October, 16

Hilton Hotel

Forum “Sustainable Energy in Eastern Europe”

7:00-8:45 Registration, morning coffee

8:45 Opening of the forum. Opening speech of the Organizing Committee

8:45 Welcoming address of the SEF 2018 KYIV Organizing Committee

Vitaliy Daviy, IB Centre Europe, CEO

9:00-10:30 Session 1.1 Global transformations of energy sector and their influence on Ukraine: distributed generation, energy storage, artificial intellect and blockchain technology as new components of energy market.

Moderator: Vitaliy Daviy, IB Centre Europe, CEO

9:00 Reformation and energy efficiency: major challenges for Ukraine

Hennadiy Zubko, Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine

9:10 How to ensure active development of renewable electrical energy and efficient operation of electric power system

Sergiy Savchuk, Head of the State Energy Efficiency Agency of Ukraine

9:20 Industrial capacity of Ukraine in the field of renewable energy sector

Victor Halasiuk, Deputy Leader of the Radical Party of Ukraine on Economic Policy,

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship

9:30 25% of “green generation” on overall energy mix till 2030: how this goal is achievable for Ukraine in the present circumstances

Nataliya Boyko, Deputy Minister for European Integration – Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine

9:40 Branch as a driver for the development of Ukrainian economy: current tasks and perspectives

Sergiy Shakalov, CEO, KNESS

9:50 Global changes of energy industry. Is it possible to achieve 100% renewable?

Stefan Gsanger Secretary General of  the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

10:00 Ukraine on the global map of the solar energy market

Narek Tunian, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, RECOM

10:10 Participation of financial institutions in the development of Renewable energy in Ukraine

Andrii Kravets, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, JSB UKRGASBANK

10:20-11:00 Coffee-break

11:00-12:30 Session 1.2. New rules of the game and structural changes in energy sector: expectations of investors and market participants

Moderator: Stefan Gsanger Secretary General of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

11:00 Cost-effective renewable potential in South East Europe

Luis Janeiro, Programme Officer – REmap, IRENA’s Renewable Energy Roadmap,  International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

11:10 How can the transition from the “green” tariff model to the auctioning affect the development of the industry?

Vsevolod Kovalchuk, Director of the UKRENERGO NPC SE

11:20 Construction of effective system of relations between market participants and UKRENERGO NPC SE

Yurii Gnatiuk, Director of State Enterprise "Energorynok"

11:30 Financing of projects of sustainable energy

Sergiy Maslichenko, Associate Director of Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Department, EBRD 

11:40 Efficient buildings in the energy system – regulatory and market trends in Europe

Oliver Rapf, Executive Director, Buildings Performance Institute Europe ASBL

11:50 New models for RES support: special opinion of the Red Queen

Victor Kurtiev, General Director of Metropoliya Group

12:10 Ecology of the energy

Ruslana Lyzhychko, famous Ukrainian singer, Renewable Energy Ambassador

12:30-13:30 Dinner time

Hall А

Conference “SEF: Solar Energy”

13:30-14:30 Session 2. Global trends of solar energy and their impact on the Ukrainian market

Moderator: Yuriy Favorskyy, Head of the Board of Solar Association of Ukraine

13:30 What projects in the field of solar energy are most interested in investors?

Vitaliy Timoshchenko, CEO, Block Master Ukraine LLC

13:40 Total growth: global investments in projects of solar energy

Dmytro Lukomskyi, CEO, Avenston

13:50  Latest solutions in a section of single-crystal solar modules. Practical solution for construction of solar power plants.

Juan Karlos Gonzales, Technical Sales Manager, UE and Latin America, Longi Solar in cooperation with Helios Strategia, Dmitry Merkulov, Head of Sales Department.

14:00 How to assess and minimize the technical risks of solar energy projects

Halil Demirdağ, CEO of Smart Energy Group

14:10 FusionSolar Smart PV Solution for Utility Scale solar projects

Anton Abramov, Director, Photomate LLC

14:20  Construction of Power Plants in contaminated areas: challenges and benefits

Evgeny Variagin, CEO, Solar Chernobyl and Consortium Rodina - Enerparc AG

14:30-15:00 Coffee-break

15:00-16:00 Session 3. New approaches, technologies and solutions as growth factor of solar energy market 

Moderator: Anton Abramov, Director, Photomate LLC

15:00 Leading to the Ultra-High Performance Era: Minimizing LCOE and Maximizing IRR with Jinko Solar new Cheetah Series

Yevhenii Prydatko, Business Development Manager in CIS, JinkoSolar

15:10 Build solar power plants in Ukraine together

Ann Shao, Sales director, Talesun

15:20 Why mono PERC modules are a good option to lower down the LCOE?

Morgane Fleurance, Product manager, JA Solar

15:30 Inverters technologies and innovations for large scale pv plants and new developments

Mauro Rivola, Deputy Managing Director & Sales Director, Ingeteam

15:40 New decisions in the direction of investors

Yan Stotko, Sales manager in Central Europe, SMA

16:00-16:30 Coffee-break 

16:30-17:30 Session 4. Optimum technical and service decisions for the projects of solar energy

Moderator: Oleksandr Dubovyi, Director of “Electro-Active”company

16:30 Fronius cost optimized commercial and residential solutions before and after the Ukrainian Feed-In-Tariff

Benjamin Fischer,  Area Sales Manager of Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Central Asia, Fronius International

16:40 Sustainable & Profitable investments with Suntech’s Power Top Technology

Dimitris Titopoulos, Executive Director on the Middle East, North Africa and CIS, Suntech Power

16:50 Why half cell panel is a better choice for you?

Ray Wang, Regional Sales Director, Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Co., Ltd.

17:10 Features of long-term operation of solar power stations

Oleksandr Zhul, Project manager, Unisolar

17:20 Public-service power plant – a new step of Ukrainian solar energy. A real case.

Stanislav Ignatiev, Executive Director, The Institute for Sustainable Development

Hall B

13:30-16:30 Conference “Total energy efficiency 1.0: Innovative construction and energy usage”

13:30-14:30 Session 1. Economy and legislative motivations for the development of energy efficiency market

Moderator: Stanislav Ignatiev, Executive Director, The Institute for Sustainable Development

13:30 Energy efficiency through energy services in the public and housing sectors: barriers for growth in Ukraine

Oleksii Korchmyt , Head of Association of energy service companies of Ukraine

13:45 Financing mechanism of energy efficiency projects in Ukraine

Volodymyr Stavniuk, SFII of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

14:00  Importance of International Cooperation in enhancing energy efficiency

Benoit Lebot, Executive Director, International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)

14:15  Current state and trends of biofuel branch in Ukraine

Georgiy Geletukha, Director, STC “Biomassa”

14:30 Sustainable Energy Systems - a global goal beyond solving the problem of climate change

Dieter Meissner, Professor of Sustainable Energetics, Tallinn University of Technology

14:45-15:00 Coffee-break

15:00-16:00 Session 2. Organizational and technological features of the development of energy efficiency projects in Ukraine and the EU

Moderator: Stanislav Ignatiev, Executive Director, The Institute for Sustainable Development

15:00 Biogas in a Danish context - development, training and competence

Yakob Lorenzen, Head of Danish Technology Center for Biogas

15:15 Long-term development planning for district heating infrastructure in Ukraine

Diana Korsakaite, Chief of Party Municipal Energy Reform Project

15:30 Albania's Second / Third Energy Efficiency Action Plan (EEAP), the major changes, timelines and opportunities for investors/ESCOs

Gjergj Simaku,  Director, Policy and Strategic Development of Industry and Energy Directory

Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy Albania

15:45 Street lighting control systems in infrastructure of energy-efficient city

Maksym Maslov, Head of the Department of LED lighting, “EKTA” company

16:00 Biofuel power plants industry

Volodymyr Boyko, General Director, Shostka Power Plant

Hall С

13:30-16:30 Conference “Investments and legal aspects of the development of projects of sustainable energy SEF Legal and Investments”

13:30-14:30 Session 1. Key regulatory issues in the field of sustainable energy

Moderator: Rodion Morozov, Head of Ecological Projects Department, JSB “UKRGASBANK”

13:30 Financing “green” projects

Rodion Morozov, Head of Ecological Projects Department, JSB “UKRGASBANK”

13:45 Legal support of investment projects for the construction of solar power plants

Oleh Kostiuchenko, Attorney at Law, Head of Energy Practice Sokolovskyi and Partners Law Firm

14:00 Development prospects and legislative initiatives in the field of renewable energy

Yurii Shafarenko, Director of the Department of renewable energy, State Energy Efficiency

14:15 EBRD support to renewable energy development in Ukraine

Olga Yeriomina, Associate Director, Senior Banker, Power&Energy Utilities, EBRD

14:30 Swedish plan “100% Renewable energy”

Goran Bryntce, President, Swedish enterprise of renewable energy (SERO)

14:45-15:00 Coffee-break 

15:00-16:00 Session 2. The Renewable energy objectives and how to meet them

Moderator: Yurii Shafarenko, Director of the Department of renewable energy, State Energy Efficiency

15:00 Lithuanian national energy strategy: 100% renewable electricity in 2050

Aistis Radavicius, Chairman of the Board, Lithuanian Wind Energy Association

15:15 De-Risking of Bankable Large Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

Ahmed Badr, Executive Director, Regional Center for renewable energy and energy efficiency (Egypt)

15:30  Ecological & Social Risk Management in Green Economy Projects

Nadia Riazanova, Financial Industry Adviser

Denis Maliuska, Private sector specialist

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

15:45 Development of the RE industry in Ukraine

Anton Hudachenko, NKREKP

18:00-2:00 Award ceremony SEF Awards 2018, SEF Party