Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and other Events

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Energy Charter Secretariat held the Tokyo Energy Charter Forum on 21 November 2014. The Forum focused on the settlement of energy investment disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty. The forum was attended by nearly 100 participants from the Japanese government, energy-related firms, legal circles, academics, embassies and journalists.

Together with the Institute of Energy Economics of Japan and the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation, the Energy Charter has organised, on 20 November 2014 in Tokyo, a workshop on the "Increasing Role of Renewables in Japan and Future Scenarios for Electricity Interconnections in Northeast Asia", kindly hosted by KPMG. In addition to participants from the industry, universities and research institutes, the workshop was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and...

The Legal Advisory Task Force (LATF) held its first meeting since 2007 on 10 November 2014 at the Energy Charter Secretariat. Around thirty international experts (including from the ICC, SCC, ICSID and PCA) discussed the current use and potential review of the second edition of the Energy Charter's Model Agreements for Cross-Border Pipelines.

Enabling Amicable Settlement of Investment Disputes: Mediation and Conciliation

5-7 November 2014 - Energy Charter Secretariat, 56 Boulevard de la Woluwe, 1200 Brussels, Belgium

The PEEREA Working Group held this year's autumn meeting on 31 October 2014.

Delegates from the wider Energy Charter constituency participated in a special round table session on energy efficiency and energy security on 29 October 2014. 

The Energy Charter's Industry Advisory Panel held its last meeting of the year on 21 October 2014 in Washington, DC. 

The Energy Charter Secretariat organised a Technical Workshop on Electricity Transit on 15 October 2014 in Brussels as a follow-up on its study "Price of Electricity Transit in Transition Countries". The aim of the workshop was to assist the countries of Central Asia in finalising the methodology for electricity transit, as well as to discuss broader issues of regional cooperation in the power sector. 

On 14 October 2014, the Energy Charter Investment Group held a meeting in Brussels to discuss a wide rage of energy policy issues.

The Forum was organised on 10 October 2014 and focused on the topic of "Securing Energy Supply: How to Better Protect Energy Networks from Disruptions" and were organised in three sessions revolving around the issues of energy networks protection from natural disasters, the human factor in the protection of energy infrastructure, and the role and importance of international cooperation.