy, International Energy DIMITRIS MANOLIS, Business Development Manager, ICGB & Deputy Head International Activities, ICGB
16.30-17.30	Oil & Gas reserves in Greece \| Prospective of new drillings, tenders and business alliances Moderator: YIANNIS BASSIAS, President, Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources Management SA GRIGORIS STERGIOULIS, CEO, Hellenic Petroleum JAMES EFSTATHIOU, Exploration Director, Energean Oil & Gas NICK FRETWELL, General Manager, TOTAL Exploration & Production Greece MILLY TORNAGHI, SVP Exploration and Service, Edison Spa DIONISSIS* CHRISTODOULOPOULOS, Managing Director, MAN Diesel & Turbo Hellas Ltd
17.30-18.30	Gas pipelines & regional challenges in SE Europe MEGAN RICHARDS, Director Energy Policy, DG for Energy, European Commission ULRIKE ANDRES, Commercial & External Affairs Director, Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) WIM GROENENDIJ, Vice President, Gas Infrastructure Europe MARIA RITA GALLI*, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Snam
18.30-19.00	International and local financing of energy projects NICHOLAS JENNET, Deputy Director General & Head of Investment Team for Greece, EIB
19:00-20.30	Networking reception