Symposium
Details
8.30 – 9.00
Registration
9.00 – 9.05
Opening
Dr. Danijela Martinović (Chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Economic Reforms and Development, Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Sabina Wölkner (Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
9.05 – 9.15
Welcome
H.E. Ulrike Maria Knotz (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in
Bosnia and Herzegovina)
9.15 – 10.00
Key notes
Ermina Salkičević-Dizdarević (Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of
Bosnia and Herzegovina) "The Impact of Renewable Energies on the Economic Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Miroslav Kukobat (Head of Energy and Infrastructure Unit, Regional Cooperation Council)
"The Perspectives of the EU’s Renewable Energy Policy on the Western Balkans"
Chair: Sabina Wölkner (Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
10.00 – 10.15
Coffee break
10.15 – 12.30
Panel I - The Legal Dimension
Addressing EU’s Green Standards: Effective and Efficient Support Policies for the Western Balkans
Introduction: Slavtcho Neykov (Director, Secretariat of the Energy Community Treaty, Vienna, Austria)
Erdal Trhulj (Minister for Energy, Mining and Industry, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Milan Janković, (Head of Energy Department, Ministry for Industry, Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Alen Leverić (Assistant Minister for Industry Policy, Energy and Mining, Ministry of Economy, Labor and Entrepreneurship, Croatia), Dr. Olaf Heil (Director, Hydro Power & New Technologies, RWE Innogy GmbH, Germany)
Chair: Dr. Danijela Martinović (Chairwoman of the Joint Committee)
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.30
Panel II - The Economic and Environmental Dimension
Sustainable and Profitable Renewable Energy
Introduction: Peter G. Nothnagel (Managing Director, Saxony Development Corporation, Germany)
Amil Kamenica (Executive Director for capital investments, Elektroprivreda Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ivan Bobovćan (Head of Energy Sector, Siemens Croatia d.d.), Miodrag Dakić (President, Center for Environment, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Maja Božičević Vrhovčak (President, Society of Sustainable Development, DOOR, Zagreb, Croatia)
Chair: Amer Bekrić (Secretary, Parliamentary Joint Committee)
15.30 – 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30
Panel III - The Financial Dimension
Risks and Benefits of Financing Renewable Energy Projects
Introduction: Sead Miljković (Vice-President of the Foreign Investors Council of
Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Libor Krkoska (Head of Office, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Leila Bičakčić (Director, Centre for Investigative Reporting, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Saša Šegrt (Director, Transparency International Croatia)
Chair: Bojana Škrobić-Omerović (Executive Director of the Foreign Investors Council of
Bosnia and Herzegovina)
17.30 – 17.45
Coffee Break
17.45 – 19.15
Panel IV - The Technological Dimension
Technology, Infrastructure and System Integration
Introduction: Dr. Goran Granić (Director, Energy institute Hrvoje Požar, Zagreb, Croatia)
Bakir Đonlagić (Head of RE Section, Končar - Electrical Engineering Institute, Zagreb), Dr. Tarik Kupusović, Director (Hydro-Engineering Institute, Sarajevo) , Edin Zametica (Secretary, State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Chair: Sabina Wölkner (Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
19.15 – 19.30
Conclusion / End of Conference
Dr. Danijela Martinović and Sabina Wölkner
19.30
Reception at the Restaurant Four Seasons
