Ukrainian Energy Forum, 27th February - 1st March 2012, Kyiv, Ukraine

Your 2012 Speaker Faculty includes:

Didier Casimiro President & CEO TNK-BP Commerce

Volodymyr Ignashchenko Adviser to the Minister Ministry of Ecology & Natural Resources of Ukraine

Dr James Bown President Vanco Prykerchenska

Yuri Borisov Director Ukrgaz-vidobuvannya

Zenon Potoczny President Shelton Petroleum

Dr Yuri Kubrushko General Director IMEPOWER Consulting

The leading gathering of the Ukrainian and international energy communities

Stop Press: Energy & Coal Minister Yuri Boyko and Ecology & Natural Resources Minister Mykola Zlochevskiy both confirm their official support for the UEF-12 and intention to address the forum!

The annual Adam Smith Ukrainian Energy Forum is set to take place against a background of unprecedented activity in the sector:

• Both global energy majors and leading domestic industrial groups are actively pursuing E&P opportunities in oil & gas;
• Industry experts are estimating that Ukraine may hold the largest reserves of unconventional gas in Europe, if not worldwide;
• Ukraine is rapidly establishing itself as a regional leader in renewable energy, most notably wind and solar;
• The privatisation process is underway of significant stakes in both power generation and distribution assets;
• International financial institutions are committed to financing the much needed modernisation and upgrading of the national gas transportation infrastructure.

Therefore the UEF-12 will once again provide a timely and independent platform for dialogue amongst all interested players in the sector – key government decision-makers and regulators, top executives from leading domestic state and private sector companies, current and potential international strategic investors and respected analysts, advisors and financiers.

The Forum will cover the whole spectrum of the energy sector in Ukraine, including oil & gas exploration and production; gas production and supply; power generation and distribution; nuclear and coal production; energy efficiency; opportunities in unconventional gas, including shale and coal bed methane; renewable energy, as well as such issues as geopolitical considerations, energy transit, legislative requirements, tenders and licensing, the availability of financing and much more.

Forum Highlights For 2012

A 1-day workshop on the Fundamentals of the Shale Gas Industry on 27th February, run by Nick Grealy read more...

The influential shale gas commentator will outline how the emergence of this energy source can impact Ukraine;

A guest session of the Q-Club, focusing on Ukraine’s energy security. read more...

The respected Kyiv International Energy Club, led by it founders, Oleksandr Todiychuk and Burzu Aliyev, will host this topical debate within the framework of the forum;

Former Energy Minister, Ivan Plachkov, will once again host a wine-tasting evening, featuring his award-winning Kolonist wines. read more...

The wine-tasting will take place at the end of the first day of the main forum on 28th February;

Topical sessions dedicated to the most exciting issues, including Unconventional Gas and Renewable Energy. read more...

Hear first hand from the leading players and experts on these exciting growth areas.

A strategic focus day on the Electricity sector on 1st March, with a special focus on electricity trading and supported by EFET. read more...

Key EFET executives will be joined by DTEK, AES, Eurocape New Energy, NERC, Activ Solar, Energorinok, NAK ECU, Sadovaya Group and many more.

We are honoured that Yuri Boyko, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, and Mykola Zlochevskiy, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, have both given their official support for the forum and confirmed their intention to speak. Indeed, once again the Ministry of Energy & Coal Industry will be a co-organiser of the event. Each of these key officials has recognised that the forum provides a unique platform for dialogue between the government and the energy community.

The Ministers will be joined on the 50-strong speaker faculty by the heads of a host of state companies and agencies, including: the Rada Fuel and Energy Committee, Naftogaz, NERC, State Geological Service, NAK ECU, Energorinok, Ukrgazvidobuvannya and the State Agency for National Projects;

- They will be joined by over 20 strategic investors and operators, including Ukrnafta, Gazprom, TNK-BP, Shell, DTEK, RAG, Activ Solar, Kulczyk Oil, Hawkley Oil and Gas, Eurocape, AES, Vanco, Hutton Energy, Sadovaya Group, Transeuro Energy, Shelton Petroleum, Iskander Energy and Regal Petroleum;

- We welcome back our authoritative group of international energy commentators and experts, including Tatiana Mitrova, Mikhail Korchemkin, Oleksandr Todiychuk, Simon Pirani, Alan Riley and Burzu Aliyev, as well as the EBRD and Energy Community Secretariat amongst others.

To remind you, the most recent Ukrainian Energy Forum took place in Kyiv in March 2011, gathering 300 senior energy executives from over 20 countries.