Dear guest,
we are very pleased to welcome you to Lisbon for the 2017 Annual APEEN Conference organized by the Portuguese Association of Energy Economics (APEEN) and the Economics Department of ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. This event will be hosted by ISCTE-IUL on May 9th , 2017.
The Portuguese Association of Energy Economics (APEEN) was created in 2015 to promote research and public debate on energy issues from an economics perspective. Although APEEN’s focus is on Portuguese society, it is also important to discuss the wider context and the general trends that impact the energy sector in Portugal. For this purpose, APEEN intends to promote, among other activities, the organization of an annual meeting on Energy Economics.
The annual APEEN Conference is an international meeting which aims at sharing experiences and results by the Scientific and Business community whose interests are the Economics of Energy and Environment. It intends to strengthen ties among academia, industry, regulators, competition authorities and policy makers.
The first APEEN conference, in February 2016, jointly organized with the Spanish sister organisation (AEEE), was dedicated to the Iberian energy market. This year, the annual conference on the 9th May, will be devoted to Europe and the Energy Transition to underline the relevance of European Union energy and climate policies, as well as of its legal and institutional framework, for the energy transition in Portugal.
The conference is divided into four sessions, each addressing a specific topic, plus a special session, jointly organized with Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos/PORDATA. The special session will present the energy and carbon indicators assembled by the APEEN research team in cooperation with PORDATA; the new series will become publically available on PORDATA’s data base. Each of the four sessions will be introduced by an invited speaker (20 min.) followed by 3 other speakers (15 min. each) and by discussion with the audience.
We are looking forward to hosting this special event and to see you in Lisbon!
Mónica Meireles
Chair of the Conference
