AGENDA
Watts the Future?
October 29-30, Bucharest, NORD Events Center
DAY 1 / 29.10 – CROSS-ENERGY SECTOR Shining the Spotlight on the Industry, Trends and Technologies | |
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8:30 | WELCOME COFFEE |
9:00 | OPENING SPEECH – RWEA & RPIA |
9:10 | KEYNOTE SPEECH: MARCEL CIOLACU,
PRIME MINISTER OF ROMANIA (TBC) |
9:20 | 1-on-1 Sebastian Burduja, Minister of Energy Moderator: Andra Timu, Journalist at Bloomberg |
9:35 | 1-on-1 Her Excellency, Mrs. Kathleen Kavalec, The United States Ambassador to Romania Moderator: Andra Timu, Journalist at Bloomberg |
9:50 | 1-on-1 Her Excellency, Mrs. Anna Hällerman, Sweden Ambassador to Romania Moderator: Andra Timu, Journalist at Bloomberg |
10:00 | PANEL I – SHIFT: ENERGY – Unlocking the Potential of Electrification: Driving Renewable Investments Amid Uncertainty.
Giles Dickson, CEO WindEuropeModerator: Andra Timu, Journalist at Bloomberg Dries Acke, Deputy CEO SolarPower Europe Cristina Prună, Vice President, Committee for Industries and Services, Parliament of Romania Adrian Dugulan, CEO PPC Renewables Jens Pinderup, Vice President Sales Eastern Europe, Vestas |
11:00 | PANEL II – GRID: Ensuring Stability and Reliability Amidst Rising Renewable Energy Penetration While Safeguarding the Consumer
George Niculescu, President ANREModerator: Giles Dickson, WindEurope Ștefăniță Munteanu, General Director Transelectrica (tbc) Alfredo Parres, Senior Vice President, Head of Renewables at Hitachi Energy Volker Raffel, CEO E.ON Romania Daniela Dărăban, Executive Director ACUE |
12:00 | PANEL III – INVESTMENTS: Rebalancing Energy Investments for a Secure, Affordable Transition from Fossil Fuels
Teodora Preoteasa, Secretary of State, Ministry of European Investments and ProjectsModerator: Andra Timu, Journalist at Bloomberg Dr. Dan-Virgil Pascu, Vice President of the Competition Council Radu Căprău, Member of OMV Petrom Executive Board, responsible for Refining & Marketing Nicolas Richard, CEO ENGIE Romania Lăcrămioara Diaconu-Pințea, Country Manager OX2 Dinu Bumbăcea, Vice President AmCham Romania, Partner PwC Romania |
13:00 | LUNCH |
DAY 2 / 30.10 – CROSS – ECONOMIC SECTORS Shining the Reality: From Energy Consumer to large Prosumer; From polluting industries to smart business | |
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8:30 | WELCOME COFFEE |
9:00 | OPENING SPEECH – RWEA & RPIA |
9:10 | KEYNOTE SPEECH EUROPEAN COMMISSION |
9:30 | PANEL I – SHIFT: INDUSTRY – Driving Business Competitiveness through Renewables: Energy’s Role in Economic Growth by 2030
Alexandra Bocșe, State Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, Presidential Administration of RomaniaModerator: Adina Andreescu, EBRD Virgil Popescu, MEP, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Alexandre Affre, Deputy Director General, BusinessEurope Emanuele Manigrassi, Climate and Energy Director at European Aluminium Norbert Dwenger, Head of Eastern Europe Region & New Markets at NORDEX Group |
10:30 | 1-on-1 Joachim Saalmueller, Head of User Support and Climate Services Division at EUMETSAT Moderator: Mihnea Cătuți, EPG |
10:45 | PANEL II – PROSUMER ON THE RISE: Transitioning from Large Consumers to Large Prosumers and Energy Islands
Dan Drăgan, State Secretary, Ministry of EnergyModerator: Mihnea Cătuți, EPG Viorel Alicuș, General Manager, ANRE Valeriu Binig, Director of Regulations and Antitrust, PPC Eugen Butoarcă, General Director Distribuție Oltenia Andrei Manea, Executive Director RPIA Matej Kruspan, Chief Commercial Officer, Rezolv Energy Claudiu Butacu, Cofounder EFdeN & energiaTa |
12:00 | PANEL III – FROM PROVIDER TO BENEFICIARY: How the Technology sector is a Key Stakeholder in the Renewables – AI | Cybersecurity | Data Center Operations | Digitalization
Bogdan Ivan, Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization (TBC)Moderator: Mihnea Cătuți, EPG, Liviu Gavrilă, Vice President RWEA Șerban Popescu, Director, Sales Engineering, UiPath Vlad Bodea, Co-founder and CA Member Bento; member ANIS Vladimir Ester, Chief Technical Officer Cluster Power |
13:00 | LUNCH |
WORKSHOPS
13:30 | SUPPORTED BY AFEER NAVIGATING THE ENERGY MARKET: Current Prices, Trends, and Market Instruments (PPA, GO) Moderator: Liviu Gavrilă, Vice President RWEA Laurențiu Urluescu, President of AFEERAurel Mindrican, Board Member of AFEER Tanja Tevdovska, Senior Structured Products and PPA Trader, GEN-I |
POWERED BY PPC NEXT IN ENERGY FINANCE – State Aid vs. Capital Markets (in light of the Draghi & Letta Reports) Moderator: Paul Șerbănescu, Head of Subsidized Finance PPC Energy Luminița Tatarici, Senior economist, Financial Stability Division, NBRVarinia Radu, Partner and Deputy Head of EPC, CEE | Head of Energy and Projects, Romania | Head of Oil & Gas, CEE, CMS Laurențiu Dinu, Managing Partner, EU Advisors Lucian Mircescu, Institutional Affairs Specialist, PPC Romania Valeriu Binig, Director of Regulations and Antitrust, PPC Romania |
14:30 | POWERED BY MONSSON THE FUTURE OF ENERGY STORAGE: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities. Case study on successful integration of storage systems with renewable energy projects – The Hybrid Park Mireasa Moderator: Roxana Caliminte, Strategic Advisor to the President of ANRE Sebastian Enache, Head of M&A MonssonVicențiu Ciobanu, CEO Prime Batteries Technology Mihaela Popescu, Head of ESS Asset Management Monsson | SUPPORTED BY RPIA
CLOSING THE LOOP: Innovative Recycling Solutions for Renewable Energy Systems
Moderator: Irene Mihai, Policy Officer at RPIA Daniela Blazejova, Project Coordinator, Solar Power EuropeCarlos Escudero, Head of European Affairs, IFE & Coordinator of RETRIEVE Duygu Yilmaz, Researcher, Environmental Industrial Process, IFE & Technical Coordinator of RETRIEVE Rune Søndenå, Senior Scientist, Department of Solar Energy, IFE & Technical Coordinator of RETRIEVE |
13:30 | POWERED BY OX2 Renewable transactions in Romania – from project to implementation Moderator: Lăcrămioara Diaconu-Pințea, Country Manager OX2 Romania Varinia Radu, CMS, Partner, Deputy Head of EPC, CEE | Head of Energy and Projects, Romania CMSManuela Trisnevschi, Head of Energy & utilities, BCR Cristian Vețeanu, Director, Strategy & Transactions, Ernst & Young Andreea Mladin, Senior Transaction Manager OX2 |
SUPPORTED BY ACUE HOW DO WE SHIFT – Bringing Energy Producers Closer to Consumers for an Effective Energy Transition Moderator: Mihai Nicuț, Editor In Chief at economica.net Cristina Păun, Deputy Director of Federation of Associations of Energy Utility Companies (ACUE)Valeriu Binig, Regulatory and Antitrust Director PPC Romania Liviu Gavrilă, Vice-president RWEA Liviu Tănase, Vice-president of PSC Frank Hajdinjak, Vice-president of Romanian Energy Center (CRE) |
14:30 | SUPPORTED BY RWEA Offshore and Onshore Wind and Beyond: Building a Sustainable Supply Chain and Creating Local Jobs Moderator: Marta Sturzeanu, Policy Officer at RWEA Sean Whittaker, Co-lead of Offshore Wind Development Program, World BankOana Ijdelea, Managing Partner, Ijdelea & Associates Taras Kachmarchuk, Director Sales Southeast Europe Vestas |