The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to attend the III Energy Law Conference, which will be held in Warsaw (Poland). Online participation (Zoom) is also available.

Date and time: September 14, 2023, 10:00 AM - 21:00 PM (Warsaw time).

Registration starts at 9:30 AM (Warsaw time).

Venue: business center Q22, al. Jana Pawła II 22, 14^th floor, Warsaw, Poland / online (Zoom).

Language: English (please note that simultaneous translation will not be provided).

This event is a unique platform that provides an opportunity to meet high-level professionals, participate in fruitful discussions with industry experts, expand your business network and make important connections.

Among the participants and speakers are expected leading specialists of the energy industry, representatives of the Ukrainian and Polish regulatory authorities and specialized state institutions, key industry associations and businesses.

PROGRAM (Warsaw time)

9:30-10:00 Registration 

10:00-10:10 Opening remarks

Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Managing Partner at AVELLUM (online)

Michał Subocz, Partner at White & Case, Warsaw 

10:10-11:30 SESSION 1. Low-carbon transition in the context of the CEE energy security

Moderator:

Nataliia Tuzheliak, Associate at White & Case, Paris, Board Member of the UBA International Law Committee

Topics:

• The IEA ‘Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector’
• Ukraine’s low carbon targets & EU integration
• Poland-Ukraine bilateral cooperation in the energy sector
• Investment opportunities in Ukraine - the vision of the state

Experts:

Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist at the International Energy Agency (online)

Gabriela Miranda, OECD Country Manager for Ukraine (online)

Olga Yeriomina, Associate Director, Senior Banker at EBRD  

Farid Safarov, Deputy Minister of Energy for Digital Transformation and Digitalisation (online)

11:30-12:00 Coffee break

12:00-13:20 SESSION 2. Nuclear Resurgence: the role of the nuclear power and nuclear technologies in the global carbon-free energy transition

Moderator:

Ximena Vásquez-Maignan, Counsel at White & Case, Paris (online) 

Topics:

• The turn back to nuclear energy in the context of the energy crisis
• Nuclear energy & its role in the CEE energy security
• Procurement & management in the nuclear power industry
• Innovations and latest trends: SMR as a low-cost clean energy solution
• Nuclear investment projects

Experts:

Peter Hall, General Counsel at Rolls-Royce SMR (online)

Ray P. Kuyler, Deputy General Counsel at Westinghouse Electric Company (online)

Daniel Garton, Partner at White & Case, London (online) 

13:20-14:20 Lunch

14:20-15:40 SESSION 3. Wind & Solar energy projects: the CEE renewable investment potential

Moderator: 

Maria Kostytska, Partner at the Paris and Washington DC offices at Winston & Strawn   

Topics:

• Investment into post-war recovery of renewable energy infrastructure in Ukraine
• Poland and its energy mix transformation path
• International financing of wind and solar projects in Ukraine and Poland: views of a financial institution and an investor

Experts:

Ivan Bondarchuk, Counsel, Head of Energy and Natural Resources practice at LCF Law Group, Board Member of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA)

Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA)

Kyrylo Kostyria, Head of Legal Department at UDP Renewables

Sylwia Zwolan, Associate at White & Case, Warsaw 

15:40-16:10 Сoffee-Break

16:10-17:30 SESSION 4. Financing of energy transition projects

Moderator:

Olga Savchenko, Partner at ALTELAW legal company, Chair of the Legal Support Committee of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine (ASEU)  

Co-moderator:

Grzegorz Abram, Partner at White & Case, Warsaw

Topics:

• Planning and implementation of energy transition projects: tax advantages, loans or guarantees
• Financing clean energy transitions: an investor’s perspective
• Energy transition investment trends and success stories

Experts:

Juan de Porras Aguirre, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking / Vice-President of the Management Board at Santander Bank Polska

Olyana Gordiyenko, Corporate Governance Advisor at ICU Group (online) 

Magdalena Sobczyńska, Member of the Management Board at NOVENERGIA (part of the TotalEnergies Group)

17:30-17:40 Closing remarks

Grzegorz Abram, Partner at White & Case, Warsaw

18:00-21:00 Evening reception (venue: The Westin Warsaw Hotel, 1st floor, al. Jana Pawla II 21)

Grateful for invaluable support to our sponsors:

EXCLUSIVE sponsor: 

White & Case 

SILVER sponsors:

AZONES

LCF Law Group

BRONZE sponsor:

ALTELAW legal company

REGISTRATION is REQUIRED. The registration form should be filled out in English. The number of offline seats is limited.

Participation is subject to confirmation upon the payment of the registration fee.

For additional information about the event, participation as a speaker, and partnership opportunities, contact the organizers by phone: +38 (063) 792-30-99 (calls via WhatsApp, Viber) or e-mail: conference@uba.ua. Contact person - Tetiana Osaulenko.