Business programme

Coordinating efforts of global market players, stopping trade wards and sanction pressure are gaining importance given the need to enter the economic growth trajectory in the pandemic. Finding solutions ensuring sustainable development of the world economy and ability of all countries to have access to affordable and environment-friendly energy should become a priority. In the next 30 years, the global oil and gas industry will account for up to half of energy consumption despite high development rates of the renewable energy. The “green agenda” is among industry priorities. Leading oil and gas companies combine sustainable energy supplies with a view to meeting the growing global demand with consistent implementation of measures aimed at the carbon footprint reduction. The Energy Panel will unite leaders of oil and gas companies that are in the forefront of the global oil and gas industry, for discussing the future of the world energy and the prerequisites for sustainable development.

The Energy Panel will be broadcast on plasma screens in Hall H and at the internet sites of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and PJSC Rosneft.

Moderators
Evgeny Primakov, Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)
Nobuo Tanaka, Chair the Steering Committee, ICEF ((Innovation for Cool Earth Forum), Special Advisor, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) 2007-2011 (online)

Evgeny Primakov

Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)

CEO and founder of Russian Humanitarian Mission; author and presenter of Global Review program (Russia 24); member of the Civic Chamber of Russian Federation; Council of Foreign and Defense Policy - member of the general committee; Press-secretary of JSC "RTI-Sistema".
Born Apr. 29, 1976
MA in History, Russian State University for Humanities.
Communication Officer and Urban Policy Advisor (UNHCR) (2011-2014)
Chief of Middle East Bureau of NTV Channel (2007-2009) and Channel One Russia (2009-2011)
Expert in international relations and Russian foreign policy.

Nobuo Tanaka

Chair the Steering Committee, ICEF ((Innovation for Cool Earth Forum), Special Advisor, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) 2007-2011

Nobuo Tanaka is the Chairman of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation. As Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) from 2007 to 2011, he initiated a collective release of oil stocks in June 2011. He also played a crucial and personal role in the strengthening of ties with major non-Member energy players, including Russia, China and India.
He began his career in 1973 in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and has served in a number of high-ranking positions, including Director-General of the Multilateral Trade System Department. He was deeply engaged in bilateral trade issues with the US as Minister for Industry, Trade and Energy at the Embassy of Japan, Washington DC. He has also served twice as Director for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the Paris-based international organization, OECD.

Key note
Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, PJSC Rosneft Oil Company