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REGISTRATION |
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WELCOME RECEPTION |
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Chairperson : Mr Frederick Butler, President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), USA)
- Mr Andris Piebalgs, European Union Commissioner for Energy
"A reflection on the state of European Energy Policy"
- Mr Plutarchos Sakellaris, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
"The European Investment Bank Perspective on Energy Security and Reliability Challenges"
- Dr Didier Houssin, Director, Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency
"Security and Reliability of Supply Through Competitive Energy Markets"
- Mr Bruno Lescoeur, Senior Exec. Vice-President, EDF Group, France
"How can competitive markets effectively contribute to energy security ?"
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Chairperson : Mr Joseph T. Kelliher, Executive Vice President - Federal Regulatory Affairs, FPL Group, Inc. former FERC Chairman, USA
- Mrs Meglena Kuneva, European Union Consumer Commissioner
"The consumer dimension-key to the success of energy policy"
- Mr Lars Josefsson, President, Vattenfall and Eurelectric
"The Role of regulators in CO2 mitigation and carbon markets"
- Mr Finn Dehlbaek, Deputy Director, Danish Energy Regulatory Authority (DERA)
"The Regulators' role in integrating non-market related environmental goals in energy markets"
- Mr Walt Patterson, Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House in London and Visiting Fellow University of Sussex, UK
"Managing Energy Wrong: and what regulators can do about it"
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Chairperson : Mr Alessandro Ortis, President, Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas (AEEG), Italy
- Mr Edvaldo Alves de Santana, Director, Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL)
"Market Microstructure in the electricity sector,Attracting Investments in Brazil "
- Mr Graeme Steele, Chairman of the Board, European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)
"Infrastructure development in the European Union"
- Mr Garry Brown, Chairman, New York Public Service Commission
“The War of Rules and Certainty”
- Mr Strater Crowfoot, CEO & Executive Director, Indian Oil and Gas, Canada
"Facilitating Industry Investment and Development on First Nation Lands"
- Dr Alex Papalexopoulos, President & CEO, ECCO International, USA
“Competitive Market Models and Infrastructure Investments: Lessons Learned and a Road Map for the Future”
- Mr Pavel Shpilevoy, Advisor to the Chairman, Federal Grid Company, Russia
"The progress in the regulatory reform in the Russian energy infrastructure sector"
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Chairperson : Mr John Gulliver, Partner, Pierce Atwood LLP
- Dr John Tamblyn, Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
"The role of energy market design in promoting efficient emissions reductions"
- Mr Richard Morgan, Commissioner, Washington D.C. Public Service Commission
"The Role of Utility Regulators in U.S. Climate Policy"
- Mr Richard Cowart, Director and Principal, The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), former Chair, Vermont Public Service Board, USA
"Carbon Caps and Efficiency Resources, Investing CO2 Revenues to Lower Costs and Accelerate GHG Progress"
- Mr Jos Delbeke, Deputy Director General, DG for Environment, European Commission
"The EU’s Climate and Energy Package – ETS in focus"
- Mr Alberto Pototschnig, Partner, Deputy Chairman, Mercados Energy Markets International SA
"Greenhouse Gas Emission Limitation and Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in the Power Sector"
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Chairperson : Mr. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director, DG Energy, European Commission
"Independence and powers of regulators: legal and institutional requirements"
- Mr Sinyugin V. U, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation
"Problems of energy efficiency increasing in Russia, prospects of cooperation with international organizations"
- Dr Pramod Deo, Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), India
"Provision of Affordable Electricity to all - Indian Perspective"
- Prof Catherine Waddams, ESRC Director, University of East Anglia
"Competition and Fairness in Retail Energy Markets: Regulatory Trade-off in the UK"
- Mr Ron Binz, Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
"Balancing Affordability and Environmental Values in Energy Rates: the Colorado Experience"
- Mr Robert Ichord, Chief, USAID, Energy and Infrastructure Bureau for Europe and Eurasia
"Social Protection and Electricity Sector Reform"
- Mrs Maria Teresa Costa Campi, President, Asociacion Iberoamericana de Entidades Reguladoras de la Energea (ARIAE) and President, National Energy Commission (CNE), Spain
"The Regulator’s role in ensuring universal service in a climate of increasing energy costs and environmental constraints." ”
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Chairperson : Ross McCracken, Editor Platts Energy Economist
"The LNG spot market and implications for regulation"
- Mr Francisco de la Flor, President, GLE, Director of Regulation, ENAGAS, SA
"LNG Infrastructure Investment: the way to Security and Diversity of Supply"
- Mr Wilson Crook, Manager, Global Gas Regulatory & Legislative Issues, ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company, Texas, USA
"Global regulatory trends enhancing security of supply"
- Mrs Colette Lewiner, Vice President and Global Leader of the Energy, Utilities and Chemicals Global Sector, Capgemini
"Incentives for the increased utilization and development of LNG infrastructures"
- Mr Raul Yunta, Director for Gas, National Energy Commission (CNE), Spain
"Gas market regulation: The role of LNG"
- Mr Hiroshi Hashimoto, Natural Gas Analyst, International Energy Agency
"The role of LNG in diversification"
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Chairperson : Mr. David Coen, 1st Vice President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), USA
- Mrs Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
"Ensuring the Promise of Energy Efficiency in California"
- Mr Carlo Crea, Secretary General, Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas (AEEG), Italy
"Market liberalisation, end-use energy efficiency and regulation: the experience with Tradable Energy Efficiency in Italy"
- Dr Maher Chebbo, Vice-President, Utilities, Communications and Services Industries, SAP AG, Germany
“Building another face of Europe 2020 with User Centric SmartGrids
- Dr David Crossley, Managing Director, Energy Futures, Australia
"Energy Efficiency Certificate Trading in Australia"
- Mr Harry Dhaul, Director General, Independent Power Producers Association (IPPA), India
"Utilities’ Approach to Demand Side Management"
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Chairperson : Mr Smunda Mokoena, CEO, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), Former Chairperson of AFUR
- Mr M. Crouch, Director, European Strategy Team, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, UK
“Best Practice: Reviewing the Price Controls after 20 years!”
- Mrs Julia Weller, Partner, Pierce Atwood LLP
"Benchmarking Energy Regulators Performance in an Evolving Environment"
- Dr Konstantin Petrov, Senior Consultant, KEMA Consulting
"Presentation on Regulatory Impact Assessment"
- Dominique Fache,General director for Russia and CIS ENEL
"Regulatory challenge of Russian energy sector reform”
- Mrs Carolin Geginat, Global Indicators and Analysis Group (GIADB), World Bank
"Getting Electricity” – A pilot indicator set from the Doing Business Project of the World Bank”
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| 20:00-24:00 |
Social Event/Cocktail Reception |
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Chairperson : Mr Walter Boltz, Chairman, Austrian Energy Regulator (E-Control)
- Beate Raabe,Director EU Affairs,International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
"European gas production potential-Conventional and Unconventional"
- Mr Simon Blakey, Senior Director, CERA
"The growth of global trade in natural gas: redefining the competitive playing field"
- Mr Jacques de Jong, Clingendael International Energy Programme, Netherlands
"Regulating EU Gas Supply Security in a Global Gas Market"
- Mr Sergei Komlev, Head, Contract Structure and Price Formation Directorate, Gazprom Export, Russia
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Chairperson : Lord Mogg, President, CEER and Chair, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), UK
- Mr Sergey Novikov, Head, Federal Tariff Service, Russia
"Effectively Regulated Competitive Markets Leads to Energy Affordability"
- Mr Bjarne Pedersen, Director of Operations, Consumers International
"Energy – sustainable and fair access"
- Mr Mark Grenning, Chief Advisor, Rio Tinto, Deputy Chair Energy Users Association, Australia
“The Ugly, the Bad and the Good-an Alternative View on Electricity Liberalisation from a Large Industrial User”
- Mrs Jacqueline Minor, Director, Consumer Affairs, DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
"Competition, consumers and affordable prices in liberalised energy markets"
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Chairperson : Mr Istvan Dobozi, Lead Economist, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank
- Mr Stephen Adu, Executive Secretary, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Ghana
“Incentives for Infrastructure Development in a New Regulatory Environment -The Ghana Experience”
- Mr Jason Czyz, Attorney and Manager, International Program, Troutman Sanders, Washington DC, USA
"Regulators and Infrastructure Investors: A Quest for Harmony"
- Mrs Maria Vagliasindi, Lead Economist, Energy Anchor,World Bank
"Revisiting Standard Policy Recommendations for the Market Structure in the Power Sector: Evidence from Developing Countries"
- Dr Gabor Szorenyi, Chair, Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
"Impact of the financial and economic crisis on the energy infrastructure developmentin countries with emerging energy markets"
- Mr Francisco X. Salazar Diez de Solano, Chairman, Energy Regulatory Commission, Mexico and Vice-President, ARIAE
"Incentives for infrastructure investments: the Mexican case"
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Chairperson : Mrs Asta Sihvonen-Punkka, Director, Energy Market Authority (EMVI), Finland
- Mr Terry Boston, President and CEO, PJM Interconnection, USA
“Renewables in North America’s Largest Grid Operator"
- Mr Christopher Jones, Director of Renewables, European Commission Directorate General for Energy
"Renewable Energy and Europe's New Energy Policy: The new steps"
- Mr Claes Hedenstrom, President, Renewable Energy Certificate System International
"Market Perspectives of Renewable Electricity in Europe"
- Mrs Christine Lins, Secretary General, European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)
RES market development in Europe - 40 % renewable energy electricity by 2020
- Mr Binu Parthan, Deputy Director General,The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
"Renewable Energy Regulation in Developing Countries: A Key Factor in the Transition to a Low Carbon Energy System"
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Chairperson : Mr Robert Hammond, Director of Regulation, Consumer Focus, UK
- Mr Frank B. Sebbowa, CEO, Electricity Regulatory Authority, Uganda
"Support of vulnearable and rural customers - fuel poverty"
- Mrs Patricia de Suzzoni, Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), France
“Empowering customers and protecting vulnerable consumers in the European liberalised markets ”
- Mr John Merrick, Partner, MJSWM Barristers, Canada
“Affordable Power to the People”
- Mr Nickolas Stavropoulos, Executive Vice-President, US Gas Distribution, National Grid, USA
"Competitiveness and Affordability in a Rapidly Changing World"
- Mr Carlos Colom Bickford, President, Energy Regulatory Authority, Guatemala and Vice President, ARIAE
"The Role of the Regulator in Setting Electricity Tariffs"
- Mr Subhash Kulkarni, Member, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission, India
"Key Issues faced by Regulators in developing countries - India"
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Chairperson : Mr Jorge Vasconcelos, President, NEWES, former Regulator, Portugal, former President CEER
- Mr Claes Rytoft, Vice President Technology, ABB, Switzerland
"When grids get smart”
- Prof Ronnie Belmans, Leuven University, Belgium
"Smartgrids: a solution for all problems"
- Prof Michael Caramanis, Professor, Boston University, USA and former Chairman, Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), Greece
"Market Extensions for Renewable Generation and Distributed Storage Synergies"
- Dr John Tamblyn, Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
"Reducing Regulatory and Technological Barriers to Demand Side Participation"
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Chairperson : Prof Mario Monti, President, Bocconi University, Italy, former European Union Commissioner for Competition
- Mr Daniel Dobbeni, CEO, ELIA, Belgium
"Regional initiatives: a pragmatic and progressive process supporting market integration"
- Eric Dyevre, Commissioner at the French Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), France
"Regional initiatives: a pragmatic and progressive process supporting market integration"
- Mr Nadjib Otmane, Chairman, Regulatory Commission for Electricity and Gas (CREG), Algeria
"The Algerian electricity sector modernisation: towards an integration within the EU internal electricity market?"
- Hans Ten Berge Secretary General - EURELECTRIC, Belgium
"Regional market integration: regulatory challenges"
- Mrs Rupa Devi Singh, Managing Director & CEO, Power Exchange India Ltd
"The role of power exchanges in developing a competitive power market: Case - India
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Chairperson : Dr Branko Terzic, Regulatory Policy Leader – Energy & Resources, Deloitte Services LP and Chairman of United Nations ECE Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production
- Mr Paul Centolella, Commissioner, Ohio Public Utilities Commission, USA
"Low Carbon Technologies: a Smart Energy Path"
- Dr Paul Sotkiewicz, Senior Economist, PJM Interconnection, USA
Potential effects of proposed climate change policies on PJM’s energy market
- Mr Andreas Biermann, Principal Policy Manager, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
"Regulatory Support for Deployment of Low-Carbon Technologies – The EBRD Experience"
- Dr Nicolas Lymberopoulos, Associate Director, Projects and Development, UNIDO - ICHET, Turkey
"Financing Hydrogen Energy Technologies in the Developing World"
- Marc DE Witte, Vice President, Research & Innovation Division, GDF SUEZ
"Deployement of non-carbon or Low Carbon Emitting Technologies And Carbon Capture And Storage"
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Chairperson : Mrs Erin Skootsky, Director of International Programs, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC),USA
- Prof Anton Eberhard, President, University of Cape Town, South Africa
"Lessons from the African Electricity Regulator Peer Review and Learning Network"
- Prof Pippo Ranci, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Economia e Finanza, Milan, Italy
"Key skills, knowledge, and tools for regulators in developed and developing countries"
- Prof Mark Jamison, Director, Public Utility Research Centre (PURC), University of Florida, USA
"Utility Regulation Today: A Nexus of Technical, Political, and Leadership Skills"
- Mrs Krisztina Kasza, Programme Director, Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
"Energy Regulation Training Programs by ERRA"
- Mr Matthew Sadinsky, President & CEO, SoS International, USA
"Connect the Dots: How will ET & SMART Grids Transform the Future of Regulation? Building Cultures of Compliance"
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| 20:00-24:00 |
Social Event / Dinner |
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Chairperson : Mr Peter Styles, Chairman, Electricity Committee, European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)
- Mr Johannes Kindler, Vice President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Germany
"Energy Trading needs better regulation !"
- Mr Phillip Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), USA
Interdependency of Energy and Financial Markets
- Mr Carlo Comporti, Secretary General, Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR)
"Interdependency of energy and financial markets"
- Mr Carlos Lapuerta, Principal, The Brattle Group
"The Financial Crisis and the Regulation of Energy Markets"
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Chairperson :Mr Gaetan Caron, Chair & CEO, National Energy Board, Canada
- Prof Stephen Littlechild, Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham and Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK
"Regulation, negotiated settlements and the public interest"
- Mr Orjiakor Isiogu, Chairman, Public Service Commission, Michigan, USA
“The Value of an Independent and Impartial Regulator”
- Mr Heinz Hilbrecht, Director, DG Energy, European Commission
"Independence and powers of regulators: legal and institutional requirements"
- Prof Pantelis Capros, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, former Chairman, Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), Greece
"Regulatory capture in the context of intensified public energy policy"
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Chairperson : Mr. Karstein Brekke, Senior Engineer, Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Norway
- Mr Alfredo Dammert, President, Organisation for the supervision of investments in energy (OSINERG), Peru
"The Supervision of quality in the electricity sector"
- Mr Luca Lo Schiavo, Assistant to the Director General, Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas (AEEG), Italy
"Regulation and incentives for improving continuity and quality of supply"
- Prof Nikos Hatziargyriou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
“Service Quality in Electricity Distribution: Improvement expected by effective regulation and smart grid applications”
- Mr Paul Vlahos, Ontario Energy Board,Canada
"Service Quality Regulation in Electricity Distribution - The Ontario Experience"
- Mr Yubo Shi, Vice Minister and Vice Chairman, State Electricity Regulatory Commission of China (SERC)
"Presentation on China’s Secure Electricity Development and Reliability Regulation "
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Chairperson : Dr Hans Grunfeld, President, International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (IFIEC-Europe) and Managing Director, VEMW
- Mr Nikolay Minkov, Chairman, Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities Committee Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria
Industrial Stakeholders in Regional Energy Markets: How Heavyweights to Face-Out Heavy Happiness?
- Mr Nicholas Morris, Director, IPA energy & water economics
"Structuring electricity supply contracts for high voltage customers"
- Mr Phillip Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), USA
"Ensuring Adequate Energy Supplies at Reasonable Rates"
- Dr Rod Crompton, Regulator, National Energy Regulator South Africa (NERSA)
Security of supply for large electricity users in South Africa
- Mr Benoit Gratton, Director, Energy Procurement, Cascades Inc., Canada
Areas of improvement in regulation as seen by industrial consumers
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Chairperson : Mr Slavtcho Neykov, Director, Energy Community Secretariat
- Mr Peter Gurnham, Chair, Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals (CAMPUT), and Chair, Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, Canada
"Cooperation Means Efficient Regulation"
- Dr Ted Kury, Director Energy Studies, Public Utility Research Centre (PURC), University of Florida, USA
"Capacity Building through Regulatory Networking"
- Prof Jean-Michel Glachant, Director, Florence School of Regulation
"The International Energy Regulation Network (IERN)"
- Prof Joseph Assi Benie, Chair, African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR) and Director, National Authority for the Regulation of the Electricity Sector, Ivory Coast
Cooperation between regulators and regional associations
- Mr Peter Plug, Director, Office of Energy Regulaton (Energiekamer), Netherlands
"Regulatory Decision making"
- Mr Vivek Sharma, Head Energy Practice, CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Ltd, India
"Experience sharing of impact of regional associations (in South Asia and East Asia Pacific Region) on Infrastructure Performance"
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| 13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30-16:00 |
CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS |
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• Conference Summary and Deliverables |
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• WFER V Planning |
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• Closing Statement |
| 18:00-20:00 |
FAREWELL RECEPTION |
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