Vienna Forum 2015 00b Keynote Speech - Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI