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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 103919 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG EPET
SUBJECT: REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, 
OCTOBER 14-15 IN ATHENS 
 
¶1.  (SBU) The State Department,s Bureau of Economics and 
Energy (EEB) and Embassy Athens will host a conference on 
Eurasian Energy with energy officers from the region October 
14-15 in Athens.  The purpose of this meeting will be to 
provide energy officers a forum to discuss energy 
developments in Eurasia and to assess broader economic and 
geopolitical trends in the region. The session will also 
allow officers to review and discuss outcomes of last year,s 
conference in Sofia and to consider ways to work most 
effectively together in support of US goals. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Agenda: EEB has developed an agenda in cooperation 
with EUR/ERA and Embassy Athens, while drawing on input from 
regional energy officers.  The agenda is enclosed below (see 
Para 6). 
 
¶3. (SBU) Attendees:  This meeting is intended for energy 
officers and key Washington working level staff.  Addressee 
posts include key European capitals as well as producer, 
transit, and/or consumer countries in the Caspian and Black 
Sea regions. If posts and/or Washington agencies have 
suggestions of others in the field or in Washington who 
should be included, please advise.  Due to space 
considerations, we envision about 40 participants. 
 
¶4. (U) Schedule:  October 14: Energy Training Session from 
8:30 to 5:00, followed by a no-host dinner. October 15: 
Energy discussions from 8:30 to 5:30 pm. 
 
¶5. (U) Action:  Overseas Posts and Washington invitees are 
requested to register attendance as soon as possible, but no 
later than October 2nd.  Embassy Athens will provide more 
detailed information on the program, accommodations, etc., in 
early October. The appropriate contacts at Embassy Athens 
are: Betsy Zouroudis, e-mail:  ZouroudisB@state.gov, 
telephone:   30-210-720-2312 and Kiriaki Lamnatou, e-mail: 
LamnatouKA@state.gov, telephone:  30-210-720-2311. Please 
inform Robert Byla at BylaRK@state.gov of your plans as well. 
 
 
¶6. (SBU) REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, OCTOBER 
14-15 IN ATHENS 
 
October 14: Overview 
 
08:30  Arrival at Embassy and Check In 
08:45  Welcome by Ambassador Speckhard 
 
09:00  Overview of Energy Supply and Demand Trends (DOE and 
EEB) 
i.    DoE Short and Long Term Projections 
ii.   Key Issues, Overview 
 
10:00  Global energy brief (Corporate) 
 
11:00  Coffee Break 
11:30  Washington Perspective: USG International Energy 
Policy (DAS Hengel) 
 
12:00  Washington Perspective Part II: USG Eurasian Energy 
Policy (S.E. Gray, DAS Bryza) 
 
1:00  Lunch (DEPA President Makis Papageorgiou: TGI Status 
Report) 
 
2:00  Oil Development and Transport in Eurasia (Corporate) 
 
2:45  Gas Supply and Transit in Eurasia  (Corporate) 
 
3:30  Coffee Break 
 
4:00  Industry Views (Corporate) 
 
8:00  No-Host Dinner with Embassy Athens DCM McCarthy 
 
 
 
October 15: Regional Focus 
 
 
8:30  Europe: Country Perspectives on Diversification (Kyiv, 
Bucharest, Berlin) 
 
9:30  European Diversification Possibilities (USEU, Ankara, 
USTDA) 
 
10:30 Coffee 
 
11:00  Eurasian Upstream (Astana, Ashgabat, Baku) 
 
12:00  Lunch (Speaker TBD) 
 
1:30  Russia 
¶A.  Russian Energy Policy 
¶B.  Effects Post-Georgia 
¶C.  How Energy Fits In 
 
2:30  The Iranian Wildcard: Energy Policy, Supplies, Direction 
 
3:30  INR Presentation on Communications 
 
4:30  Concluding Thoughts 
¶A.    Ongoing Policy Initiatives 
¶B.    Timeline/Visits 
¶C.    Coordination Between Washington and the Field 
RICE