Thank you

Back together in Lucerne!

On behalf of Torben Brabo, President of GIE, we thank you very much for participating to the 18th edition of the GIE Annual Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland on 12 & 13 October 2021.

We hope you enjoyed the keynote addresses, the presentations and the panel discussions. Commissioner Kadri Simson and many high level speakers delivered important messages on recent and future developments relevant for the gas and gas infrastructure industry.

The 2021 edition was organised as a hybrid event, with both an online audience and participants attending the event at the KKL venue in Lucerne.

All presented materials, photo galleries and videos will be made available to registered participants this week  : please check your mailbox for updates.

With the precious support of our Swiss hosting companies Erdgas Ostschweiz, Erdgas Zentralschweiz, GAZNAT, Gasverbund Mittelland, Swissgas and Transitgas ,we hope you enjoyed the wonderful Gala Dinner at the Swiss Museum of Transport and the undeniable charm of Lucerne.

As announced by Mr Ákos Kriston, CEO of Hungarian Gas Storage and Mr György Berze, CEO of HEXUM Földgáz Zrt., next year’s GIE Annual Conference will take place in Budapest on 7-8 April 2022.

The GIE Conference Team

Programme

Check the line-up here!

GIE Annual Conference 2021 Programme
(PDF, 4MB)

Tuesday 12 October

8:30 – 9:30 | Back together: Let’s  have a coffee
Welcome coffee and registration in the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL)

9:30 – 10:05 | From Switzerland to Brussels: Building a decarbonised world together
Moderated by Boyana Achovski | Secretary General at GIE

• Torben Brabo | President at GIE & Senior Vice President, Energinet Group
• René Bautz | CEO at Gaznat
• André Dosé | President at Swissgas
• Kadri Simson | EU Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
• Blaž Košorok | State Secretary for Energy, Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU
• Benoît Revaz | State Secretary, Director at the Federal Office of Energy of Switzerland

10:05 – 11:05 | Fit for 55 Package: Setting the way towards 2030
Moderated by Thierry Trouvé | CEO at GRTGaz

Keynote Speech : A World Energy Outlook insight towards 2030

• Keisuke Sadamori | Director for Energy Markets and Security, IEA

Panel Discussion

• Clara de la Torre | Deputy Director General at DG for Climate Action, European Commission
• Maria Spyraki | MEP at European Parliament
• Giles Dickson | CEO at WindEurope
• Charles-Henri Robert | Executive Director Climate Change and Energy and Industrial Policy at CEFIC
• Harald Stindl | Managing Director at Gas Connect Austria & GTE President
• Ilaria Conti | Head of Gas at Florence School of Regulation (FSR)

11:05 – 11:50: Coffee break (45 min)

11:50 – 13:15 | Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Package
Regulatory framework for hydrogen: what’s coming next
By Ralph Bahke | Managing Director at ONTRAS & GIE New Gases Area Sponsor

Hydrogen developments in the Netherlands
By Helmie Botter | Manager Business Development Hydrogen at Gasunie

Hydrogen Talk
Moderated by Dr Axel Wietfeld | CEO at Uniper Hydrogen GmbH & GSE President

• Tudor Constantinescu | Principal Advisor at DG ENER, European Commission
• Dennis Hesseling | Head of Department Infrastructure, Gas & Retail at ACER
• Jorgo Chatzimarkakis | CEO at Hydrogen Europe
• Suzana Carp | The voice of NGOs & civil society
• Jan Ingwersen | General Director at ENTSOG

13:15 – 14:30: Lunch break (1h15 min)

14:30 – 14:45 | The European Clean H2 Alliance – Kicking off the H2 economy

• Bart Jan Hoevers | President at ENTSOG

14:45 – 15:45 | Decarbonising the European regions with gas infrastructure
Moderated by Piotr Kuś | Deputy Director for Gas Market Development at GAZ SYSTEM & GIE CH4 Area Sponsor

• Greg Molnár | Gas Analyst at International Energy Agency (IEA)
• Tsvetelina Penkova | MEP – S&D, Bulgaria, European Parliament
• Olga Bielkova | Director on Government and International Affairs at LLC Gas TSO of Ukraine
• László Fritsch | CEO at Hungarian Gas Trade
• Milan Sedláček | Head of EU affairs & strategy at Eustream
• Alex Barnes | Director at Alex Barnes & Associates LTD & Global Gas Centre
• Lenka Kovačovská | General Director, Czech Gas Association

15h45 – 16h15: Coffee break (30 min)

16:15 – 17:15 | Collaboration for the methane emissions abatement
Moderated by Francisco de la Flor | Director at Enagás, GIE and MARCOGAZ Board Member and GIE System Operation & Development Area sponsor

• Brendan Devlin | Adviser for Strategy & foresight at DG ENER, European Commission
• Karolina Čegir | Senior Gas Expert at Energy Community
• Andris Piebalgs | Professor at Florence School of Regulation (FSR) & Adviser to the President of Latvia
• Jasmine Urisk | Executive Director at Canadian Energy Partnership for Environmental Innovation
• Scott Foster | Director Sustainable Energy Division at UNECE

19:30 – Boat cruise over the lake of Lucerne
& Gala dinner at the transport Museum of Lucerne.

Wednesday 13 October

 09:30-10:00 | Doors opening and wake up coffee

 10:00 – 10:10 | Opening remarks

• Roxana Caliminte | GIE Deputy Secretary General
• MEP Cristian Bușoi | ITRE Committee chair at European Parliament

10:10 – 11:10 | Consumers at the core of the energy transition
Moderated by Jean-Marc Leroy | President of the French Gas Association and Honorary GIE President

• Camille Bonenfant-Jeanneney | CEO at Storengy & GIE Disruptive Energy Area Sponsor
• Dimitri Vergne | Team leader for sustainability at the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)
• Benoît Esnault | Head of Interconnections & European Affairs Department at CRE & Vice-Chair of CEER’s Gas WG
• Federica Sabbati | Secretary General at European Heating Industry (EHI)
• James Watson | Secretary General at Eurogas

11h10 – 11h40: Coffee break (30 min)

11:40 – 12:20 | Hydrogen: The race for colours
Moderated by Anne-Sophie Corbeau | Global Research Scholar at Center on Global Energy Policy

• Niko Bosnjak | Representing European Hydrogen Backbone vision
• Peter Claes | President at IFIEC Europe
• Wim Groenendijk | Managing Director at Gate Terminal
• Vittorio Musazzi | Representative from H2GAR

12:20 – 13:20 | Decarbonising transport
Moderated by Arno Büx | Fluxys Chief Commercial Officer & GLE President

• Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu | Deputy Head of Cabinet of EU Commissioner Adina Valean
• Claudio Rodriguez | General Director for infrastructure at Enagás
• Steve Esau | General Manager at SEA-LNG
• Mads Peter Zacho | Head of Industry Transition at Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
• Philip Scarth | General Manager Arbon R&D Center & Head of Open Innovation at FPT Industrial

13:20 – 13:30 | Towards 2022 & beyond

• Ákos Kriston | CEO at Hungarian Gas Storage
• György Berze | CEO at HEXUM Földgáz Zrt.
• Boyana Achovski | GIE Secretary General

13h30 – 15h00: Lunch time

Presented Materials

Networking / Around the Conference - Day 1
Networking / Around the Conference - Day 2
VR Experience
DAY ONE | OPENING | From Switzerland to Brussels : Building a decarbonised world together
Boyana Achovski, Secretary General, GIE
Torben Brabo, President, GIE & Senior Vice President, Energinet Group
René Bautz, CEO, Gaznat
André Dosé, President, Swissgas
Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
Blaž Košorok, State Secretary for Energy, Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU
Benoît Revaz,  State Secretary, Director of the Federal Office of Energy of Switzerland
Fit for 55 Package: Setting the way towards 2030
Keynote Speech : A World Energy Outlook insight towards 2030 Keisuke Sadamori, Director for Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency
Panel Discussion / Moderator Thierry Trouvé, CEO, GRTgaz
Clara de la Torre, Deputy Director General, DG for Climate Action European Commission
Maria Spyraki, MEP, European Parliament
Giles Dickson, CEO, WindEurope
Charles-Henri Robert, Executive Director Climate Change and Energy and Industrial Policy, CEFIC
Harald Stindl, Managing Director, Gas Connect Austria & President, GTE
Ilaria Conti, Head of Gas, Florence School of Regulation (FSR)
Coffee Break
Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Package
Regulatory Framework for hydrogen: what's coming next Ralph Bahke, Managing Director, ONTRAS & New Gases Area Sponsor, GIE
Hydrogen developments in The Netherlands Helmie Botter, Manager Business Development Hydrogen Gasunie
Hydrogen Talk / Moderator Dr Axel Wietfeld, CEO, Uniper Hydrogen GmbH & President, GSE
Tudor Constantinescu, Principal Advisor at DG ENER, European Commission
Dennis Hesseling, Head of Department Infrastructure, Gas & Retail ACER
Jorgo Chatzamarkakis, CEO, Hydrogen Europe
Suzana Carp, The voice of NGOs & civil society
Jan Ingwersen, General Director, ENTSOG
Lunch break
The European Clean H2 Alliance - Kicking off in the H2 economy
Keynote Speech Bart Jan Hoevers, President, ENTSOG
Decarbonising the European regions with gas infrastructure
Moderator / Panel Discussion Piotr Kuś, Deputy Director for Gas Market Development, GAZ-SYSTEM & CH4 Area Sponsor, GIE
Greg Molnár, Gas Analyst, International Energy Agency
Tsvetelina Penkova, MEP, S&D Bulgaria, European Parliament
Olga Bielkova, Director on Government and International Affairs, LLC Gas TSO of Ukraine
Milan Sedláček, Head of EU affairs & strategy, Eustream
László Fritsch, CEO, Hungarian Gas Trade
Alex Barnes, Director, Alex Barnes & Associates LTD & Global Gas Centre
Lenka Kovačovská, General Director, Czech Gas Association
Collaboration for the methane emissions abatement
Moderator / Panel Discussion Francisco de la Flor, Director, Enagás – Board Member, GIE and MARCOGAZ – System Operation& Development Area sponsor, GIE
Brendan Devlin, Adviser for Strategy & Foresight at DG ENER European Commission
Karolina Čegir, Senior Gas expert, Energy Community
Andris Piebalgs, Professor, Florence School of Regulation (FSR) – Adviser to the President of Latvia
Jasmine Urisk, Executive Director, Canadian Energy Partnership for Environmental Innovation
Scott Foster, Director Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE
Gala Dinner at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne.
After party on boat cruise.
DAY TWO | Opening Remarks
Roxana Caliminte, Deputy Secretary General, GIE
Cristian Bușoi, MEP, ITRE Committee Chair, European Parliament
Consumers at the core of the energy transition
Moderator / Panel Discussion Jean-Marc Leroy, President of the French Gas Association, Honorary President, GIE
Camille Bonenfant-Jeanneney, CEO, Storengy & Disruptive Energy Area Sponsor, GIE
Dimitri Vergne, Team leader for sustainability, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)
Benoît Esnault, Head of Interconnections & European Affairs Department, CRE Vice-Chair of Gas WG, CEER
Federica Sabbati, Secretary General, European Heating Industry (EHI)
James Watson, Secretary General, Eurogas
Coffee break
Hydrogen: the race for colors
Moderator / Panel Discussion Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Centre on Global Energy Policy
Dr Niko Bosnjak, Representative / Vision European Hydrogen Backbone
Peter Claes, President, IFIEC Europe
Wim Groenendijk, Managing Director, Gate Terminal
Vittorio Musazzi, Representative, H2GAR
Decarbonising transport
Moderator / Panel Discussion Arno Büx, Chief Commercial Officer, Fluxys & President, GLE
Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu,  Deputy Head of Cabinet of EU Commissioner Adina Valean, European Commission
Claudio Rodriguez, Gas Assets General Manager, Enagás
Steve Esau, General Manager, SEA-LNG
Mads Peter Zacho, Head of Industry Transition, Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Philip Scarth, General Manager Arbon R&D Center & Head of Open Innovation, FPT Industrial
Towards 2022 & Beyond
Closing remarks Ákos Kriston, CEO, Hungarian Gas Storage
György Berze, CEO, HEXUM Földgáz Zrt.
Boyana Achovski, Secretary General, GIE