Dual Plenary Sessions

Wednesday, 26th of June

11:00 - 12:30                    Dual Plenary Session 1

Energy Accessibility, Awareness and Social Implications (DPS1)

• Session Chair: Efe Biresselioğlu (Professor & Dean of Graduate School, İzmir University of Economics, Türkiye)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Andrea Kollmann (Lecturer & Principal Research Coordinator at the Energy Institute at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria ) / 

  Johannes Reichl (Professor & Scientific Director of the Department of Energy Economics at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

• Jens Royvrik (Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) /

• Christian Klöckner (Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

• Gülin Reyhanoğlu (Managing Director, Peugeot, Türkiye)

Wednesday, 26th of June

11:00 - 12:30                    Dual Plenary Session 2

Future of the Transportation Sector (DPS2)

• Session Chair: Maciej Mazur (President of PSPA, President of AVERE European Association for Electromobility)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Yannick Perez (Professor, CentraleSupélec, University Paris-Saclay, France)

• Esma Dilek (Deputy Director General of Communications at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and President of Intelligent Transportation Systems Association, Türkiye)

• Selçuk Borovalı (CEO, DB Tarımsal Enerji, Türkiye)

  
  

Thursday, 27th of June

09:00 - 10:30                    Dual Plenary Session 3

Electricity Markets: Effects of Decarbonization (DPS3)

• Session Chair: Ricardo Raineri (Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Taha Meli Arvas (CEO, Turkish Energy Exchange EPİAŞ, Türkiye)

• Hasan Özkoç (Director at Mediterranean Energy Regulators MEDREG, Italy)

• Laura Malaguzzi Valeri (Global Director of Research Integrity, World Resource Institute, USA) 

• Richard Green (Professor of Sustainable Energy Business at Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom) 

  
  

Thursday, 27th of June

09:00 - 10:30                    Dual Plenary Session 4

Hydrogen – A Possible Game Changer? (DPS4)

• Session Chair: Nora Nezamuddin (Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Burçin Önel (Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University School of Law, USA)

• Cem Avcı (Professor at Boğaziçi University, Türkiye / Senior Technical Consultant at ACE Consulting and Engineering Inc., Türkiye)   

• Luca Pilenga (Hydrogen Market Development and PMO Leader, Baker Hughes Institute, Italy)

• Michael Strebl (CEO, Wien Energy, Austria)

Thursday, 27th of June

14:00 - 15:30                    Dual Plenary Session 5

Clean Energy Transition: Nuclear, Renewables and Energy Efficiency (DPS5)

• Session Chair: Christophe Bonnery (Programme Director at Paris School of Economics, France)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Francois Dassa (Director of Prospective and Long-Term Studies, Nuclear and Thermal Production Division of EDF, France)

• Adnan Shibab-Eldin (Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, United Kingdom / Former Director of Research and Acting SG of OPEC)

• Eberhard Jochem (Senior Executive, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany)

  
  
  
  

Thursday, 27th of June

14:00 - 15:30                    Dual Plenary Session 6

Energy Financing: New Requirements and Opportunities (DPS6)

• Session Chair: Adonis Yatchew (Professor, University of Toronto, Canada)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Fatima Shuwaikh (Head of the Master Financial Masters at De Vinci Research Center)

• John Parsons (Professor & Deputy Director for Research, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, USA)

• Erinç Kısa (Vice-Director, AKSA Renewable Energy, Türkiye)

  
  
  
  

Friday, 28th of June

11:00 - 12:30                    Dual Plenary Session 7

Future of Renewables: Storage as a means of Secure Energy Supply (DPS7)

• Session Chair: Carlo Andrea Bollino (Professor, University of Perugia, Italy)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Ying Fan (Professor &  Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, China)

• Niels Ehlers (Head of Transformation and Digitalization at 50Hertz, Germany)

• Mehmet Nurullah Ateş (Member of the Board of Directors at Aspilsan Energy, Chief Senior Researcher at TÜBİTAK RUTE Energy Storage Division, Assistant Professor at Bogazici University) 

• Patrizia Marin (Founder of Marco Polo Experience, Italy)

  
  
  
  

Friday, 28th of June

11:00 - 12:30                    Dual Plenary Session 8

Future of Hydrocarbons in an Era of Decarbonization (DPS8)

• Session Chair: Adam Sieminksi (Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia)

  
  

  Confirmed speakers: 

• Yukari Yamashita (Managing Director at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)

• Tatiana Mitrova (Research Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, USA)

• Fahad Alajlan (President at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia)