09:00 – 9:30 : Official opening and welcome speeches
- Mr. Boyko Borisov - Prime Minister of Republic of Bulgaria
- Mr. Martin Dimitrov-Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy, Energy and Tourism
- Mr.Traicho Traikov - Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism
| 9:30–10:45 | Panel 1: National policies for liberalization of the energy markets Moderators: Vladimir Uruchev - MEP and Dimitar Ivanov – BEF |
Report of the representative of the European Commission, Policies, requirements and good practices for liberalization of the energy markets in the European Union |
Mr. Delian Dobrev, Deputy minister of MEET, Model and preconditions for liberalization of the market of electric power in Bulgaria and stages of its implementation |
Ms. Susan Harrison, UK, Head of European Energy Markets, Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) UK experience in long term impacts of the energy market liberalisation in Europe |
Mr. Iancu Iulian, Romania, Member of the Romanian Parliament, President of the Industry and Economy Parliamentary Committee, Results from the liberalization of the electric power market in Romania. |
Prof. Konstantinos Mathioudakis, Greece, Secretary General for Energy & Climate Change at Ministry for Environments, Energy & Climate Change, Vision and model for liberalization of the electricity market in Greece. |
10:45 – 11:30: Coffee break and briefing of the official GUESTS on the topic “liberalization of energy markets”
| 11:30–12:15 | Panel 2: Regulatory policies for electric power market liberalization Moderators: Evgenia Haritonova – SEWRC and Danail Tafrov – BEF |
Mr. Angel Semerdjiev, Chairman of SEWRC, Bulgaria, Liberalization of the electricity market in Bulgaria – phases, forecasts, regulator’s role |
Mr. Iulius Dan Plaveti, Romania, President of the Romanian Regulatory Body, The role of Romanian regulatory body on the liberalized electricity market |
Mr. Miltiades Aslanoglou, Greece, Member of the Board of Commissioners of RAE. Greek regulatory body and liberalized electricity market in Greece |
| 12:15–13:00 | Panel 3: Functions of national network operators on liberalized electricity market Moderators: Rumiana Georgieva – Energy MT EAD and Georgi Mikov – BEF |
| Mr. Georgi Stoilov, Mr. Stefan Sulakov, Head of Department, CDU, ESO, Bulgaria, Regional market of balancing electrical energy – technical and economical performance analyses |
Mr. Horia Hahaianu, General Manager, TRANSELECTRICA, Romania Load management and grid stability maintenance in the conditions of liberalized market of Romania |
12:45 – 14:00: Lunch, offered by the organizers
| 14:00–15:30 | Panel 4: Structuring and role of regional electricity stock exchange Moderators: Victoria Popovska – ESO and Plamen Denchev - BEF |
Mrs. Rodica Popa, Director, “Project development and implementation”, OPCOM, Romania Results from the operation of the electricity stock exchange in Romania |
Mr. Serzho Zhekov, Advisory Board, OET - Buglaria Market model for development and structuring of the regional electricity stock exchange and the potential role of Bulgaria |
Mr. Plamen Popov, Manager Eastern Europe, Statkraft Liquidity via Power Exchanges and OTC trading. How it works in South East Europe. |
Mr. Nezir Ay, Director, PMUM, Turkey, Establishment, operation and plans for restructuring of the electricity stock exchange in Turkey |
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break
| 16:00–17:00 | Panel 5: Domestic electricity market status and future liberalization Moderators: Kiril Zochev – BEF and Vassil Hubаnov – CDU, ESO |
Mr. Todor Angelov, Head of Trading Division, OET - Bulgaria, Problems of the internal electricity market in Bulgaria and opportunities for their overcome. |
Mr. Konstantin Stamenov, BFIEC, Buglaria, Effects from the liberalization of the internal electricity market in Buglaria – the point of view of industrial consumers. |
Mr. Kaloian Kanev, Head of Trade Branch, EoN Trading Presentation of EoN Electricity Trading Experience |
17:00 – 18:00: DISCUSSION PANNEL-CLOSING REMARKS AND ADDOPTION OF A DRAFT-MEMORANDUM
Panelists: Ivan Hinovski and Anton Ivanov – BEF, Dimitar Ivanov – Bulgaria, Iancu Iulian – Romania, Nezir Ay – Turkey, Giorgos Stamtsis – Greece etc.
18:00: Closure of the conference
18:00: Cocktail for the participants
