WE EXPECT:

presentations of renowned experts, sponsors, and representatives of government institutions / round tables / panel discussions / gas

equipment exhibition / press conference / cocktail parties / video wall

presentations and promotional posters

WITH PARTICIPATION OF ABOUT: 600 gas professionals / 60 speakers from 20 countries / 45 gas equipment exhibitors / 230 energy companies and institutions

THE LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

member of

INTERNATIONAL

GAS UNION

Congress Center of Grand Hotel Adriatic

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Sponsors

are inviting you to

and the Main Partner

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

WE EXPECT:

presentations of renowned experts, sponsors, and representatives of government institutions / round tables / panel discussions /

gas equipment exhibition / press conference / cocktail parties / video wall presentations and promotional posters

WITH PARTICIPATION OF ABOUT: 600 gas professionals / 60 speakers from 20 countries / 40 gas equipment exhibitors / 230 energy companies and institutions

THE LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

member of

INTERNATIONAL

GAS UNION

and the Main Partner

Media Partners

With the Support of

are inviting you to PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Congress Center of Grand Hotel Adriatic

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

32nd International Scientific and Expert Meeting of Gas Professionals

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*

(*changes are possible - detailed programme will be ready at the beginning of April 2017)

OPENING CEREMONY

Welcome adress / Welcome host speech on the proposed topics /

Short presentations of renowned gas experts from gas companies,

agencies and ministries

1. INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND A PANEL DISCUSSION: ENERGY STRATEGIES AND THE FUTURE OF GAS IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY • Hydrogen and Low-Carbon Energy Strategy

• Challenges of Energy Strategy Between Low Carbon Strategy

and Energy Prices for the Competitive Economy

• Some elements for Croatia's New Energy Strategy; Place and

Role of Natural Gas

• The Importance of Natural Gas in the Energy Mix of Low-

Carbon Strategy

Vaillant: Expected Global Energy Mix and Decision Making on

the Household Heating Technology Selection

Viessmann: Viessmann World’s First – Combined Heat and

Power Generation System With Fuel Cells

• PANEL DISCUSSION – AVAILABILITY OF GAS FOR THE FUTURE

ENERGY INDUSTRY

2. SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN GAS AND ENERGY SYSTEMS • Internet of Things in Gas Supply Chain

• Elusive Energy: How to Keep it, for When We Need it. A

Brief Look Into the Problem and Solution of Energy Storage

• Natural Gas Industry Evolution With the Integration of New

Sources (Biogas, LNG, Hydrogen, ...) and Smart Technologies

2/4

• Inline Inspections, Review of Applied Tehnologies and Implementation of

PIMS (Pipeline Integrity Management System) in Plinacro

• Energy Supply Companies in the “Digital Break”: Digitization,

Standardization, Performance Indicators

• DISCUSSION ON THEME 2

• PRESS CONFERENCE

• OPENNING OF POSTER SESSION

3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROATIAN GAS INFRASTRUCTURE (Gas Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Gas Storage, Chromatographs

and LNG Ships) • Updates on Project of Constructing a Compressor Station on the Transmission

System of Plinacro Ltd.

• Application of Gas Chromatographs for the Gas Quality Monitoring and

Determination of Gas Energy on the Gas Transmission System

• Technical Protection of Plinacro's Gas Transmission System • Application of GIS Technologies in the Maintenanace and Development of the

Gas Transmission System • DISCUSSION ON FIRST PART OF THEME 3 • Trends and Challenges in Building of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) ships • A Simulation Model for Specifying Optimal LNG Carrier Cargo Containment Systems Based on Operational Simulations • The role of LNG and Its Position in the Maritime Transport of the Republic of Croatia • DISCUSSION ON SECOND PART OF THEME 3

Thursday, May 4th, 2017

32nd International Scientific and Expert Meeting of Gas Professionals

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*

(*changes are possible - detailed programme will be ready at the beginning of April 2017)

3/4

4. VARIOUS ISSUES IN THE GAS PROFESSION • Future Gas Projects in Europe: Recent Developments

• The Evolution of Natural Gas Balancing Regimes and Prospects in the

Southeast European Region – A Cross Country Analysis

• Ukrainian Gas Hub: Milestones, Purposes and Problem

• Efficiency Analysis of Hybrid System With Natural Gas Powered Fuel

Cells in Dalmatia

• The Investment Project „Installation of the Gas Compressors Skid

Unit on Gas and Oil Station Ferdinadovac for Purposes of Gas Lift

System for Oil Production“

• DISCUSSION ON THEME 4

5. INTRODUCTORY TALKS AND A PANEL DISSCUSION: "SUPPLYING GAS IN A FULLY LIBERALIZED GAS MARKET AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF GAS SUPPLIERS" • Functional Gas Supply In Terms of Complete Liberalization of

Markets and New Geoeconomic Conditions

• Impact of Liberalization and Deregulation on Gas Market

Participants

• Supplying Gas in a Fully Liberalized Gas Market

• PANEL DISCUSSION ON THEME 5

• Liberalization of Gas Market and Security of Supply – Past

Experiences

• Testing of Gas Installations as Legal Obligation of Gas Distributor

• Implementation of Percussion Odorization – Increasing Doses of

Odorant on the Gas Distribution System City Gasworks Zagreb LTD.

• Leakage Test Gas Distribution System as a Preventive and

Corrective Maintenance of the Gas Network Different Pressure

• ROUND TABLE: GDi Ensemble Gas Management Information

System

• DISCUSSION ON THEME 6

6. GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND RELATED ISSUES

Friday, May 5th, 2017

32nd International Scientific and Expert Meeting of Gas Professionals

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*

(*changes are possible - detailed programme will be ready at the beginning of April 2017)

7. VARIOUS INTERESTING PRESENTATIONS ON THE GAS INDUSTRY • ROUND TABLE: MTU Onsite Energy Gas Power Systems –

Economic and Sustainable Power, Heat & Cold Generation for

Buildings and Industry

• Wastegas Usage on the Jakuševec - Zagreb Landfill

• Influence of Working Pressures on Characteristics of Turbine

Gas Flow Meters

• Future of Gas in Dalmatia

• LNG as a Fuel for Maritime Transportation in Northwest

Europe: Developments and Best-Practice Example

• DISCUSSION ON THEME 7

8. TEHNICAL REGULATIONS AND RULES OF THE PROFESSION FOR SAFE AND EFFICIENT GAS UTILISATION • LIFE 13 – Green Gas Network

• Application of Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy in Gas

Leakage Inspection of Gas Distribution System Termoplin d. d.

Varaždin

• Safety in Domestic Gas Installations – A Task for All Concerned

• Consumer Rights in a Fully Liberalised Gas Market

• DISCUSSION ON THEME 8

• ORGANISER΄S CLOSING SPEECH

• LNG Regasification Terminals – Impact of Location Factors in

Technology Selection

• Development of Gas Network and Modernized Boiler Room in

Slavonski Brod

• Utilization of Biogas and Waste Gas in Oil and Gas Fields for the

Production of Electricity in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

• Cathodic Protection of Plinacro's Gas Transmission System, Overview

• The Development Phases and Key Features of DBaaS CLOUD Service Based on Consolidated Information Model for Companies of the Energy Sector

4/4

• LNG in the World • LNG Regasification Terminal Capacities in Europe • The New Natural Gas Supply Routes for Europe • Electricity Generation Based on Organic Rankine Cycle

Modules and Expansion Turbines in Underground Gas Storage Facilities

• INAGIP's 20-Year Anniversary and Reaching Adulthood in Production on Adriatic

• Review of Croatian Natural Gas Supply and Distribution System Operators”

• Increasing Number of Electric Vehicles and Its Impact on a Gas Market in the Future

• LGI System – Liquid LPG Injection Equipment

6. A POSTER SESSION FROM DIFERENT FIELDS OF THE

ENERGY INDUSTRY