THE 2ND EU ENERGY POLICY SUMMIT

Organized by Business Bridge Europe, European Business Summit with the participation of the EU Institutions and in cooperation with the key industries, the 2nd edition of the Energy Policy Summit was held in Brussels on 23 February 2016

• to assess  the implementation and impact of the legal and technical tools adopted by the EU in recent years aimed to improve the European energy market’s integration and its efficiency,
• to debate how the EU should continue to develop and deepen its policies and initiatives in the energy field while ensuring their optimal consistency with the fight against climate change, as well as with business competitiveness, industry, trade and foreign relations constraints.

Topics covered discussed included:  the new energy market design, the reinforcement of energy security, the consumers’ role, the increasing share of renewable energy, the energy efficiency and savings, safe and low-carbon energy generation, regional cooperation, transparency and governance, internal electricity market design, resilient gas market, funding of new energy generation and network infrastructures, improvement of research and innovation developments, etc.

The Summit brought together representatives of national and European institutions, authorities, industry, research centres, civil society and media, for public discussion and debate between the main high level political and industrial decision-makers and all the participants.

Political Speakers 

​European Commission

• Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Investment and Competitiveness, European Commission
• Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission
• Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director-General, DG ENV, European Commission
• Dominique Ristori, Director-General, DG ENER , European Commission
• Anne Houtman, Principal Advisor, DG ENER
• Mechtild Wörsdörfer, Director Energy Policy, DG ENER
• Jos Delbeke, Director-General, DG CLIMA, European Commission
• Artur Runge-Metzger, Director Climate Strategy

European Parliament

• Elmar Brok, Chair, AFET Committee
• Gilles Pargneaux, Vice-Chair, ENVI Committee
• Jerzy Buzek, Chair ITRE Committee
• Neoklis Sylikiotis, Member ITRE Committee
• Claude Turmes, Member of ITRE Committee
• Flavio Zanonato, Member ITRE Committee
• Krisjanis Karins : Member, ITRE Committee

European Investment Bank

• Mihai Tanasecu, Vice-President

International Energy Agency

• Laura Cozzi, Acting Director- Global Energy Economics
• Dr. Faith Birol, Chief Economist, Director

Member States

• Henk Kamp, President, EU Energy Council 2016, Minister for Economic Affairs, Netherlands
• Mark Dierikx, Director General for Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands
• Marie Christine Marghem, Minister of Energy & Sustainable Development, Belgium
• Kornelios Korneliou, Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the EU

Corporations

• BP: Emmanuel Haton, Vice President Government Affairs
• DOW Europe, Middle East, Africa & India: Heinz Haller, Executive VP & President
• EDF : Jean Bernard Levy, Chairman & CEO
• ENEL: Simone Mori, Executive Vice-President
• ENGIE: Dennis Simonneau, Executive Committee for EU & International Relations
• E-ON: Vera Brenzel, Head of Political Affairs
• GAS NATURAL FENOSA ENGINEERING S.L: Blanca Losada Martin, CEO
• IBERDROLA: Carlos Salle, Director of Energy Policy and Climate Change
• KIC INNO ENERGY: Diego Pavia, CEO
• NISSAN ALLIANCE RENAULT NISSAN: Olivier Paturet, General Manager Zero Emission Europe
• STATOIL:  Charlotte Wolff-Bye, Vice-President Sustainability
• STATOIL EU AFFAIRS OFFICE: Anders Marvik, Vice-President
• RTE: François Brottes, CEO
• TUNUR Ltd: Kevin Sara, CEO

Trade Union

• INDUSTRI ENERGI: Terje Valskar, Vice-President of the Union

Experts

• E3G: Jonathan Gaventa, Director
• EUROPEAN CLIMATE FOUNDATION: Tom Brookes, Executive Director, Strategic Communications
• EWA: Gilles Dickson, CEO

Law Firm

LINKLATERS: Arnaud Coibion, Global Co-head of Energy & Utilities