Energy Connectivity, Energy Security and Innovation

Energy Connectivity, Energy Security and Innovation: Strategies for the Energy Future of the Black Sea and Western Balkan Regions

Corporate office, KAOLIN EAD
Oboriste Str. 43
4 December 2024
10:00-12:00

Working Language: English

Format: Working breakfast
 

09:45-10:00

Registration
 

10:00-10:10

Welcome
Teodora Ivanova
Procurator Kaolin EAD
 

10:10-10:20

Opening

Martin Stoyanov

Executive Director RESECO Bulgaria

Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes

Director Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Bulgaria
 

10:20-10:30

The State of European Energy Security a Thousand Days After the Start of the War in Ukraine
Martin Stoyanov

Executive Director, RESECO Bulgaria
 

10:30-10:40

Overcoming Distribution Network Challenges
Dr. Stefan Apostolov
Former Director of CEZ Bulgaria
 

10:40-10:50

Energy Connectivity in the Black Sea and in the Western Balkan Regions

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev
Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University
 

10:50-11:00

German Energy Transition: Innovation and Security
Jürgen Klempan

Deputy Economic Attaché, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in Sofia
 

11:00-11:10

Driving Strategic Energy Technologies and Economic Competitiveness in Bulgaria

Insights from the SET Plan Conference 

Dr. Maria Trifonova

Chief Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Economics and Management, Sofia University

Deputy-Director of Net-Zero Lab
 

11:10-11:20

Sustainable Nuclear Innovations

Dimitar Stoyanov
Board member and representing, Centre Nuclear Competences Kozloduy

11:20-11:30

Energy Transition and the Russian Economic Influence
Tsvetomir Nikolov
Energy Expert, Center of the Study of Democracy
 

11:30-12:00

Discussion

Moderator: Simona Nikolova

Director of Research Activities, RESECO Bulgaria

12:00-12:30

Closing Words and Networking

Martin Stoyanov

Executive Director of RESECO Bulgaria

Concept and Organisation:

Zlatozara Stoilova
Project Manager Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Bulgaria
E-Mail: zlatozara.stoilova@kas.de
Phone: +359 879 120 273

Maria Tchakarova
Project Manager Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Bulgaria

E-Mail: maria.tchakarova@kas.de
Phone: +359 877770589

Aleksandra Kirilova

Research Associate RESECO Bulgaria
E-Mail: alexandrakirilova15@gmail.com

Organisation/Technique/Set-up/Documentation:

Deyan Merazov
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Bulgarien
Phone: +359 898605221