4 октября К. Симонов участвовал в работе международной конференции в Будапеште (Венгрия)

Центральный европейский университет в Будапеште (Венгрия) 4 октября провел международную конференцию, посвященную проблемам Южного газового коридора: The End of the Pipeline Saga? Southern Corridor and South Stream in the Making.

Организаторы заявляли, что целью мероприятия является поиск баланса между интересами производителей и потенциальных потребителей углеовдородов. Генеральный директор ФНЭБ Константин Симонов выступил с докладом в третьей панели конференции: Is the rivalry over? – Political aspects of the new pipelines.

Программа мероприятия (на англ. яз.)

Time: October 4, 2013 (Friday)

Venue: Auditorium, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 

This three-panel expert conference is dedicated to the Southern Corridor issues in a broad sense. We would like to use this opportunity to give an overview of European gas dilemmas with a strong focus on South Eastern Europe pipeline economics and politics. The conference aims to keep a healthy balance between producers’ representatives and potential consumers, providing a forum for a vivid economic and political debate on these approaching matters.

Preliminary Program (As of September 12, 2013) 

09.00 – 09.30   Registration 

09.30 – 09.40   Opening Remarks 

            John Shattuck, President and Rector, Central European University, Hungary 

09.40 – 10.20   Keynote Speech 

            Murat Mercan, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey

            Péter Hónig, Former Minister of Energy, Transport and Communication, Hungary 

10.20 – 12.20   Panel I.

The European gas market through the producers’ glance 

Chair:   Christof van Agt, Senior Researcher, Clingendael Institute, Netherlands 

            László Varró, Head of Gas, Coal and Power Division, IEA, France

            Andrey Konoplyanik, Adviser, Gazpromexport, Russia

            Nikolay Kaveshnikov, Head of Department of European Integration Studies, MGIMO, Russia

            Ingilab Ahmadov, Dean, School of Economics and Management, Khazar University, Azerbaijan

12.20 – 13.10   Buffet Lunch 

13.10 – 15.10   Panel II.

The economics of new supply in Southern Europe 

Chair:   András Deák, Associate Fellow, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary 

            István Zsoldos, Chief Economist, MOL Group, Hungary

            Gulmira Rzayeva, SAM, Azerbaijan

            Haris Boko, Chief Advisor, Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar, Croatia

            Ilin Stanev, Journalist, Energy Expert, Capital, Bulgaria 

15.10 – 15.30   Coffee Break 

15.30 – 17.30   Panel III.

Is the rivalry over? – Political aspects of the new pipelines 

Chair:   Andrej Nosko, Senior Program Officer at Think Tank Fund, Open Society Foundations (tbc) 

            Konstantin Simonov, Director, Russian Energy Security Fund, Russia

            Elnur Soltanov, Assistant Professor, ADA, Azerbaijan

            Ana Otilia Nutu, Expert Forum, Romania

            Vito Bobek, Professor, FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Austria

17.30 – 17.45   Concluding Remark 

            Péter Balázs, Director, CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies, Hungary