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  Prague, 6 June 2007
Electricity Trading in CEE Region

AM

Traders – TSO’s panel

Lunch

Electricity Trading in CEE Region

Gas Trading in CEE Region

PM

  • Key obstacles to wholesale electricity trading in the region
  • Transmission capacity auctions
  • Harmonization of trading conditions
  • Wholesale licenses
  • The gas regional initiatives 
  • Storage projects in Eastern Europe
  • Gas trading prospects in Central & Eastern Europe
  • Getting the national gas markets in CEE ready for full competition

Reception



   Thursday, 7 June 2007

Electricity Trading

Emissions Trading

AM
  

  

  • Market developments in SEE
  • South East Europe, what is going on in the region
  • Experiences from the new member states
  • New possibilities on SEE electricity markets
  • Need for standardization and harmonization in SEE


  

  

  • Development of CDM-JI market in CEE
  • Integrated power and CO2 strategies
  • Insights from new member states
  • Emissions reduction programmes in CEE
  • Delivery risk 

Lunch

Electricity Trading

Emissions Trading

PM


  

  




Plenary keynote session  top
Wednesday 6 June 2007 Official opening


Moderator: Peter Styles, Chairman Electricty Committee, Member of the Board EFET, UK
09:30 - 09:40 How measures to improve liquidity in the Czech electricity market can help the whole region Ladislav Pazdera, Director of the Electro Energy Department, Ministry of Industry & Trade, Czech Republic
09:40 - 10:00 Restructuring the East European electricty sector to fit with a competitve market Alan Svoboda, Exective Director Sales and Trading, CEZ, Czech Republic
10:00 - 10:20 Importance of crossborder transmission capacity auctions for international energy trading Armin Stoltz, Head of Business Unit, Central & Eastern Europe Market, ATEL, Switzerland
10:20 - 10:40 How can we overcome obstacles to wholesale electricity trading in the region Tahir Kapetanovic, Director Electricity, E-Control, Austria
10:40 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30 Round Table Traders and TSO's:

Moderator: Peter Styles

Discussion Topics:

  • The development of flow based coordinated auctions in CEE and SEE regions process of establishment of Auction Office in CEE region
  • Relations between development of trade and reliability of operation of interconnected power systems
  • Problem of coordination of operation of power systems (establishment of regional/European-wide coordination center(s)

TSOs:
Manfred Pils
, Head of Unit Market Management, Verbund Austrian Power Grid AG, Austria
Jacek Ratz, Director Cross Border Congestion Management, PSE Operator, Poland
Zbynek Boldis, Executive Director and Member of the Board, CEPS, Czech Republic

Traders:
Janusz Bil
, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Market Developments, Vattenfall, Poland
Ludek Horn, Head Front office, CEZ, Czech Republic
Janusz Kurzak, Head Advisor Poland, Sempra Trading, UK

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch



Electricity Trading in CEE Region  top
Wednesday 6 June 2007 Session 1


Moderator: Peter Styles, Chairman Electricity Committee, Member of the Board EFET, UK
14:00 - 14:30 Prospects for a better linkage of the Polish market with the surrounding national electricty markets Zbigniew Olszewski, Board member Polish Energy Trading Association (TOE), CEO EGL Polska, Poland
14:30 - 15:00 Analysis of which countries require wholesale licenses and why Jan Haizmann, Secretary EFET Legal Committee
15:00 - 15:30 Prospects for harmonization of trading conditions throughout the region, APT perspective

alternative speech: Are reference prices for wholesale power reliable in the region (case of Hungary)
Regina Mandic, Head of Sales International, APT, Austria


Replacement: Jozsef Balogh, Central European Origination and Trading Manager, EDF Trading, UK
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 What the traders think are the key obstacles to development of the wholesale power market (PricewaterhouseCoopers survey results) Erwin Smole, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Austria
16:30 - 16:45 This is the last call, please proceed to the gate PXE David Kucera, CEO, Prague Energy Exchange PXE, Czech Republic
16:45 - 18:00 Panel Discussion



Gas Trading in CEE Region  top
Wednesday 6 June 2007 Session 2


Moderator: Colin Lyle, Board Member and Gas Committee Chairman, EFET
11:30 - 12:00 European regulator's view on the intergration of the market
  • what is still needed to create a regional gas market?
Michael Schmöltzer, Director Gas Department, E-Control Austria, Chair Gas System Operation, Gas working Group CEER
12:00 - 12:30 Storage Projects in Eastern Europe:
  • examples of storage projects, issues and impact on gas market
  • getting access to storage
Lubor Veleba, Senior Manager Storage Sales, RWE Transgas, Czech Republic
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Current developments in the Hungarian gas market, and the effects on the region
  • prospects for gas trading
  • commercial strategies for the expansion and use of storage
Bibor Riesz,  Deputy Head of Regulatory Management, E.ON Foldgaz Storage Zrt, Hungary
14:30 - 15:00 The role of gas transmission in facilitating gas trade
  • how can TSO's help the development of gas markets and improve the conditions for gas trade?
Milan Sedlacek, Head of Business Development, SPP-preprava, Slovak Republic
15:00 - 15:30 Prospects for market-based pricing in CEE
  • will Baumgarten be the price reference point for gas?
  • how will energy trading expand and with what commercial effects?
Stephan Ressl, Head of Business Development, EconGas, Austria
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 Panel discussion:

Moderator: Colin Lyle

Establishing competition and trading in CEE gas markets

  • How will national gas markets change over the next few years?
  • Where will CEE regional integration start?
  • What are the expectations of stakeholders and will these be met
  • Are release gas programmes creating competition in gas supply?

Panelists:
Lubor Veleba, Senior Manager Storage Sales, RWE Transgas, Czech Republic
Milan Sedlacek, Head of Business Development, SPP-preprava, Slovak Republic
Cyryl Federowicz, Managing Director, PGNiG, Poland




Electricity Trading  top
Thursday 7 June 2007 Session 3


Moderator: Benedikt Messner, Chairman EFET Task Force CEE, Head of Trading Central & Eastern Europe, E.ON Sales & Trading GmbH, Germany, Member of the Management Board of E.ON Polska
09:00 - 09:30 South Eastern Europe: how far from an integrated market are we? Alfred Schuch, Energy Community Secretariat, Austria
09:30 - 10:00 The Bulgarian electricity market on the threshold of liberalization Viktoria Popovska, Head of Electricity Market Operator Division, Elektroenergien Sistemen Operator EAD, NEK, Bulgaria
10:00 - 10:30 New opportunities on the liberalized Bulgarian electricity market Rumiana Georgieva, Executive Director, Energy Partners, Bulgaria
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Romania: Recent market developments Aurel Mindrican, Director Energy Trading Department, Romelectro, Board Member, Association of Electricity Suppliers in Romania, A.F.E.E.R, Romania
11:30 - 12:00 Experiences from Romania Vojkan Tomasevic, Manager - Short Term Trading South East Europe, EFT Switzerland and Director General, EFT Romania, Romania
12:00 - 12:30 Restructuring of the Hungarian electricity market Gergely Legradi, Senior Counsel, Rein and Partners Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Head of the legal committee MVKE (Association of Hungarian Electricity Traders), Hungary
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 A need for harmonization of CBC allocation in SEE Snezana Mijalovic, Deputy General Manager of Electricity Coordinating Center, (EKC) Serbia
14:30 - 15:00 Requirements for a working Serbian electricity hub Vladimir Marjanovic, Head of Trading, Rudnap Group, Serbia
15:00 - 15:30 Competitive mechanisms of electricity import and export operations in Ukraine Yuri Kubrushko, General Director, IMEPOWER Consulting, Ukraine
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break, end of conference



Emissions Trading  top
Thursday 7 June 2007 Session 4


Moderator: Hervé Gueguen, Emissions Originator, EDF Trading, UK
09:00 - 09:30 The CDM/JI Market and its Implications on players in CEE
  • Buyers, sellers & market places 
  • Arising opportunities for CEE players 
  • Pricing scenarios for CDM/JI credits
Clemens Hüttner, Head of Carbon Investment Advisory, 3C group, Germany
09:30 - 10:00 Allocation Methodology for Bulgaria power and cogeneration sectors Christo Christov, Director Energy Institute, Bulgaria
10:00 - 10:30 CO2 impact on other commodities trading
  • Impact of EUA prices on wholesale prices
  • Impact of carbon markets on corporate strategy and decision making
Andrzej Kreft, International Trading Director, Everen, Poland
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Verified emissions data Markus Knödlseder, Carbon Management Service, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, Germany
11:30 - 12:00 Emissions reduction opportunities within the EU-ETS in CEE Tomas Chmelik, Environmental Products, CEZ, Czech Republic
12:00 - 12:30 Panel Discussion

  • Issues with the implementation of the Kyoto protocol and EU ETS in new member states
  • Use of JI reserves
  • Impact of price and regulatory uncertainty on investment signals

Panelists:
Above speakers plus Christo Christov, Director, Energy Institute, Bulgaria

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Kyoto eligibility: delivery risk for CER's and EUA's Claude Brown, Partner, Clifford Chance, UK
14:30 - 15:00 Linkage ITL with CITL Istvan Bart, DG Environment, European Commission (video conference presentation)
15:00 - 15:30 Panel discussion 
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break, end of conference



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