Conference Agenda

Day 1 : Opening Session : The Strategic Importance of Regional Energy Trade for the Economies of the Arab Countries

• Bios of Various Speakers

• Speech by H. E. Mr. Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad, Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

• Speech by Ambassador Dr. Kamal Hassan Ali, Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Economic Sector, League of Arab States

• Speech by Ms. Anna Bjerde, Director, Strategy and Operations, World Bank Group

• Speech by H. E. Dr. Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Chair of Executive Bureau of the Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity, and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt

Day 1 : Session 1 : Advancing Energy Trade in the Pan-Arab Region: Opportunities and Challenges

• Bios of Various Speakers

• Opportunities and Obstacles in Electricity and Gas Trade in the Arab World, H. E. Dr. Fareed Zedan

  Former Electricity Regulator, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Creating Regional Momentum for Energy Trade, Paul Noumba Um

  Regional Director, Infrastructure, World Bank Group

• Summary and Takeaways

Day 1 : Session 2 : The Pan-Arab Electricity Market: Development Institutions’ and Countries’ Perspectives

• Bios of Various Speakers

• The Pan-Arab Electricity Market: From Vision to Execution and Results, Ambassador Dr. Kamal Hasan Ali

  Assistant Secretary General – Head of Economic Sector

• The Role of Arab Development Institutions in Supporting Electricity Trade, Dr. Mohamed Farahat

  The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

• The Pan-Arab Regional Energy Trade Platform (PA-RETP) Initiative, Erik Fernstrom

  Energy Practice Manager, World Bank Group

• Summary and Takeaways

Day 1 : Session 3 : A Regional Partnership for Gas Trade

• Bios of Various Speakers

• A Pan-Arab Regional Partnership for Gas Trade, Alexander Huurdeman

  Senior Gas Specialist, World Bank Group

• Regional Gas Hub Development in Egypt, Eng. Osama Mobarez

  Under-Secretary Technical Office, Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt

• Summary and Takeaways

Day 1 : Session 4 : International Experience in Developing Cross-Border Electricity Markets

• Bios of Various Speakers

• The Southern Africa Power Pool SAAP, Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga.

  Sloan School of management, MITEI & CEEPR, MIT
  Instituto de Investigación Tecnol?gica (IIT), Comillas University
  Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute

• The Internal Market for Electricity in the European Union, Alberto Pototschnig.

  Director ad interim

• Experience of commercial energy exchange of OMVS, Mr. Ahmed Taba Lehbib

  Technical Advisor to President of SEMAF(part of OMVS)

• Evolution of a Regional Electricity Market: The PJM Experience, Ashley C. Brown

  Executive Director, Harvard Electricity Policy Group Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

• Summary and Takeaways

Day 2 : Session 1 : Key Principles for Regional Electricity Trade Institutions and Regulations

• Bios of Various Speakers

• Central America Regional Electricity Market, Luis Chang

  Minister of Energy and Mines, Guatemala
  CDMER Pro tem President

• The Envisaged Institutional and Regulatory Framework of the PAEM, Dr. Dalal Helmi

  Head PAEM Steering Committee

• Comparing power pools UE & US, Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga

  Sloan School of management, MITEI & CEEPR, MIT
  Instituto de Investigación Tecnol?gica (IIT), Comillas University
  Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute

• Impact of Scaling Up Renewables on Regional Trade, Dr. Samir AlKotob & Mr. Bruno Cova

  Dr. Samir AlKotob, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  Mr. Bruno Cova, Systems Planning Director, CESI

• Summary and Takeaways

Day 2 : Session 2 : Investments in Regional Infrastructure to Realize Electricity Trade Benefits

• Bios of Various Speakers

• Role of Development Institutions in Financing Cross-Border Electricity Interconnections, Mr. Belkacem Ouzrourou

  Director of Africa Region, OFID

• Developing and Financing of Regional Electricity Transmission Investments, Mr. Jose Ramon Gomez

  Lead Energy Specialist, IADB

• Updated Regional Investments and Tools to Facilitate Trade in PAEM, Mr. Waleed Alsuraih

  Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank Group

• Summary and Takeaways

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