From 8:30

Welcome and registration

9:00 – 9:05

Opening of the Congress

Lenka Štricová, Managing Director, Business Forum, s.r.o., Praha

9:05 – 9:10

Introduction by the facilitator

Zdeněk Fousek, Energy Specialist, KALMAN TRADE, s.r.o., Praha

Session 1  9:10 – 12:45

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GLOBAL, EUROPEAN, GERMAN AND ESPECIALLY CZECH ENERGY SECTOR – HOW WILL THE ENERGY SECTOR LOOK AND WHAT EXTERNAL FACTORS WILL SHAPE IT?

Facilitator: Zdeněk Fousek, Energy Specialist, KALMAN TRADE, s.r.o., Praha

9:10 – 9:30

Priorities of the new government in the energy sector
Tomáš Hüner, Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Praha

 

9:30 – 10:15

World Energy Outlook 2017, Recommendations for the Czech Republic

Vladimír Kubeček, Head of Section - Coal, Electricity and Renewables Statistics, Energy Data Centre, International Energy Agency, Paris

 

10:15 – 10:40

The latest and expected developments in the German energy sector

Jens Burchardt, Principal, Boston Consulting Group GmbH, Berlín

10:40 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:20

Preparation for to the challenges brought about by the progress in technology and energy sector digitisation and the approach of the Czech Energy Regulator ERÚ

Vladimír Vlk, Member of the Board, Energy Regulatory Office, Prague

 

11:20 – 11:40

Strategic preparation of ČEZ for the modern energy sector

David Hajmán, Strategy Director, ČEZ, a.s., Prague

 

11:40 – 12:00

Energy accumulation prospects in the ČR by 2020 in the light of prepared and started projects

Jan Fousek, Executive Director, AKU – BAT CZ, z.s., Praha

 

12:00 – 12:25

Large battery storage applications in heating stations – possibilities, benefits and barriers

Miroslav Zajíček, Head of Business Strategy, Veolia Energie ČR, a.s., Prague

 

12:25 – 12:40

Closing Discussion

12:40 – 13:45

Lunch Break

Session 2  14:00 – 17:15

ROLE OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE ENERGY SECTOR – CHALLENGES, POSSIBILITIES, SOLUTIONS, INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Facilitator: Jiří Stich, Head of Consulting Division, Grant Help Advisory, s.r.o., Praha

14:00 – 14:15

A view from another perspective: We burnt ourselves in supporting renewables. Do we face similar mishaps?

Radek Stavěl not only on his novel “Solar Cycle”

Radek Stavěl, writer, economist and communication consultant, Prague

 

14:15 – 14:40

Flexibility Role from the ELIA System Operator´s perspective

Pieter Vanbaelen, Product Development Manager, Elia System Operator, Brusel

 

14:40 – 15:05

ČEPS (Czech System Operator) view of flexibility

Karel Vinkler, Director of Strategic Section, ČEPS, a.s., Praha

 

15:05 – 15:30

Next Kraftwerke – one of the biggest virtual power stations in Europe – how does flexibility work in reality

Jan Egidi, Trader, Next Kraftwerke GmbH, Cologne

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:10

Use of flexibility and the role of market aggregator

Stanislav Chvála, Director of Strategy and Development, Nano Energies, a.s.

 

16:10 – 16:35

Flexibility from the perspective of the District Heating Station at Planá nad Lužnicí

Libor Doležal, CEO, C-Energy Planá, s.r.o., Planá

 

16:35 – 17:15

Panel discussion: Flexibility of the energy system – challenges and response to them in practice

Facilitation: Jiří Stich, Consulting Division Manager, Grant Help Advisory, s.r.o., Praha
Panellists:

• Karel Vinkler, Director of Strategic Section, ČEPS, a.s., Praha
  
• Libor Doležal, CEO, C-Energy Planá, s.r.o., Planá
  
• Jan Egidi, Trader, Next Kraftwerke GmbH, Cologne
  
• Stanislav Chvála, Director of Strategy and Development, Nano Energies, a.s.
• Pieter Vanbaelen, Market Development – Belgian Market Model, Elia System, Brussels
  
• Marek Záruba, Head of Trading, Pražská energetika, a.s., Praha

od 17:15

COCKTAIL PARTY

Business Forum kindly invites you to the Cocktail Party, which will take place on Tuesday 10th April 2018 at 5:15 p.m.
We are looking forward to your company!

 

from 8:30

Welcome and registration

9:00 – 9:05

Opening of the Congress

Lenka Štricová Managing Director, Business Forum, s.r.o., Praha

9:05 – 9:10

Introduction by the facilitator

Jiří Stich, Head of Consulting Division, Grant Help Advisory, s.r.o., Praha

Session 3  9:10 – 12:30

HOW THE ENERGY SECTOR IS PREPARING FOR THE DIGITAL AGE

Facilitator: Jiří Stich, Head of Consulting Division, Grant Help Advisory, s.r.o., Praha

9:10 – 9:35

Introductory presentation:

Information technology as the driver of the new energy sector

Aleš Rod, Research Director, CETA – Centrum ekonomických a tržních analýz, Praha

 

9:35 – 10:00

Artificial Intelligence in the energy sector

Prof. Vladimír Mařík, Director,  Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC), ČVUT, Praha

 

10:00 – 10:30

Panel discussion: Is digitisation an opportunity or threat for the energy sector?

Prof. Vladimír Mařík, Director, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC), ČVUT, Praha

Petr Rokůsek, Founder and CEO, Nano Energies, a.s., Praha

Aleš Rod, Research Director, CETA – Centrum ekonomických a tržních analýz, Praha

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:25

The Energy Sector 4.0
Roman Portužák, Head of Software & Solution, Power Transmission International, Siemens, s.r.o., Ostrava

 

11:25 – 11:50

Low energy IoT network - hands on

Jan Šícha, Director of Innovation, ČEZ a.s., Praha

 

11:50 – 12.15

LPWAN potential in the energy sector

Miloš Mastník, Commercial Director, České radiokomunikace, a.s. Praha

 

12:15 – 12:30

Closing Discussion

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

Session 4  13:30 – 15:45

E-MOBILITY AND DIGITISATION

Facilitator: Zdeněk Fousek, Energy Specialist, KALMAN TRADE, s.r.o., Praha

13:30 – 13:55

E-mobility – trends and market projections

Vojtěch Kačena, Partner and Executive Director, The Boston Consulting Group, Praha

 

13:55 – 14:20

E-mobility in the urban areas

Stanislav Votruba, Head of Network Conceptual Design Unit, PRE distribuce, a.s., Praha

14:20 – 14:40

Coffee Break

14:40 – 15:05

ŠKO-ENERGO pilot project for charging stations– co-operation with Unicorn Systems

Jaromír Vorel, Managing Director, CEO, ŠKO-ENERGO, s.r.o., Mladá Boleslav

Luboš Zelinka, Senior Consultant, UNICORN Systems, Praha

 

15:05 – 15:30

Digital integration of charging systems and their surveillance

Miroslav Kuželka, Product and Marketing Director EP Division - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, ABB s.r.o., Praha

 

15:30 – 15:45

Closing Discussion