Event description
The main event of the 20th anniversary celebrations of ERRA will be the online Jubilee Day on December 11th broadcasted from Budapest. Its balanced program will involve a wide selection of themes, ranging from memoirs and acknowledgements through reflections on the past, current and future arriving at high-level discussions on what is still to come. The atmosphere of the event will allow for moments of sentiment and reflection, but also insight and entertainment. Former and current regulators, partners, collaborators and friends of the Association will come together to summarize the two decades of ERRA’s distinctive and productive operation and will together set objectives for the increasingly challenging future.
Program
09:00 - 09:42 |
OPENING |
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09:00 |
Welcome |
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Kacper JAROSZ, Project Manager, ERRA Secretariat Maia MELIKIDZE, ERRA Chairperson; Commissioner, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), Georgia |
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09:10 |
The Story of ERRA: Once upon a time... |
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Robert ARCHER, Senior Energy Economist (retired), Bureau for Europe & Eurasia, USAID Erin HAMMEL, Director, International Programs, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Robert F. ICHORD, Jr., Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Former Chief of Energy and Infrastructure, USAID Frederick BUTLER, Former NARUC President; Former Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Ron EACHUS, Former NARUC International Relations Committee Chairman; Former Oregon PUC Chairman |
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09:42 - 09:51 |
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Curtain Raiser Musical Performance
and Greetings by Máté HÁMORI, Conductor, Artistic Director, Danubia Orchestra Óbuda |
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09:51 - 09:57 |
SALUTATION |
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09:52 |
by Alparslan BAYRAKTAR, Former ERRA Chairman; Chairman of the ERRA Strategic Advisory Board; Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey |
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09:57 - 10:23 |
ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEW |
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09:57 |
with Péter KADERJÁK, First ERRA Chairman; State Secretary for Energy and Climate, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Hungary |
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10:23 - 11:00 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES |
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10:25 |
Alberto POTOTSCHNIG, former Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER); Part-time Professor and Deputy Director (World of Practice), Florence School of Regulation (FSR); Director, DFC Economics |
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10:48 |
Steven BURNS, Chief, Energy and Infrastructure, Europe and Eurasia, USAID |
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11:00 - 11:18 |
Coffee Break |
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11:18 - 11:29 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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11:20 |
Critical Success Factors in Regulation Neil CHATTERJEE, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), USA |
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11:29 - 12:24 |
PANEL DISCUSSION
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11:29 |
Critical Success Factors in Regulation |
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Moderator: Konstantin PETROV, Managing Consultant, DNV GL – Energy, Germany Panel Members:
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12:24 - 12:28 |
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ERRA ANNIVERSARY PHOTO CONTEST |
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12:28 - 12:55 |
Lunch Break |
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12:55 - 13:12 |
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Curtain Raiser Musical Performance
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13:12 - 14:29 |
THE VOICE OF OUR MEMBERS – Recollections & Impact
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13:16 |
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14:29 - 14:48 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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14:29 |
The Future of the Global Power and Gas Sector László VARRÓ, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA) |
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14:48 - 15:37 |
PANEL DISCUSSION
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14:48 |
The Future of the Global Power and Gas Sector |
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Moderator: John W. GULLIVER, Partner, Pierce Atwood LLP, USA Panel Members:
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15:37 - 15:53 |
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RECOGNITION OF PAST LEADERS |
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by Maia MELIKIDZE, ERRA Chairperson; Commissioner, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), Georgia |
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15:53 - 16:12 |
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BIRTHDAY WISHES TO ERRA – Video Compilation |
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16:12 - 16:21 |
FAREWELL |
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by Maia MELIKIDZE, ERRA Chairperson; Commissioner, Georgian National Energy and |
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16:21 - 16:32 |
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PHOTO COMPILATION FROM THE PAST 20 YEARS |