The End of the Pipeline Saga? Southern Corridor and South Stream in the Making
This three-panel expert conference is dedicated to the Southern Corridor issues in a broad sense. We would like to use this opportunity to give an overview of European gas dilemmas with a strong focus on South Eastern Europe pipeline economics and politics. The conference aims to keep a healthy balance between producers’ representatives and potential consumers, providing a forum for a vivid economic and political debate on these approaching matters.
Opening Remarks:
John Shattuck, President and Rector of the Central European University, Hungary
Keynote Speech:
Murat Mercan, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey
Péter Hónig, Former Minister of Telecommunication, Transportation and Energy, Hungary
Panel 1: The European gas market through the producers' glance
Panel 2: Economics of new supplies in Southern Europe
Panel 3: Is the rivalry over? - Political aspects of the new pipelines
Concluding Remarks:
Péter Balázs, Director of the CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies, Hungary
Please find the detailed program and the speakers' bios attached.
Contact person: Zsuzsanna Végh
RSVP until October 2, 2013, at veghzs@ceu.hu
The conference is organized with the kind support of OVB Vermögensberatung.
