LNG South East Europe Conference

Thursday, November 24, 2011

“LNG Journal”, the world’s leading LNG publication, organizes the LNG South East Europe Conference on “Supply Diversification, Trading and Operational Challenges for the Region”. The Conference takes place on Thursday 24thNovember 2011, in Athens, Greece (Metropolitan Hotel). The Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE) is the Media Partner of this important energy event.

This conference focuses on gas supply diversification challenges for the region at a time of rising LNG prices and global competition for LNG supplies between countries reliant on vulnerable pipeline gas.

Greece as an emerging hub for LNG in the SEE region hosts this year's conference, and our expert speakers will highlight strategic and operational challenges to securing the region's energy future; from the evolution of LNG as a secure fuel to meet the growing needs of SEE markets through to infrastructure and market development needs and challenges in LNG transportation and shipping.

Speakers include:

• Spiros Paleoyannis, Vice Chairman & Deputy CEO, Public Gas Corporation of Greece – DEPA
• Ioannis Desypris, Executive Director - Regulatory Affairs, Mytilineos Holdings S.A. and Chairman, Institute of Energy SEE (IENE)
• Markus Brokhof, Head of the Gas Supply & SEE division and Member of Executive Management, EGL Group
• Nina Grall, Head of ECRB section- Regulatory Affairs, Energy Community Secretariat
• Anastasios Giamouridis, Associate, Gas Supply Division, Public Gas Corporation of Greece – DEPA
• Gerasimos Avlonitis, Head of Energy Systems Analysis Department, Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE)
• Konstantinos Gkonis, Research Department, Barry Rogliano Salles Shipbrokers
• Gokhan Yardim, General Manager, Angoragaz Import Export Wholesale
• Panayotis Kanellopoulos, Managing Director, M&M Gas Company
• Konstantinos Chronis, Assistant Director, Fuels, Purchasing and Logistics Department, Public Power Corporation SA

The conference will address:

• The supply and demand for LNG in the SEE region
• Establishing a robust trading market
• Market integration across the SEE region
• Competing with larger markets with higher demand and higher prices
• Infrastructure developments and project updates
• LNG shipping capacity, investment and operational effectiveness
• LNG supply sources from the Middle East
• Regasification and storage capacity in the SE European region
  

Attend this conference to meet fellow natural gas and LNG professionals and solutions to achieve gas securitisation in the region.