Please note: the program might still be subject to some changes
08:00 – 08:30 REGISTRATION
08:30 – 08:45 WELCOMING REMARKS
Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania
08:45 – 09:50 ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRENDS in energy sector
Speakers:
Global and regional energy sector trends: stone age ended not because of the lack of stones
Žygimantas Mauricas, Chief Economist at Luminor Lietuva (Lithuania)
Global bioenergy status and Lithuania, as a recent success story
Remigijus Lapinskas, President of World Bioenergy Association (Lithuania)
Global trends in European energy sector
Einari Kisel, Senior Fellow, European Policies and Partnership Development, Regional Manager for World Energy Council (WEC) (Estonia)
Diversification of supply and security issues
Herkko Plit, President and CEO of Baltic Connector Oy (Finland)
Moderator:
Robert Juodka, Managing Partner at PRIMUS DERLING (Lithuania)
09:50 – 10:20 NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
10:20 – 11:50 RENEWABLE ENERGY
Speakers:
Poland’s green technologies and the geopolitics of energy
Tomasz Jamróz, Counsellor, Economic Cooperation Department, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)
Is our region solar-friendly? From goals and policies to real implementation
Rūta Jakubauskienė, COO of I+D Energias Lietuva (Lithuania)
Cooperation of distributed and conventional power generation in Polish conditions
Wlodzimierz Ehrenhalt, President of Polish Renewable Energy Association (Poland)
The development of wind energy in Lithuania: challenges and risks to deal with
Linas Sabaliauskas, CEO (Country Manager) of Enefit Green (Lithuania)
Panel discussion
Moderator:
Robert Juodka, Managing Partner at PRIMUS DERLING (Lithuania)
11:50- 12:00 TECHNICAL BREAK
12:00 – 13:15 MARKET LIBERALIZATION as a driver of renewable and innovative solutions
Speakers:
Broad overview of household liberalisation practices in LV, EE, SE, FI
Janis Bethers, CEO of Enefit Latvia (Latvia)
Development of competitive retail energy markets across the Baltics
Uldis Mucinieks, Sales Director of Latvernergo (Latvia)
Household liberalisation market – legal issues
Tomas Venckus, Partner at PRIMUS DERLING (Lithuania)
Panel discussion
Moderator:
Vytenis Koryzna, Managing Director of Enefit, UAB (Lithuania)
13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH