EIB Forum 2007, Ljubljana - Speeches

Opening Session

• Welcome address: Philippe Maystadt, President of the EIB
• Opening address: Andrej Bajuk, Minister of Finance, Slovenia

Session I – Energy futures

• Richard Hosier, Head, Climate Change Department, Global Environment Facility
  
• Henry Luc Thibault, Director, Plan Bleu

Session II – Energy supply

• Marko Kryžanowski, Chairman, Petrol, Slovenia
• Johannes Heithoff, RWE Power Research and Development, Germany
• Helmut Engelbrecht, Chief Executive Officer, URENCO, United Kingdom
• Christine Lins, Secretary General, European Renewable Energy Council

Session III - Energy demand

• Peter Hennicke, President and Chief Research Executive, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
• Graham Smith, Senior VicePresident for External and Environmental Affairs, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
• Nico Wietor, Head of Arcelor Mittal Energy Benelux, Arcelor Mittal
• Prof. Dr Uwe Wullkopf, Director, Lugowe Consult/BASF, Germany
• Harry Verhaar, Senior Director Energy & Climate Change, Philips Lighting, The Netherlands

Session IV – Financing Energy

• Dr Franc Križanič, Director, Economic Institute of the Law School, Slovenia
• Seb Walhain, Director, Environmental Products, FORTIS
• Chris Greenwood, Operations Director, New Energy Finance, United Kingdom
• Håkan Karlström, Deputy Director, Ministry of Enterprise and Energy, Sweden

Closing Remarks

• Janez Podobnik, Minister of Environment, Slovenia
• Philippe de Fontaine Vive, VicePresident, European Investment Bank