Join Argus and LSEG at the Gas and Power Forum

10 June 2025 | Vienna, Austria

About the event

Argus and LSEG welcome you to join us on 10th June 2025 at the Le Méridien, Vienna.

This event will deliver a series of fundamentals-driven central and eastern Europe-focused natural gas and LNG market presentations and panel discussions. Our analysis will be set in the context of a globalising natural gas market.

We will host industry representatives from across the market at the Le Méridien for an afternoon of market insights and conversation as well as a networking session, complete with refreshments.

Further information, including presentation topics and speakers, will be provided soon.

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Agenda: 10 June 2025

14:00-14:30

Registration

14:30-14:35

Welcome and opening thoughts - Lawrence Templeton, VP European Natural Gas and Electricity, Argus Media

14:35-14:55

European natural gas market update - Natasha Fielding, Manager Generating Fuels, Argus Media

Key drivers of recent price volatility
Summer 2025 balance: the storage refill challenge
CEE focus: recent location spreads & Ukrainian import needs

14:55-15:35

CEE natural gas and electricity panel discussion

Natural gas price drivers in central and eastern Europe
Recent regulatory developments and their implications
Thoughts on market developments in the near and midterm
Distributed power generation in Ukraine

Panellists

Jozsef Balogh, Senior Business Developer, Axpo

Volker Lauer, Gas Originator, RWE

Tamas Pletser, Equity Analyst, Erste Investment

Vitaly Butenko, CEO, JSC Energy Company of Ukraine (JSC ECU)

Moderator: Lawrence Templeton, VP European Natural Gas and Electricity, Argus Media

15:35-15:55

LNG market review and outlook - Ulrich Weber, Senior Research Specialist LNG, LSEG

Development of global demand and supply
Support levels in a loosening supply-demand balance
Geopolitical risk factors

15:55-16:35

CEE LNG panel discussion

Competition between Europe and other demand centres
New LNG import capacity development and use
European supply flexibility since 2022: pipeline supply versus LNG
LNG spot market pricing, HH, the TTF and other European markets

Panellists:

Elena Sidorochkina, Senior Advisor LNG, OMV

James O’Brien, Head of LNG, D.Trading

Kamil Grzyb, Director, Orlen

Bernadette Györfi, Head of LNG, MVM

Moderator: Lawrence Templeton, VP European Natural Gas and Electricity, Argus Media

16:35-16:55

Gas-to-Power demand Europe, Nathalie Gerl, Lead Analyst Power, LSEG

Outlook of gas-to-power demand for the winter ahead and beyond
As the fuel switching capacity in Europe is declining, how sensitive is the power sector to gas price volatility?
How does the gas burn respond to the weather variability?

16:55-18:00

Closing remarks, refreshments and networking