Sunday 21 January 2018 19:15 Welcome Drinks 20:00 Meet & Greet Dinner Buffet Monday 22 January 2018 - DAY 1 Developments in EU Energy Law 9:30 - 10:10 Review of EU Case Law Adrien de Hauteclocque 10:10 - 10:50 REMIT - Implementation and Case Law Michal Miko 10:50 - 11:10 Break 11:10 - 11:50 Recent Developments in EU Energy Law - Recast Directives and Climate Change Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy 11:50 - 12:30 The Impact of Brexit on the EU Energy Sector Silke Goldberg 12:30 - 12:40 Discussion 12:40 - 13:30 Lunch The Energy System facing the Digital Age 13:30 - 14:10 Blockchain & Energy Transactions Julian Gray 14:10 - 14:50 Reform of the EU Data Protection Rules (General Data Protection Regulation) Koen Dupon 14:50 - 15:10 Break 15:10 - 15:50 Cyber Security in the Energy System and the Role of the Critical Infrastructure Directive Speaker of the Netherlands’ Cyber Security Centre Dutch Energy Law Association Continued - DAY 1 15:50 - 16:00 Discussion 16:30 Guided Tour of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives and the medieval Ridderzaal 18:15 Dinner at Littéraire Sociëteit De Witte Dinner Speech by Nick Heath Tuesday 23 January 2018 - DAY 2 Newcomers in the Electricity Market 9:15 - 9:45 Governance of New Market Entrants on EU Level - The Recast Electricity Directive Elozona Ochu Newcomers in the Electricity Market: Aggregators 9:45 - 10:15 Energy Aggregators in France Anne Lapierre 10:15 - 10:45 Energy Aggregators in Belgium Thierry D’hoore 10:45 - 10:50 Discussion 10:50 - 11:10 Break Newcomers in the Electricity Market: Storage Operators 11:10 - 11:40 Electricity Battery Storage in Germany Hermann Rothfuchs 11:40 - 12:10 Electricity Battery Storage in the UK Andrew White 12:10 - 12:40 Power to Gas - A Storage Option Ruven Fleming 12:40 - 12:45 Discussion 12:45 - 13:30 Lunch Continued - DAY 2 13:30 - 15:30 Parallel Sessions Reregulating Hydropower Concessions in the EU Hydropower Concessions in Italy Filippo Donati Renewal of Hydropower Concessions in France Paul Ravetto Revision of Hydropower Legislation in Norway Knut Kroepelien Revision of Hydropower Legislation in Portugal Lourenço Vilhena de Freitas Offshore Decommissioning - North Sea Practice Decommissioning Practice in the United Kingdom Greg Gordon Decommissioning Practice in the Netherlands Roderick Verstegen Decommissioning Practice in Denmark Clara Greve Brett Decommissioning Practice in Norway Dag Erlend Henriksen 15:30 - 15:50 Break New Gas Market Design 15:50 - 16:20 Proposal to Amend the Gas Directive and other Regulatory Developments Benedikt Klauser 16:20 - 17:00 Harmonization of Gas Transport Contracts in the EU Nicolas Van der Maren and Areti Kostaraki 17:00 - 17:15 Final Discussion 17:15 End of Seminar 29th European Energy Law Seminar 21 - 23 January 2018, The Hague