Energy Investment Forum 2019

8:30-8:55 REGISTRATION

Section I - Are we heading towards climate disaster? Will Hungary weather the storm?

It increasingly appears that the Earth is warming irrevocably and this leads to extreme swings in weather, which also poses unprecedented challenges to the energy sector.

Targets and plans - Are we ever further from saving the Earth?
What measures is Hungary planning to slow global warming?
What incentives could move the business sector towards climate protection?

Moderator: Zsolt Bosnyák, analyst, Portfolio

08:55 - 09:00

Welcome speech

Speaker: Zoltán Bán, CEO, Net Média (Portfolio Csoport)

09:00 - 09:20

The direction and targets set by Hungary's new National Energy Strategy

Speaker: Dr. Péter Kaderják, energiaügyekért és klímapolitikáért felelős államtitkár, Innovációs és Technológiai Minisztérium

09:20 - 09:40

Global warming: Is there still hope? - Climate goals, the current situation, consequences, decarbonisation, opportunities

Speaker: Diána Ürge-Vorsatz, Vice-Chair, Working Group III, IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

09:40 - 10:00

The economic aspects of climate targets

Speaker: Csaba Kovács, Partner, KPMG

10:00 - 10:30

Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System

Speaker: László Varró, Chief economist, IEA

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee break

Café Lounge powered by MVM

Section II - Miracles and reality - How will Hungary's energy industry look 20 years from now?

Will Paks 2 squeeze out everything else?
Green future - Should we cover the plains in solar cells?
There should be 5 big banks in Hungary, but how many energy companies?
What are the current main areas of innovation in the energy industry?
Disruptors in energy - Why not buy electricity from Amazon?

10:50 - 11:10

Energy company of the future

Speaker: Gergely Szabó, Regional Chairman, MET Central Europe

11:10 - 11:30

How to tailor consumer's behaviour to maintain sustainability of energy supply systems in the coming ages

Speaker: Ákos Dervalics, Country Manager, InnoEnergy HUB Hungary

11:30 - 12:20

Executive panel - The energy supply of the future; energy mix in 2040

Moderator: László Varró, Chief economist, IEA

Conversation participants:

dr. György Bacsa, stratégiai és üzletfejlesztési ügyvezető igazgató, MOL Csoport
ifj. Attila Chikán, elnök, BCSDH
György Kóbor, Chairman and CEO, MVM Energetika Zrt.
Gábor Králik, energetikai divizió veztetője, Opus Global Nyrt.
Gergely Szabó, Regional Chairman, MET Central Europe

12:20 - 13:30

Lunch break

Section III: Is there a viable alternative to Russian natural gas?

Is it a realistic option to become independent form Russian gas, or is it just a tool for getting a better deal?
Can we rest assured we will have enough gas for the winter?
Can Russia circumvent Ukrainian transit?
Can large amounts of natural gas ever arrive to Hungary from Romania?
Will Croatia's LNG terminal ever be built?

Moderator: Tamás Pletser CFA, olaj- és gázipar elemző, Erste

13:30 - 13:50

Hungary's gas supply after 2020 - Probabilities and opportunities in the region

Speaker: Félix Moldován, Deputy Director of the Energy and Climate Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

13:50 - 14:10

Diversification of gas supply in SEE

Speaker: Franck Neel, Executive Board Member responsible for Downstream Gas, OMV Petrom

14:10 - 15:00

Panel discussion: The Hungarian gas situation - More and more options, but do we really have a choice?

Conversation participants:

Róbert Fehér, business development advisor, FGSZ Zrt.
Kristóf Kovács, Energy market consultant, Hegymegi-Barakonyi és Társa - Baker & McKenzie Ügyvédi Iroda
Félix Moldován, Deputy Director of the Energy and Climate Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
Franck Neel, Executive Board Member responsible for Downstream Gas, OMV Petrom
Eszter Szekeres, CEO, MET Hungary Ltd., MET Central Europe

15:00 - 15:20

Coffee break

Café Lounge powered by MVM

Section IV: Competing power plants in Hungary -The big squeeze-out

Solar boom - Not for a want of state subsidies
Nuclear and solar energy - How can they coexist?
The future of district heating in Hungary - Will we utilise our geothermal resources?
Flexible gas power plants - A help in need
Coal power plants held captive by carbon dioxide quotas

Moderator: Gergő Batta,

15:20 - 15:40

The future of geothermal companies in district heating

Speaker: Zoltán Medvegy, Deputy Director Of Technology Development and Maintenance, FŐTÁV Zrt.

15:40 - 16:00

Government subsidies on the spread of renewables

Speaker: Dr. Tamás Tóth, Vice President for General Affairs, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEA)

16:00 - 16:40

Panel discussion: Can power plants remain profitable without subsidies, purely on a market basis?

Conversation participants: