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The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community

Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community.

This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy

Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the

Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss

the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session

addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an

Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the

EU-Ukraine energy relations.

00 Welcome and introduction

00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat

00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne

01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP

01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference?

01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat

01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe

01c Discussion

02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan?

02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority

02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics

02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project

02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP

02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna

02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk

02g Discussion

03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community

03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP

03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat

03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz

03d Discussion

04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot

04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group

04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu

04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control

04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation

04f Discussion

04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI