4 December 2025

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10:00am - 12:00pm Pre-Conf Workshops

• Incorporating Sustainability Criteria in Supplier Selection: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach (Prof.Dr. Görkem Üçtuğ, Izmir University of Economics, Türkiye) FACE-TO-FACE (Location: Pegasus)

• Sustainable Energy Finance (John W. Ballantine, Jr., Emeritus Senior Lecturer, Brandeis International Business School, USA; Dawud Ansari, President, Majan Council; Seçil Yıldız, Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Impact Leader, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye) HYBRID (Location: Poseidon)

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12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch

 

1:00pm - 3:30pm Young Professionals & Scholars Day

• Dr. Emre Hatipoğlu (Assoc. Professor of Political Science, KAPSARC School of Public Policy, Saudi Arabia) (Location: Poseidon)

 

4:00pm - 5:30pm Welcome Reception

 

5:30pm – 7:00pm Welcome & Opening Session: Geopolitics, Climate, Economic Development and Energy Security in MECA ( Location: Atlas) 

• Cornelia Meyer (Chairman & CEO, MRL Corporation) (Chair)

• Prof.Dr. Gürkan Selçuk Kumbaroğlu (IAEE President 2016; Professor Boğaziçi University, Türkiye)

• Majid A. Al-Moneef (Chairman of the Board, The Saudi Association for Energy Economics)

• Prof.Dr. Edmar de Almeida (IAEE President, Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

 

7:30pm - 9:30pm Conference Dinner   (Location: Kybele)

 

5 December 2025

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9:00am - 10:30am Dual Plenary Sessions (Location: Atlas) 

DP 1) Policy Frameworks for Energy Equity and Access in the Age of Transition

• Prof.Dr. Efe Biresselioğlu (Provost, Izmir University of Economics) (Chair)

• Jassim Alshirawi (Secretary General, International Energy Forum)

• Hasan Özkoç (Secretary General, Mediterranean Energy Regulators MEDREG)

• Andrea Kollman (Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz)

DP2) Future of E-mobility and Energy Sector Implications (Location: Poseidon)

• Haluk Sayar (President, Eurasian E-Mobility Association) (Chair)

• Prof.Dr. Amela Ajanovic (Vienna University of Technology)

• Christian Philipp (Chief Communication Officer, go-e, Germany)

• Mehmet Göksu (Founder & CEO, Vale Charging Systems)

 

10:30am - 11:00am Coffee Break 

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11:00am - 12:30pm Special Concurrent Session (Location: Atlas) 

Energy and Social Acceptance

• Prof.Dr. Ramazan Sarı (Technical University of Denmark)

• Prof.Dr. Uğur Soytaş (Technical University of Denmark)

• Prof.Dr. Claire Marie Bergaentzlé (Technical University of Denmark)

• Fabian Scheller  (Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt THWS)

• Prof.Dr. Alessandro Sciullo (University of Turin) 

 

11:00am - 12:30pm Concurrent Sessions (Location: Pegasus / Poseidon /Lobby Meeting Room)

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12:30pm - 2:30pm  Lunch (Location: Kybele)

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2:30pm - 4:00pm Dual Plenary Sessions (Location: Atlas) 

DP 3) Pathways to Decarbonization and the Future of Fossil Fuels

• Prof. Dr. Ricardo Raineri (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) (Chair)

• Dr. Osamah Alsayegh (Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research)

• Elchin Ibadov, (CEO, SOCAR Türkiye)

DP4) The Role of Breakthrough Technologies in the Energy Transition (Location: Poseidon)

• Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies) (Chair)

• Prof.Dr. Bekir Cem Avcı (Boğaziçi University)

• Dr. Marcello Contestabile (Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute)

• Yusuf Turhan, Sustainability Manager (MEXT)

 

4:00pm - 4:30pm Coffee Break

 

4:30pm - 6:00pm Special Concurrent Session (Location: Atlas) 

Deploying Small Modular Reactors: Economics, Investment, and Risk

• Ümit Hergüner (President, Hergüner Bilgen Üçer Law Firm) (Chair)

• Justin Friedman (former Senior Advisor to US Department of State)

• Dr. Bader Almutairi (Associate Research Scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research)

• Yavuz Arık (Senior Partner at Energytools LLC) 

 

4:30pm - 6:00pm Concurrent Sessions (Location: Pegasus / Poseidon)

 

7:00pm - 9:00pm Conference Dinner (Location: Kybele)

 

6 December 2025

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8:30am - 10:00am Special Concurrent Session (Location: Atlas)

Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition: Economic Opportunities and Geopolitical Challenges for MECA

• Prof.Dr. Xiaoqi Sun (Shenzhen University) (Chair)

• Prof.Dr. Ahmet Turan Özdemir (General Manager, Aspilsan Energy)

• Dr. Emre Hatipoğlu (KAPSARC)

 

8:30am - 10:00am Concurrent Sessions (Location: Pegasus / Poseidon /Lobby Meeting Room)

 

10:00am - 10:30am Coffee Break

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10:30am - 12:00pm Special Concurrent Session (Location: Atlas)

Adoption Of High Solar Reflective (HAS) Technologies and the Albedo Effect for Italy's and the European Union's Climate Strategy

• Dr. Patrizia Marin (President of Marco Polo Experience) (Chair)

• Alessia Di Giuseppe (CIRIAF) (Keynote Speaker)

• Prof.Dr. Abdul Rehman Soomro (CIRIAF, University of Perugia)

• Francesco Favarò (Managing Director, Watergy International Group)

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10:30am - 12:00pm Concurrent Sessions (Location: Pegasus / Poseidon)

 

12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch (Location: Kybele)

 

1:00pm - 2:30pm Plenary Session (Location: Atlas)

Financing the Energy Transition: Challenges & Opportunities in MECA

• Mustafa Aydın (Head of Türkiye’s ETS & Environmental Markets, Energy Exchange Istanbul) 

• Onur Yücekal (CEO, RePie Investment Holding)

• Dr. Manal Abdel Samad (Senior Advisor in Fiscal Policy, Former Minister of Information of Lebanon) 

• Seçil Kızılkaya Yıldız (Vice-Director, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye)

 

2:30pm - 2:45pm Coffee Break

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2:45pm - 3:30pm Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks ( Energetic Women of the Year 2025 Award) (Location: Hoopoe) 

• Kardelen Afrodit Adsal (Trinomics & TRAEE) Chair

• Prof.Dr. Ricardo Raineri (Past President, IAEE & Former Minister of Energy, Chile)

• Prof.Dr. Görkem Üçtuğ (Izmir University of Economics & TRAEE)