EXECUTIVE FORUM

COMPANY AND INDUSTRY STRUCTURE - THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

 

Monday 14 June 2004
Programme

Opening
08:00 Registration & coffee
09:00 Welcome address

Hans HAIDER
President of EURELECTRIC

Chairman:
Rafael MIRANDA
Vice-President of EURELECTRIC
09:15 European Competition policy - its application to the electricity and gas sectors
Angel TRADACETE
Director for Industry and Energy DG Competition - European Commission
09:30 Competition vs Consolidation? Comparing worldwide businesses
Piero ROSINA
Vice President AT KEARNEY
MILAN
09:45 Business trends for the European Gas Industry
Simon LEWIS
Incoming President of Eurogas
10:00 Electricity and Gas business structure: a view of the customer
Philippe de BUCK
Secretary General
Union of Industrial & Employer's
Confederation of Europe (UNICE)
10:15What future business structure for the electricity and gas industry?
Yvan JANSEN
Vice President and Director
Boston Consulting Group
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Questions & debate Moderator:
Professor Jean-Marie CHEVALIER Director, European Gas & Power
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)
12:30End of Executive Forum
12:30

Lunch

 

CONFERENCE

ENERGY LIBERALISATION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

 
 

Monday 14 June 2004
Programme

Opening
14:00

Welcome & introduction

Hans HAIDER
President of EURELECTRIC

Bernard Brun
Chairman of the Union Française de l'Electricité (UFE)

Philippe DUPUIS
Directorate General of Energy and Raw Materials
French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry

SESSION I: ENSURING INVESTMENT

Chairman:

Hans HAIDER
CPresident of EURELECTRIC
14:30 Investment needs in electricity and gas
Fatih BIROL
Chief Economist
International Energy Agency (IEA)
14:50 A EURELECTRIC view on ensuring investments in electricity
Inge PIERRE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC WG
"Ensuring Investments"
15:10What framework to ensure investments in Europe's energy infrastructure?
Dieter HELM
Director
Oxford Economic Research Associates (OXERA)
15:30Coffee Break
16:00Panel debate and discussion
 Moderator:
Thomas BARTH
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
"Energy Policy & Generation" Committee
 
Panellists:

Dieter HELM
Director
OXERA

Enrique LOCUTURA
CEO
Gas Naturel SDG

Ignacio GUTIERREZ-ORRANTIA
Vice President
Europea, Energy & Power
Merrill Lynch International

 

Fatih BIROL
Chief Economist IEA

Inge PIERRE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
Ensuring Investments WG

 

17:30 End of 1st Day
 

Tuesday 15 June 2004
Programme

SESSION II: REGULATORY MODELS
  Chairman/Moderator:
Hans TEN BERGE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
Markets Committee
09:00 The role of regulation in Europe's energy markets
Christopher JONES
Head of Unit - DG TREN
European Commission
09:15 A EURELECTRIC view on regulatory models
David FARRELL
Chairman of the EURELECTRIC Regulatory Models SG
09:30 Pro's and con's of different regulatory models
Jean-Michel GLACHANT
Professor of Economics/Energy Consultant
09:45Panel debate and discussion
 Moderator:
Hans TEN BERGE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
Markets Committee
Panellists:

Christopher JONES
Head of Unit - DG TREN
European Commission

Gunnar LUNDBERG
Vice Chairman, EURELECTRIC
Markets Committee

 

Jean-Michel GLACHANT
Professor of Economics/Energy Consultant

Jorge VASCONCELOS
President of Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)

Paul GOLBY
CEO of Powergen

10:45 Coffee Break
SESSION III: PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMPETITION
  Chairman/Moderator:
André Merlin
President of the European Transmission System Operators (ETSO)
President of the European Energy and Transport Forum
11:15
How to combine competition and public service? A regulator's view
Prof. Vidmantas JANKAUSKAS
Chairman of Energy Regulatores Regional Association (ERRA)
11:30 A EURELECTRIC view on public service
Petter SANDØY
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
"Public Services" WG
11:45 A consumer's view on public service
Alwin SIXMA
The European Consumers organisation (BEUC)
12:00 Panel debate and discussion
 Moderator:
André Merlin
President of the European Transmission System Operators (ETSO)
President of the European Energy and Transport Forum
  Panellists:

Prof. Vidmantas JANKAUSKAS
Chairman of Energy Regulatores Regional Association (ERRA)

Petter SANDØY
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
"Public Services" WG

Alwin SIXMA
The European Consumers organisation (BEUC)

 

Christopher JONES
Head of Unit - DG TREN
European Commission

Omar ABBOSH
Global Managing Partner -Utilities
Accenture

Mark OWEN
Sales Director, MMT

13:00 LUNCH
SESSION IV: EMISSIONS TRADING: Market maker or wrecker?
  Chairman/Moderator:
Dr. Bill KYTE, OBE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC "Environment & Sustainable Development" Committee
14:00 Preparing for emissions trading - a view from the Board Room
Dr. Gert MAICHEL
Member of the Executive Board of RWE
President and CEO of RWE Power
14:15 The Impact of Emissions Trading on electricity prices in a competitive market
Laurent SEGALEN
Head of Climate Change Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
14:30 The intensive energy user and emissions trading
Bruno VANDERBORGHT
Vice President Holcim
GROUP Support SA
14:45 Panel debate and discussion

 

 Moderator:
Dr. Bill KYTE, OBE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC Committee
"Environment & Sustainable Development"
 

Panellists:

Dr. Gert MAICHEL
Member of the Executive Board of RWE
President and CEO of RWE Power

Laurent SEGALEN
Head of Climate Change Services PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Bruno VANDERBORGHT
Vice President Holcim GROUP Support SA

 

Andrei MARCU
Executive Director International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

Atle CHRISTIANSEN
Director of Research Point Carbon

16:00 Closing remarks
Hans HAIDER
President of EURELECTRIC
16:15 End of conference