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ROGC 2025 Speakers

Aditya Saraswat, Research Director, MENA, RystadEnergy

Stefan Königshofer, Head of Department Sales Transmission and Distribution, Gas Connect Austria 

Kateryna Kovalenko, Head of Strategy, Gas TSO of Ukraine

Business Development Manager

Production Solutions International Ltd

Christian Filippitsch

Partner

Reed Smith

Clement Ulrichsen

Director of Gas Market

Energinet

Kostadin Sirleshtov

Partner

CMS

Michael Polkinghorne

Partner,

White & Case

Murat Kalay

Secretary General

PETFORM

Piotr Kuś

General Director

ENTSOG

Serhat Uludag

Member of the Board of Advisors

FlexyWatt

Valery Konyushenko

CFO

Mazarine Energy

Volkan Yiğit

Managing Partner

APLUS Enerji

Valentin Kunev, Manager, BBSPA

Oil and Gas Conference Vienna 2025 Presentations

Gabor Tari, Group Chief Geologist, OMV
Update on Black Sea gas exploration and production

Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS
Bulgaria’s upstream focus in the regional context

Bernd Rajal, Partner, Schoenherr
Austria: Hydrogen Market Regulation on the horizon

Oliver Altenhoff, Head of Regulatory Affairs, OGE
Energy transition and hydrogen grids

Serhat Uludag, Co-Founder, FlexyWatt Energy
Flexibility and role of natural gas in energy transition

Agis Georgiades, Partner, CGA
Dispute Resolution after ECT

Christian Filippitsch, Partner, Reed Smith
Investing in European energy: the energy transition and implementing Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness

Deger Boden, Managing Partner, Boden Law
Case Law in Energy Transition: Regulating Change or Creating Uncertainty

Sergey Srebrev, Indirect Tax Manager, Kambourov & Partners
Indirect TAX: Latest regulatory changes, case law and business impact in Bulgaria

Natasha Fielding, Editor, European Natural Gas, Argus
European gas market update

Gottfried Steiner, CEO, Central European Gas Hub
CEE Gas and Green Gas Markets: Status and Trends in 2025

Manfred Cadez, Senior Sales Manager Sales Transmission & Distribution, Gas Connect Austria
ACERtain recommendation

Volker Lauer, Gas Originator, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
Developments in CEE from a trader’s view

Tamás Pletser, EMEA Oil & Gas Analyst, Erste Investment
The key oil&gas themes in the CEE and Balkan region

Nolina Pompărău, Head of the Natural Gas and Fuel Products Directorate, Ministry of the Energy of the Republic of Moldova
Gas and Fuel Products Market of the Republic of Moldova

László Fritsch, CCO, MVM Partner and MVM CEEnergy
Changing gas flow routes in CEE and the role of Hungary in this changed environment

Piotr Kuś, General Director, ENTSOG
ENTSOG point of view on current gas market situation

Peter Arp, Vice President, Uniper Global Commodities SE
Gas Supplies in Eastern Europe are resilient – and remain hardly predictable

Matteo Restelli, Development Director, IGI Poseidon
The flexibility of infrastructures to balance the volatile energy frame

Predrag Grujicic, Head of Gas Unit, Energy Community Secretariat
Gas Markets in the Energy Community


Presentations ROGC 2024

Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

The Black Sea discoveries as part of the energy strategies of the region


Cagatay Beydogan, Deputy General Manager, Aladdin Middle East Ltd.

Aladdin Middle East Ltd. E&P activities with a perspective on sectoral developments


Murat Kalay, Secretary General, PETFORM

Exploration&production activities in Türkiye


Kutalmis Ersoy, Secretary for Türkiye, ZETA (Zero Emissions Traders Alliance)

Feasibility of a natural gas and clean energy hub in Turkiye

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Serhat Uludag, Member of the Board of Advisors, FlexyWat

Energy Transition and Digitalisation. A myth or a fact?

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Christian Filippitsch, Partner, Reed Smith

Investing in European energy: the energy transition and Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness


Gokhan Yardim, Managing Partner, ADG Anadolu Natural Gas Consultancy Ltd.

 Can Turkiye be an alternative Gas Hub for Europe in the energy transition?


Michael Thomadakis, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, DESFA

Paving the way to the energy transiton of the SEE gas market


Agis Georgiades, Partner, Christos Georgiades & Associates

Force majeure and hardship clauses


Tamás Pletser, EMEA Oil & Gas Analyst, Research Department, Erste Investment

Hungary’s efforts to diversify from Russian hydrocarbons


Julian Bowden, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

SE Europe – changing gas supply position


Gökşin Bavbek, Consulting Manager, APLUS Enerji

Future of Natural Gas in Electricity Generation


Valentin Kunev, Manager, BBSPA

Gas Flows in CEE


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Accommodation

Accommodation information

Contact details for room reservations in Hotel Sheraton Istanbul City Center

Conference participants can refer to the below contact for room reservations:

Ms. Merve Keçeci

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E-mail: merve.kececi@sheraton.com 

Sheraton Istanbul City Center

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Beyoğlu / Istanbul

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Oil and Gas Conference 2025 SPEAKERS

Agis Georgiades

Partner

CGA

Ana Stanic

Founder and Director

E&A Law

Christian Filippitsch

Partner

Reed Smith

Deger Boden

Managing Partner

Boden Law

Gabor Tari

Group Chief Geologist

OMV

Kostadin Sirleshtov

Partner

CMS

Laszlo Fritsch

CCO

MVM Partner and MVM CEEnergy

Manfred Cadez

Senior Sales Manager Sales Transmission & Distribution

Gas Connect Austria

Nolina Pompărău

Head of the Natural Gas and Fuel Products Directorate

Ministry of the Energy of the Republic of Moldova

Peter Arp

Vice President

Supply and Origination Projects East

Piotr Kuś

General Director

ENTSOG

Predrag Grujicic

Head of Gas Unit

Energy Community Secretariat

Indirect Tax Manager

Kambourov & Partners

Serhat Uludag

Member of the Board of Advisors

FlexyWatt

EMEA Oil & Gas Analyst

Erste Investment

Sponsorship opportunities

Regional Oil & Gas Conference ROGC, 27-28 November 2025, Istanbul Hotel Novotel Istanbul Bosphorus

Participation and Sponsorship Fees

Registration Fee: 600 EUR

Registration deadline:  20 November 2025

–  20% discount for three and more registrations from the same company

Supporting organization: €600 – speaking slot; including the logo of the company on the conference webpage and materials

Sponsorship: €1500 – speaking slot; three registrations, including the speaker; including the logo of the company on conference webpage and materials; annual subscription to BBSPA monthly publications

Presentations Oil&Gas Conference Vienna 2024

Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

Denitsa Dudevska, Senior Associate, CMS

Upstream developments in the Bulgarian Black Sea in the context of the increased interconnectivity

Christian Filippitsch, Partner, Reed Smith

Investing in European Energy: Responding to the Energy Transition and Challenges

Oliver Altenhoff, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Open Grid Europe

Hydrogen in Europe –From regulation to investments and markets. EU regulation and investments in German core grid

Bernd Rajal, Partner, Schoenherr

The new gas package of the European Union

Helmut Wernhart, Head of Department System Access and Capacities, AGGM Austrian Gas Grid Management

H2 road map for Austria and InGRID for renewable gases

Artur Böröcz, Director Energy and Utilities, KPMG

How to enable municipal and utility players to prepare and implement hydrogen projects effectively and to put them on a commercially sustainable path

Nolina Pomparau, Head of Gas and Oil Products Department, Ministry of Energy of Moldova

Diversification of Oil and Gas Supplies of the Republic of Moldova

Natasha Fielding, Editor- European Natural Gas, Argus Media

European gas market update

Peter Arp, Vice-President, Supply and Origination Projects East, Uniper Global Commodities

Eastern gas supply drivers today and tomorrow

Gottfried Steiner, CEO, CEGH

Gas Trading Liquidity in CEE and perspectives on Green Gas Trading

Tamás Pletser, EMEA Oil & Gas Analyst, Erste Investment

Gas consumption development in Hungary and the region and future expectations

Károly Mátrai, CEO, MVM

The role of MVM in securing the regional energy security

Milan Sedlacek, Vice-president, GIE

Contribution of GIE to security of supply and EU gas market in changing energy landscape

Predrag Grujicic, Head of Gas Unit, Energy Community Secretariat

The Energy Community – update on gas markets

Denitsa Dimitrova, Partner, Kambourov & Partners

From Policy to Practice: Implementing and Enforcing EU Sanctions Against Russia

Sponsorship Opportunities

Supporting organization: €650 – speaking slot; including the logo of the company on conference webpage and materials

Sponsorship: €1500   – speaking slot; two registrations, including the speaker; including the logo of the company on conference webpage and materials; annual subscription to BBSPA monthly publications

Oil and Gas 2024 Speakers

Oliver Altenhoff, Head of Regulatory Affairs, OGE

Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

Christian Filippitsch, Partner, Reed Smith

Bernd Rajal, Partner, Schoenherr

Helmut Wernhart, Head of Department, System Access and Capacities, AGGM Austrian Gas Grid Management

Artúr Böröcz, Director, Advisory, KPMG

Nolina Pomparau, Head of Gas and Oil Products Department, Ministry of Energy of Moldova

Natasha Fielding , Editor- European Natural Gas, Argus Media

Peter Arp, Vice President Supply and Origination Projects East, Uniper Global Commodities

Volker Lauer, Gas Originator, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

Gottfried Steiner

CEO

Central European Gas Hub

Tamás Pletser, EMEA Oil & Gas Analyst, Erste Investment

Milan Sedlacek, Vice-president, GIE

Predrag Grujicic, Head of Gas Unit, Energy Community Secretariat