On October 11-12, 2018, the Fourth Ukrainian Gas Forum was held in Kyiv under the auspices of the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) and with sponsorship from the Ukrainian Energy Exchange.

The peculiarity of this event is that the Gas Forum is perhaps the only truly independent platform for meeting the participants of the gas market. The main theme of the event was the creation of the Eastern European Energy Hub as an energy security palladium of the region countries. Representatives of leading foreign and Ukrainian gas companies, experts, government officials, and others have visited it. The Forum differs from other similar events by the high professional level of speakers and structural professional discussions on resolving issues related to the gas market.

The panel dedicated to the introduction of exchange trading to establish fair prices, has caused particular interest among those present at the expense of its particular relevance. Chairman of Exchange Committee of Ukrainian Energy Exchange spoke about the problems and prospects of natural gas exchange trading in Ukraine. Oleksii Dubovskyi spoke about the contribution of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange to the development of the market as a whole and to the introduction of a short-term gas market in particular, described the existing market model, and provided examples of the choice of successful models.

The Chairman of the Board of UEEX also outlined his plans and stressed his full readiness to launch a short-term natural gas market in the near future. The achievements and contribution of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange to the development of Ukraine’s competitive gas market were highly appreciated by the expert community. The chosen topic is very relevant and caused a heated discussion, since the operation of a gas hub without an exchange is impossible. Members of the Exchange Committee of Ukrainian Energy Exchange also attended the event and took an active part in the discussions.

"The main thing we heard from market professionals and European specialists - that we are moving in the right direction and it is difficult to underestimate our achievements. We, independently of political processes or stages of reform promotion, by our own began to integrate the best world practices in the Ukrainian market . UEEX is ready to ensure the functioning of the energy exchange market in accordance with the European model and to ensure an adequate level of transparency and security of transactions ", commented his participation Oleksii Dubovskyi.

Ukrainian Energy Exchange is grateful to the organizers of the Forum for organizing a platform to meet with leading experts of the gas market and the opportunity to express their own opinions on topical issues.