Keynote speakers at the opening day on the 10th of May, 2012.
Please refer to the programme for further details.

State of the Union: Achieving the Internal Market

Chairman:
Claude Mandil (Former Director IEA, confirmed)
Speakers:
Philip Lowe (Director General, European Commission – DG Energy, confirmed)
David Newbery (Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge, confirmed)
Panelists:
Inge Bernaerts (Head of Unit, European Commission – DG Energy, confirmed)
Guido Bortoni (AEEG, confirmed)
Daniel Dobbeni (President, ENTSO-E; CEO, Elia, confirmed)
Alberto Pototschnig (Director, ACER, confirmed)
Pippo Ranci (Professor of Financial Ethics, Cattolica University, confirmed)
Juan Perez (Director – Strategy & Business Development, EPEX Spot, confirmed)

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State of the Union: Mitigating Climate Change

Chairman:
Denny Ellerman (Director, Climate Policy Research Unit (LdP/EUI), confirmed)
Speakers:
Carlo Carraro (Rector of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice; Coordinator, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Programme (FEEM), confirmed)
Jos Delbeke (Director General, European Commission – DG Climate Action, confirmed)
Panelists:
Carlos Batlle (Associate Research Professor, University of Comillas, confirmed)
Ronnie Belmans (Professor of  Electric Power and Energy Systems, University of Leuven; Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elia, confirmed)
Simon Blakey (Special Envoy, Eurogas, confirmed)
Karsten Neuhoff (Head of Department Climate Policy, DIW Berlin, confirmed)
Jorge Vasconcelos (Chairman, NEWES, confirmed)

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State of the Union: Implementing Security of Supply

Chairman:
Leigh Hancher (Professor of European Law, University of Tilburg, confirmed)
Speakers:
Jeff Makholm (Senior Vice President, NERA, confirmed)
Walter Boltz (Managing Director at E-Control; Vice President at CEER; Vice Chair, ACER’S Regulatory Board, confirmed)

Panelists:
Jacques de Jong (Senior Fellow, CIEP, confirmed)
Francisco de la Flor (President, GLE, confirmed)
Helmut Schmitt von Sydow (Professor of European Law, University of Lausanne, confirmed)

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 State of the Union: 3 Energy Pillars or 3 Energy Policies?

Chairman:
Jean-Michel Glachant (Director, Florence School of Regulation (FSR); Holder, Loyola de Palacio Chair (LdP) at the EUI, confirmed)
Speakers:
Heinz Hilbrecht (Former Director, European Commission – DG Energy, confirmed)
Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga (MIT & University of Comillas, confirmed)

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Roundtable

Chairman:
Simon Wright (The Economist, confirmed)
Speakers:
Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco, (President and CEO, GE Europe & North Asia, GE Germany, confirmed)
Jean-François Cirelli (President, Eurogas; President, GdF Suez, confirmed)
Fernand Felzinger (President, IFIEC Europe, confirmed)
Jürgen Groβmann (CEO, RWE, confirmed)
Christian von Hirschhausen (Professor of Infrastructure Policy, Berlin University of Technology; Research Director at German Institute for Economic Research DIW Berlin, confirmed)
Umberto Vergine (Director General, Eni, confirmed)

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