Conference Program

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Thursday, October 20

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Registration

18:30-20:30

Opening Reception

18:30-20:30

Friday, October 21

Registration

09:00 - 17:00

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Opening Plenary: Energy security: International Energy Outlook and Impacts on Eurasian Region

10:00-11:30

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Chair: Vilayet Valiyev

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• Fatih Birol; Executive Director, International Energy Agency

• Alparslan Bayraktar; Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey (MENR)

• Elnur Sultanov

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Plenary Session 2: Climate Change: Green Technology Implementation, Mechanism and Finance

11:30-13:00

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Chair: Cem Avcı; Civil Engineering Department, Boğaziçi University

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• Levent Kurnaz; Climate Scientist, Bogazici University Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies

• Ali Coşkun

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Lunch

13:00 -14:00 

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Plenary Session 3: Energy Markets and Regulation: Reforms, Liberalization and Institutionalization

14:00-15:30

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Chair: Ahmet Türkoğlu; CEO, Turkish Electricity Market Operator (EXIST)

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• Christian Baer; EUROPEX -Secretary General - Liberalization and Institutionalization of Energy Markets

• Hakkı Özata; EMRA - Head of Electricity Market - Energy Markets Regulation

• Tamer Emre; EPİAŞ - Director of Market Operatios – Energy Markets

• Ozan Korkmaz; APLUS- Co-Founder - Energy Prices, Predictability and Sustainability

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Saturday, October 22

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Registration

09:00 - 17:00

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Plenary Session 4: Energy Efficient and Renewable Technologies: Smart Grids and Prosumers

10:00-11:30

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Chair: Görkem Üçtuğ

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Plenary Session 5: Natural Gas Geopolitics, Contracts and Legal Issues

11:30-13:00

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Chair: Nurali Yusufbayli

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• Deniz Tuncel

• Robert Brooks

• Boyko Nitzov

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Lunch

13:00 -14:00 

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Roundtable Session: Renewable Energy Technology: Innovative Applications

14:00 - 15:30

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Chair: Gürkan Kumbaroğlu; Director of the Energy Policy Research Center at Boğaziçi University; Founding President of Turkish Association for Energy Economics, Past President of IAEE

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• Abdullah Çalışır

• Mehmet Göksu

• Kardelen Afrodit Adsal

• Faruk Koçak

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 Closing ceremony and concluding remarks

15:30-16:00

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