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EUROPEAN LEAGUE FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION

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ELEC CONFERENCE
“How can the EU generate a virtuous circle in the Black Sea Region
– the case of food and energy security”

Bucharest, April 26th 2016

FINAL PROGRAM
Monday, April 25, 2016: Venue: NBR’s Training and Social Events Facility Center
(42, Dr. Nicolae D. Staicovici Street, Sector 5, Bucharest)
19.00 – 21.00: Welcome dinner

Tuesday, April 26, 2016: Venue: (attention: change of venue from original program!)
Romanian Banking Institute, 3, Negru Voda Street, District 3, Bucharest
09.00 – 09.20: Mugur Isarescu, Governor, National Bank of Romania – Word of welcome
09.20 – 09.25: Radu Deac, President of ELEC Romania

Keynote speeches
09.25 – 09.55: Miguel Arias Canete, EU Commissioner for Climate Action & Energy
09.55 – 10.35: Rudi Mögele, Deputy Dir. General, DG Agriculture & Rural Development
10.35 – 11.00: Coffee break

Round Tables
11.00 – 14.00: (in parallel)
Round Table on Food Security: The European Union and the factors
which generate food insecurity in the extended Black Sea Region in the context of
the 21st Century challenges

Moderator: Achim Irimescu, Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development

Members:
– Mrs. Desislava Taneva, Minister of Agricuture and Food, Bulgaria
– Mr. Eduard Grama, Minister for Agriculture and Food Industry, Republic of
Moldova
– Mr. Vladimir Olegovich Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and
Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, Budapest, Hungary
– Mr. Radu Gratian Ghetea, VP of ELEC Romania and CEO of CEC Bank SA,
Romania

2
Round Table on Energy Security: Energy security and long-term development of
energy networks in Central and Eastern Europe

Moderator: Vasile Iuga, PwC, Partner

Members:
– Mr. Ilya Lingorski, ELEC Bulgaria
– Mr. Julian Popov, Fellow, European Climate Foundation, London
– Mr. Mehmet Ogutcu, President, Global Resource Partnership, London
– Mr. Giacomo Persi Paoli, Senior Analyst, RAND Europe, London
– High ranking officer CyberInt, Romania

14.00 – 15.00: Sandwich lunch (standing)

Conclusions
15.00 – 15.15: Achim Irimescu, Moderator: Preliminary conclusions on Food Security
15.15 – 15.45: Rudi Mögele: Conclusions on Food Security
15.45 – 16.00: Vasile Iuga, Moderator: Preliminary conclusions on Energy Security
16.00 – 16.30: Miguel Arias Canete: Conclusions on Energy Security
16.30 – 17.00: Baron Bernard Snoy, International President of ELEC: Final Conclusions
20.00 – Relaxing dinner at Restaurant Isoletta (near Herastrau lake) in Bucharest
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