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Berlin CeSSA Conference
« Gas and Nuclear Economic Mechanisms »
Programme and Presentations
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Thursday, 31 MayDay 1: WP3 «Economic Mechanisms Sustaining Robust Development of Natural Gas Investment and Infrastructures»TU Berlin Main Building, Room: H 3503
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Welcome and IntroductionJean-Michel Glachant (GRJM, University Paris XI, France) and François Lévêque (CERNA, Paris School of Mines, France), CESSA Project Leaders: Objectives of the CESSA ProjectJean-Arnold Vinois (European Commission, DG TREN): Energy for a Changing World – EU Energy and Climate Policies Adopted by the European CommissionChristian von Hirschhausen (TU Dresden, and DIW Berlin): Introduction to the Natural Gas Day
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Keynote SpeechJeff Makholm (NERA, Boston, USA): Seeking Competition and Supply Security in Natural Gas: The US Experience and European Challenge
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Session Supply Security and InvestmentsChair: Jean-Michel Glachant (GRJM, University Paris XI, France)Herbert Ungerer (European Commission, DG COMP): Competition Policy and Energy SecurityJuan Rosellón (CIDE Mexico, and TU Dresden): Infrastructure Investments and Incentive Regulation
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Round Table: Natural Gas StorageChair: Christian von Hirschhausen (TU Dresden, and DIW Berlin)Wim Groenendijk (Gasunie, Netherlands): Perspectives of Natural Gas Storage in EuropeAnna Creti (Bocconi University Milan, Italy): Some Economics of Seasonal Gas StorageAnne Neumann (TU Dresden): Natural Gas Storage – Tales From Two Countries
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Keynote SpeechDavid Victor (PESD, Stanford University, USA): Natural Gas and Geopolitics
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Session Natural Gas Market Modeling and Supply SecurityChair: Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain)Yves Smeers (CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium): Gas Models and Three Difficult ObjectivesRuud Egging (University of Maryland, USA): Global Dependencies in Natural Gas Markets – How Do the European Natural Gas and the Worldwide LNG Market Affect Each Other?
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Round Table: Supply Security and Regulation: a Regional PerspectiveChair: Loren Cox (MIT, USA)Christoph Tönjes (Clingendael International Energy Programme, Netherlands): Perspectives for EU Gas Supply SecurityDavid Victor (PESD, Stanford University, USA): Recent Developments in China and India, and Their Influence on Global Natural Gas MarketsPeter Kaderják (Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Hungary): Natural Gas Supply to Eastern Europe: Dependence on Russia and Diversification PerspectivesRound Table Discussant: Dietmar Schulz-Oral (Gazprom Germania, tbc)
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Friday, 1 JuneDay 2: WP 2 «Nuclear Contribution to EU Energy, Environment and Security Needs»TU Berlin Main Building, Room: H 2032
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Welcome and Introduction to the Nuclear DayWilliam J. Nuttall (Electricity Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge, UK)
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Keynote SpeechDavid Newbery (University of Cambridge, UK), on behalf of Paul Joskow (MIT, Cambridge, Mass., USA): The Future of Nuclear Power in the United States
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Session A Global Nuclear Renaissance?Fabien Roques (International Energy Agency): Nuclear Power and the World Energy Outlook
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Session Nuclear Power in the European Union – Setting the SceneWilliam J. Nuttall (Electricity Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge, UK): Prospects for New Nuclear Power Capacity in the EUDidier Beutier (Areva): Towards a Nuclear Energy Policy for Europe?
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Round Table: Nuclear Power – What is Driving the Renaissance?Moderated by: François Lévêque (CERNA, Paris School of Mines, France)
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Session European New Build – Some VignettesNigel Buttery (British Energy): Issues Facing New Build in the UKGoulven Graillat (EdF): The EPR Flamenville 3 Project, France
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Session Nuclear Power is SpecialChair: David Cope (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, UK)Gordon MacKerron (Sussex University, UK): Waste, Ethics, and New BuildMichael Micklinghoff (E.On Kernkraft): Confronting Economic Regulation and Safety RegulationSimon Taylor (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK): Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity Markets: Lessons from British Energy
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Panel Discussion: Europeanisation of Safety Regulation and Markets – An Achievable Utopia?With representatives of designers, operators, constructors, financiers and safety regulators Moderator: William J. Nuttall (Electricity Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge, UK)
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Closing RemarksJean-Michel Glachant (GRJM, University Paris XI, France)

