Mediterranean Strategy Group
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Mediterranean Strategy Group
Mediterranean Strategy Group ROME January 21 – 23, 2010 “The Mediterranean Energy Scene: What Now? What Next?” Organized in cooperation with the Institute for International Affairs (IAI) and with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo, Enel SpA, OCP Group, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and the Luso-American Foundation Agenda Thursday, January 21 1200 – 1800 Participant Registration (Hotel Lobby) 1900-1930 Participants gather in the lobby of the hotel and depart for Palazzo Rondinini 1930 – 2130 Welcome Reception and Dinner at Palazzo Rondinini (Via del Corso, 518, Rome) Friday, January 22 700 – 830 Breakfast at the hotel 830 – 840 Participants gather in the lobby of the hotel and depart for Palazzo Rondinini (Via del Corso, 518, Rome) 900 – 930 Introductory Remarks Piero Gastaldo Secretary General, Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin Alessandro Minuto Rizzo Senior Strategic Advisor, Enel Holding, Rome Ettore Greco Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome 930 – 1100 Session I – Geopolitical and Economic Context What political, security and economic developments are shaping the environment for energy commerce? What role for external players, including the US, Russia and China? How are maritime and environmental questions affecting the regional energy outlook? 1 Moderator: Ian Lesser Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington Discussants: S. Enders Wimbush Senior Vice President, Hudson Institute, Washington Nafissa Kerkeb Senior Legal Counsel, DLA Piper Middle East LLP, London Paul Isbell Director, Energy and Climate Change Program, Royal Institute Elcano, Madrid 1100 – 1130 Coffee Break 1130 – 1300 Session II - Energy Supply and Demand Today What are the current patterns of oil and gas trade around and with the Mediterranean? How did they emerge? Are they durable? Is a “Mediterranean energy market” emerging? Moderator: Claire Spencer Head, Middle East & North Africa Program, Chatham House, London Discussants: Trevor Witton Independent Energy Consultant, Middle East & North Africa, London Mehmet Öğütçü Director, BG Group, London Costis Stambolis Executive Director, Institute of Energy for Southeast Europe, Athens 1300 – 1400 Luncheon 1400 – 1530 Session III – Future Projects: Oil, Gas, Nuclear New oil, gas and electric power generation and transport projects are proliferating around the Mediterranean basin. Which of these are meaningful? What projects are viable, technically, commercially and politically? What future for nuclear? Moderator: Simone Mori Executive Vice President, Regulation and Environment, Enel Holding 2 Discussants: Giacomo Luciani Director, Gulf Research Center, Geneva Nazim Zouiouèche Chairman, Medex Petroleum, Paris Ahmet Evin Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington 1900 Participants gather in the lobby of the hotel and depart for Casina Valadier 1930 – 2130 Reception and Dinner with remarks by The Honorable David Thorne, U.S. Ambassador to Italy Welcoming remarks by Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington (Casina Valadier, Villa Borghese, Piazza Bucarest, Rome) Saturday, January 23 700 – 830 Breakfast at the hotel 830 – 845 Participants gather in the lobby of the hotel and depart for Palazzo Rondinini (Via del Corso, 518, Rome) 900 – 1030 Session IV- Future Projects: Renewable Energy The Med Solar Plan has attracted considerable attention as a project within the Union for the Mediterranean, and as interest in renewable sources has increased worldwide. What are the technical and commercial prospects for solar power and other alternative sources around the region? What political and policy considerations are at play? Moderator: Isabelle Werenfels Senior Associate, Middle East and Africa Division, SWP, Berlin Discussants: Emanuela Menichetti Senior Energy Analyst, Mediterranean Energy Observatory, Nanterre Michael Ahearn Chairman, First Solar, Tempe, AZ Francesco Profumo Chancellor, Turin Polytechnic Abdel Karim Mgeg Alternative Energy Advisor, Libyan Ministry of Industry, Economy and Trade, Tripoli 1030 – 1100 Coffee Break 3 1100 – 1230 Session V - The Policy Debate What should be the priority energy concerns for governments in the north and the south of the Mediterranean? What is the “transatlantic angle”? What new policies are required? What implications for business and non-government actors? In short, “what is to be done?” Moderator: S. Enders Wimbush Senior Vice President, Hudson Institute, Washington Discussants: Marta Dassù Director General, International Activities, Aspen Institute, Rome António Sá da Costa President, Portuguese Renewable Energy Association, Lisbon Alfredo Valladão Mercosur Chair, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris 1230 – 1300 Concluding Remarks and Next Steps 1300 – 1400 Luncheon and Departure 4