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AGENDA - DAY TWO

08:15
Registration & coffee
09:00
Opening comments from the Chairman

OPERATIONS: OTC BUSINESS 
Chairperson: Gavin Ferguson, Head of Standardisation Workstream, EFET

9:05

PANEL
A model for Europe? Learnings and best practises gained so far from Italian mandatory electronic invoicing

 
  • Mandatory e-invoicing for Italian companies:How is electronic invoicing defined?
    • The journey to implementation
    • 10 months in, what are the remaining struggles?
  • Going forward:
    • What use can be made of e-invoicing?
    • What other areas can benefit from this project?
    • Where can other European trading firms learn and benefit from this journey?

Elena Cretti, Head of Back Office, Edison
Matteo Paganucci, Head of Back Office, ENGIE Italy
Agnese Moroni, E-Invoicing Project Manager, ENGIE Italy
Veronica Musumeci, Head of Back Office Energy Management, ERG

9:25

PANEL
Electronic settlement matching eSM – Progress towards the next major industry standardisation

 
  • What will be the practical benefits to the industry and what are the timelines?
  • What milestones have been reached since October 2018?
  • What are the processes and business change implications for adoption?
  • Legal developments; new EFET documentation, changing contractual agreements with counterparties.
  • Which are the next areas we can standardise and how?

MODERATOR: Gavin ferguson, Head of Standardisation Workstream, EFET, European Federation of Energy Traders
Jörg Reichelt, Head of Settlement, EnBW
Mikael Kreiner, Head of Back Office, Ørsted
Dr Jens Bartenschlager, CEO, Fidectus
Randy Wilson, CEO Aquilon Energy Services Inc

10:10

CASE STUDY
Industry case study – Endesa’s experience of digitalisation in the back office – the human factor

 
  • Progress made in the last year for Endesa’s operational excellence and digitalisation implementation and strategy.
  • Moving from repetitive activities to flexible work: developing a people strategy to build skills related to digitalisation, and to change attitudes internally.
  • A 2 stage approach: identification of willingness to change and providing all the tools and skills needed to ensure change is a success.
  • Integrating into your recruitment strategy; identifying those likely to thrive in the new flexible working environment

Antonio Sevilla Cervantes, Head of Back Office, Endesa

10:30
NETWORKING BREAK / PRE-ARRANGED MEETINGS
11:25
Regulatory retrospective
 

REMIT:

  • Supervisory Regulation latest developments ( REMIT REFIT)
  • Recent developments in Remit Case Law

MAR:

  • MAR latest developments
  • Guidelines from German Cartel Office on Market Manipulation

REGULATORY FRAGMENTATION:

  • BREXIT Update
  • Regulatory Fragmentation across member states

Jan Haizmann, Chairman of the Legal Committee, EFET

11:45
The democratisatisation of access to market services, increasing numbers of counterparties – implications for the back office
 
  • Preparing your back office for change brought about by
    • Wider access to market services for smaller trading firms
    • Higher volumes via automated trading
    • The entry into the marketplace of the prosumers
  • What changes and reassignments of resources, personnel and technology should you consider? 

Dale Emmerson, Trading and Markets Consultant, EQUIAS

12:10
Lean management: Practical benefits and learning from implementation in support functions
 
Lean and operational excellence projects have now reached a level of maturity in most companies, still belonging  to the transition from manufacturing to services.

  • So what have we learnt so far? 
  • What could we take 1:1 over or what did we have to adapt to a service environment?
  • Which changes can we feel, see, hear, and which lessons learnt?
  • If we had to do it again, what would we have done the same of differently?

This session will provide answers based on concrete experiences with the intention to help the ones at the beginning of their change journey.

Dirk Daveluy, Brokers & Exchange Relationship Manager – Trading Operations & Affairs, RWE Supply & Trading

12:50
NETWORKING LUNCH

OPERATIONS: EXCHANGE-TRADED BUSINESS

14:00

An overview of the energy exchange traded landscape today

 

Reviewing latest market data figures; where is the shift to exchange traded occurring and is it moving as quickly as expected?

What further changes can we expect in the coming year with changes in market design and the continuing decentralisation of energy trading?

Mario Claeys, Head of Exchange and Margining, Uniper Global Commodities SE

14:10

PANEL
Exchanges and clearing partners: What are the plans for the future?

 
  • Increased communication between market participants, clearing partners and exchanges: What are the current initiatives, working groups? For what finality?
  • What does the clearing landscape look like today?
  • How can energy trading companies handle multiple exchange and clearing partners in an efficient way? How to decrease complexity? The example of resolution procedure
  • Lack of staff training: The needs and solutions
  • Standardisation across the exchanges and clearing houses: Is that on the card to simplify utilities and energy trading entities’ life?

Mario Claeys, Head of Exchange and Margining, Uniper
Dr. Götz Dittrich, Chief Operating Officer, European Commodity Clearing

14:50

PANEL
Managing default – lessons from the past year

 
  • What are the new risks?
    • Concentration risk
    • Changing landscape of the market and reduced banking involvement
  • Which of the traditional risks have become more, and less risky?
  • Risk management practice: what level of scrutiny are CCPs applying?
  • Is increasing margin levels the right response?

Dirk Daveluy, Brokers & Exchange Relationship Manager – Trading Operations & Affairs, RWE Supply & Trading
Mario Claeys, Head of Exchange and Margining, Uniper Global Commodities SE

15:20

Margin calculations and segregation – Achieving better control 

 
  • What have been the recent changes to clearing house calculation methodologies and systems?
  • Controls and simulations:
    • What you can you and can’t do
    • Is outsourcing the solution? Exploring options
  • Handling multiple clearing banks: What leverage do you have?

15:40

CASE-STUDY
Addressing the challenges of ETD reconciliation – the financial trading perspective

 
  • What is the role of the the back office when trading on exchange?
  • A retrospective look at reconciliation challenges over the years
  • Building and sourcing appropriate technology
  • Comparing processes and approaches between an energy hedge fund, a utility and a bank – is there a best of breed model?

16:00

Closing comments from the Chairman

16:05

FAREWELL NETWORKING BREAK

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Jan Van Aken

Organisation: EFET
Position: Secretary-General 


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MIKAEL KREINER

Mikael

Organisation: ØRSTED
Position: Head of Back Office


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PAUL VAN SON

Organisation: EFET
Position: Honorary President


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RAHUL MALIK

Organisation: CENTRICA
Position: Head of Trading IT


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Graziano Di Giacomo

GRAZIANO DI GIACOMO

Organisation: ENEL
Position: Head of Trading & Financial Back Office

 


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HUGH BRUNSWICK

HUGH BRUNSWICK

Organisation: ETOT ADVISORY BOARD
Position: Chairman


Bio

Hugh Brunswick is a Chief Executive Officer at Equias B.V. He has overseen the introduction and development of several EFETnet services that implement the EFET Standards and the steady growth of the user community with a focus on operational process automation, compliance and innovation.

Hugh is a former Managing Director of EFETnet. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester with BSc (Hons) Physics and MSc Computer Science.

ALAN TAYLOR

ALAN TAYLOR

Organisation: AXPO
Position: Head of Trading IT & Back Office

 


Bio

With a career in energy trading spanning nearly 20 years, and having worked across utilities, oil trading, banking and consulting, Alan brings a wealth of experience from across the world of energy trading.

JAN HAIZMANN

JAN HAIZMANN

Organisation: EFET
Position: Chairman of the Legal Committee

 


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JAMES RONNIE

JAMES RONNIE

Organisation: GAZPROM MARKETING & TRADING
Position: Digital Trading Manager

 


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JÖRG REICHELT

Organisation: ENBW
Position: Head of Settlement

 


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Roland Back

ROLAND BÄCK

Organisation: OMV
Position: Head of ETRM & Trading Process Management

 


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ANTONIO SEVILLA CERVANTES

ANTONIO SEVILLA- CERVANTES

Organisation: ENDESA
Position: Head of Back Office

 


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GARY VASEY

GARY VASEY

Organisation: COMTECH ADVISORY
Position: Partner & Managing Director

 


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Elena Cretti

ELENA CRETTI

Organisation: EDISON
Position: Head of Back Office

 


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Dirk Daveluy

DIRK DAVELUY

Organisation: RWE SUPPLY & TRADING
Position: Brokers & Exchanges Relationship Manager, Ops & Affairs

 


Bio

Experienced Senior Expert with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Strong operations professional skilled in Gas, Commodity Risk Management, Market Risk, Lean Management, and Training Delivery. 

Aviv Handler

AVIV HANDLER

Organisation: ETR ADVISORY
Position: Managing Director

 


Bio

Set up ETR Advisory in 2013, the vehicle via which he is offering his own services. ETR is focused on the regulation of the energy, commodity and financial markets, covering rules such as EMIR, REMIT, MiFID II and MAR and the impact of Brexit . More recently this has focused on the introduction of anti abuse procedures and trade surveillance systems. He has recently started to cover the regulatory aspects of blockchain and crypto-currency use.

He sets up ETR following a stint at SunGard Consulting Services, leading the setup of the European Energy Compliance Centre of Excellence, which provided extensive thought leadership in the field.

Gotz Dittrich

DR. GÖTZ DITTRICH

Organisation: EUROPEAN COMMODITY CLEARING
Position: Chief Operating Officer

 


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Mario Claeys

MARIO CLAEYS

Organisation: UNIPER GLOBAL COMMODITIES SE
Position: Head of Exchange and Margining


Bio

Holding Risk Committee positions at major market leading companies for more than 10 years, Mario Claeys has a strong professional with strategic view and profound experience in advising Exchanges and CCP's on board level.Mario Cleays has expertise in a wide range of Exchange and Clearing related topics like market structures & development, market surveillance / supervision, pricing methodologies, regulations, clearing mechanisms, commodity and clearing related risk, default management but also commercial negotiations, both in market maker arrangements and clearing agreements.

Jerome Le Page

JEROME LE PAGE

Organisation: EFET
Position: Director for European Electricity Markets

 


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Michele Governatori

MICHELE GOVERNATORI

Organisation: AXPO
Position: Head of Public & Regulatory Affairs, President AIGET & EER

 


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Gavin Ferguson

GAVIN FERGUSON

Organisation: EFET
Position: Head of Standardisation Workstream


Bio

Gavin Ferguson has worked within the Gas and Power industry for nearly 40 years. He has worked on many initiatives and served on industry Committees led by OFGEM, FIA, EFET and National Grid. He recently retired from his role at Centrica, but is still very active within the industry.

He is currently involved as the Facilitator on the Enerchain project, where he is the point of liaison between the energy trading companies and Ponton, the company who are developing the project.

Gavin also leads the recently-created Standardisation work group at EFET, where he is focussed on eSM (Electronic Settlement Matching). 

Surya Ayyagari

SURYA AYYAGARI

Organisation: UNIPER GLOBAL COMMODITIES SE
Position: Senior Data Manager

 


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Matteo Paganucci

MATTEO PAGANUCCI

Organisation: ENGIE ITALY
Position: Head of Back Office

 


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Agnese Moroni

AGNESE MORONI

Organisation: ENGIE ITALY
Position: E-Invoicing Project Manager

 


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Ian Murrin

IAN MURRIN

Organisation: DIGITERRE
Position: Founder & CEO

 


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Veronica Musumeci

VERONICA MUSUMECI

Organisation: ERG
Position: Head of Back Office Energy Management

 


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Volodymyr Sorokoumov

VOLODYMYR SOROKOUMOV

Organisation: UNIPER
Position: Senior Data Manager; Big Data & Advanced Analytics

 


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Neil Pennington

NEIL PENNINGTON

Organisation: ENERGY WEB FOUNDATION
Position: Strategic Adviser

 


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Christian Baer

CHRISTIAN BAER

Organisation: EUROPEX
Position: Secretary General

 


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DALE EMMERSON

DALE EMMERSON

Organisation: EQUIAS
Position: Trading & Markets Consultant


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KETAN KOTHARI

KETAN KOTHARI

Organisation: BLUE PRISM
Position: Director - Resources EMEA


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IAIN MCGOWAN

IAIN MCGOWAN

Organisation: CENTRICA
Position: Head of Ethics & Compliance


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TILO ZIMMERMANN

TILO ZIMMERMANN

Organisation: PONTON
Position: Managing Director


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ALEXANDER MCDONALD

ALEXANDER MCDONALD

Organisation: EUROPEAN VENUES & INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION
Position: CEO


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GORDON ALLOT

GORDON ALLOT

Organisation: BROADPEAK
Position: CEO


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HUGO STAPPERS

HUGO STAPPERS

Organisation: PIONEER SOLUTIONS
Position: Director of Sales & Marketing EMEA


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KATIE GIBBS

KATIE GIBBS

Organisation: BJSS
Position: Head of AI


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DR JENS BARTENSCHLAGER

DR JENS BARTENSCHLAGER

Organisation: FIDECTUS
Position: CEO


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RANDY WILSON

RANDY WILSON

Organisation: AQUILON ENERGY SERVICES
Position: CEO


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TRAVIS NADELHOFFER

TRAVIS NADELHOFFER

Organisation: NORTHGRAVITY
Position: CEO


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KASPER WALET

KASPER WALET

Organisation: AIENERGIZER
Position: Founder


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AIDEEN CARDIFF

AIDEEN CARDIFF

Organisation: IBM
Position: Watson AI & Industry Channel Leader UKI


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HENRY BROWN

HENRY BROWN

Organisation: BJSS
Position: Head OD


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FLORENT ARRIGHI

FLORENT ARRIGHI

Organisation: GININI ANTIPODE
Position: Senior Manager


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JAKOB HOLZNER

JAKOB HOLZNER

Organisation: ENERGIE AG
Position: P2P Project Lead


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