Agenda

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Gas Day: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:30 - 8:45 AM

Global Gas Surplus: Will It Drive Structural Changes? How Partnering, Joint Ventures and Alliances Provide a Competitive Advantage

Sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP

  • Matthew Sagers, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • John B. Connally IV, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
  • Robert Ineson, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • John Harris, Director, IHS CERA
  • Shankari Srinivasan, Managing Director, IHS CERA

Leadership Circle Breakfast: Gales, Blizzards, and Economic Cycles - What is the Outlook for Russian-European Gas Relations?

  • Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)

China's Gas Gap: IHS CERA Insights

  • Wolfgang Moehler, Associate Director, IHS CERA
  • Mark Hutchinson, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Xizhou Zhou, Associate Director, IHS CERA
  • Leta Smith, Director, IHS CERA
  • Katherine Hardin, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Ke Feng Yan, Senior Director, IHS CERA

The Future of Natural Gas in Latin America: The Strategic Imperative

  • Daniel G. Gerold, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Lisa Pearl, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Luis Augusto Yepes, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Mickey Peters, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Carla Cohen, Associate, IHS CERA
  • Verónica Vázquez Hurtado, Associate Director, IHS CERA

Thirsty Energy: The Looming Urgency Over Water Resources and What it Means for Energy

  • Samantha Gross, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Peter Gleick, President, Pacific Institute
  • Arnold Smith, Vice President of Technology, Fluor Corporation
  • Scott A. Weaver, Manager, Strategic Policy Analysis, American Electric Power Company

Energy Innovation Pioneers: Reshaping the Energy Future - Sponsored by The Wall Street Journal

  • James Rosenfield, Senior Vice President, IHS; Co-Founder, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Gordon Sharp, Founder and Chairman, Aircuity
  • Mitch Tyson, CEO, Advanced Electron Beams
  • Peter Duncan, President and CEO, MicroSeismic
  • John Scott, CEO, Petroalgae
  • Corban Tillemann, President & CTO, Iris Engine
  • Daniel Monticello, Chief Technology Officer, GlycosBio
  • Paul Deutch, Chief Operating Officer, Foro
  • Timothy Vail, President & CEO, Accelergy
  • John R. Grizz Deal, CEO, Hyperion Power Generation

IHS Global Scenarios Overview: Global Redesign, Metamorphosis, and Vortex (only available to IHS Scenarios clients)

  • James Burkhard, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS (Chair)
9:00 - 10:45 AM

Global Gas Plenary: The Role of Natural Gas in the Future Energy Mix

  • Michael Stoppard, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Tom Walters, President, Gas and Power Marketing, ExxonMobil
  • Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, Managing Director- CEO, RasGas Company Limited
  • Philippe Boisseau, President Gas & Power, Total
  • Jean-François Cirelli, Vice Chairman and President, GDF Suez
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Caspian Gas Reaches New Export Markets

  • Katherine Hardin, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • John Harris, Director, IHS CERA
  • Xeufeng Jiang, Deputy Chief Engineer, CNPC Research Institute of Economics & Technology
  • Tuncay Babali, Fellow, Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
  • Oktay Sen, General Manager, OMV G&P Turkey

LNG in a More Competitive Gas Market

  • Robert Ineson, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Rafael McDonald, Associate Director, IHS CERA
  • Daniel Muthmann, Vice-President Global LNG Supply, E.ON Ruhrgas AG
  • Rosemary Boulton, President, Kitimat LNG
  • Benjamin Palomo Sanz, Executive Director of LNG Business, Repsol YPF S.A.

The Midstream in the New World: Investment Risks and Opportunities

  • Kenneth Yeasting, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Thomas Lane, Partner, Energy Capital Partners
  • Bruce Bilger, Senior Advisor, Lazard
  • Gregory Harper, Senior Vice-President and Group President, CenterPoint Energy
  • Stu Porter, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Denham Capital Management
  • Nathan Ticatch, Vice Chairman, PetroLogistics LLC

The North American Shale Gale: The Future of Unconventional Gas

  • Pete Stark, Vice President Industry Relations, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Jonathan Parry, Director, IHS CERA
  • Richard Stoneburner, President and Chief Operating Officer, Petrohawk Energy
  • Bill Scoggins, President, Colorado School of Mines
  • Samuel Langford, Vice President, Corporate Development, Newfield Exploration Company

Middle East: Meeting the Energy Needs

  • Andy Barrett, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Leila Benali, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Ahmed Al-Khulaifi, COO Commercial & Shipping, QatarGas Operating Co. Ltd.
  • Ahmad Sharaf, Chairman of the Board, Dubai Mercantile Exchange
  • Khalil Al Shafei, Interim President, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)

Sustainability: To What Extent Will it Drive Future Energy Strategy?

  • Susan Ruth, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Samantha Gross, Director, IHS CERA
  • Steve Fludder, Vice President, Ecomagination, General Electric Corporation
  • Jean (Pogo) Davis, Principal, JDK Consulting LLC
  • Mitch Jackson, Staff Director, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, FedEx
  • Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft

Future of Automotive Transportation: The Roadmap to Sustainable Mobility

  • Tiffany Groode, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • John Viera, Director, Sustainability & Environmental Policy, Ford Motor Company
  • Britta Gross, Director, Global Energy Systems & Infrastructure Commercialization, General Motors
  • Minoru Shinohara, Senior Vice President, Technology Development Division, Nissan
  • Lee Schipper, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University

Tanker Market Turmoil: Challenges and Strategies for Rough Seas

  • William Veno, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Christopher Pålsson, Director, IHS Fairplay
  • Erik Hånell, Vice President & Head of Stena Bulk USA, Stena Bulk AB
  • Colin Cridland, Managing Director, Clarksons PLC
  • John Hatley, Americas VP Ship Power, Wartsila North America, Inc.
1:00 - 2:00 PM

Luncheon and Keynote

  • Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer, Statoil
2:00 - 2:50 PM

IHS CERA Insights: The Landscape Ahead for Energy and the Economy

  • David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Gerard McCloskey, Chairman, The McCloskey Group
  • Bhushan Bahree, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS
  • James Burkhard, Managing Director, IHS CERA
  • Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Lawrence Makovich, Vice President & Senior Advisor, IHS CERA
  • Ke Feng Yan, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Shankari Srinivasan, Managing Director, IHS CERA
3:00 - 4:20 PM

Fueling North America's Energy Future: How Does Shale Gas Change the Game?

  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS CERA
  • Chad Deaton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Baker Hughes
  • Greg Ebel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Spectra Energy Corporation
  • Richard Newell, Administrator, US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
  • G. Steven Farris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Apache
4:35 - 6:00 PM

Unconventional Gas Outside North America: The Shale Gale Goes Global

  • Bob Fryklund, Vice President, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • John Zumberge, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder, Geomark
  • Tom Ahlbrandt, Vice President, Falcon Oil and Gas

Energy Trading and Risk Management: Coping with Volatility and Searching for Transparency

  • Ruchir Kadakia, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Samuel J. Andrus, Director, IHS CERA
  • Anthony Cocker, Chief Executive Officer, E.ON Energy Trading SE
  • Thomas Leaver, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Mercantile Exchange
  • Andrew Ertel, President and CEO, Evolution Markets

Managing Your "Footprint": New Perspectives On Designing, Building, and Operating in a Carbon-Constrained Future

  • James Robb, SVP Enterprise Planning and Strategy, Northeast Utilities
  • Bert Turner, Vice President, IHS
  • Melanie A. Kenderdine, Executive Director, MIT Energy Initiative
  • John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, MIT
  • David Cain, Senior Director, IHS

Driving E&P Operational Excellence: Enhancing Performance through New Technologies and Business Practices

  • Paul Markwell, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Andrew Day, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • James Royal, Business Development Manager, Global Industries - Oil and Gas, Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Jeffrey Dickens, Manager, Field of the Future Programme Office, BP Exploration

European Gas Roundtable Discussion

  • Shankari Srinivasan, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • Robert Fraser, Director, IHS CERA
  • Pawel Konzal, Senior Community Manager, Head of Oil and Gas Industries, World Economic Forum

Navigating Uncertainty: From Scenarios to Strategy

  • Louis Carranza, Vice President, Strategic Development, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • David Bellman, Managing Director Strategic & Economic Analysis, American Electric Power Company, Inc.
  • James Burkhard, Managing Director, IHS CERA
  • Peter Evans, Director, Global Strategy & Planning, GE Energy
6:00 - 7:00 PM

General Reception

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Dinner and Keynote Discussion: The Realignment of US and Global Politics

  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
  • David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, Washington Post; Author; Former Executive Editor of the International Herald Tribune
  • David Gergen, Senior Political Analyst, CNN; Harvard University Professor; Presidential Advisor