Infrastructures and their development

MORNING
09h45-10h45     Round table 6 >	Is there a need for a common regulator in Europe?
11h45-12h45     Round table 7 >	Development of the gas service area
AFTERNOON
14h15-15h30     Workshop 10 >	Safety regulation of the gas sector
14h15-15h30     Workshop 11>	Setting up and financing of projects such as NEGP, Nabucco
14h15-15h30     Workshop 12 >	Interoperability of gas networks within the EU
15h45-17h00     Workshop 13 >	Storage in Europe
15h45-17h00     Workshop 14 >	European gas interconnections
15h45-17h00     Workshop 15 >	LNG
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Opening by Georges Bouchard, Chairman of the french gas association And Communication awards ceremony for gas utilisation posters

Keynote speaker: Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee, Nord Stream AG

Round table 6
Is there a need for a common regulator in Europe?
Gas and electricity markets are regulated by the national authorities which co-ordinate their operations through the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas – ERGEG. Some voices had been raised to demand that a European regulating body be set up. Why? How could the two levels of regulation work efficiently? Should the national regulation level be given a lower profile so as to avoid inconsistencies between the two regulating levels? Or should more power be granted to ERGEG while keeping national regulators on?
Moderated by > Jacques Lenoir, journaliste Debate with the participation of > Mark Van Stiphout, DG Tren, Commission Européenne > Anne Lenfant*, Directrice affaires européennes, Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) > Dominique Jamme, Directeur des infrastructures et des réseaux de gaz, Commission de Régulation de l’Energie > Hans Ten Berge, Secrétaire Général, Eurelectric *To be confirmed

Coffee-break sponsored by Altergaz

Keynote speaker: Jonathan Stern, Oxford Institute for Energy studies

Round table 7
Development of the gas service area
France’s gas needs are not yet fully served. How can we best satisfy the local communities’ needs in terms of gas supply development? What legal adjustments will be required to give local communities the opportunity to take an active part in these developments: participation in financing of gas infrastructures, or launching tenders for gas concessions for instance? Given the low level of consumption in municipalities what solutions could be conceived to overcome this obstacle? What could be the future role of infrastructure companies in grid development? Could LPG take over as a stopgap pending its replacement by natural gas? And under what conditions?
Moderated by > Jacques Lenoir, journaliste Debate with the participation of > Sylvie Gallois, Directeur commercial et marketing, Butagaz > Florence Tordjman, Sous-Directrice du gaz et de la distribution des énergies fossiles, DGEMP, MINEFI > Jean Lemaistre, Directeur délégation stratégie, fi nances et régulation, Gaz de france Réseau Distribution > Pierre Roehri, Président, Spegnn

Lunch sponsored by EDF

Workshop 10
Safety regulation of the gas sector
The wide range of regulations regarding gas safety, as well as the standards relating to them, are sometimes redundant and cumbersome to implement. They cover fields as varied as preventing technological risk, heating regulations or the safety of indoor equipment, etc. How have companies in the sector organised themselves to apply the said regulations? How is this impacting gas prices?
Moderated by > Pierre-Jean Flamand, Délégué expertise gaz, EDF Gaz de france Distribution, Président de la commission distribution, AFG > Samir Akel, Chargé de mission, Gaz de France Réseau Distribution > Roger Flandrin, Chef du bureau de la Sécurité des équipements industriels, DARQSI, MINEFI > Marc Prigent, Directeur, Dir. études et travaux, TIGF > Michel Romanet, Délégué technique, Dir. grandes infrastructures, Gaz de France

Workshop 11
Setting up and financing of projects such as NEGP, Nabucco
As gas markets in Europe open up to competition, this has brought profound changes in the gas sector’s institutional framework, well beyond the European Union’s borders. In addition to the traditional industrial risks, there are market risks or regulatory risks. How has the gas industry organised to deal with this? How are funding packages designed to make major infrastructure projects a reality? What kinds of guarantees do financial institutions demand
Moderated by > Pierre Chambon, Responsable financements structurés, Direction fi nancière, Gaz de france > Laurence Le Rouzic, en charge de financements de projets Oil&Gas à la Coface > Caroline Quintart, Directeur énergie, Société Générale de Londres > Abderahmane Fodil, Charge d'investissements, Société Financière Internationale (Groupe Banque Mondiale)

Workshop 12
Interoperability of gas networks within the EU
What areas does the interoperability work entrusted to EASEE-gas? What progress has been made up to now regarding the specifications on gas quality? What about the rules implemented in the European Union to manage physical flows, the secondary capacity or balancing markets? What are the barriers to this and how can they be overcome? Who will fund the implementation of the recommended measures? Should producers also have to comply with the specifications impressed on the other gas players?
Moderated by > Anita Crombé, Directrice adjointe au CAMG, GRTgaz > François Cagnon, Expert au département réseau, Dir. recherche, Gaz de France > Henri Cattoor, Président, EASEE-gas > Olivier Edmont, Directeur adjoint, Direction Stratégie et développement, GRTgaz > Rudy van Beurden, Directeur général, Huberator

Break

Workshop 13
Storage in Europe
Storage is probably one of the key factors out of all the existing modulation tools. How is the storage issue experienced in Europe, given the increasing uncertainties affecting gas demand and gas prices? What policies have storage operators adopted? To what extent can storage amortise the volatility of gas prices or enable market players to take full advantage of the said volatility?
Moderated by > Jean-Michel Cabanès, Directeur stratégie, fi nance, commerciale, Direction des grandes infrastructures, Gaz de france > Stéphane Caudron, Business development manager, Sempra trading > Philippe Girault, Associé au département transactions spécialisées dans l’Energie, Price Waterhouse Coopers > Philippe Lautard, Deputy general manager gas & power trading, Total Gaz & Power Limited > Jacques Rottenberg, Chef du pôle commercial du service développement, régulation et commercialisation, Dir. grandes infrastructures, Gaz de France

Workshop 14
European gas interconnections
Which gas transport infrastructure projects have a reasonable chance of becoming reality? What are the economic and geopolitical considerations influencing the decision-making process? What parameters are taken into account when arbitrating between gas transport alternatives? Who controls the infrastructures?
Moderated by > Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, Conseillère du Président en matière énergétique, ATIC Services > Florence Dufour, Directrice adjointe des infrastructures et des réseaux, CRE > Ralph Dickel, Directeur, Dir. commerce, transit et relations avec les non-signataires, Energy Charter > Benoit Esnault, senior energy analyst gas matters and financing issues, Observatoire Méditerranéen de l'Energie (OME) > Philippe-Jean Garnier, Chef de service, Division gestion du réseau de transport, Dir. stratégie et développement, GRTgaz

Workshop 15
LNG
The LNG industry has entered a new stage in its development, one that is faster and more complex. The time factor, huge investments and uncertainties regarding the growth of demand are some of the factors determining its development. How will the emergence of “international prices” influence this? What supply-demand balance appears likely between now and 2015? What part might LNG play in managing modulation? How will environmental requirements impact LNG infrastructures?
Moderated by > Marie-françoise Chabrelie, Secrétaire générale, Cedigaz, Présidente de la sous - commission statistiques, AFG > Naïma Idir, Chef du département économie et tarification, Dir. infrastructures et réseaux de gaz, CRE > Jean-Marc Hosanski, Directeur GNL, Dir. gaz et électricité, Total > Henk Jonkman, CEO, 4Gas France > Dominique Pelloux-Prayer, Adjoint au délégué activités GNL, Gaz de France > David Wells, Vice-président, Shell Global LNG