The global gas community’s eyes are fixated on the European market with declining domestic production and new sources of imports central to the current debate. With the ongoing developments in the DG Comp case involving Gazprom and Naftogaz, the upcoming elections in Germany, the release of the European Commission’s Quo Vadis Study at the end of the year and the continuing trend towards a low-carbon future, gas will play an important role in Europe’s future.
The 11th Annual European Gas Conference is perfectly timed for your business to address this market activity. Ideally located in the heart of Europe to facilitate and support key discussions spanning the entire region with a focus on Eastern Europe, the event attracts over 340 industry professionals, is hosted alongside OMV and boasts the largest delegation of Gazprom attendees compared to any other European event. This is a conference that cannot be missed.
Here are a selection of highlights from the 2017 agenda at the European Gas Conference 2017:
16 hours of formal and informal networking to cement those new and existing business relationships – annual highlights include Speed Networking allowing an opportunity to meet and exchange business cards with all the delegates in 30 minutes, as well as the Gala Dinner and the Awards evening
Keynote Panel Debate on the competitiveness of Natural Gas and understanding how the EU’s “aggressive” targets for renewables and CO2 emissions’ reduction will impact future gas demand with Keynote Panellists including H.E. Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum
Networking with OMV senior executives including:
– Manfred Leitner, Member of the Executive Board, Responsible for Downstream, OMV AG
– Reinhard Mitschek, SVP Gas Transport International, OMV
– Andy Williamson, Head of Supply, LNG, Commercial Operations & Trading – Market Access, OMV Gas Marketing & Trading GmbH
– Erich Holzer, Managing Director – Gas Storage, OMV
Networking and the opportunity to hear from Europe’s biggest gas supplier, Gazprom. With over 20 executives including Viktor Zubkov, Chairman, Gazprom Board of Directors, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with Gas Exporting Countries Forum and Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom.
We offered the chance to take part in our Executives Roundtable on ‘The role of gas after the Paris Agreement’ to assess COP 21 objectives and COP22 outcomes; discussing the way forward to set up gas as the best partner for renewables; and find out how renewables will impact on the role of gas.
Paul Corcoran, Chief Financial Officer, Nord Stream 2 took part in a panel discussion addressing the importance and benefits of Nord Stream 2 to the region’s gas supply
