Programme - Istituto Affari Internazionali

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 – 1910
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
Stefano Silvestri
President, 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?
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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
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Discussants:
Giacomo Luciani
Director, Gulf Research Center, Geneva
Nazim Zouiouèche
Chairman, Medex Petroleum, Paris
Ahmet Evin
Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington
1900 – 1910
Participants gather in the lobby of the hotel and depart for Casina Valadier (via shuttle)
1930 – 2130
Reception and Dinner with remarks by The Honorable David Thorne, U.S. Ambassador
to Italy with welcome remarks by Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall
Fund of the United States (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
Abdel Karim Mgeg
Alternative Energy Advisor, Libyan Ministry of Industry, Economy and Trade, Tripoli
1030 – 1100
Coffee Break
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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:
António Sá da Costa
President, Portuguese Renewable Energy Association, Lisbon
Alfredo Valladão
Mercosur Chair, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
Stefano Silvestri
President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
1230 – 1300
Concluding Remarks and Next Steps
Ettore Greco
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Ian Lesser
Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States,
Washington
1300 – 1400
Luncheon and Departure
We thank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena for kindly providing the conference room
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