9. INTERENEF

Energy forum 2025

Zagreb, October 14. 2025

International hotel

NEW ENERGY ORDER: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Dear participants:

Thank you all who confirmed participation at the conference. Looking forward for those of you invited to confirm as soon as possible.

Your participation would greatly enhance the depth and breadth of our discussions, particularly on the topics of energy policy and the geopolitical dimensions of the new energy order. We are confident that your insights will inspire and inform our audience.

Date: October 14. 2025

Place: International Hotel, Miramarska cesta 24, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Organizers: Institute for European and Globalization Studies, Zagreb

                             The Atlantic Council of Croatia, Zagreb                                                 

Under The Auspices: The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Croatia

Panelists: Top experts in the field of energy

Goal: To provide extensive expertise in energy policy and the geopolitics dimensions of the new

         Energy order

09:30 WELCOME WORDS

           - Prof. Anđelko MILARDOVIĆ Ph.D, President of Institute for European and Globalization  

             Studies, Zagreb

           - Dr. Mladen NAKIĆ, President of the Atlantic Council of Croatia, Zagreb

           ADDRESSES

            - Representative of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Croatia

            – Mr. Marijan KRPAN, President of the Hydrocarbons Agency (AZU), Zagreb

           - Dr. Ivan ANDROČEC, Croatian Energy Company, Zagreb

            INTRODUCTORY SPEECHES

            - Mr. Dan Jørgensen, European Commission, Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Brussels  

              (tbc)

            – Davor Ivo STIER, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 

              Brussels

            - NATO Representative (tbc)

            - Dr. Fatih BIROL, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, Paris (tbc)

PANEL 1.

            CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY CORPORATIONS IN THE NEW ENERGY  

            IN THE NEW ENERGY ORDER

            Moderator: Moderator: Dr. Vedran Obučina, Institute for European and Globalization Studies

           - Mr. Vladislav VESELICA, Adriatic oil pipeline (JANAF), Zagreb

           - Representative of Končar Company, Zagreb (tbc)

           - Representative of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan - SOCAR, Azerbaijan (tbc)

           - Mr.Andreas RÖHRIG , E.ON Croatia (tbc)

           - Mr. Ante MANDIĆ, Petrol Company (tbc)  

           - Mr. Boris MILJAVAC, Siemens Energy (tbc)

            PANEL 2.

            MODERNIZATION OF ENERGY CORPORATIONS, USE OF NEW

            TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

            IN THE NEW ENERGY ORDER

            Moderator: (tbc)

             -Izv. prof. dr. sc.Tomislav Capuder, FER ,Zagreb

            – Prof.dr. Mario VAŠAK, (FER), Zagreb

            - Mr. Krešimir KRISTIĆ, Croatian Electric Power Company, Zagreb (tbc)

            - Mr. Davor ANIČIĆ, CEO and Co-founder at Velebit AI, Zagreb

            - Dr. Stefan WOLF, Institute for Innovation and Technology, Berlin (tbc)

            PANEL 3.

            ENERGY MARKET IN THE NEW ENERGY ORDER AND GEOPOLITICAL TURMOIL

             Moderator: (tbc)

           - Representative of Energy Institute “Hrvoje Požar”, Zagreb (tbc)

           - Marijan Krpan, Agency for Hydrocarbons (AZU) 

           - Dr. YU Hongyuan, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Innovation Studies, Shanghai Institutes for

             International Studies, Shanghai

           - Prof. dr. sc. Saša Ziković, Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka

           Prof. Ph.D. sc. Gazi Salah UDDIN, Department of Economics, Department of Management and Engineering

             Linköping University of Sweden

           - Representative of Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA), Zagreb (tbc)

           - Representative of EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (tbc)

           PANEL 4.

           CROATIA AS A NEW EU GAS HUB WITHIN THE NEW ENERGY ORDER

           Moderator: Mr. Mladen SIROVICA, Croatian Television, Zagreb

           – Prof. dr. sc. Darko PAVLOVIĆ, Advisor to the President of the Plinacro Management Board, Zagreb

            – Representative of PPD, Zagreb (tbc)

            – Ivan FUGAŠ, LNG Hrvatska

            -Prof. Dalibor PUDIĆ Ph.D, Croatian Gas Professional Association, Zagreb

NOTES:

The minimum number of panelists on each panel is three, the optimal four and the maximum five. The final version of each panel will be known after the official confirmation of the invited panelists. The tentative program is subject to changes and amendments until October 12, 2025.

Croatian-English translation is provided.

For more information, please go to https://interenef.com/en/.

Please confirm your attendance using anmilard@gmail.com.  

Zagreb, 19.3.2025.                                                                                                               

Institute for European and Globalization Studies

The Atlantic Council of Croatia