Sunday 21 January 2018

19:15 Welcome Drinks

20:00 Meet & Greet Dinner Buffet

Monday 22 January 2018 - DAY 1

Developments in EU Energy Law

9:30 - 10:10 Review of EU Case LawAdrien de Hauteclocque

10:10 - 10:50 REMIT - Implementation and Case Law Michal Miko

10:50 - 11:10 Break

11:10 - 11:50 Recent Developments in EU Energy Law -Recast Directives and Climate ChangeGerben-Jan Gerbrandy

11:50 - 12:30 The Impact of Brexit on the EU Energy SectorSilke Goldberg

12:30 - 12:40 Discussion

12:40 - 13:30 Lunch

The Energy System facing the Digital Age

13:30 - 14:10 Blockchain & Energy TransactionsJulian Gray

14:10 - 14:50 Reform of the EU Data Protection Rules(General Data Protection Regulation)Koen Dupon

14:50 - 15:10 Break

15:10 - 15:50 Cyber Security in the Energy System and theRole of the Critical Infrastructure DirectiveSpeaker of the Netherlands’ Cyber Security Centre

Dutch Energy Law AssociationContinued - DAY 1

15:50 - 16:00 Discussion

16:30 Guided Tour of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives and the medieval Ridderzaal

18:15 Dinner at Littéraire Sociëteit De WitteDinner Speech by Nick Heath

Tuesday 23 January 2018 - DAY 2Newcomers in the Electricity Market

9:15 - 9:45 Governance of New Market Entrants onEU Level - The Recast Electricity DirectiveElozona Ochu

Newcomers in the Electricity Market: Aggregators

9:45 - 10:15 Energy Aggregators in FranceAnne Lapierre

10:15 - 10:45 Energy Aggregators in BelgiumThierry D’hoore

10:45 - 10:50 Discussion

10:50 - 11:10 Break

Newcomers in the Electricity Market: Storage Operators

11:10 - 11:40 Electricity Battery Storage in GermanyHermann Rothfuchs

11:40 - 12:10 Electricity Battery Storage in the UKAndrew White

12:10 - 12:40 Power to Gas - A Storage OptionRuven Fleming

12:40 - 12:45 Discussion

12:45 - 13:30 Lunch

Continued - DAY 2

13:30 - 15:30 Parallel Sessions

Reregulating Hydropower Concessions in the EU

Hydropower Concessions in ItalyFilippo Donati

Renewal of Hydropower Concessions in FrancePaul Ravetto

Revision of Hydropower Legislation in NorwayKnut Kroepelien

Revision of Hydropower Legislation in PortugalLourenço Vilhena de Freitas

Offshore Decommissioning - North Sea Practice

Decommissioning Practice in the United KingdomGreg Gordon

Decommissioning Practice in the NetherlandsRoderick Verstegen

Decommissioning Practice in DenmarkClara Greve Brett

Decommissioning Practice in NorwayDag Erlend Henriksen

15:30 - 15:50 Break

New Gas Market Design

15:50 - 16:20 Proposal to Amend the Gas Directive andother Regulatory DevelopmentsBenedikt Klauser

16:20 - 17:00 Harmonization of Gas Transport Contractsin the EUNicolas Van der Maren and Areti Kostaraki

17:00 - 17:15 Final Discussion

17:15 End of Seminar

29th European Energy Law Seminar 21 - 23 January 2018, The Hague

Registration & Information

Registration and further information via www.never.nl

Venue

Hampshire Hotel - Babylon The Hague ****Bezuidenhoutseweg 532594 AC Den Haag / The HagueThe NetherlandsT: +31 (0)70 381 49 01www.hampshire-hotels.com

Contact Details

Organizing Office European Energy Law SeminarT: + 31 (0)6 45 78 29 14E: seminar@never.nl

Dutch Energy Law Association /Nederlandse Vereniging voor EnergierechtP.O. Box 91973301 AD DordrechtThe Netherlandswww.never.nl

Seminar programme changes are published on www.never.nl

Permanent Education

Speakers

Benedikt KlauserDG Energy, European Commission (BE)

Areti KostarakiEuropean Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) (BE)

Knut KroepelienEnergy Norway (NO)

Anne LapierreNorton Rose Fulbright Law Firm (FR)

Michal MikoAgency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (SI)

Elozona OchuNetherlands’ Competition Authority (ACM) (NL)

Paul RavettoRavetto Associés Law Firm (FR)

Dr. Hermann RothfuchsBird & Bird Law Firm (DE)

Nicolas Van der MarenEuropean Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) (BE)

Roderick VerstegenState participant in the oil and gas sector Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) (NL)

Lourenço Vilhena de FreitasFaculty of Law, Universidade de Lisboa / Cuatrecasas Law Firm (PT)

Andrew WhiteOffice of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) (UK)

Speakers

Adrien de HauteclocqueCourt of Justice of the European Union (LU)

Thierry D’hooreElia System Operator (BE)

Prof. Filippo DonatiDepartment of Legal Sciences, University of Florence (IT)

Koen DuponNetherlands’ Data Protection Authority (DPA) (NL)

Dr. Ruven FlemingGroningen Centre of Energy Law (GCEL), University of Groningen (NL)

Gerben-Jan GerbrandyEuropean Parliament (BE/FR)

Silke GoldbergHerbert Smith Freehills Law Firm (UK)

Greg GordonSchool of Law, University of Aberdeen (UK)

Julian GrayBP Digital Innovation Organisation, BP Group Technology (UK)

Clara Greve BrettAccura Law Firm (DK)

Nick HeathChargé d’Affaires, British Ambassador to the Netherlands

Dag Erlend HenriksenMinistry of Petroleum and Energy (NO)

Dutch Energy Law Association

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