The Greek Energy Forum (GEF) is an international energy think tank promoting the dialogue between the industry and policymakers, as well as academia with the aim of ensuing sustainable energy future for Greece, Southeastern Europe and the East Mediterranean.

With its branches in London, Brussels, Athens, Nicosia, Dubai and Washington DC the Forum brings together energy professionals that contribute with their knowledge and expertise to the key debates relevant for the development of the regional energy markets. 

The Forum has been actively publishing opinion papers, articles and reports, as well as holding events in cooperation with the European Institutions (the European Commission and the European Parliament), international think tanks (such as the German Marshall Fund) and Universities. The upcoming GEF occasional paper "Towards the Development of the Regional Gas Market in South-Eastern Europe” discusses the status quo across the key gas markets in the region, market design (both the software and the hardware), as well as the impact of the global energy dynamics (oil and LNG) on the regional gas markets in Southern Europe.

Promoting the role of natural gas in the region’s sustainable energy and economic development in the post-COP 21 world has indeed been one of the prominent strands of GEF members’ work. The Forum held a number of relevant events in Brussels, Athens and London engaging national and European policymakers, as well as the key industry players in relevant discussions on the topic. Apart from that, GEF has been actively working on the international scene as an official member of the United Nations Working Group on Gas.

In the view of the history of GEF’s thought leadership in the region, the Forum is pleased to announce its Patronage of ConferenzaGNL in cooperation with the World Energy Council Italia. This Conference is indeed the most significant biannual event on small-scale LNG in Europe, and the relevance of this event in 2017 is even more prominent, given the global LNG market dynamics, as well as the pace and scale of the LNG industry growth.