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CSEE Energy Day 2025

We are happy to invite you to CSEE Energy Day in Budapest on 24 April.

Register for CSEE Energy Day 2025

Join us for the latest updates from the region's energy markets and great networking with your industry peers.

Registration is open, we look forward to seeing you in Budapest!

For questions regarding event organization, please contact:

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and coffee

09:30 – 09:40 Welcoming words

Session 1

09:40 – 10:00 Gas and escalating geopolitical tensions

Athanasios Konstantopoulos, Senior Advisor and Business Originator, Arrow Resources

10:00 – 10:20 CSEE gas markets in transition: Post-Ukraine transit uncertainty

Gergely Szabó, Regional Chairman, MET CE

10:20- 11:00 Panel discussion

Moderated by Laurence Walker, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Gábor Orbán, CEO of MVM CEEnergy
Michal Lalik, Director of Trade Division, SPP
Gergely Szabó, Regional Chairman, MET CE
Athanasios Konstantopoulos, Arrow Resources

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

Session 2

11:30 – 11:50 Power price outlook for the region

11:50 – 12:10 PPA markets - industrial user case

Ivana Durovic, Category Manager Renewable Energy, Knauf

12:10 – 12:45 Panel: PPA market developments in the region

Moderated by Montel News, Maja Zuvela

Ivana Đurović, Category Manager Renewable Energy, Knauf
Naida Hausmann, Lead of the Renewable Energy Task Force, Energy Community
Floris Greebe, Senior Energy Market Expert, Montel
Todor Marinov, Deputy CCO, Enery

12:45 – 14.00 Lunch

Session 3

14.00 – 14:20 Reaching Hydro’s Full Potential

14:20 – 14:40 Enabling battery participation in wholesale and balancing markets

14:40 – 15:30 Panel discussion: Unlocking hurdles for short-term power trading

Moderated by Nazli Naseh
Vajta Mátyás, CEO, HUPX
Kamil Maziarz, Short-term Portfolio Manager, Axpo
Gašper Rugelj, Head of Ultra Short-term Optimization and Algorithmic trading department, GEN-I
Representative from Smartpulse



15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

Session 4

16:00 – 16:25 Understanding CBAM and its market impact

Luka Jazbec, Chief Sustainability Officer at GEN-I, and Vice Chair of the Board of Energy Traders Europe
Ezgi Özkirim, CBAM Coordinator, Senior Energy Regulation and Compliance Associate at GEN-I

16:25 – 16:50 Topic TBD

16:50 – 17:00 Concluding remarks

By moderator Mersiha Samardzic

Networking reception at Budapest Marriott Hotel

Speakers

Gergely Szabó

Regional Chairman, MET CE

Gábor Orbán

CEO of MVM CEEnergy

Michal Lalik

Director of Trade Division, SPP

Ivana Đurović

Category Manager Renewable Energy, Knauf

Naida Hausmann

Lead of the Renewable Energy Task Force, Energy Community

Floris Greebe

Senior Energy Market Expert, Montel

Todor Marinov

Deputy CCO, Enery

Vajta Mátyás

CEO, HUPX

Gašper Rugelj

Head of Ultra Short-term Optimization and Algorithmic trading department, GEN-I

Kamil Maziarz

Short-term Portfolio Manager, Axpo

Luka Jazbec

Chief Sustainability Officer at GEN-I, and Vice Chair of the Board of Energy Traders Europe

Ezgi Özkirim

CBAM Coordinator, Senior Energy Regulation and Compliance Associate at GEN-I