The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to attend the III Energy Law Forum, which will be held on June 15, 2023 in Kyiv (Ukraine). Online participation (Zoom) is also available.
The event is a unique platform that will provide an opportunity to meet high-level professionals, participate in fruitful discussions with industry experts, expand the network of necessary business contacts and make important acquaintances.
Among the participants and speakers are expected leading specialists of the industry, representatives of regulatory authorities and specialized state institutions, industry associations and market operators.
The language of the event is Ukrainian.
AGENDA
11:00-14:00. Registration of participants
11:30-11:40. Opening event
11:40-12:40. PANEL DISCUSSION 1. Legal challenges of ensuring energy security of Ukraine.
Moderator: Vladyslav Sokolovskyi, Managing Partner of the Sokolovsky and Partners JSC
Questions for discussion:
- What will the Ukrainian energy industry be like? Overview of development strategies and goals.
- What is needed to restore Ukraine's energy security?
- Energy independence and security of the EU in the context of Ukraine's EU membership strategy
Experts:
Representative of the Office of the President (TBC)
Andriy Gerus, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services
Yaroslav Demchenkov, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine
Kostyantyn Uschapovskyi, Chairman of the National Commission for State Regulation in the Energy and Utilities Sectors (TBC)
12:40-13:10. Break
13:10-14:30. PANEL DISCUSSION 2. The electricity market
Moderator: Ivan Bondarchuk, head of the energy and natural resources practice of LCF Law Group
Questions for discussion:
- The concept of reforming the electricity market of Ukraine
- Restoration of infrastructure and generating capacities
- Export of electricity
- Nuclear energy as a source of low-emission electricity
- Distributed generation system: challenges and opportunities
Experts:
Olga Babii, member of the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the spheres of energy and communal services
Oleksiy Zakharchuk, Director of Regulatory and Legal Policy, DTEK
Anzhelika Konoplyanko, Deputy Head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine - state representative
Artem Nekrasov, first deputy director of SE "Guaranteed Buyer"
Maksym Yurkov, director of legal affairs of NEC "Ukrenergo"
14:30-15:00. Coffee break
15:00-16:20. PANEL DISCUSSION 3. Gas market
Moderator: Olga Terefenko, Gravity partner
Questions for discussion:
- The role of gas in the energy future of Ukraine
- Production of natural gas
- How Ukraine's renewable gas potential can contribute to Europe's energy security
- Development of gas storages of Ukraine
Experts:
Viktor Bilko, Deputy Head of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
Artem Petrenko, Executive Director of the Association of Gas Producers of Ukraine
Nataliia Hutarevych, Senior Associate, Sayenko Kharenko
Victoria Dudchenko, Head of the Legal department of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange LLC
Oleksandra Skolota, Head of the Legal Support Department of JSC "Ukrtransgaz"
16:20 – 16:50. Break
16:50 – 17:50. PANEL DISCUSSION 3. Ukraine's low-carbon transition: challenges and opportunities
Moderator: Nataliia Tuzheliak, Associate White & Case LLP
Questions for discussion:
- Decarbonization of Ukrainian energy and industry: challenges and opportunities
- The role of nuclear energy in the low-carbon mix of energy sources in Ukraine
- Financing/investing in Ukraine's clean energy transition: key opportunities and regulatory challenges
Experts:
Representative Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (TBC)
Yuriy Kamelchuk, People's Deputy of Ukraine
Andrii Konechenkov, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association
Kyrylo Kostyria, Head of the Legal Department of UDP Renewables
17:50-18:00. Closing
- Follow the updates of the program on the website of the Ukrainian Bar Association: https://uba.ua/eng/events/ii-konferencja-z-energetichnogo-prava-chastina-1
For additional information about the event, contact: +38 (096) 742-71-07 (WhatsApp, Telegram) or write to: kpyshchyk@uba.ua. Contact person - Kateryna Pyshchyk.
