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The Hague Ministerial Conference on the
International Energy Charter
“Investing in Energy”
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P RO G R AM M E F O R
H I G H L E V E L BU S I NE S S E V E NT
Place: Kurhaus, The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2015
Version 5 May 2015
High-level Business Event “Investing in Energy”
12:00-12:30
Registration industry leaders
12:30-14:00
Business lunch (governmental, international organizations
and industry leaders)
12:30-14:00
Opportunity for bilateral meetings
14:00-15:00
Plenary Opening Business Event
Key note addresses on challenges regarding Investing in
Energy
Panel discussion with ministers and industry leaders
Host: Mr Henk Kamp,
Minister of
Economic Affairs,
The Netherlands
Chair: Ms Lilianne
Ploumen, Minister
for Foreign Trade
and Development,
The Netherlands
Introduction of parallel interactive sessions
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:45
Parallel interactive sessions
Session 3 Investment promotion and protection
How can the Energy Charter help attract foreign
investment? What role can the Charter play in investments
abroad? What is its significance for energy-producing
countries, transit countries and net energy-consuming
countries?
Moderator: Mr Eelco
Hoekstra, Chairman
of the Executive
Board, Chief
Executive Officer,
Royal Vopak
Panelists:
Morgan Bazilian, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank
Energy and Extractives Global Practice
Jon Moore, Head, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Jambulat Sarsenov, Deputy Chairman, KAZENERGY
Association
Session 4 Energy innovation
Can innovation bring about the investment required? Can it
speed up the greening of our energy supply? Can it
improve access to energy? What is the role of intellectual
property rights?
Panelists:
Anton Van Beek, President, Dow Benelux
John Gilleland, CEO, TerraPower (invited)
16:45-17:00
Concluding remarks
17:00-17:30
Press conference
17:00-18:00
Farewell cocktail reception
Moderator: Harry
Brekelmans, Projects
& Technology
Director, Member of
the Executive
Committee, Royal
Dutch Shell plc