Central University Library Bucharest

ENERGY CONCERNS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Energy and Security Resilience: Business Intelligence in Times of Conflict
October 24-25, 2024 | Bucharest, Romania

PROGRAM

DAY 1
24th of October 2024
Part 1 – The Opening

Location “Carol I” Central University Library Aula
08:00 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 10:15 Christian Doonan (Australia),
University of Adelaide, Australia
Presentation title: Pathways to Sovereign Energy Capability the Advantages of Diversification and Cooperation
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 10:45 Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Denmark),
General Director, European Commission – Directorate-General for Energy
10:45 – 11:30 Jessup Taylor (USA) (TBC),
Economic Counsellor – U.S. Department of State
11:30 – 11:45 Kristian Ruby (Brussels),
Secretary General of Eurelectric
11:45 – 12:30 Keynote Speech – TBA
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

Part 2 – Panel Discussion

Panel 1 – Intelligence

Location Aula
Chair Irena Chiru (Romania)
13:30 – 16:30
  • Mireille Rădoi, Raluca Ștefan (Romania) – Leveraging the cultural traits in the intelligence practice
  • Răzvan Bologa, Victor Pânzaru (Romania) – Intelligence in the AI Era?
  • George Alexe (Romania)– HERMES Business Intelligence Education Network, President
  • Gabriel Ungureanu & Irena Chiru (Romania)– Assessing intelligence analysis methods for economic security

Panel 2 – Security

Location King Carol I Saloon
Chair Narciz Bălășoiu (Romania)
13:30 – 16:30
  • Olga R. Chiriac (USA), Project Europe Director with The Irregular Warfare Initiative – Statecraft, Energy Diplomacy and Modern Warfare
  • Ștefan Prisacaru (Republic of Moldova) – Russia’s weaponization of natural gas as part of its economic warfare strategy
  • Niklas Swanström (Sweden), Director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy – Sino-Russian security cooperation: shallow seas or deep water

Panel 3 – Energy Futures

Location Council Room
Chair Adrian Tanțău (Romania)
13:30 – 16:30
  • Romania – Australia. Future Energy Systems (Online meeting). – Michael Goodsite (Australia), Radu Safta (Romania) & Corneliu Bodea (Romania)
  • Sandra Cassotta (Denmark), Associate Professor, Dr., Aalborg University – A just-Sustainable Deep Seabed Mining in the Anthropocene: The Case of Arctic
  • Mia Landauer (Finland), Senior Researcher, Project Coordinator, Dr., Arctic Centre University of Lapland – Participatory governance to improve resilience and implement just and green energy transition
  • entX Representative (Australia) – Company presentation (TBC)

Part 3 – Hybrid Times

Location Aula
16:45 – 17:30 Bernard Siman, OBE (Belgium),
Egmont Institute, Head of Financial Diplomacy & FinTech at the Brussels Diplomatic Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Part 4 – Closing Remarks

Location Aula
17:30 – 17:40 Conference President
17:40 – 18:00 Conclusions

Gala Dinner

Location Restaurant Ciao Nikki
19:00 – 23:00 Gala Dinner

DAY 2
25th of October 2024

Location Parliament of Romania
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Introductory Remarks – Mireille Rădoi, Ph.D. (Romania)
09:45 – 11:45 George-Sergiu Niculescu (Romania)
President of The National Authority for Energy Regulations
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch at Romanian Parliament Building
Location Romanian Energy Center Association
15:00 – 15:30 Welcome Coffee
15:30 – 17:30

Romanian Energy Center Association – Frank Hajdinjak – Vice-President
Presentation title: Romania’s role in the South-East European energy security. Threats and opportunities
18:00 – 21:00

Closing Remarks and Networking Dinner
Location: Romanian Energy Center Association Headquarters