Date: 06/02/2012 - 08/02/2012

The European Gas Market Forum brings together...senior level decision makers from gas supply, origination, trading, power plant operationsand utilities along with industry associations and regulators for 2.5 days of learning, best practice benchmarking, networking, partnership-building and the best and the latest thinking in European gas leadership.

Key issues to be discussed include:
- The challenges of the European gas trading markets in a global context - analysing the role of LNG, pipeline and unconventional gas in addressing "security of supply" in Europe and rising demand in Asia
- Assessing the scope of the new policies and regulation, their implementation and direct implications for gas traders - understanding REMIT, MIFID II, Basel II, MAD and EMIR - (Interactive Post-Conference Workshop Topic)
- Europe's hybrid gas pricing system: examining the links and implications of oil-indexed and hub-based pricing - exploring effective ways to develop the best mechanisms for managing price volatility
- The role of the Central European Gas Hub in serving as a major gas hub linking Eastern and Western Europe - understanding the soon to be launched trading system and how CEGH is growing to become a major gas hub in Europe
- The changing role of exchanges in the European gas trading markets - examining the reasons for expansion of trade on exchanges
- Understanding new challenges of the forward trading markets - assessing whether the forward market is liquid enough to hedge price and volume exposure
- Optimising contracts for profitability and competitive advantage: best practices for negotiating long-term supply contracts - analysing the underlying factors that cause disputes in a long-term contracts and how to mitigate such risks.

Location: Radisson Blu Berlin, Germany

Website: http://www.cvent.com/events/european-gas-market-forum/event-summary-17f06992f6584036baac7adc4f18bc7c.aspx
E-mail: michaelcluskey@dmgevents.com
Contact name: Michael Cluskey
Phone: +44 (0)207 005 2892