On 26 March, energynomics.ro organizes Spring Cocktail 2015 – the meeting of the Top Decision Makers from the Romanian energy market. With this ocasion, we will launch the first issue of energynomics.ro Magazine in 2015 – the premium printed publication for the Romanian energy community.
Mihaela Cârstei, member in the Advisory Board of the Energy Policy Group, Michael Probst, Business Development Manager for Utilities EMEA/AP from SAS and Prof. Dr. Jonas Puck, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) are the three top speakers who confirmed their participation at the 2015 edition of Spring Cocktail.
Mihaela Cârstei is an energy and economic policy advisor to the energy industry. Previously, Ms. Carstei was the Acting Director for the Energy and Environment Program at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, where she concentrated on the geopolitics of energy, energy security, energy technology, and climate change. In her speech, she will present her views on the European geopolitical context due to violence in Ukraine and the foreseeable trends for the energy sector.
The Energy Policy Group
The Energy Policy Group (EPG) is a Bucharest-based non-profit, independent think-tank specializing in energy policy, market analytics and energy strategy, grounded in February 2014. EPG’s regional focus is Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Basin, yet its analyses are informed by wider trends and processes at global and EU levels.
EPG promotes a technologically advanced, secure, environmentally friendly and socially acceptable energy system. Although pro-business, EPG’s views are self-standing and science-based. EPG relies on the best specialized data sources, as well as on its own research concerning energy security and strategy, technology, markets, geopolitics and political risk.
Michael Probst will give us some insights about the Global Industry Trends. An important topic is how Energy, Oil&Gas and Utilities companies can achieve “The Power to Know” and how to use it for business growth.
Michael Probst
Michael Probst supports the Center of Excellence focusing on Energy companies, which serves customers in more than 40 countries. Probst operates as domain expert across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. His main area of focus is how BigData Analytics is applied in the Energy industry.
Before joining SAS in, Probst spent nearly five years working for Landis+Gyr as project lead for introducing and marketing specific smart metering and smart solutions. He effectively interacted with various utility customers in Sweden, Finland and Norway regarding their smart metering installations and developing further scenarios for usage of data. This included program management, the coordination of technology for smart metering and its deployment into the field. He was also proactive in engaging with various interest groups in smart metering including ESMIG and other industry organizations.
SAS
SAS is one of the largest software manufacturing companies in the world. Due to the upward slope of income and profits of the company, since 1976, SAS has all the resources necessary to support the excellence in product development and customer support. SAS Analytical Solutions (“SAS Romania”) provides consulting services for the design, development, testing and implementation of SAS software solutions designed to meet customer needs. SAS Romania has a flexible team of experts responsible for providing business analytics solutions to companies and public institutions in Romania.
Prof. Dr. Jonas Puck introduces WU Executive Energy Expert – 2015 edition
Prof. Dr. Jonas Puck will present the 2015 edition of the innovative educational program WU Executive Energy Expert. Especially designed for the executives in the Romanian energy industry, this five-day program is a unique product on the Romanian market offering integrated approach to issues regarding year energy industry: current trends in the energy sector & changes, energy economics, negotiation, energy regulation with focus on recent EU directives have topics in the program.
In a recent interview for energynomics.ro, Prof. Dr. Jonas Puck mentioned the key trends for this year in regard with the energy demand and supply in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
“In brief, I expect stronger demand for oil due to the low oil prices and subsequently a reduction of speed in the efforts to rely less on oil specifically in the transportation industry. Further, we see continuing substitution of gas by coal as a consequence of high prices. Nevertheless, I still expect renewables to become more relevant nearly across all EMEA countries albeit with slightly reduced pace”.
Jonas Puck
Prof. Dr. Jonas Puck will hold his seminar on Current Trends & Changes in the Energy Sector, opening the 5-day WU Executive Energy Expert taking place in Bucharest.
- A historical perspective on energy supply and demand on a global scale
- Future supply across energy sources
- Future demand across energy sources
- Implications for energy companies
WU Executive Academy, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Vienna University of Economic and Business (WU) was founded in 1898. It is Europe’s largest business university and enjoys an excellent international reputation based on over a century of experience. The WU Executive Academy provides access to the expertise of some 700 faculty members and countless experts in over 200 partner universities worldwide.
The March 26 event will be a good opportunity for the expats in the energy industry to calibrate their expectations and perspectives with the local expert as well as with the Romanians who worked abroad.
Spring Cocktail – mixed by energynomics.ro
Cultivate Different Views On the Romanian Energy Market
Over 100 professionals active from the energy companies in Romania will attend this evening event, where networking and exchange of ideas will be catalyzed by two speakers, both managers with rich experience and good knowledge of the local business environment.
An additional contribution to the success of the evening will come from the fresh cocktails to be tested at the end of the presentations. On March 26th, from 6 PM, for three hours, Cesianu – Racoviţă Palace provides us with an eclectic and sophisticated ambience, given the stucco and wall paintings in oil and numerous works of art housed here.
Spring Cocktail is proposed and organized by Wing Media Energy Consulting through energynomics.ro and its partners. Among the partners of this year there are Ridgid, SGS România, WU Executive Academy, ATE3, BCR Pensii, Transelectrica, Automobile Bavaria, Sarto, SAS, ALD Automotive, Tradeville.
2015 Spring Cocktail enjoys the support of many strategic partners, including ROEC, RNC-WEC, UPG, Aspen Institute, RoGBC, EPG, RPIA, ARPEE and CRE. Bursa, Forbes, NineO’Clock and Puterea are our media parteners for this year.
Spring Cocktail 2014
Around 100 invitees attended to the Spring Cocktail 2014 – the top executives’ reunion for the Romanian energy market. Having Milan Kalal’s, senior analist at IDC Energy Insights, presentation as a trigger, the guests discussed the tendencies in the local and regional industry on the background of European change of paradigm and political turmoil in Ukraine. More details here.
