International conference “European Energy Union: Why do we need it and how we can make it work?”
27-28 January, at Vytautas Magnus University (S. Daukanto st. 28, Small Hall, (Kaunas)) will gather experts from Lithuania, Europe and the United States of America, as well as representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy of the Republic of Lithuania to international conference “European Energy Union: Why do we need it and how we can make it work?”.
The conference will focus on the creation of the Energy Union, providing a unique opportunity to discuss the importance of fully integrated European energy market, to evaluate how EU Energy Union can contribute to strengthening the security of energy supply, to determine the challenges and obstacles to a more coherent Europe-wide energy system, and envisage linkages with contemporary political, economic, technological and environmental developments.
The conference should be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, Rector of the Vytautas Magnus University Prof. Juozas Augutis, and the Head of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung office for the Baltic States and Scandinavia Elisabeth Bauer. The keynote address will be given by the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania Rokas Masiulis.
The conference is organized by the Vytautas Magnus University, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, with partnership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania.
The opening of the conference 27 January, at 2 P.M.
The beginning of the registration at 1:30 P.M.