International conference “Heating Sector Institutional Reform in the Former Soviet Union “
Date: 2005-10-20
Organiser: World Learning Inc.
Place: Baku, Azerbaijan
Organizer: World Learning Inc.
Contacts: Natalia Kulichenko (PA Consulting Group) Tel. +1 202 442 2032; el.p: Natalia.Kulichenko@PAConsulting.com
Presentations:
- The Role of the Private Sector in Managing District Heating Facilities in Central and Eastern Europe Ira Birnbaum (Eurasia Bureau, USAID/Washington)
- Key challenges in developing small scale heat generation installations in the former Soviet Union (Dr. Igor Bashmakov (Executive Director, Center fors Energy Efficiency, Moscow, Russia)
- Efficiency and performance indicators for autonomous small scale boilers Dr. Alexander Novoselzev (President, Ukraine Chapter of Energy Engineers, Kiev, Ukraine)
- Role of the World Bank in Improvement of Heating Infrastructure Peter Johansen (Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank, Washington)
- Overview of the Heating Strategy for the Republic of Azerbaijan Natalia Kulichenko (PA Consulting)
- Lithuanian experience in District Heating Reform Vytautas Stasiûnas (President of Lithuanian District Heating Association)
- Competitiveness of District Heating in Bulgaria Lubka Georgieva (Head of District Heating Department, Ministry of Energy, Bulgaria)
- Challenges in liberalization of large district heating networks including CHP (Dusan Jakovlevich (Euroheat&Power, Brussels, Belgium)
- ADB's perspective on financing heating sector improvement projects (Ashok Bhargava (East and Central Asia Energy Division, Asian Development Bank)
- Financial products for financing of heat supply project available in Azerbaijan (Leyla Nabiyeva (PA Consulting Group)
- Energy Efficiency Fund as a means for financing heating network improvements (Dr. George Chavdarov (Director of the Bulgaria Energy Efficiency Fund, ENEFFECT, Sofia, Bulgaria)
- ESCO's Role in Financing Heat Supply Improvement Projects (Alexander Novoselzev (Ukrainian Chapter of Energy Engineers, President, Ukraine)
- Heating Sector Policy reform in Poland (Prof. Adam Gula (AGH-University of Science and Technology; President of Polish Foundation of Energy Efficiency)
- Policy Approaches to Improvements in Russia's Heating Sector (Igor Bashmakov (CENEF, Russia)