Belgrade Energy Forum

Where the leaders of energy transition in SEE meet

May 14-15, 2025 Crowne Plaza Belgrade

400+

participants

50+

speakers

8 panels

150+

companies

400+

participants

50+

speakers

8 panels

150+

companies

In partnership with DIAMOND SPONSOR

Welcome to the
Belgrade Energy Forum
#BEF2025

The Balkan Green Energy News portal is pleased to announce the 3rd edition of its annual flagship conference, the Belgrade Energy Forum 2025. This event will take place on May 14-15, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza in Belgrade.

Following the outstanding success of the Belgrade Energy Forum in 2023 and 2024, which brought together nearly 1,000 participants from over 30 countries – including four ministers of energy from the Southeast Europe region and more than 120 leading speakers in energy transition from Europe and beyond – anticipation for the upcoming conference is at an all-time high. Belgrade Energy Forum 2025 promises to be a vital platform where top leaders in the energy transition of Southeast Europe will come together to share insights and shape the future of energy.

Join energy ministers and their key teams, along with representatives from international energy organisations, regulatory body directors from the region and the EU, and major energy companies. This is your chance to connect with industry associations, power utilities, power exchanges, TSOs, DSOs, investors, bankers, and insurance firms.

Engage with innovative developers, technology providers, EPC firms, software companies, consultancies, and law practices to collaborate on the future of energy.

Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to network with industry leaders and shape the energy landscape together!

Meet the leaders of energy transition in Southeast Europe at #BEF2025

Video BEF 2024

Speakers 2024

Dubravka Đedović

Minister of Mining and Energy, Government of Serbia

Péter Szijjártó

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary

Petar Đokić

Minister of Energy and Mining, Government of Republic of Srpska

Saša Mujović

Minister of Energy and Mining, Government of Montenegro

Artur Lorkowski

Director, Energy Community Secretariat

Gurbuz Gonul

Director – Countries Engagement and Partnerships, IRENA

Dirk Buschle

Deputy Director
Energy Community Secretariat

Zoran Vujasinović

Policy Officer
ACER

Vugar Veysalov

Head of External Affairs & SEI, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG

Viktor Andonov

Member of Management Board, Director for Development and Investments, ESM

Anže Predovnik

Director, ADEX Group

Miloš Mladenović

CEO, SEEPEX

Agenda 2024

13th of May 2024

DAY 1

08:00 – 09:00

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

08:30 – 09:00

STATEMENTS FOR MEDIA AND OFFICIALS VISITING EXHIBITION AREA

09:00 – 09:05

WELCOMING REMARKS

Branislava Jovičić, Founder and Editor, Balkan Green Energy News

09:05 – 09:35

OPENING CEREMONY

Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Minister of Mining and Energy, Republic of Serbia
Artur Lorkowski, Director, Energy Community Secretariat

09:35 – 09:50

GREETINGS OF THE SPONSORS

Duke Gim, Senior Vice President for Project Development, Sun
Africa and UGT Renewables
Kim Dong Joon, Vice President, Hyundai Engineering

09:50 – 11:05

PANEL DISCUSSION

High-level ministerial panel on strategies for advancing energy transition in SEE

Moderator: Francesco Sassi, Researcher for the energy security unit Observatory of international politics of the Italian Parliament and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Dirk Buschle, Deputy Director, Energy Community
Petar Đokić, Minister of Mining and Energy, Republic of Srpska
Saša Mujović, Minister of Mining and Energy, Montenegro
Gurbuz Gonul, Director, Country Engagement and Partnerships, IRENA
Vugar Veysalov, Head of External Affairs & SEI, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG

11:05 – 11:35

COFFEE BREAK

11:35 – 12:45

PANEL DISCUSSION

Decarbonizing industry and business in response to Green Agenda and carbon pricing

Moderator: Ankica Barbulov, Director, Negawatt Solutions

Dimitrije Knjeginjić, CEO, Lafarge Srbija
Branko Zečević, President, Metalfer Group
Mirjana Jukic, Head of purchasing, Messer Tehnogas
Matthias Predojević, Vice President Corporate Development, Elixir Group

12:45 – 13:00

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Delivering carbon neutral futures – using all tools available to us

Borislav Kostadinov, Fund Director, Green for Growth Fund

13:00 - 14:15

PANEL DISCUSSION

What we should do now to secure a timely and meaningful carbon-neutral future

Keynote Speech:

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Hungary

Moderator: Branko Milićević, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECE

Giles Dickson, CEO, WindEurope
Antoine Guimard, COO for Central Europe, Akuo Energy
Daniel Calderon, Managing Director, Alcazar Energy
Serkan Ata, Senior Manager, Development and Investment, Masdar

14:15 – 15:10

LUNCH

15:10 – 16:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

Accelerating transition roadmap of SEE power utilities

Moderator: Mislav Slade Šilović, Energy, Utilities & Resources Consulting Leader, PwC

Dušan Živković, Acting Director, EPS
Viktor Andonov, Member of Management Board, Director for Development and Investments, ESM
Milutin Đukanović, President of the Board of Directors, EPCG
Yann Guinard, Vice-President Central & Eastern Europe – EDF International Division, EDF
Grzegorz Zielinski, Head of Energy Europe, EBRD