Panel 1: Basic requirements and principles of achieving national secutiry through energy security
Moderators: Amb. Elena Poptodorova, Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Amb. Illian Vassilev, Bulgaria Analitica
1. Georgi Krastev, Secretary of the Governmental Security Council, Energy and national security of Bulgaria
2. Prof. Bulat Nigmatulin, Russia, Bulgaria's Energy and National Security - an independent view from the outside
3. Olivier Marquette, President of AES Bulgaria, Security of electricity supply as part of the national security
4. Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov, UNWE, Education, Manpower and National Security.
5. Dimiter Kuyumdjiev, BEMF, Protection of energy infrastructure in Bulgaria today and tomorrow
6. Atanas Radev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Cyber security according the consumer
Panel 2: Technologies for cyber security and physical protection of energy infrastructure and preventions of terrorist attacks.
Moderators: Prof. Stefan Hadzhitodorov, Center for National Security and Defense Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
1. Dr. Valeri Panevski, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Integrated security and protection of energy infrastructures
2. Dr.Lubov Mincheva, Sofia University, Tomas Guarrieri, PhD, USA, Countering Terrorism and Illicit Radiological & Nuclear Trafficking through Supply Chain: Threat Mitigation
3. Stiliyan Georgiev, Vladimir Varbanov, Hristo Kolev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Multimodal sensor system for protection of a critical infrastructure
4. Lyubomir Ivanov, PaySafe Bulgaria, Cyber security is not luxury anymore
5. Stiliyana Petrova, D365 for Field service, Innexys, Modernization and innovations in resource management and maintenance of technical infrastructure.
Panel 3: Liberalization of the natural gas market – to achieve regional energy and national security goals
Moderators: Xavier Faugeras, TOTAL Bulgaria, Kamelia Slaveykova, Shell Bulgaria
1. Jayesh Parmar, Baringa, UK, Bulgaria: the role of gas in decarbonization
2. Davide Rubini, Shell, Liberalization of the gas market in Bulgaria
3. Garry Levesley, Petroceltic, New Bulgarian Gas Storage Capacity in Galata - To enhance Regional Energy Security and facilitate Gas Market Liberalization
4. Edward Blunt, Terroleum, UK, The company experience in the Bulgarian oil & gas industry
5. Teodora Georgieva, ICGB, Progress status of the project for gas interconnector Bulgaria-Greece
Panel 4: Enhancing energy security, environmental protection and the role of local power generation
Moderators: Olivier Marquette, AES Bulgaria, Amb. Petar Popchev
1. Stancho Andreev, BEMF, The Maritza East TPPs and the new environmental challenges
2. Liyana Adjarova, АBEA, The local communities on the long way to energy security
3. Julian Popov, European Climate Foundation, The EU Project “Coal Regions in Transitions” and the future of Maritza East complex
4. Dr. Valentin Georgiev, BEMF, Dr. Atanas Vassilev, IOBAS, Prof. Dr. Klaus Wallmann, GEOMAR, Germany, Utilization of methane gas hydrate in the Black Sea – an option to enhance the energy security of the region
5. Prof. V. Balinov, Dr. V.Velev, MGU (Bulgaria), National oil and gas sources in Bulgaria – today and tomorrow
Hot topics:
Towards real diversification of natural gas routes through Bulgaria in 2018 and creation of a gas hub, Hristo Kazandjiev, BEMF
The contribution of new nuclear power in Bulgaria to energy security - pros and cons,
Prof. Atanas Tasev, BEMF
Panelists:
Kamelia Slaveykova, Shell Bulgaria
Georgi Krastev, Bulgarian Governmental Security Council
Xavier Faugeras, TOTAL Bulgaria
Plamen Denchev, ASM-BG Investment AD
Olivier Marquette, AES Bulgaria
Hristo Kazandjiev, BEMF
Prof. Atanas Tasev, BEMF
Amb. Ilian Vassilev, IES
