The second session of the Fossil Fuels (Berlin) Forum took place on Monday 9 October; a pre-event dinner,  with keynote address from a high-level speaker, took place in the evening of Sunday 8 October.

Press release, IP/06/1340, 09/10/2006
Fossil Fuels Forum meets for the second time to discuss security of supply

Conclusions of the Chair

Programme

Proceedings (full text of individual presentations and speeches)

• Inauguration of the Forum
   

  	Dinner Keynote Address of Mr Ansi Paasivirta, Finnish State Secretary for Trade and Industry
  	Opening Speech of Mr Mathias Ruete, Director-General, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
  	Speech of Mr Joachim Wuermeling, German Secretary of State for Economics and Technology

• Session 1: Coal - Aiming at a Sustainable Presence of Coal in the EU Energy Mix
   

  	Presentation by Mr Ioannis Galanis, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
  	Presentation by Dr Johannes Lambertz, Member of the Advisory Council - Zero-Emission Power Plant Technology Platform
  	Intervention by Mr Nigel Yaxley, Euracoal
  	Intervention by Mr Milton Catelin, WCI

• Session 2: Oil - For an Efficient Contribution to the Security of Energy Supply
   

  	Presentation by Mr Jan Panek, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Annex-Oil Statement
  	Presentation by Ms Kristine Kuolt, International Energy Agency
  	Intervention by Mr Norbert Liermann, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
  	Intervention by Mr Peter Tjan, Europia
  	Intervention by Mr Hellmuth Weisser, Union of European Petroleum Independents

• Session 3: Upstream Gas - Policies to facilitate the Internal European Gas Market
   

  	Presentation by Mr Johannes Enzmann, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
  	Presentation by Mr Didier Sire, Eurogas

• Closing Session

Conclusions of the Chair