7th TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM
Date: 30 May 2018
Language: English






PROGRAM
8.30 – 8.50 Welcoming remarks
Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania
8.50 – 11.00 GLOBAL TRENDS AND ENERGY SECURITY
Moderator: Robert Juodka, Managing Partner at Primus, Attorneys at Law
Economic Incentives and Challenges for Balancing the Global Energy Trilemma
Indrė Genytė-Pikčienė, Chief Analyst at Luminor Bank (Lithuania)
First Decade of Common EU Energy Policy: Achievements and Failures in Our Region
Žygimantas Pavilionis, Member of the Seimas (Lithuania)
Energy Security of the Region Within the Framework of the Tree Seas Region concept
Remigiusz Nowakowski, Vice President of DISE (Poland)
Bioenergy in the Context of Global Climate Change: the Current Status and Possible Development Directions
Remigijus Lapinskas, President of the World Bioenergy Association (Lithuania)
The Sources of Financing Energy Sector and Cooperation Among Public Sector and Business
Bartosz Dubiński, President of the Board of Mazowicka Agencja Energetyczna Sp.zo.o (Poland)
Energy Security Challenges in the Baltic States Desynchronization Process
Julia Vainio, Subject Matter Expert of NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (Finland)
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break
11.20 – 13.00 1ST SESSION – GAS
Moderator: Haroldas Nausėda, Director of Commerce Department, Lietuvos dujų tiekimas
Natural gas market in the Baltic region
Gediminas Vasauskas, CEO of Achema Gas Trade (Lithuania)
Regional gas market: Agenda 2020
Saulius Bilys, Member of the Board and CEO of Amber Grid (Lithuania)
Retail gas market in the Baltics
Janis Bethers, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Enefit (Lithuania/Latvia)
Baltic gas market dynamics – towards higher liquidity and price convergence
Gintaras Buzkys, Chief Business Development Officer of GET Baltic (Lithuania)
Gas market opening in Latvia – was it just national?
Jānis Eisaks, Head of Corporate Strategy Division of Conexus Baltic Grid AS (Latvia)
Panel discussion
11.20 – 13.00 2ND SESSION – ELECTRICITY
Moderator: Indrė Makaraitytė, Journalist
Energy System Sustainability. Challenges ahead
Daivis Virbickas, Member of the Board and CEO of Litgrid AB (Lithuania)
Cornerstones to sustainable energy system
Hando Sutter, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Eesti Energia (Estonia)
New strategy of Lietuvos Energija Group
Dominykas Tučkus, Member of the Board, Director of Products and Services of Lietuvos Energija (Lithuania)
Polish market, complementarity of energy markets in Poland and Lithuania
dr. Piotr Paszko, Vice President of DISE (Poland)
A new entrant in the Nordic & Baltic energy markets. Insights on power trading
Paulius Gineitis, Head of Baltic Operations Division Trading and Sales of ČEZ, a.s. (Lithuania)
Panel discussion
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 16.00 3RD SESSION – RENEWABLE ENERGY
Moderator: Robert Juodka, Managing Partner at Primus, Attorneys at Law
Global renewable energy tendencies. How will they affect the future of energy sector in Lithuania?
Martynas Nagevičius, President of the Lithuanian Confederation of Renewable Energy (Lithuania)
Current Nordic Bioenergy development and potential for the future
Gustav Melin, CEO of Swedish Bioenergy Association (Sweden)
Overview of the recent changes in the thermal energy pricing regulation
Tomas Venckus, Partner at Primus, Attorneys at Law (Lithuania)
Efficient trading coordination of biomass market
Vaidotas Jonutis, Head of Trade Division of Baltpool (Lithuania)
Electricity from renewables: what will we choose?
Vytautas Kisielius, President of the Lithuanian Independent Heat Producers Association (Lithuania)
Wind energy : challenges and opportunities
Tadas Navickas, CEO of 4energia UAB (Lithuania)
Panel discussion joined by Linas Sabaliauskas, CEO of Achema Group
16.00 – 17.00 Glass of Wine and Networking
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