Agenda 2025
May 14, 2025
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DAY 1
08:00 – 08:55
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
08:30 – 08:55
MEDIA STATEMENTS
Officials visiting the exhibition area
08:55 – 09:00
WELCOMING REMARKS
Branislava Jovičić, Founder and Editor, Balkan Green Energy News
09:00 - 09:30
OPENING CEREMONY
- Artur Lorkowski, Director, Energy Community Secretariat
- Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Minister of Mining and Energy, Government of the Republic of Serbia
09:30 – 09:40
Keynote speech
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Seung-Won Lee, Vice President, Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd.
09:40 – 09:50
Keynote speech
- Chan Woo Park, Global Executive Advisor, UGT Renewables
09:50 - 11:20
PANEL I
High-ministerial panel on SEE regional cooperation and energy transition strategies
Moderator: Dirk Buschle, Partner, Becker Büttner Held
- Petar Đokić, Minister of Energy and Mining, Government of Republic of Srpska
- Admir Šahmanović, Minister of Energy and Mining, Government of Montenegro
- Dr. Illés Boglárka, State Secretary for Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Hungary
- Jovana Joksimović, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Mining and Energy, Republic of Serbia
- Marija Pujo Tadić, Special Envoy for Climate Action, Government of the Republic of Croatia
- Dario Liguti, Director, Sustainable Energy, UNECE
11:20 – 11:40
COFFEE BREAK
11:40 – 11:55
Keynote speech
- Attila Chikán Jr., CEO and President of the Board of ALTEO Plc
11:55 – 12:10
Keynote speech
- Borislav Kostadinov, Fund Director for the Green for Growth Fund (GGF), Finance in Motion
12:10 – 13:30
Panel II
Decarbonisation strategies for power generation in Southeast Europe 2040/2050
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Moderator: Dražen Jakšić, Director, Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar
- Dejan Paravan, CEO, GEN Energija
- Dušan Živković, CEO, EPS
- Eric Scotto, CEO, AKUO
- Neda Lazendić, Country Manager, WV-International
- Ljubiša Đurković, Techical Director, EPCG
13:30 – 14:20
LUNCH
14:20 – 15:35
Panel III
Addressing carbon pricing in the Western Balkans - Turning decarbonisation challenges into opportunities through collaboration, innovation and competitiveness
Moderator: Milica Vukovljak, Senior Electricity Expert, Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia
- Mark Copley, CEO, Energy Traders Europe
- Branko Zečević, Association of Serbian Energy Intensive Industry
- Adam Cwetsch, Head of European Green Deal, Energy Community Secretariat
- Damir Miljević, Board member, RESET
15:35 – 15:50
Keynote speech
- Christian Zinglersen, Director, ACER
15:50 – 17:15
Panel IV
Integration of Western Balkans electricity markets into internal European market through market coupling
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Moderator: Dejan Stojčevski, CTO, SEEPEX
- Anže Predovnik, Director, ADEX Group
- Jasmina Trhulj, Head of Electricity Unit, Energy Community Secretariat
- Ivan Asanović, Executive Director, CGES
- Marko Bislimoski, President, Energy, Water Services and Municipal Waste Management Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Zoran Vujasinović, Policy Officer, ACER
20:00 – 01:00
EVENING PARTY
Nordex Group welcomes you to its 40th anniversary party!
May 15, 2025
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DAY 2
09:15 – 09:45
MORNING COFFEE
09:45 – 10:00
PRESENTATION by NGEN
10:00 – 11:00
PANEL V
Energy revolution underway - uniting efforts to deliver green, intelligent and sustainable energy solutions
Moderator: Mirza Kušljugić, RESET
- Aleš Prešern, VP, Head of Southeast Europe, Siemens Energy
- Maja Turković, SVP, CWP Europe
- Christian Beynio, Head of Advisory Kommunalkredit Austria AG
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 11:45
PRESENTATION
Aurora Research Energy
11:45 – 13:00
PANEL VI
Energy storage system market in SEE: trends and forecasts
Moderator: Goran Vukojević, Managing Director, Go2Power Consulting
- Ioanna Barouni, Research Associate, AURORA Research Energy
- Svetlana Cerović, Head of Specialized Lending, UniCredit Bank Serbia
- Nikola Tošić, Market Division Manager, EMS
- Nikola Oklobdžija, CEO Eastern Europe, Fortis Energy
- Dimitar Dimitrov, Business Development Manager, Renewable Energy Insurance Broker
13:00 – 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 – 15:15
PANEL VII
PPAs as a key to renewable energy growth in SEE
Moderator: Mislav Slade-Šilović, PwC
- Nikola Gazdov, Chairman, Association for production, storage and trading of electricity – APSTE
- Natalija Ljubić, Manager PPA & BESS Transactions, Pexapark
- Ivana Đurović, Category Manager Renewable Energy, Knauf Group
- Joffroy Beckers, Head of PPA, DRI
- Davor Pupovac, direktor Sektora za analizu tržišta, EPS
15:15 – 16:30
PANEL VIII
Market flexibility: the backbone of a resilient energy system
Moderator: Elena Boškov Kovač, Managing Director and Co-founder, Blueprint Energy Solutions
- Roman Bernard, CEO, Ngen
- Luka Renko, COO, KOER
- Magdolna Tokai, Deputy CEO for International Relations and Corporate Services
- Nikolaj Candellari, Project Manager and Market Intelligence, CyberGrid
- Marko Zarić, EMS
