Speakers
The Duke of York is the second son and the third child of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Named Andrew Albert Christian Edward, he was known as Prince Andrew until his marriage, when he was created The Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh.
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Slovenia
Andrej Vizjak was appointed Minister of Economy in the Slovenian government on 3 December 2004. Before that, he was elected to the National Assembly in 2000, and was head of the SDS deputy group.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Dr. Dimitrij Rupel is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. He has held the position several times, as well as other key functions.
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia
Janez Podobnik has been the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning since 2004. He started his political career as mayor of the municipality of Idrija in 1990.
Borzen, Power Market Operator
Damjan Stanek is the General Manager of Borzen, the Slovenian Power Market Operator, starting 2003. As Borzen’s General Manager, he introduced a new strategy to establish an active and competitive Slovene market and to support its integration in the European internal market. The company focuses on developing partnerships in order to establish a regional energy market in the SE European area.
Energy Community Secretariat
Mr Slavtcho Neykov is the Director of Energy Community Secretariat. He studied law and international economic relations and holds a Masters degree in European Integration.
Senior Fellow with the Clingendael International Energy Program
Jacques de Jong has a long experience in government energy policy making. Now, he is a senior fellow associated with the CIEP.
Ecomomic Institute of the Law School
Robert Volčjak is an associate reseracher at the Ecomomic Institute of the Law School, in Ljubljana, the leading Slovenian institution in econometric research.
Director of Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research
Dr Péter Kaderják was President of the Hungarian Energy Office; Associate Professor at the Microeconomics Department at Budapest University of Economics; and former Chairman of the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA).
Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
Marko Senčar, M. Sc., started professional career 1988 as assistant researcher in the field of thermohydraulics and nuclear safety analysis at scientific research institutes in Slovenia and Switzerland.
Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
Irena Praček is the director of Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia. She is an expert in the field of economic planning and analysis.
Energy Community Secretariat
Alfred Schuch is the Head of Hydrocarbon Unit at the Energy Community Secretariat. He is responsible for the proper implementation by the Contracting Parties of the Energy Directives .
National Grid
Chris Train has over 20 years experience within the energy and utility sector in the UK and Worldwide. He has been active in the development of the UK's regulatory and commercial framework.
Secretary General of ETSO
Cecilia Hellner is Secretary General of ETSO, the European Association of Electricity Transmission System Operators since June 2007.
National Grid
Graeme Steele has over 20 years experience in the energy industry with National Grid. Currently he manages a team in National Grid’s transmission business which is responsible for National Grid’s interface with EU energy policy development, the operation of the GB/France electricity interconnector and long term energy forecasting.
Borzen
Tomaž Lajovic is Corporate Lawyer and Project Manager at Borzen, Slovenian Power Market Operator and Power Exchange.
Slovenian Power System Operator ELES
Vincenc Kožar is the Deputy Director of Market Monitoring at Elektro-Slovenija, d.o.o. (ELES). He works mostly on congestion management and transmission capacity allocation issue.
Slovenian Power System Operator ELES
Uroš Salobir received a degree in engineering and an M.Sc. degree from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. In 1997 he started his career with ELES, the Slovenian Power System Operator, where he currently works as Assistant Director of the System Operations.
University of Dundee
Dr Cameron, born in Glasgow and educated in Edinburgh University, is professor of International Energy Law and Policy and Director of Research at the CEPMLP, University of Dundee, UK.
Borzen, Power Market Operator
Andraž Šavli is Head of Market Operations at Borzen, the Slovenian Power Market Operator and Power Exchange.
Mercados, EUI FSR
Alberto Pototschnig is an economist and econometrician by training, with seventeen years of experience in the field of economic regulation, utility sector reform and market design.
London Business School
Derek W. Bunn is a Professor at London Business School, with research on the energy sector extending back more than 25 years.
Global Energy Decision
Mr Kessler is a Principal Consultant in Ventyx/Global Energy Decision’s European Office. He has concentrated on these issues in the European Market including a focus on the interaction between power and carbon market price fundamentals.
GFI
Luke Jemmett has been involved in energy market development for 16 years. He joined GFI in March 2004 as Head of Energy Market Development where he is responsible for implementing GFI’s operational and Business Development strategies within European Energy Markets.
Imperial College London
Goran Strbac is a Professor of Electrical Energy Systems at Imperial College London. His research interests are in the economics of the operation and development of power systems in a competitive environment.
GEN-I
Dr. Dejan Paravan is member of the management board at GEN-I, electricity trading and sales company in Slovenia. He is responsible for sales activities to end customers and purchase activities from power produces.
Energy Retail Association
Frances Williamson is the Industry Relations Manager for the Energy Retail Association, the trade association for the main domestic energy suppliers in Great Britain. She is responsible for liaison between the regulator, government departments and other stakeholders for consultations and other activities.
BEAMA
Dr Howard Porter is the Marketing Director of BEAMA. BEAMA is the Uk trade body for the electrical sector. He also is responsible for the energy and sustainability initiatives of BEAMA, and is the Managing Director of the European Smart metering Industry Group.
EFT
Tomaž Orešič is an energy utility manager with international experience in energy sales as well as in the energy related legal issues. From 2003 to 2007 Member of the Board of Elektro Maribor d.d., the second biggest electricity distribution company in Slovenia.
EFET
Peter Styles’ most notable area of expertise and experience is in the energy sector. He follows in a consulting capacity European electricity markets, especially the development of wholesale power market design, EU legislation and resulting national regulation.
VaasaETT
Mr Lewis is a CEO of VaasaETT. He has conducted research and consultancy during the past 10 years in over 40 countries for over 300 energy and utilities organizations including Shell, ABB, Fortum, ENECO, RAO, E.ON and Electrabel as well as other leading organizations such as Nokia.
Elektro Ljubljana
Gregor Božič holds an MS in electro-technical science. He is currently employed at Elektro Ljubljana. He is an expert in development of distribution networks and reconstruction and building meduim- and low-voltage networks.
EURELECTRIC – Union of the Electricity Industry
Mihai PAUN has a PhD degree in Power Engineering and a Master degree in Financial Management and Banks. He is currently EU Project Manager and Power Networks Adviser at EURELECTRIC – Union of the Electricity Industry in Brussels.
HSE
Dr Tomaž Štokelj is the Executive Manager of Sales & Trading Division at HSE. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
BEAMA
John has worked in the energy industry for 22 years, largely involved in various aspects of embedded power generation, energy efficiency and metering.
Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
Dr. Jelena Zorić received her PhD degree in Economics from the University of Lugano, Switzerland in 2006. Currently she holds a position of an assistant with PhD at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics.
OFGEM
Chris completed a Ph.D in Economics at Southampton University in 1999 before joining Ofgem. He initially worked on structure of charges issues in gas distribution.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
Boštjan Blažič works as an assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana since 2007. Besides teaching, his work includes research in the fields of power quality, active compensators, operation of power converters and integration of distributed generation.
GEODE
Joan Prat completed his Doctorate in Law at the University of Barcelona. He is the writer of “The liberalisation of the Electricity Sector in Spain” and “The Spanish Gas Market”.
KORONA Power Engineering
Mr Lorencin is an expert in the energy sector. His work includes also research in the fields of IT in energy. His main activities are project management and consulting in electric energy and software applications in energy.