Presentations ROGC 2025

Ahmet Berat Çonkar, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Türkiye

Key Note Speech

Session I: Upstream and Supply. Session chairman: Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

Aditya Saraswat, Research Director, MENA, Rystad Energy

Navigating Turbulence: Global Upstream Energy Trends Amid Market Uncertainty

Murat Kalay, Secretary General, PETFORM

Overview on Turkish oil&gas market

Çagatay Beydogan, Business Development Manager, Production Solutions International Ltd

Developing Unconventional Resources

Valery Konyushenko, CFO, Mazarine Energy

Mazarine Energy: Corporate Update and Industry Trends

Session II: Legal and Regulatory Framework

Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

Bulgaria – the next EU jurisdiction with focus on natural gas

Milan Pandev, Partner, Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov

Legal challenges for Black Sea deepwater exploration and production

Edward Attenborough, Partner, White & Case

Christian Filippitsch, Partner, Reed Smith

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

Dennitsa Dimitrova, Managing Partner, Kambourov and Partners Tax Consulting

TAX and Regulatory update: Latest changes, case law and business impact in Bulgaria

Session III: Energy Transition and Decarbonisation

Serhat Uludag, Co-Founder, FlexyWatt Energy

Status of Energy Transition Challenges and Way Forward

Session IV: Oil and Gas Markets. Session chairman: Julian Bowden, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Emre Ertürk, Managing Director, Enerji-IQ

An analysis of Türkiye’s evolving gas and LNG import strategies, along with its export policies

John Roberts, Senior Partner, Methinks

Black Sea Energy: Energy Security and the Need for Fresh Investment

Volkan Yiğit, Managing Partner, APLUS Enerji

Role of Natural Gas in Türkiye’s Energy Transition

Piotr Kuś, General Director, ENTSOG

The role of Europe’s gas transmission infrastructure

Oliver Altenhoff, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Open Grid Europe

Security of Natural Gas Supply in Europe

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

Innovating Capacity Sales: Responding to Market Change

Kateryna Kovalenko, Head of Strategy, Gas TSO of Ukraine

Ensuring Energy Security through Diversified Import Routes and Cross-Border Cooperation

Clement Ulrichsen, Director of Gas Market, Energinet

Enhancing Gas Supply Diversification in Central and Southeastern Europe through the Baltic Sea Gas Corridor

Tomáš Vyležík, Head of Commercial Management, NET4GAS

The Czech Gas Network: A Gateway to the CEE and SEE Energy Markets

David Tonge, Director, IBS Research and Consultancy

Türkiye’s fateful push for LNG