EU ENERGY LAW & POLICY 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

EU ENERGY LAW & POLICY
DAY 1 : TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2015
09h15: Registration and welcome coffee
09h45: Keynote presentation
ANNE HOUTMAN (loco DOMINIQUE RISTORI)
- Principal Advisor to the Director-General, DG ENER, EC
“EU Energy Law & Policy; priorities for the coming years”
10h15: Opening remarks
JEAN-MICHEL GLACHANT
- Holder of the Loyola de Palacio Chair
- Director of the Florence School of Regulation
main event moderator
HELMUT SCHMITT VON SYDOW
Professor, University of Lausanne and European College, Parma
Chief Editor, European Energy Journal ( EEJ)
12h30: JORGE VASCONCELOS
- Chairman, NEWES (New Energy Solutions)
- Consultant to the European Commission
II. COMPETITION LAW IN ENERGY MARKETS
session moderator: L. HANCHER
“The new state aid policy and its role in Europe”
11h00: ALBERTO POTOTSCHNIG
- Director, ACER
14h45: LARS KJØLBYE
- Partner, Latham & Watkins, Brussels
CELLINE GAUER
- Acting Director, Dir. B, Markets & Cases, DG COMP, EC
“Cross-border cooperation of regulators”
11h15: JAN PAPSCH
- Policy and Legal Officer, Wholesale markets;
electricity & gas, DG ENER, EC
“Keeping energy prices in check and achieving a greater
degree of security of supply by using art. 101 & 102,
Merger and State Aid control by the Commission”
“The implementation of the Third Legislative Package”
11h30: Coffee and tea break
15h30: LEIGH HANCHER
- Of Counsel, Allen & Overy, Amsterdam
“The IEA recommendations on the future
EU energy policy priorities”
10h15: JÖRG KÖHLI
- Team Leader, Safety of Offshore and Gas operations,
DG ENER, EC
“Safety of offshore activities’”
10h30: MANFRED HAFNER
- Professor at John Hopkins University SAIS and
Sciences Po Paris
SPECIAL
OFFER
The regular registration fee for this two day event is only €999 (in stead of €1.199)
if you register before 1 January 2015. Special rates apply to in-house lawyers,
government employees, students, and academics. Check the registration form on p.4!
The Hotel.
BRUSSELS
Boulevard de Waterloo 38
1000 Brussels (Belgium)
The event takes place at the prestigeous “The Hotel” (the completely renovated
former Brussels Hilton). The conference room offers a stunning, unique
panoramic view over Brussels, as it is situated at the 26th floor of the building.
Participants who want to stay at the hotel are offered a special room rate of 200
euro / night (including breakfast, excluding city tax) (limited offer).
14h45: ANA AGUADO
- Secretary-General, EDSO for Smart Grids, Brussels
15h00: BERND RAJAL
- Partner, Schönherr, Vienna
10h45: Comments and discussion
11h15: Coffee and tea break
“Obstacles in PCI project permitting”
15h15: LEONARDO MEEUS
- Professor Energy Markets, Vlerick Business School, Brussels
- Professor, Florence School of Regulation, Florence
IV. SUSTAINABLES
“Renewable penetration on smartgrids and supergrids”
European
Energy
Journal
14h30: JEAN-ARNOLD VINOIS
- Honorary Director, DG ENER, EC
“Smartgrids”
“Mediterranean perspectives”
12h30: CHRISTOPH WOLFF
- Managing Director, The European Climate Foundation
media
partners:
session moderator: J.-A. VINOIS
“Investments in infrastructure’”
“National Action Plans – legal status, problems
and potentials”
17h00: Drinks offered by:
13h00: Comments and discussion
V. INFRASTRUCTURE
12h15: DÖRTE FOUQUET
- Partner, Becker Büttner Held, Brussels
- Director, European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF)
16h45: Conclusions of the first day
“Consequences of new climate perspectives and
action plans for electricity customers”
13h30: Lunch
“The new climate perspectives”
15h45: ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ DÍAZ
- Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, Brussels
16h00: Comments and discussion
“The costs (economic, political, technical and social)
of a non-efficient internal energy market”
09h45: WALTER PEERAER
- Chairman of the Executive Board, Fluxys
11h45: ARTUR RUNGE-METZGER
- Director, International and Climate Strategy, DG CLIMA, EC
“Abuse of dominance positions”
12h15: HARIS BOKO
- Chief Advisor, Energy Institute, London
12h45: GIUSEPPE LORUBIO
- Head of Retail Customers Unit, EURELECTRIC
session moderator: D. FOUQUET
“Fourth package of legislation”
12h00: SYLVIA BEYER
- Country Desk Officer, International Energy Agency (IEA)
session moderator: M. HAFNER
“Security and external relations:
from Energy Community to Energy Union”
14h30: NICOLA PESARESI
- Head of Unit, State Aid Strategy, DG COMP, EC
session moderator: J.-M. GLACHANT
III. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SECURITY
10h00: DIRK BUSCHLE
- Deputy Director, Energy Community
13h30: Lunch
I. THE INTERNAL ENERGY MARKET
DAY 2 : WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2015
“Security and the role of the international industry
and pathways to a resolution of Europe’s energy crisis”
“Reinventing the single market”
12h45: Comments and discussion
“10 years of EU Law & Policy Conference:
10 years energy policy in Europe – a retrospective
(2006 -2015 and a forecast)”
10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
introducing:
“Regulation of projects of common interest:
cost benefit analysis, cross-border cost allocation,
TSO incentives, Connecting Europe Facility’ ”
15h30: JOHN RATLIFF
Partner, WilmerHale, Brussels
“Insider trading and market manipulation in the
European wholesale energy markets – REMIT”
15h45: Discussion including Q&A
16h30: Conference conclusions
programme updates: www.euenergyconference.com
EU ENERGY LAW & POLICY YEARBOOK 2014
For the fifth year in succession the EU Energy Law & Policy Yearbook will be published, in close
cooperation with the European Energy Journal. It will cover all major Law & Policy developments in EU
Energy, including Framework 2030, Internal Energy Markt , Climate Change, Security of Supply, Energy
Efficiency and will present all relevant viewpoints of all Energy related stakeholders. Contributions from
among others Dominique Ristori, Daniel Dobbeni, Konstatin Staschus, Bart Castermans, Stephan
Kamphues, Alberto Pototschnig, Ana Aguado Cornago, Peter D Storey, Hannah Katharina Mueller,
Christine Jenkins, Alan Riley, Ole Gunnar Austvik, Lena Sandberg, Leigh Hancher.
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publication date: Feb 2015 - isbn: 9789491673252 - 680 p. paperback - RRP: €95 (exVAT)