DOWNSTREAM LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION
Belgrade, 17 September 2018
Dear colleagues,
It is with pleasure that we invite you to participate in the 2018 Tomorrow’s Leaders Symposium to be hosted in Belgrade on 17 September 2018 by the National Petroleum Committee of Serbia – World Petroleum Council (NNKS-WPC).
The Tomorrow’s Leaders Symposium is an event series organized under the auspices of the World Petroleum Council targeting young professionals active in the oil and gas industry. It was established as a forum to exchange views and reflect on the industry challenges among different generations in the petroleum industry stakeholder network. The event series was launched in London in 2014 and was followed by a Budapest event in 2015, both attended by 100+ participants from over 15 WPC member countries.
For this year’s Symposium, the National Petroleum Committee of Serbia is looking forward to welcoming young professionals from both technical and non-technical backgrounds to expand and exchange their understanding of today’s downstream landscape as focal topic of this year’s symposium.
The one-day Symposium programme, developed in close cooperation and with support of the WPC Young Professionals Committee, will be delivered in four panel sessions:
- An overview of downstream energy landscape
- The use of technology in transforming the oil and gas industry
- Closing the generation gap in the oil and gas industry
- The influence of the oil and gas industry from different stakeholder perspectives
Registration for the event is free of charge and compulsory. However, due to limited space, applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Registrations will be open until 10 September, but will close when the maximum number of participants is reached.
Sunday, 16 September
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Cocktail, Hotel “88 Rooms”, Takovska 49, Belgrade
Monday, 17 September
08:30 – 09:00 Registration, Hotel “88 Rooms”, Takovska 49, Belgrade
09.00 – 09.20 Opening Remarks
Dr. Petar Škundrić, President, NNKS-WPC
Mr. Pedro Miras Salamanca, Vice President Programme of the Executive Committee of the WPC, Chairman of the Committee of Programmes (CPC) of the WPC, Chairman of the World Petroleum Council (WPC) Spanish Committee, Chairman of the Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) of the International Energy Agency, Chairman of the Spanish Strategic Petroleum Reserves Corporation (CORES)
09.20 – 10.35 Downstream Energy Outlook
Moderator: Dr. Goran Radosavljevic, Secretary General, NNKS-WPC, Serbia
Speakers: Dr. Volkan Ozdemir, Chairman, Institute for Energy Markets and Policies, Turkey
Mr. Artur Thernesz, CEO, AMEI Testing and Certifying, Hungary
Ms. Almila Acan Kahvecioglu, General Manager, TOTAL Serbia and TOTAL Adria
10.40 – 12.00 Transforming Oil and Gas Downstream: Gateway to Growth
Moderator: Mr. Pedro Miras Salamanca, Vice President Programme of the Executive Committee of the WPC, Chairman of CPC WPC, Chairman WPC Spanish Committee, Chairman of SEQ IEA, Chairman CORES
Speakers: Mr. Peter Ratatics, Executive Vice President for Consumer Services, MOL group, Hungary
Mr. Andrey Tuchnin, First Deputy CEO for Downstream, NIS Gazprom Neft, Serbia
Dr. Ivan Marten, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Vice Chairman Energy Practice, The Boston Consulting Group
12.00– 12.30 Coffee Break and Networking
12.30 – 12.40 Presentation of the 6th Future Leaders Forum, Russian National Committee of the World Petroleum Council
12.40 – 13:40 Workshop: Closing the Oil and Gas Industry’s Generational Gap (part I)
Groups: Group I: What is important to Millennials and How Should Oil Industry Adapt?
Group II: Innovations in academia and business cooperation mechanisms,
Group III: Strengthening the public perception and attractiveness of industry – role of (social) media
Group VI: The challenges of petroleum industry transformation and future job security
Group V: Retaining the talent pool in the industry – what is our drive
Group VI: Closing the gender gap and empowering young women in the industry
Participants: All Young Professionals
13:40 – 14:40 Lunch
14.30 – 15.15 Workshop: Closing the Oil and Gas Industry’s Generational Gap (part II )
Speakers: Nastas Mihajlovic, Chair, YPC Serbia – Group I
Vlada Streletskaya, Chair, YPC Russia – Group II
Csaba Zsoter, Chair, YPC Hungary – Group III
Ali Rahneshin, Chair, YPC Iran – Group VI
Laura Garcia Chiquero, Vice Chair, WPC YP, Spain – Group V
Bojana Milutinovic, YPC Serbia – Group VI
15.15 – 16.30 Innovation transforming the society
Moderator: Mr. Stephane Rousselet, Chair, WPC YP, France
Speakers: Dr. Riverson Oppong, Consultant, Global Energy Solutions, Russia
Ms. Stephanie Verin, Founder, SV Crypto Consulting, Switzerland
Mr. Djordje Djordjevic, Innovation Manager, ICT HUB, Serbia

Registration is closed.
For more information please contact general.secretary@wpcserbia.rs