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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
as at 29.4.2014
WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
19:30-21:00
Welcome Cocktail Reception
Pre-Registration
THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
08.00 – 9.00
Registration – Coffee
09:00 -10.00
Welcoming Remarks
Anthony Livanios, CEO, Energy Stream CMG GmbH, Germany
Official Opening
Keynote Speaker
Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance, Cyprus
10.00 – 11.30
The Geopolitics of the East Mediterranean gas
upstream: impact on the European and Western energy
security
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What are the priorities of the EU energy policy in Eastern
Mediterranean?
What is the impact of an Israeli and Cypriot strategic partnership
in the development of their hydrocarbons?
The US foreign energy policy in East Mediterranean: what is the
impact on Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, and Greece?
How will the Cypriot and Israeli governments tackle Turkey?
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John M. Koenig, Ambassador of the United States in Cyprus, USA
Michael Lotem, Special Envoy for Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Sir Tom Phillips, former Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel, Senior
Adviser to PGW Ltd., UK
Angus Miller, former Energy Advisor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and
Founding Director Quinsec Security Management Ltd., UK
Maite de Boncourt, Research Fellow, Centre for Energy, French Institute of
International Relations (IFRI), France
Moderator: Anthony Livanios, CEO, Energy Stream CMG GmbH, Germany
11.30 – 12.00
Networking Coffee Break
12.00 – 14.00
Current Challenges and Future Prospects of the Cypriot and
Israeli deep offshore drilling
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What are the current developments of deep offshore drilling in
Cyprus?
What are the main goals of the Cypriot energy policy?
How do the Cypriot and Israeli gas discoveries strengthen the
European energy security?
Cypriot and Israeli gas: Can they be produced jointly at Vassilikos
liquefaction plant?
What are the commercial and geopolitical challenges for Cyprus and
Israel?
Toula Onoufriou, Chairman, Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company, Cyprus
Yaniv Friedman, Vice President, Strategy, Avner Oil Exploration, Israel
Adam Hedayat, Vice President, SeaNG, Canada
Matthew Bryza, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, USA
George Papanastasiou, Managing Director, VVT Vasilikos Ltd., Cyprus
Moderator: Angus Miller, former Energy Advisor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
14.00 – 15.00
Lunch
15.00 - 17.00
Prospects of the East Mediterranean Gas Industry and Investment
Opportunities in gas infrastructure
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How much gas does the EU need from the Eastern Mediterranean?
How will the EU facilitate investments in Cyprus and Israel in order to
secure future gas exports from Eastern Mediterranean?
What are the investment opportunities in gas infrastructure in Eastern
Mediterranean?
Which region will the future gas supply imports into the EU come
from?
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Antonis Paschalides, former Minister for Energy, Commerce & Industry of Cyprus
Amit Mor, CEO, ECO Energy, Israel
Daniel D. Stein, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Energy Resources U.S. Department of
State, USA
Constantinos Taliotis, PwC Partner, Assurance, In Charge of Energy Team, PwC
Ltd., Cyprus
Emmanuel Raptopoulos, COO, Head of Southern Europe & Managing Director
Greece & Cyprus, SAP, Germany
Christina Hioureas, Senior Associate, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, N. York, USA
Moderator: Giovanni Del Conte, Chairman INDAGRO S.A, Switzerland
19.30-21.30
Cocktails & Dinner
FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
09.00 - 09.30 Welcome coffee
09.30-10.00 Keynote Speaker
Nicos Kouyialis, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Environment, Cyprus
10.00-11.30
East Mediterranean LNG to the
Cyprus: Prospects and Challenges
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EU
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Israel
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What are the Israeli and Cypriot LNG plans?
What quantities of gas will Israel export to the EU?
Gas pipeline to Turkey: Is it geopolitically feasible?
Gas pipeline to Greece: Is it commercially viable?
Can East Mediterranean gas feed into the Southern Gas Corridor?
Opening Address: Nicholas Papadopoulos, President, Parliamentary
Committee of Economic Affairs, Cyprus
Solon Kassinis, frm Vice President – KRETYK, Managing Director, Kassinis
International Consulting Company, Cyprus
Gina Cohen, Energy Expert, Israel
Alexis Pelekis, Partner, Pelekis Law firm, Greece
Stavriana Kofteros, Deputy Press Spokesperson, Special Entrepreneurship &
RDI Adviser Democratic Rally, Cyprus
Kostas Andriosopoulos, Assistant Professor in Finance and Energy Economics,
and Executive Director, Research Centre for Energy Management, ESCP Europe
Business School, London, UK
Moderator: Gary Lakes, Director, Energy Program, ERPIC, Cyprus
Energy Stream CMG GmbH: Platz der Einheit 1, 60 327 Frankfurt, Germany, T: +49 69 9750 3225, F: +49 69 9750 3200
www.energystreamcmg.com,
[email protected]
11:30-12:00
12:00-14.00
Coffee Break
Natural Gas prospects from Russia, the Caspian and
Mediterranean: in search of European Energy Security
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What are the current gas trade relations between the EU, Russia
and the Caspian?
How much gas will East Mediterranean export to Europe after the
production of Tamar, Leviathan and Aphrodite gas fields?
How much gas will Israel export to Europe?
What are the geopolitics of gas trade in Russia, the Caspian and the
Mediterranean regions?
Theodoulos Mesimeris, Head of Climate Change, Department of Environment,
Ministry of Natural Resources, Cyprus
George Papadopoulos, Consultant at Hudson Institute, Washington DC, USA
Anthony Livanios, CEO Energy Stream CMG GmbH, Germany
George Pelaghias, Director, European Rim Policy and Investment Network, Cyprus
Vlasios Voudouris, CEO ABM Analytics and Affiliate Professor (Energy &
Commodities), ESCP Europe Business School, London, UK
Moderator and Concluding Remarks:
Angus Miller, former Energy Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and
Founding Director Quinsec Security Management Ltd., UK
14.00-15.00
Lunch
END OF CONFERENCE
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Energy Stream CMG GmbH: Platz der Einheit 1, 60 327 Frankfurt, Germany, T: +49 69 9750 3225, F: +49 69 9750 3200
www.energystreamcmg.com,
[email protected]

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