PROGRAMME
4.30 p.m. Arrival and registration of guests
Welcome drinks
5.00 p.m. Welcome and Keynote
Martin Selmayr, Head of Representation of the European Commission in Austria
“EU priorities in the current energy crisis”
5.15 p.m. Opening speeches
Günther H. Oettinger, President of United Europe
Hans Harrer, President of Senat der Wirtschaft Österreich
5.30 p.m. Panel 1: “How did we become so dependent on Russian energy and what do we do now?”
- Annika Brack, VP, Head of EU Representation Office Uniper, Brussels (tbc)
- Monika Köppl-Turyna, ECO Austria
- Georg Zachmann, Breugel, Brussels (tbc)
- Mechthild Wörsdorfer, Deputy Director-General for Energy, European
Commission (tentative)
Chair: Alan Riley, Senior Fellow Atlantic Council
6.30 p.m. Break
6.45 p.m. Panel 2: “Europe’s Future Energy Prospects”
- Valerie Faudon, European Nuclear Society
- Andriy Kobolyev, former CEO Naftogaz
- Stephan Sharma, Energie Burgenland
- Tim Joris Kaiser, Representation of the European Commission in Austria
- Chair: Alan Riley, Senior Fellow Atlantic Council
7.45 p.m. Reception
A joint event of United Europe, the Senat der Wirtschaft Österreich and the Representation of the European Commission in Austria
