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 Universitat Linz, Austria ) /

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

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

• Efe Biresselioğlu (Professor & Dean of Graduate School at İzmir University of Economics, 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 ( Full Professor in Economics, Sustainable Economy Research Group @ LGI, École CentraleSupélec Université Paris-Saclay)

• Esma Dilek ( Deputy Director General of Communications at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the President of ITS Türkiye )

Thursday, 27th of June

09:00 - 10:30                    Dual Plenary Session 3

Electricity Markets: Effects of Decarbonization (DPS3)

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

Confirmed speakers: 

• Taha Meli Arvas (CEO at EPİAŞ, Türkiye / Association of European Energy Exchanges / Lecturer at Boğaziçi University, Türkiye) 

• Hasan Ozkoc (Director at Mediterranean Energy Regulators)

• Laura Malaguzzi Valeri (Deputy to Vice President of Research, Data and Innovation at World Resource Institute) 

• 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: Noura Mansouri (Research Fellow at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Saudi Arabia / Chair of Think 20 (T20) Climate Change and Environment Task Force)

Confirmed speakers: 

• Burçin Önel (New York University School of Law)

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

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: 

• 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 ( Founder and Managing Director of IREES - former BSR Sustainability)

• Renaud Crassous (Executive President at Nuward, France)

• Sama Bilbao y León (Director General at World Nuclear Association)

  
  

Thursday, 27th of June

14:00 - 15:30                    Dual Plenary Session 6

Energy Financing: New Requirements and Opportunities (DPS6)

Session Chair: TBA

Confirmed speakers: 

• Adonis Yatchew (Professor of Economics at University of Toronto, Canada / Editor-in-Chief of The Energy Journal by IAEE)

• Emre Çamlıbel (CEO at Re-Pie Asset Management, Türkiye)

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

  
  

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 of Economics at the University of Perugia, Italy / Professor of Energy Economics at the University LUISS, Rome, Italy)

Confirmed speakers: 

• Ahmet Turan Özdemir (General Manager at ASPİLSAN, Türkiye)

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

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

  
  

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: 

• Ahmet Türkoğlu (CEO at Turkish Petroleum Corporation)

• Elchin Ibadov (Chief Executive Officer at SOCAR Türkiye)

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

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

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