ENTSOG Annual Conference and 15-Year Anniversary: Supporting a Competitive, Secure and Sustainable Europe

Dear Stakeholder,

Please join us at ENTSOG’s Annual Conference 2024 and 15-Year Anniversary event to discuss how the gas TSOs are Supporting a Competitive, Secure and Sustainable Europe.

Date: 11 December 2024

Time: 14:00 - 18:30

Hybrid event: Bibliothèque Solvay, Rue Belliard, 137 and online

Established by the Third Energy Package in 2009, ENTSOG has enabled the efficient management and coordinated operation of the European gas network. Additionally, it has facilitated the European network's sound technical evolution. Since Regulation (EU) 2024/1789 entered into force in August 2024, ENTSOG now has new tasks in place, including technical cooperation and infrastructure planning with Hydrogen Network Operators.  

This conference will address the need to diversify gas supply to enable a robust and competitively priced energy delivery, the necessity of grids’ readiness for renewable and low carbon gases and how repurposing the infrastructure can accelerate decarbonisation and be cost-effective. It will consider the recent policies of EU-wide 2040 climate target and the Industrial Carbon Management strategy. 

The conference will consist of stakeholder exchanges within the following programme:

12:30-14:00     Gas TSOs exhibition: Repurposed and energy transition infrastructure

13:00-14:00     Conference Registration

14:00-14:15     Welcome by ENTSOG President, Bart Jan Hoevers

14:15-15:30     Thanking for the Memories, Reflecting on the Next Opportunities – Stakeholder exchanges with ENTSOG President and General Director

• Csilla Bartok, ACER
• Eva Henning, Thüga AG
• Predrag Grujicic, Energy Community
• Torben Brabo, previous GIE President
• Abel Enriquez, pre-ENNOH & Enagás
• Sonya Twohig, ENTSO-E 

15:30-16:00     Networking and Podcasting / coffee break

16:00-16:20     #In The Pipeline – What’s Next for the Gas Grids?   Keynote Speeches

• Boris Budka, MEP / EPP
• Krzysztof Bolesta, Poland Secretary of State Climate policy & green EU funds 

16:20-17:10     Panel 1: Global and EU Competitiveness with Repurposed Gas Grids

Moderated by: Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, CSEI

• Ditte Juul Jørgensen, DG ENER
• Nicola Rega, CEFIC 
• Susana Lagarto, European Investment Bank
• Małgosia Rybak, Cepi

17:10-18:00     Panel 2: Regulation and Economics of the Clean Energy Transition

Moderated by: Christopher Jones, FSR

• Csilla Bartok, ACER 
• Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe
• Vasiliki Klonari, WindEurope
• Pascal de Buck, Fluxys                          

18:00-18:15     ENTSOG Spotlight: Discussion with guest speaker

18:15-18:30     Closing statements of ENTSOG President and General Director

Due to capacity limitations, please note that physical attendance to the conference is by personal invitation only.

Please contact Koralia.Ioannou@entsog.eu should you have any questions or comments.

We look forward to your participation at the ENTSOG Annual Conference 2024 and 15-Year Anniversary celebration!

Piotr Kuś,
ENTSOG General Director

12:30-14:00     Gas TSOs exhibition: Repurposed and energy transition infrastructure

13:00-14:00     Conference Registration

14:00-14:15     Welcome by ENTSOG President, Bart Jan Hoevers

14:15-15:30     Thanking for the Memories, Reflecting on the Next Opportunities – Stakeholder exchanges with ENTSOG President and General Director

• Csilla Bartok, ACER
• Eva Henning, Thüga AG
• Predrag Grujicic, Energy Community
• Torben Brabo, previous GIE President
• Abel Enriquez, pre-ENNOH & Enagás
• Sonya Twohig, ENTSO-E 

15:30-16:00     Networking and Podcasting / coffee break

16:00-16:20     #In The Pipeline – What’s Next for the Gas Grids?   Keynote Speeches

• Boris Budka, MEP / EPP
• Krzysztof Bolesta, Poland Secretary of State Climate policy & green EU funds 

16:20-17:10     Panel 1: Global and EU Competitiveness with Repurposed Gas Grids

Moderated by: Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, CSEI

• Ditte Juul Jørgensen, DG ENER
• Nicola Rega, CEFIC 
• Susana Lagarto, European Investment Bank
• Małgosia Rybak, Cepi

17:10-18:00     Panel 2: Regulation and Economics of the Clean Energy Transition

Moderated by: Christopher Jones, FSR

• Csilla Bartok, ACER 
• Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe
• Vasiliki Klonari, WindEurope
• Pascal de Buck, Fluxys                          

18:00-18:15     ENTSOG Spotlight: Discussion with guest speaker

18:15-18:30     Closing statements of ENTSOG President and General Director

Bibliothèque Solvay

Rue Belliard, 137

1040 Brussels

Belgium

Online