The Energy Meeting Point with more than 1.000 high ranking delegates.

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23rd to 25th January 2007, Hotel InterContinental, Berlin Dr Naji Abi-Aad, Media & Research Strategist, Board of Directors‘ Department, Qatar Petroleum

Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

Dr Wulf H. Bernotat, Chairman of the Board, E.ON AG

Dr Rainer Seele, Member of the Board, Wintershall AG

Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister of the Environment, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Preservation and Reactor Safety

Paul Simons, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities, U.S. Department of State

Michael Glos, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology

Jake Ulrich, Managing Director Centrica Energy, Executive Director Centrica plc, Centrica plc.

Matthias Kurth, President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railways

Dr Jochen Weise, Chairman of the Board, E.ON Ruhrgas AG

Pierre Lederer, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, EnBW Energie BadenWürttemberg AG

Jan Zilius, Chairman of the Board, RWE Power AG

Dr Naji Abi-Aad, Media & Research Strategist, Board of Directors‘ Department, Qatar Petroleum Dr Ulf Böge, President, Federal Cartel Office Dr Werner Brinker, President, The German Electricity Association VDEW e.V. Prof. Dr Ulrich Büdenbender, Head Department for Civil Law, Energy Law and Labour Law, Technical University of Dresden Herbert Dombrowsky, Chairman of the Board, N-ERGIE AG Michael G. Feist, President, The German Association of Gas and Water Industry BGW e.V, Michael Hegel, Managing Director, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA Dr Walter Hohlefelder, Member of the Board, E.ON Energie AG Dr. Klaus-Ewald Holst, Charmain of the Management Board, VNG Verbundnetz Gas AG Dr Jürgen Kroneberg, Member of the Board, RWE Energy AG Dr Johannes F. Lambertz, Member of the Board, RWE Power AG Ulrich Mössner, Managing Director, Bayerngas GmbH Ulrich Schmack, Member of the Board, Schmack Biogas AG Prof Dr Dieter Schmitt, Professor of Energy Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen Dr Rolf Martin Schmitz, Chairman of the Board, RheinEnergie AG Dr Stephan Scholtissek, Country Group Managing Partner, Accenture Austria, Switzerland, Germany Dr Heinz Jürgen Schürmann, Handelsblatt Dr Dr E.h. Volker Schwich, Chairman, The German Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers VIK e.V. Prof Dr Fritz Vahrenholt, CEO, Repower Systems AG Johannes van Bergen, CEO, Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall Gerhard Widder, President, The German Association of Public Utilities VKU e.V. Manfred Wiegand, Global Utilities Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG

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Program

Strategies for a sustainable secure, economical and environmentally friendly energy supply Tuesday, 23rd January 2007

Prof Dr Dieter Schmitt

Dr Heinz Jürgen Schürmann

8.45 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. Reception with tea and coffee, distribution of conference documentation 9.30 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. Opening of the conference by the Conference convenors Prof Dr Dieter Schmitt, Professor of Energy Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen Dr Heinz Jürgen Schürmann, Handelsblatt, Dusseldorf Bernd Ziesemer, editor-in-chief, Handelsblatt, Dusseldorf

Bernd Ziesemer

9.45 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. Keynote Speech 1 Energy perspectives and most important fields of activity in the energy policy

Michael Glos

Michael Glos, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology, Berlin 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. Discussion of keynote speech

Dr Wulf H. Bernotat 10.30 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. Break with tea and coffee 11.15 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. Keynote Speech 2 Strategies for a sustainable secure, economical and environmentally friendly energy supply Dr Wulf H. Bernotat, Chairman of the Board, E.ON AG, Dusseldorf 11.45 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. Discussion of keynote speech 12.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Aperitif followed by lunch

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Program

Regulation and incentive-based regulation

1.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. Keynote Speech 3 Regulation – taking stock before incentive-based regulation will take over – Experiences with the regulation of costs – Structure of incentive-based regulation – Open issues

Matthias Kurth

Matthias Kurth, President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway, Bonn Dr Werner Brinker 2.00 p.m. to 3.15 p.m.

Discussion Session A Regulation – taking stock before incentive-based regulation will take over Matthias Kurth, President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway, Bonn Dr Werner Brinker, President, VDEW e.V., Berlin Michael G. Feist, President, BGW e.V., Berlin Dr Dr E.h. Volker Schwich, Chairman, VIK e.V., Essen Gerhard Widder, President, VKU e.V., Cologne

Michael G. Feist

Dr Dr E.h. Volker Schwich

3.15 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Break with tea and coffee 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Discussion Session B

Gerhard Widder

Should abuse prevention control be redefined? – Sphere of competence and limits of cartel control – Will the ever more European market set new standards for cartel control? – Is the German cartel law outdated? – Growth and national and international champions a „must“ Dr Ulf Böge, President, Federal Cartel Office, Bonn Prof Dr Ulrich Büdenbender, Head Department for Civil Law, Energy Law and Labour Law, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden Dr Klaus-Ewald Holst, Charmain of the Management Board, VNG Verbundnetz Gas AG, Leipzig Dr Jürgen Kroneberg, Member of the Board, RWE Energy AG, Dortmund

Dr Ulf Böge

Prof Dr Ulrich Büdenbender

5.00 p.m. to 5.45 p.m. Discussion of Session B Dr Klaus-Ewald Holst 5.45 p.m. End of first day of the Conference and drinks reception 6.30 p.m. Departure of the buses for dinner hosted by

Dr Jürgen Kroneberg

Enjoy an evening with exellent food and stimulating conversation with more than 700 conference participants and speakers.

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Consolidation and concentration

Wednesday, 24th January 2007

Prof. Dr. Dieter Schmitt

9.00 a.m. to 9.15 a.m. Welcome by convenors Prof Dr Dieter Schmitt and Dr Heinz Jürgen Schürmann

Dr. Heinz Jürgen Schürmann

9.15 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. Keynote Speech 4 Does the European energy market require a common energy and competition policy? Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission, Brussels

Andris Piebalgs

9.45 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. Discussion of keynote speech 10.15 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. Break with tea and coffee

Johannes van Bergen 11.00 a.m. to 12.15 p.m.

Discussion Session C Pierre Lederer

Dr Stephan Scholtissek

Jake Ulrich

Are we in for a new wave of consolidation and concentration in the European energy market? – Strategies of European major players – Utilities active at a European scale and their relation to municipal utilities – The future of multi-utilities in view of the increasing globalisation and regulation – Looking back - how successful were mergers in the past? Johannes van Bergen, CEO, Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall Pierre Lederer, Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Board, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Karlsruhe Dr Stephan Scholtissek, Country Group Managing Partner, Accenture Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Kronberg/Frankfurt am Main Jake Ulrich, Managing Director Centrica Energy, Executive Director Centrica plc, Centrica plc, London Manfred Wiegand, Global Utilities Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG, Essen 12.15 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. Discussion of Session C

Manfred Wiegand 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Aperitif followed by lunch 2.30 p.m. to 3.15 p.m. Herbert Dombrowsky

Michael Hegel

Dr Rolf Martin Schmitz

Discussion Session D Can size guarantee success? – Will the big swallow the smaller or the fast swallow slower ones? – Do different types of cooperation present a real alternative? – What role do financial investors play in the development of large and powerful companies? Herbert Dombrowsky, Chairman of the Board, N-Ergie AG, Nuernberg Michael Hegel, Managing Director, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA, Cologne Dr Rolf Martin Schmitz, Chairman of the Board, RheinEnergie AG, Cologne 4

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Program

Gas procurement today

3.15 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. Discussion of Session D 3.45 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Break with tea and coffee

Ulrich Mössner

4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Discussion Session E Gas procurement today – Will new pipelines increase market liquidity? – Implications of LNG on gas procurement and gas prices Dr. Naji Abi-Aad, Media & Research Strategist, Board of Directors‘ Department, Qatar Petroleum, Doha, Qatar Ulrich Mössner, Managing Director, Bayerngas GmbH, Munich Dr Rainer Seele, Member of the Board, Wintershall AG, Kassel Dr Jochen Weise, Chairman of the Board, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, Essen

Dr Naji Abi-Aad

Dr Rainer Seele

5.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Discussion of Session E Dr Jochen Weise 6.00 p.m. Cocktail reception on invitation by

Prof Dr Dieter Schmitt

Dr Heinz Jürgen Schürmann

Thursday, 25th January 2007 Dr Walter Hohlefelder 8.45 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. Welcome by the convenors Prof Dr Dieter Schmitt and Dr Heinz Jürgen Schürmann Dr Johannes F. Lambertz

9.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.

Discussion Session F

Power generation alternatives excluding nuclear power – Critical assessment of the alternatives to nuclear energy – CO2 free power generation – The future of renewables and the contribution they can make – Influence on security of supply – Influence of CO2 emissions trading on power generation – Reducing the dependence on imports – Decentralised power generation through co-generation, fuel cell and biogas Dr Walter Hohlefelder, Member of the Board, E.ON Energie AG, Munich Dr Johannes F. Lambertz, Member of the Board, RWE Power AG, Essen Ulrich Schmack, Member of the Board, Schmack Biogas AG, Schwandorf Prof. Dr Fritz Vahrenholt, CEO, Repower Systems AG, Hamburg 14t h H a n d e l s b l a t t A n n u a l E n e r g y C o n f e r e n c e 20 07

Ulrich Schmack

Prof Dr Fritz Vahrenholt

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Power generation alternatives excluding nuclear power Thursday, 25th January 2007 Sigmar Gabriel

10.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. Discussion of Session F 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. Break with tea and coffee

Jan Zilius 11.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Keynote Speech 5 How can we protect our climate without jeopardising industrial Germany? Paul Simons

Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister of the Environment, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Preservation and Reactor Safety, Berlin 11.30 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. Keynote Speech 6 Security of supply and climate protection – a contradiction!? Jan Zilius, Chairman of the Board, RWE Power AG, Dortmund 12.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Keynote Speech 7 Trans-Atlantic Collaboration for a More Secure and Sustainable Energy Future Paul Simons, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities, U.S. Department of State, Washington 12.30 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. Discussion of the keynote speeches 1.15 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. End of conference with lunch for all delegates

Translation Service: Simultaneous translation will be offered on all 2 ½ days: German to English and English to German.

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Sponsors and Exhibitors

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Main Sponsors

For further information, please contact: Christina Sternitzke Member of the managing Board EUROFORUM Germany phone: +49 (0)2 11.96 86– 34 00 e-mail: [email protected]

Sponsor of the Cocktail Reception at the Second Conference Day

Daniela Marbach Senior Conference Assistant

Sponsor of the Fruit Juices

phone: +49 (0)2 11.96 86– 34 34 e-mail: [email protected]

Sponsor of the Delegate Bags

Exhibitors – ABB AG – Accenture – ALSTOM Power AG – Atel Energie AG – A/V/E GmbH – Barfeld & Partner GmbH – BHF-BANK – Capgemini Deutschland GmbH – Cegelec AT GmbH & Co. KG – Convergence Utility Consultants – CURSOR Software AG – Deutsche Messe AG – Deutsche Post AG – Electrabel Deutschland AG – E.ON IS – EOS (Energie Ouest Suisse)

– evu zählwerk Abrechnungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH – Handelsblatt GmbH – Hitachi Power Europe GmbH – IBM Deutschland GmbH – ITVT GmbH

– Schleupen AG – Schmack Biogas AG – Siemens AG – SIV.AG – SNT Deutschland GmbH – SOPTIM AG

– KEMA Consulting GmbH

– Steria Mummert Consulting AG

– KRIOS Consulting GmbH & Co. KG

– trend:research GmbH

Sponsoring and Exhibition

– LogicaCMG GmbH & Co. KG

– T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH

This conference will give you an opportunity to

– NEUTRASOFT GmbH & Co. KG

– Viz Risk Management

present your company, products and services

– VNG-Verbundnetz Gas Aktiengesellschaft

to an exclusive gathering of potential clients.

– WINGAS GmbH

target-group analysis and the development of a

– PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG – regiocom GmbH

For further information on exhibition capacity, personalised sponsoring plan please contact:

– rhenag Rheinische Energie Aktiengesellschaft

– EOS Deutscher InkassoDienst GmbH & Co. KG

– rku.it GmbH

– EUROFORUM Deutschland GmbH

– SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG

– SAG GmbH

Christina Westenberger Senior Sales Manager

Information material at the conference will be presented by – THERON Business Consulting GmbH

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Sponsoring and Exhibition phone: +49 (0)2 11.96 86–3718 fax: +49 (0)2 11.96 86– 47 16 e-mail: [email protected]

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