Thank you to all our sponsors, speakers and delegates for making the European Gas Conference 2012 a success
Over four days Vienna has played host to presentations, debates, workshops and meetings between leaders from the European gas industry.
OMV hosted a gala dinner on Wednesday 26 January at Vienna's opulent Hofburg Palace and here the inaugural European Gas Conference Awards were presented.
The awards recognised Gate Terminal B.V. as the LNG Project of the year; Nord Stream as the Pipeline project of the year, Gasunie as TSO of the year and Qatargas' CEO, Mr Khalid Bin Khalife Al Thani as Executive of the year. Find out more>>

Gasunie, Qatargas, Nord Stream and Gate Terminal gather
after accepting their awardsSee what the press said in our post event press report >>
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Reinhold Mitterlehner
Federal Minister of Economy, Family and Youth
Austrian Government
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Werner Auli
Member of the Executive Board, Head of Gas & Power
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
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Sergei Komlev
Head of Directorate, Contract Structuring and Price Formation
Gazprom Export
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Marcel Kramer
Chief Executive Officer
South Stream
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Stuart Bradford
Head of Strategy, Marketing & Analysis
Shell Energy Europe
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Paul van Gelder
CEO
Gasunie
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Faith Birol
Chief Economist
IEA
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Guy Broggi
Head of LNG Supply
TOTAL Gas & Power
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Walter Peeraer
CEO
Fluxysrg
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Reinhard Mitschek
Managing Director
Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH
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Niall Trimble
Managing Director
The Energy Contract Company
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Elio Ruggeri
Head of International Gas Projects and CEO of IGI Poseidon
Edison Spa
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Cafer Eminoglu
Expert, Gas Transmission Management
BOTAS
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Gottfried Steiner
CEO
Central European Gas Hub
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David Ledesma
LNG Independent Consultant
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Paul Corcoran
Finance Director
Nord Stream
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Michael Peisser
Senior Vice President Supply and Trading
OMV Gas & Power
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Dr Axel Wietfeld
Vice President Group Energy Projects
E.ON
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Jonathan Stern
Director of Gas Research
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
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H.Hakan Unal
Expert, Gas Transmission Management
BOTAS
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Soren Juel Hansen
Head of Tariffs and Infrastructure
Energinet
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Kjetil Tungland
Managing Director
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG
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2012 Programme at a Glance
Tuesday 24 January: Global LNG Day
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Keynote opening address: identifying the current status of the European LNG market in the context of global developments
- European geopolitics and market shifts and the effect on LNG
- Global developments and the impact on the European market
- Project financing and investment for the LNG industry
- LNG as a transportation fuel
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Wednesday 25 January: Conference day one
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Keynote commercial address: Ensuring natural gas is the main energy source for the future
- Geopolitical developments in the natural gas market domestically and internationally and the impact on commercial strategy
- Southern Corridor developments
- Panel discussion: the great pipeline debate – are we any closer to establishing a clear winner?
- European gas storage update
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Thursday 26 January: Conference day two
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Keynote ministerial address: the European Gas market in 2012
- EXPERT KEYNOTE: Understand what’s in store for the energy industry by hearing about the process of network unbundling from the telecoms market
- Keynote legislative update: the Third Energy Package
- The revised role of Russian gas in Europe’s energy future
- Understand how developments in the global natural gas market will impact Europe
- Developments in the European gas trading market
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