What is the European Gas Conference?
The European Gas Conference (EGC) is the most important, geopolitical discussion in the midstream gas calendar.
With Europe’s main supplier, Gazprom and hosts OMV officially supporting the gathering, EGC is the perfect opportunity to be with the most senior gas decision-makers in the European market.
Hot topics for European Gas Conference 2020 will include:
- Adapting to the outcome of Gazprom-Naftogaz transit negotiations
- Increasing number of projects reaching FID and LNG supply arriving to Europe
- LNG trading in a commoditised market
- Putting gas on the map post-Madrid Forum: Bridging relationships between the industry and European Commission
- Gas in the energy transition: Implementing new technologies to increase Hydrogen production
- New models for structuring and financing gas projects
LNG Day 2019 Highlights
European Gas Conference 2019 Highlights
2020 Early Confirmed Speakers
Rainer Seele
Chairman of the Executive Board, OMV
Viktor Zubkov
Chairman of the Gazprom, Board of Directors, PJSC Gazprom
Oleg Aksyutin
Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Department, Gazprom
Klaus-Dieter Borchardt
Deputy Director General, European Commission
Andreas Schierenbeck
CEO, Uniper
Laurent Vivier
President, Gas, Total
Paul Corcoran
Chief Financial Officer, Nord Stream 2
Patrick Dugas
Vice President LNG Trading, Total
Tim Gould
Head of Supply Division, World Energy Outlook, International Energy Agency
Andrew Walker
Vice President Strategy, Cheniere Marketing
Vitaliy Baylarbayov
Deputy Vice President, Socar
Mark Beacom
CEO, Black Sea Oil & Gas
Mark Gyetvay
CFO & Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Novatek
Edward Winter
Managing Director, Blackrock
Katan Hirachand
Managing Director, Energy Société Générale
Jason Tate
COO, European Gas and Power, BP
Karthik Sathyamoorthy
President, AG&P LNG Marketing, AG&P
Jonathan Stern
Founder, Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Nick Prowse
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Peder Bjorland
Vice President Marketing and Trading Natural Gas, Equinor
Elena Sidorochkina
Head of LNG, OMV Gas Marketing & Trading
Florian Ermacora
Head of Wholesale markets, Electricity & Gas Unit, Directorate for Internal Energy Market, European Commission
Rachelle Goebel
Senior Vice President, AG&P Engineering
Peter Biltoft-Jensen
Senior Lead Regulatory Advisor, Energy Markets, Ørsted
David Ledesma
Strategy & Energy Consultant, South-Court Ltd and Senior Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Peter van Buuren
CEO, Hamina LNG Oy
Bruno Larsen
Head of FSRU, Gastrade
Wolfgang Peters
Managing Director, The Gas Value Chain Company
David Viduna
Head of Origination, CEZ
Akira Miyamoto
Executive Researcher, Energy Resources and International Business Unit, Osaka Gas
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Secretary General, Hydrogen Europe
Pawel Jakubowski
CEO, Polskie LNG
Tadas Matulionis
LNG Business Director, Klaipedos Nafta
Reinhard Mitschek
SVP Gas Logistics & International Projects, OMV Gas & Power
Andreas Holler
Head of Department Technical Asset Development, OMV Gas & Power
Christian Filippitsch
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Bernd Rajal
Partner, Schoenherr
Antonio Michelon
Senior Principal, Pöyry
Peter Marx
Head of Oil & Gas, Project Finance, Raiffeisen Bank International
Christophe Poillion
Vice President, European Affairs, GRTgaz
Danila Bochkarev
Senior Fellow, EastWest Institute
Sergey Trofimenko
Managing Director, Gas & Power Markets, Spimex
Jan Ingwersen
General Manager, ENTSOG
Marcel Tijhuis
Senior Project Manager Business Development LNG, German LNG
Pierre Vergerio
Member of Executive Committee, Director of Gas Midstream, Energy Management & Optimization, Edison
Ilaria Conti
Head of Gas, Florence School of Regulation
Charles Ellinas
CEO, Ecnhc
Frank Van Doorn
VP, Head of Trading, Vattenfall
Gautam Mukherjee
Director, Global Gas Analysis, Centrica PLC
Dr Timm Kehler
Chairman, Zukunft ERDGAS
Nicolas Peugniez
Deputy Director, Strategy and Regulation, GRTgaz
David Tonge
Director, IBS Research & Consultancy
Dietrich Hoffmann
Head of Origination, RWE
Huw Williams
Investor Relations, Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK Government
Henrik Solgaard Andersen
Project Director, H21 North of England and Zero Carbon Humber, Equinor
Success Stories
“The key speakers/panelists have been always to the point of attraction with their professional knowledge and critical thinking on the topics in the agenda.”
“EGC provides a forum for industry stakeholders to share the latest thinking at a time of rapid change in a collaborative environment.”
“EGC 2019 provided valuable insights of how Europe will balance pipeline gas supply against LNG imports going forward as well as interesting networking opportunities.”
“Thank you for organizing a great conference, I must say the speaker panel for the LNG day was the best I have seen.
So when someone will ask which conference to go to, this is one to put on there list”
2020 Draft Agenda
LNG DAY - 27 January
27th January: LNG Day – Will Europe be the New Destination for LNG?
08:50 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
09:00 [Presentation] The Growing Importance of Europe for the LNG Market
09:20 [Panel] LNG Trading & Contracts: Adapting to a climate of oversupply?
10:20 Networking Coffee Break
Morning Coffee – Sponsored by:
10:50 [Presentation] The Potential of Modularisation: Unlocking the Untouchable Parts of Europe
11:10 [Panel] Redefining Europe as a Global Regasification Hub
12: 00 Networking Lunch
14:30 [Roundtables] LNG Forum Roundtables: Addressing the LNG Dilemmas Keeping You up at Night
15:30 Afternoon Break – Sponsored by:
16:00 [Panel] How will the LNG Financing Model Evolve to Cope with Flexible Contracts?
16:45 [Panel] Exporting to a New Destination: The International Projects Supplying Europe
17:30 Welcome Drinks Reception at Vienna Marriott Hotel
EGC DAY 1 - 28 January
28th January: EGC Day 1 – Promoting Dialogue between Europe and its Main Suppliers
08:45 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
08:50 [OMV Keynote] Welcome and Keynote Address
09:00 Ministry Welcome Keynote
09:10 [Russia’s GECF Representative Keynote] Welcome and Keynote Address
09:20 [Gazprom Keynote] Future of Natural Gas on the European Market: The View from Gazprom
09:45 [Regulatory Keynote] Shaping the Regulatory Framework for Gas
10:10 Morning Coffee – Sponsored by:
10:40 [Panel] The Progression of Major Pipelines to Interconnect Europe
11:25 [Panel] With Mass-Oversupply of LNG, Has Europe Become a Prime Destination?
12:10 Moving Away from Coal & European Gas Demand
12: 30 [NEW] Taking the Pulse of the European Gas Market
This NEW fully interactive session will see the audience vote in a series of polls addressing today’s key topics!
Our panel of leading experts will then be on hand for quick-fire comments on the results of your views.
13:15 Lunch
Stream A
Trading & Pricing
14:30 Natural Gas Market Pricing and Trends
14:50 [Panel] Trader’s Viewpoint: Upcoming Projects, Gas Pricing and Contract Lengths
15:30 Gas Exchange Market Developments in Russian Federation between 2020-2021
16:10 [Panel] How Successful Have Network Codes been for Europe?
Stream B
Pipelines & Interconnectors
14:30 Alternative Gas Supply Corridor: Expanding the Baltic Pipe Project
14:50 [Panel] Overcoming the Regulatory and Financial Challenges in Supporting Pipeline Projects
15:30 Baltic Connector: Connecting Finland and Estonia to the Rest of Europe
16:10 [Panel] Gas Infrastructure: What expectations and requirements are there for CEE and SEE Europe?
Afternoon Coffee – Sponsored by
17: 00 Champagne Roundtables
As we close Day 1, enjoy a glass of champagne over an informal conversation with senior experts on Europe’s most pressing gas issues
17: 45 End Of Conference Day 1
19: 30 Drinks Reception at Schönbrunn Palace
20: 00 Gala Dinner at Schönbrunn Palace
DAY 2 - 29 January
29th January: EGC Day 2 – Defining the Future Role of Gas in the Energy Transition
08:50 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
09:00 [Panel] Shaping the Role of Gas in a Low Carbon Future
09:20 In Conversation with the European Commission: Building on the Madrid Forum and the Quest to Decarbonise Gas
10:00 [Panel] Low and Zero-Carbon Projects: How Much Progress Are We Seeing?
10:45 Morning Coffee – Sponsored by:
Stream A
Technologies to Put Gas at the Forefront of the Energy Transition
11:30 Hydrogen on a Mass Scale
11:55 LNG to Power
12:30 Biogas Production
13:05 Pyrolysis
Stream B
Developing Supplies to Europe
11:30 Black Sea
11:55 East Med
12:30 Turkey
13:05 Ukraine
13:25 Lunch
14:30 End Of EGC
2020 Hosts
2020 Gold Sponsor
2020 Silver Sponsors
2020 Bronze Sponsors
2020 Media Sponsors
Event Venue and Accomodation
Information and booking Link
The European Gas Conference will be held at the Vienna Marriott Hotel.
Contact Information:
Address: Parkring 12A, 1010 Wien, Austria
Phone: +43 1 515180
Accommodation Options
You can receive discounted hotel rates as an attendee – Book your accommodation here
*Please note all bookings need to be made by 6 January 2020.
Summer Gas Social Advisory Board
Maria Rita Galli
Senior Vice President, Snam
Katan Hirachand
Managing Director, Energy Société Générale
Alex Barnes
Governmental Relations Advisor, Nord Stream 2
Jonathan Stern
Founder, Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Nick Prowse
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Peder Bjorland
Vice President Marketing and Trading Natural Gas, Equinor
Chris Walters
Managing Consultant, Gas Strategies
Ben Sulaiman
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Franco Magnani
Executive Vice President B2B Sales at Eni
Heike Trischmann
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Murray Douglas
Research Director, European Gas, Wood Mackenzie
Anne Marie Brix-Thomsen
Head of Trading Gas Europe, Equinor
Rachelle Goebel
Senior Vice President, AG&P Engineering
Success Stories
“A great cocktail to kick-start the year: high level attendance, right size to exchange with participants, program covering the whole value chain of gas…”
“It combines top experts, latest news and informed discussion – also first class networking”
“The content on the LNG and future of gas were excellent. The networking was also good.”
2019 Gallery
For 2020 Speaker Enquiries:
Sandil Sanmugam
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7384 7744
E: [email protected]
For 2020 Sponsorship Queries:
Ivan Lukyanenka
Tel: +44 (0) 27 384 7995
E: [email protected]
For 2020 Marketing Queries:
Ryan Barry
Tel: +27 21 001 3891
E: [email protected]