Brown Forum

2014 Brown Forum

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Video gallery:

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Schedule

Westin Hotel, Zagreb, Croatia

April 16th - April 17th

Wednesday, 04/16
Ron Brown Apprentice Program Venue: Crystal Ballroom	12:00 - 16:00
Forum Check-in and Registration Venue: Crystal Ballroom Foyer	14:00 - 18:00
Press Conference (for media only) Language: English Venue: Zrinjevac Tuskanac	17:30 - 17:45
Welcome Remarks Kenneth Merten, U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Vesna Pusic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia Ivan Vrdoljak, Minister of Economy of Croatia Venue: Crystal Ballroom	18:00 - 18:45
Keynote Addresss Kenneth Elliot, Senior Vice President of Noble Energy Venue: Crystal Ballroom	18:45 - 19:25
Welcome Dinner, Hosted by the City of Zagreb Venue: Panorama, 17th floor Luka Burilović, President, Croatian Chamber of Economy Milan Bandić, Mayor of the City of Zagreb	19:30 - 21:30
Thursday, 04/17
Registration Venue: Crystal Ballroom Foyer	08:15 - 09:00
Opening Remarks Kenneth Merten, U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Venue: Crystal Ballroom	09:00 - 09:15
Session 1: Strategic Development of the Energy Sector in Eastern Europe Ivan Vrdoljak, Croatian Minister of Economy Damian Gjiknuri, Albanian Minister of Energy and Industry Julia Nesheiwat, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Energy Resources Dr. Stanislaw Cios, Minister-Counselor, Head International Energy Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland	09:15 - 10:45
Coffee Break Venue: Crystal Ballroom Foyer	10:45 - 11:15
Session 2: Exploration Opportunities in Southeast Europe Zelimir Šikonja, Executive Director for Exploration and Production, Industrija Nafte (INA) Rozina Damani, Director of Business Development, ConocoPhillips Eric Hathon, Ph.D., International New Ventures Manager, Marathon Oil Company Barbara Dorić, Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency	11:15 - 12:45
Buffet Lunch Venue: 1/3 Crystal Ballroom	12:45 - 14:00
Session 3: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as a New Source of Energy Security for Southeast Europe Mladen Antunović, Director, LNG Croatia Dr. Anita Orban Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Serhiy Yevtushenko, Head of Unkrainian Agency for National Projects Jean Abiteboul, President of Cheniere Supply & Marketing	14:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break Venue: Crystal Ballroom Foyer	15:30 - 15:45
Session 4: Energy Conservation = Energy Security: Renewables, Efficiency, and Conservation Gaetano Massara, CEO, GE South East Europe Mark Crandall, Chairman, Continental Wind Partners Guenter Bramboeck Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, Business Unit South East Europe, EVN AG Goran Čačić, Energy Efficiency Expert, United Nations Development Program	15:45 - 17:15
Closing Remarks Josko Klisovic, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affaors of Croatia	17:15 - 17:30

Partnerships/Sponsors

We, the organizing partners of The Brown Forum

the Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia,

the Government of the United States of America,

the Government of the Republic of Croatia,

the Croatian Chamber of Economy and

the Croatian Employers’ Association

would like to thank the following 2014 PARTNERS and SPONSORS of The Brown Forum:

Sponsors

Medium sponsor city zagreb

Medium sponsor marathon

Medium sponsor koncar

Medium sponsor cheniere

Medium sponsor vlahovic

Medium sponsor noble

Partners

Medium croatia coat of arms

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