Day I

Opening Session

09.00 Welcome

Fulvio CONTI
President of EURELECTRIC,
CEO of Enel
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09.05 Opening Address

Tonio FENECH
Minister of Finance, the Economy &
Investment, Malta
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Philip LOWE
Director General, DG Energy
(on behalf of Günther OETTINGER,
European Commissioner for Energy) read more

Session I
Energy Challenges: a Global Perspective   Expand Content

  Chairman & Moderator

Guy TURNER
Director, Commodity Market Research
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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  Keynote speeches:
Energy Policy Insights: Responding to the Challenges of a Globalised World
 
09.30 Views from a Development Perspective

Andris PIEBALGS
European Commissioner
for Development
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09.50 Views from Europe

Fulvio CONTI
President of EURELECTRIC
CEO of Enel
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10.10 Views from the US

Michael G. MORRIS
Chairman of the Board of American Electric Power
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10.30-11.00 Coffee Break  
11.00-12.15 Panel Debate
(introduced by electronic voting)

Serge COLLE
Head of Utilities Practice (Austria, Switzerland, Germany)
Accenture
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  Keynote speakers + Additional panellists  
 
 

Dominik THUMFART
Managing Director & Co-Head of
Infrastructure & Renewable Energy Finance
Deutsche Bank
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12.15-13.30 Lunch  
12.30-13.00 Press Conference  

Session II
Mismatched European Policies: Energy / Climate Reality Check   Expand Content

  Chairman & Moderator

Stephen WOODHOUSE
Director
Pöyry Management Consulting
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  Keynote speeches:  
13.30 Mapping the Road to Green Success: Reconciling the Different Targets

Connie HEDEGAARD
European Commissioner
for Climate Action
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13.50 Getting the Supply Side Right: Is Carbon the Driver?

Johannes TEYSSEN
Vice President of EURELECTRIC
CEO of E.ON AG
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14.10 Intelligent Energy Networks: How Smart do our Grids need to be?

Michèle BELLON
Chair of EURELECTRIC DSO Directors' Gathering
CEO of ERDF
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14.30-15.00 Coffee Break  
15.00-16.15 Panel Debate (introduced by electronic voting)  
  Keynote speakers + Additional panellists  
 

Inge BERNAERTS
Head of Unit for Wholesale Markets;
Electricity & Gas - DG Energy
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Daniel DOBBENI
President of ENTSO-E
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Day II

Welcome and Awards

09.00 Welcome and Overview, Day 2

Hans TEN BERGE
Secretary General
EURELECTRIC
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09.05 EURELECTRIC AWARDS  
  Industry Award

Paul BULTEEL
European Electricity Ambassador for
EURELECTRIC
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  Student Award

William S. KYTE
Senior Advisor, Climate Change,
E.ON UK
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Session III
CEO Forum: Financing Investments, Refining Strategies   Expand Content

  Chairman & Moderator

Hans TEN BERGE
Secretary General
EURELECTRIC
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  Keynote speech:  
09.45 The Single Market Challenge: Who takes Charge of the Missing Links?

Matias ALONSO
Global Managing Director,
Utilities Industry Group - Accenture
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10.15-11.45 PANEL DEBATE (introduced by electronic voting)  
  Keynote speaker + Additional panellists  
 

Fulvio CONTI
President of EURELECTRIC
CEO of ENEL
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Louis GIORDIMAINA
Executive Chairman of Enemalta
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Wolfgang ANZENGRUBER
CEO of Verbund AG
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Pat O’DOHERTY
CEO of ESB
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Oluf ULSETH
CEO of Energy Norway
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Arthouros ZERVOS
CEO of Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC)
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Tapio KUULA
President & CEO of Fortum
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11.45 Conclusions

Hans TEN BERGE
Secretary General
EURELECTRIC
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12.00-13.45 Lunch  

Session IV
EU Islands: test beds for mainland integration ?   Expand Content

  Chairman & Moderator

Javier ORMAZABAL
President & Chairman of the Board of
Ormazabal
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  Keynote speeches:  
13.45 Power Supply Challenges in Islands

Tom WOODFORD
Chairman of EURELECTRIC Islands Group
Generation Manager – Utility Guernsey Electricity
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14.00 Sustainable Solutions: The Role of the European Commission

Mechthild WOERSDOERFER
Head of Unit Energy Policy
DG Energy – European Commission
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14.15-15.00 CASE PRESENTATIONS – Using Islands as Test Beds for New Energy Technologies  
14.15 How to Manage Intermittency on Islands – EDF Case Studies

Thierry PONS
Senior Vice President
Island Energy Systems, EDF Group
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14.30 Island challenges- EDA experience

Paulo ANDRÉ
Chief of Department of Power Plant Investments
Electricity of Azores (EDA)
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14.45 Smart Grids in Cyprus - A DSO Perspective

Venizelos EFTHYMIOU
Network Development Projects Manager
Electricity Authority of Cyprus
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15.00-16.00 Panel Debate (introduced by electronic voting)  
  Keynote speakers + Additional panellists  
 

David PADFIELD
Operations Director
Jersey Electricity PLC
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Stine GRENAA JENSEN
Senior Economist
Danish Energy Association
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Christos E. CHRISTODOULIDES
Director Cyprus Transmission System Operator
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Pierre Jean COULON
Member of the European Economic
& Social Committee
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16.00 End of Conference  
  • Gold Sponsor

    Accenture
  • Silver Sponsor

    Poyry
  • Bronze Sponsor

    Ormazabal
  • Hosted by

    Enemalta