DAY ONE: TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2017
12:30 – 13:00 Registration and coffee
13:00 – 13:15 Opening and welcome notes from the Organizers
Ivan Hinovski, Programme director, Bulgarian Energy and Mining Forum
Nikolay Minkov, Srednogorie Industrial Cluster"
Welcome messages to the Conference
H.E. Ms. Temenuzhka Petkova, Minister of Energy, Republic of Bulgaria and patron of the Conference
Delyan Dobrev, Chair of the Energy Committee, 44th National Assembly
13:15 – 14:30
Panel 1: EUROPEAN ENERGY UNION AND SE EUROPE
Regional coupling and liberalization
The EC Concept for European Energy Union and its projection in South East Europe as CESEC places many questions and actions to be undertaken. Recent EU and ENTSO-E recommendations and plans for coupling and market liberalization will be discussed as well as the future of new investment strategy for new interconnections in the region to increase the interconnection capabilities.
Moderators: Slavtcho Neykov, Energy Management Institute, Amb. Peter Poptchev, Professional Energy Union Circle,
Keynote speaker: Zhecho Stankov, Deputy Minister of Energy, Priorities of the Bulgarian presidency of EU in the field of energy
Panellists:
Ivan Ivanov, Chairman of Energy and Water Regulatory Commission – The 4th Energy package – expectations (challenges vs opportunities)
Aleksandra Tomczak, DG Energy, European Commission, Protection of vulnerable consumers in a liberalized market
Nikolay Minkov, Executive Director, Srednogorie Industrial cluster, The European energy policy and the industrial competitiveness of Bulgaria
Konstantin Konstantinov, Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange, IBEX's involvement in market coupling between the countries in SEE region and its integration to the rest of Europe.
Discussion
14:45 – 16:45
Panel 2: ENERGY MARKET DESIGN
Role of the nuclear, conventional and renewable generation, future of energy storage
The energy development planning methodology and principles will be topic of the discussions with accents on the results from recent plan for needed investments in new and replacement generation capacities. The low carbon economy will be considered as a part of energy development plans accounting for international agreements and recent European recommendations. The role of local power generation and energy storage will be topic of discussions, as well.
Moderators: Konstantin Delisivkov, Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (BFIEC), Krassen Stanchev, IME
PART 1
Keynote speaker: Olivier Marquette, AES, The role of lignitie-fired TPPs for energy security in Bulgaria
Panellists:
Vadim Titov, Director of Rosatom International Network for Central Europe, Prospects for nuclear energy development in the region and the possibilities of Bulgaria
Julian Popov, Fellow, European Climate Foundation, Maritsa East 3.0. Questions about the future of the largest energy complex in South East Europe
Discussion
PART 2
Panellists:
Xavier Faugeras, General Manager, Total E&P Bulgaria B.V., The vision of a European international energy company in a changing energy world - challenges and opportunities
Prof. Alexander Tassev, Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Results of project "Drafting of National energy strategy in the field of electricity"
Prof. Bulat Nigmatulin, Institute of Energy Development, Russia, Bulgarian economy and energy development outlook for the medium term up to 2030
Boyan Rashev, Denkstatt, Net effects of the requirements on TPPs pollutant emissions: How can a clean air law contribute to more pollution?
Discussion
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:15
Panel 3: GREEN CITIES AND SMART GRIDS
IT in the energy sector
New urban concepts and real achievements in intelligent cities and smart grids creation will be presented, in parallel with an assessment of expected future contribution of renewable electrical and heat energy generation and energy storage technologies. Real achievements in this area are expected to be presented
Moderators: Doncho Barbalov, Deputy Mayor of Sofia, Nikolay Stoynev, Sofia City Council, Head of Economic Committee
Keynote speaker: Yoana Hristova, Deputy mayor, Sofia municipality, Sofia Municipality programme by 2020 for the air quality in the city. Goals and measures.
Panellists:
Maarten de Groote, BPIE, The dynamic role of buildings in the energy system
Marineta Nikolova, Head of Environmental policies and programs department, Burgas municipality, Successful policies on sustainable development and clean air in Burgas municipality
Tanya Hristova, Mayor of Gabrovo municipality, Programme for sustainable development of Gabrovo municipality
Milena Agopian, Association of Bulgarian Energy Agencies, Modeling of scenarios – roadmaps of energy policy for better air quality in the Bulgarian cities
Ina Karova, Energy Agency – Plovdiv, Web-based platforms for intelligent urban energy management – good practices in Bulgaria
18:15 – 18:30 Concluding discussion and summary of Day One results
18:30 – 21:00 Cocktail (Inter Expo Center lobby)
DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2017
9:30 – 11:00
Panel 4: DIVERSIFICATION OF ENERGY SOURCES AND ROUTES
Role of domestic production, new sources and production technologies
The panel will discuss the progress on the announced projects for sources and routes diversification and the domestic production activities.
Moderator: Illian Vassilev, Innovative Energy Solutions
Keynote speaker: Christo Kazandjiev, BEMF, Vision of BEMF on the options for effective diversification of the natural gas supplies in Bulgaria and the region
Panellists:
Teodora Georgieva, ICGB, Progress on the activities on ICGBt
Valentin Georgiev, GeoMarine Ltd., Marine gas hydrates - an Indigenous Resource of Natural Gas for Europe (MIGRATE PROJECT)
Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Panel 5: INCREASE ROLE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Climate change, future of ETS, innovations in energy and industry
The role of energy efficiency as a main stream of European energy policy will be in the centre of the discussions in this panel. Local and foreign good practices are expected to be presented with accent to energy savings and reduction of dust and other emissions into the environment. The recently announced changes in the intentions for revision of internationally adopted documents on the climate change require revisiting the European energy policies. The Bulgarian presidency of EC in 2018 will aim at creating grounds for discussion and adoption of an action plan to tackle the new challenges the European policy will face. Also discussed will be the ETS and the energy innovations.
Moderators: Ivaylo Alexiev, Executive Director, Sustainable Energy Development Agency , Prof. Atanas Tassev, BEMF
Keynote speaker: Ellen Wasylina, IGMO, Green Economy Policy strategies and implementation : innovation, efficiencies, jobs
Panellists:
Radoš Horacek, Team leader General Energy Efficiency Policy Team, Unit C3: Energy Efficiency, DG ENER, The 4th Energy Package – energy efficiency and renewable energy as priorities
Violeta Hristova, EMICERT, Recent developments in ETS and expected impact on power producers
Yavor Vassilev, CO2 Cards, Voluntary emissions markets, carbon offsetting and corporate social responsibility
12:30 – 13:00 Concluding panel and draft proposal for a Memorandum of the 7th Regional Energy Conference
All representatives of participating parties and institutions and the corporate sector will be given an opportunity to share ideas and make proposals to the document. The Organizers/the Program Director will draft a written compilation of these conclusions and will send it to all participants for information.
13:00 Official closure of the Conference
