Panel Session 1 – Completing the IEM in SEE: win-win solutions for market integration and cross-border cooperation

Panelists

Janez Kopac Ulla Sandborgh Damian Gjiknuri Milos Mladenovic Plamen Popov Barbara Dekleva Jenčič Konstantin Konstantinov

Moderator: Leonardo Meeus

Keynote speech

A roadmap for the SEE region for the next decade – challenges and opportunities
Janez Kopac, Director, Energy Community Secretariat

Introduced by e-voting

What next for market coupling in the SEE region - lessons learned from the MRC implementation and a roadmap for the future
Ulla Sandborgh, Senior Vice-President, Svenska Kraftnät

Regional cooperation in SEE: challenges and opportunities ahead for market integration
Damian Gjiknuri, Minister of Energy and Industry, Albania

Fostering market integration in SEE – delivering benefits of regional cooperation to market participants
Milos Mladenovic, CEO SEEPEX

Realizing the benefits of the IEM in SEE – the traders’ perspective
Plamen Popov, Head of Trading South East Europe, Statkraft, Germany

Extending the IEM and the Energy Union benefits beyond EU borders
Barbara Dekleva Jenčič, Assistant Director, ELES

Round table discussion and Q&A moderated by Leonardo Meeus, Professor, Florence School of Regulation:

Damjan Medimorec (HOPS, Convenor RG SEE, ENTSO-E), Ulla Sandborgh (Svenska Kraftnat), Milos Mladenovic (CEO, SEEPEX), Damian Gjiknuri (Minister), Barbara Dekleva Jenčič (Assistant Director, ELES), Silvio Brkic (Director, CROPEX, tbc), Janez Kopac (Director, EnC), Plamen Popov (Statkraft), Konstantin Konstantinov (CEO, IBEX)