Dr. Urban Rusnák

(Secretary General, Energy Charter Treaty (ECT

Dr. Ken Koyama

Chief Economist and Managing Director, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

Topic of Speech: The Prospects and Challenges for the World Energy Future

Prof. Gurkan Kumbaroglu

President of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), Professor of Bogazici University, Turkey

Topic of Speech: The Dynamic Energy Landscape: Future Expectations and Uncertainty

Luis Gomez Echeverri

(Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA

Topic of Speech: The SDGs and the Paris Agreement: Toward a Joint Energy Agenda

Prof. W. D. Walls

Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Canada

Topic of Speech: Shale Oil Boom and Refinery Profitability

 Dr. Udo Niehage

Siemens AG, Head of Government Affairs, Company Representative for the Energy Transition

Topic of Speech: The German Energy Transition

Dr. Carole Nakhle

Director of Crystol Energy, UK

Topic of Speech: Iran's Oil Comeback: the Awakening of a Giant

Stefan Haid

Principal at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, GmbH, Germany

Facilitating Investment in Iran’s Energy SectorTopic of Speech: 

Dr. Zafer Ozturk

Energy Systems Modelling Lab, Bogazici University, Turkey

Topic of Speech: Smart Grids: Trends and Opportunities in Electricity Sector

Prof. Hans-Josef Fell

  President of the EWG, Member of the German Parliament (1998-2013) , Germany

Topic of Speech: Renewable Energies conquer the global energy market

Dimitri Pescia

Senior Associate European Energy Cooperation at Agora-Energiewende, Germany

Topic of Speech: Insights from Germany’s Energiewende - State of affairs, trends and challenges

Dr. Ariel Bergmann

Economist, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy University of Dundee, UK

Topic of Speech: Unconventional gas - Looking Back and Looking Forward, 2006 to 2026

Prof. Lutz Mez

Berlin Centre for Caspian Region Studies, Germany

Topic of Speech: Education and training for energy efficiency and renewable energy

David Koranyi

Director, Eurasian Energy Future Initiative, Atlantic Council

Christopher Cook

Director of Petro Scotland limited