Speeches, Day 2

Plenary Session I
Are there common priorities for the European Union and Black-Caspian Sea region to ensure energy security?

Volodymyr Makukha,
Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy, Ukraine

Faouzi Bensarsa,
Adviser for energy issues, Directorate-General for External Relations of EC, and for the Commissioner for External Relations

Ursula Gacek,
Member of the European Parliament from Poland

Altai Efendiyev,
Deputy Secretary General, BSEC

Sabukhi Temirov,
Deputy Secretary General, Organization for Democracy and Economic Development GUAM

Pavlo Sultanskyi,
Director, Economic Cooperation Department, MFA of Ukraine

Stephan de Spiegeleire,
Senior Researcher, the Hague Center for Strategic Studies, the Netherlands

Ingolf Kiesow,
Ambassador and Senior Research Fellow, Research Director, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, Stockholm, Sweden



Plenary Session II
National energy strategies vs. regional synergies

Friedemann Muller,
Non-residential Senior Researcher, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany

Michael Gaul,
Deputy Director of the Defense and Security Economics Directorate, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO Headquarters in Brussels

Bohdan Sokolovskyi,
Special Representative of President of Ukraine for International Energy Security Issues, Ukraine

Margarita Balmaceda,
Associate Professor, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University and Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, USA

Andrew Monaghan,
Research Advisor, Research Division, NATO Defense College

Serhiy Korsunskyi,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Turkey



Workshop 1
Business decisions and corporate interests vs. energy security and regional synergies

Boris Nemtsov,
Member of the Federal Political Council of the political party SPS, Russian Federation

Patrick van Daele,
General Manager, Shell Ukraine Exploration and Production

Levent Ozgul,
Botas (Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation), Strategy & Business Development Manager, Turkey

Simon Pirani,
Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK

Giorgi Vashakmadze,
Director, Corporate Development, GUEU White Stream



Workshop 2
Alternative energy sources and energy efficiency – increased energy security?

Kevin Rosner,
Senior Fellow, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, USA

Valeriy Borovyk,
Chairman of the Board, Alliance “New Energy of Ukraine”, Ukraine

Heikki Lehtimaki,
Managing Director, Plan Energy Ltd, Finland

Inigo Arencibia Gonzalez,
Project Manager, Central and Eastern Europe PEP - Energy Efficiency, International Finance Corporation



Plenary Session III
Ways to improve relations between producers, transit and consumer countries of energy for stronger european energy security

Mikhail Krutikhin,
Russian Energy Bulletin, Editor, Russia

James Sherr,
Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs Chatham House, United Kingdom

Mykhailo Honchar,
Director of Energy Programs, NOMOS Center, Ukraine

Oleksandr Narbut,
Independent Expert, Ukraine

Tim Gould,
Programme Manager - Caspian, Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Office for Global Energy Dialogue, International Energy Agency