Bulgaria’s Green Energy Challenge

SESSION I
National Priorities and EU Commitments

• The Eurozone Crisis and EU’s Energy Targets
• The Outlook for SE Europe
• The Bulgarian RES Market

Introductory Remarks by:

Mr. Costis Stambolis, Executive Director, IENE, Greece

• Dr. Tudor Constantinescu, Principal Adviser, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission, Brussels
• Mr. John Chadjivasiliadis, Consulting Engineer, Secretary General of IENE, Greece
• Mr. Velizar Kiriakov, Chairman, Association of Producers of Ecological Energy (APEE), Bulgaria

SESSION II
Panel Discussion: Can RES growth be sustained under the new legal framework?

Moderator:

Lulin Radulov PhD, Assoc. professor, Director of the BSREC and Member of the Board of Thustees of Technical University of Sofia

Keynote Speaker:

Mr. Nikola Gazdov, Chairman, Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association (BPVA)

Panel Participants:

• Mr. George Ftikas, Lawyer, KLC, Bulgaria
• Mrs. Dilyana Ivanova, Partner, Ivanova & Ivanova Law Office, Bulgaria
• Mr. Nickolay Kiskinov, Lawyer, Penkov, Markov & Partners, Bulgaria
• Mr. Nikola Gazdov, Chairman, Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association

SESSION III
Strategies and Policies for Promoting RES and Energy Efficiency (Financing, Investment, Innovations and employment opportunities)

Presentations by:

• Mrs. Mariyana Yaneva, Deputy Executive Director, Bulgarian Wind Energy Association (BGWEA)
• Prof. Nikola Kaloyanov, Deputy dean of Technical University Sofia & Member of Board of Directors of Bulgarian Green Building Council (BGBC)
• Mr. Krasimir Naydenov, Director of Directorate "Information and Analysis", Sustainable Energy Development Agency (SEDA)
• Mr. Sebastian Noethlichs, Executive Director, BGWEA, Bulgaria

SESSION IV
Bulgaria’s Green Energy Challenge: The Long View

Presentations by:

• Mr. Kostas Theofylaktos, Chairman, Hellenic Association for the Cogeneration of Heat and Power, Greece
• Mr. MarkAnthony Chesner, Director - Project Development of The National Association for Transfer of Technologies, Bulgaria
• Mr. Vassil Petev, Member, BPVA, "The technical/financial model for balancing RES in Bulgaria"