Preparations for the Ukrainian Energy Forum (3 – 5 March 2015 at Hotel Intercontinental Kyiv) are taking place against the challenging background which the Ukrainian energy sector is currently facing. Numerous influential figures from the energy community have recognised that the Forum will provide a timely and vital opportunity to discuss the outcome of the winter season and what measures have been put in place. Event website http://www.adamsmithconferences.com/AS2349IFXhen New speakers include: * Ecology & Natural Resources Minister Ihor Shevchenko, who has confirmed his intention to address the Forum; * Yuriy Vitrenko, Business Development Director, NAK Naftogaz of Ukraine, who will share with you the progress Ukraine has made this winter in diversification of sources of supply; * Dr Ariel Cohen, Director of The Center for Energy, Natural Resources and Geopolitics at the Institute for Analysis of Global Security, a renowned expert on energy policy in the region; * Yaroslav Klymovych, Chairman of the Board of NAK Nadra Ukrainy, who will outline to you the latest opportunities to enter into joint projects in exploration & production in Ukraine; * Mykola Martynenko, the newly re-elected Head of the Rada Fuel & Energy Committee, who will set out to you what the new parliamentary group plans to achieve in the energy sector in the nearest future; * The ever-popular Simon Pirani of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, who will join us once more and share his research on natural gas: Ukraine's supply diversification and Russia's shifting export policy. By popular demand, we are including even more interactive elements: Champagne roundtable discussion groups, each led by an expert member of the speaker. Topics will include: - energy supply diversification; - the environment for E&P; - the PSA and licensing regimes; - unconventional gas; - the oil & gas services industry; - offshore / Black Sea shelf project. A Roundtable Debate between the government and gas producers on how to improve cooperation and raise domestic output and which will discuss the emotive issue of the tax increase on gas production; An interactive debate with the new combined Energy & Utilities Regulatory Commission and market participants, during the ever-popular Electricity Focus Day on 5th March. View Focus Day Programme. Ukrainian Energy Forum will be a unique and invaluable opportunity to review all of this winter’s developments, receive the latest analysis and forecasts and establish business relationships as Ukraine seeks to raise domestic production, diversify supplies and enhance its energy security.
The Interfax-Ukraine News Agency is the news information partner. Event website http://www.adamsmithconferences.com/AS2349IFXhen Contact event organisers (Adam Smith Conferences) for further details: Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 7444 Fax: +44 (0)20 7017 7447 Email: [email protected]