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Monday CERAWeek Symposium - March 5, 2012

Crossroads for US Energy Policy: Critical Choices and the Agenda Ahead

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
The New Abundance:

The Future of North American Gas and Oil Resources – Insights from the National Petroleum Council Study “Prudent Development"

  • Andrew Slaughter, Business Environment Advisor – Upstream Americas, Shell Exploration & Production Company
  • Christopher Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas, U.S. Dept. of Energy
  • Susan Tierney, Managing Principal, Analysis Group, Inc
  • Ken Yeasting, Senior Director, North American Gas, IHS CERA
  • Paul Hagemeier, Vice President, Regulatory Compliance, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  • Fiji George, Manager, Safety & Sustainability, El Paso Corporation
  • Mark Brownstein, Deputy Director, Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Jackie Forrest, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Atul Arya, Senior Vice President, Research & Analytics, IHS (Welcome Remarks)
  • D. Clay Bretches, Vice President, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Chair)
The landmark NPC study on “Prudent Development: Realizing the Potential of North America’s Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Resources” has had an important impact in framing the debate over US energy policy. The study examines how new supplies of North American gas and oil will transform the US economy, security and environmental agenda. The leadership team that developed the study will assess the implications for future policy and investment in North American energy.
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
The Shale Gas Controversy:

Insights from the US Shale Gas Advisory Board

  • Mark Zoback, Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University
  • Stephen Holditch, Director of Energy Institute, Texas A&M
  • John Deutch, Institute Professor, MIT (Chair)
Insight by members of the US Secretary of Energy Shale Gas Advisory Board on the current state of shale gas policy, operations and environmental risks, Last summer Secretary of Energy Chu appointed this special shale gas subcommittee of its Energy Advisory Board to assess measures that can be taken to reduce the environmental impact and assure the safety of shale gas production.
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
US Energy Policy in an Election Year
  • Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President and Program Director, CSIS Energy and National Security Program
  • Robert Simon, Staff Director, U.S. Senate Energy Committee
  • Maryam Brown, Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, House Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
U.S. energy policy is at a crossroads The debate over future energy policy is shaping up to be a central issue in the 2012 US presidential election campaign. Considerable uncertainty persists over the future of local, state and federal regulation; the environmental agenda; technology; jobs and the economy. This panel of experts will offer insight into the debate over energy policy and the likely outcomes.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Reception
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Welcome Dinner

The Future of the Economy

  • Richard Fisher, President & Chief Executive Officer , Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations by panelists on a key strategic topic; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists.

Tuesday - March 6, 2012

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Insight Breakfasts (Choose One)

IHS CERA Oil Expert Discussion Tables (Sponsored By ANH)

  • Pete Stark, Senior Research Director & Advisor, IHS CERA
  • Bill Veno, Senior Director, Global Downstream, IHS
  • Simon Wardell, Director, Upstream Energy Research, IHS
  • John Webb, Director, IHS CERA
  • Kate Hardin, Senior Director, Russian and Caspian Energy Research, IHS CERA
  • Andrew Ellis, Director, Research, IHS
  • Aaron Brady, Director, Global Oil, IHS CERA
  • Olivier Abadie, Director, Downstream Europe, IHS CERA
  • Orlando Cabrales Segovia, President, ANH (Welcome Remarks)
  • Leila Benali, Director, Middle East Africa, IHS CERA
  • James Burkhard, Head of Global Oil Markets and Scenarios, IHS CERA (Chair)
1. Oil refining 2. WTI-Brent—old relationships gone forever? 3. Tight oil goes global: How much outside of North America? 4. Global Oil Supply 5. Natural Gas Liquids 6. Looking into the Crystal Ball: Forecasting future energy demand 7. Middle East Energy 8. Russian Upstream 9. Caspian Energy 10. Autos and Energy

Energy Innovation Pioneers (Sponsored By Chevron)

  • Cynthia Warner, President & Chairman, Sapphire Energy
  • Russ Yarrow, General Manager, CA Corp Affairs, Chevron (Welcome Remarks)
  • JD Sitton, Chief Executive Officer, Potter Drilling
  • John Burton Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Local Motors
  • Marcus Ganz, Chief Executive Officer, Ingrain Rocks
  • Richard Hamilton, President & CEO, Ceres
  • Wolfgang Bullmer, Chief Executive Officer , Transonic Combustion
  • James Rosenfield, Co-Founder, IHS CERA, Senior Vice President, IHS (Chair)
Meet the heads of dynamic companies offering some of the most innovative and distinctive new technologies across the energy spectrum- in oil, gas, coal, carbon management, biofuels, renewable power generation, and energy efficiency. IHS CERA annually selects innovators based on their potential as game changers or drivers of step-function improvements in existing systems. The breakfast features a brief presentation by each pioneer, providing a snapshot of the company and technology, followed by informal discussion and a relaxed time to meet and interact with these leading entrepreneurs.

Full list of Energy Innovation Pioneers and program description

Moderating Chinese Oil Demand: What Are the Roles of Substitutes? (Sponsored by Celanese)

  • KF Yan, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Xihong Li, President, Economics & Development Research Institute, SINOPEC
  • Catherina Wijaya, Senior Energy Technologist, General Motors
  • Steve Sterin, President & CFO, Celanese (Welcome Remarks)
  • Xizhou Zhou, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The emergence of coal-based fuels and chemicals as well as electric vehicles and natural gas vehicles in China have already helped moderate oil demand in the country. Methanol, olefins, and even diesel and gasoline produced from coal are already penetrating the petroleum-dominated market. · Will coal-based fuels and chemicals grow to scale in China?· Can substitute fuels and technologies such as natural gas, electricity, and methanol become meaningful in the transportation sector?· How will policy decisions impact the growth of petroleum substitutes?

Latin America E&P: Strategies for Unconventional Success (Sponsored By ERM)

  • Enrique Velásquez, Vice President of Exploration, Ecopetrol
  • Ronald Pantin, Executive Director & CEO, Pacific Rubiales Energy
  • Tomás García Blanco, Executive Director, YPF S.A
  • Enrique Sira, Senior Director, Latin America, IHS CERA (Chair)
The investment environment is increasingly driven by market based incentives and with large resources in shale gas, tight oil, heavy oil and deep water exploration, Latin America’s hydrocarbon potential seems larger than ever and also much more challenging in terms of technical and capital resources. What does it take to succeed and how can environmental and local community concerns be addressed in a framework of profitable investment.

Integrated North American NGL and Chemical Investments – A Global Perspective

  • Jim Teague, Executive Vice President & COO, Enterprise Products
  • Jim Morris, Vice President - Raw Materials, Heritage Bag Company
  • Mark Lashier, Executive Vice President, Olefins and Polyolefins, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.
  • Gary Adams, Chief Advisor, IHS Chemical (Chair)
The past five years have challenged industry orthodoxies about where to site major energy intensive and hydrocarbon feedstock based manufacturing facilities. Companies are now considering the competitive fit and export market growth opportunities for ethane to ethylene and other similar investments in North America against the current global backcloth.

Russian Oil Companies in the International Arena: A Direction of Future Strategies? (Sponsored By TNK-BP)

  • Matthew Sagers, Senior Director and Head of Russian & Caspian Energy, IHS CERA
  • Christopher Einchcomb, Vice President of International Ventures, Upstream, , TNK-BP
  • Sergey Vakulenko, Head of Strategy Planning Department, Gazprom Neft
  • Thane Gustafson, Senior Director of Research, Eurasia Energy, IHS CERA (Chair)

Canadian Oil Sands - Growth Prospects and Risks to Growth (Sponsored By OSIsoft)

  • Glen Schmidt, President and CEO, Laricina Energy Ltd
  • Alex Pourbaix, President, Energy and Oil Pipelines , Transcanada
  • Patrick Kennedy, Founder & CEO, OSIsoft (Welcome Remarks)
  • Jackie Forrest, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
Producers continue to find ways to reduce costs, environmental footprint, and unlock new areas in the oil sands deposit. But new challenges have also emerged – the need for new pipelines, challenges to new pipeline development, the potential for GHG policies that could reduce the market for oil sands, and changing patterns of oil supply and demand in North America.

Tight Oil and Atlantic Deepwater – How Big the Impact on Future Supply? (Sponsored By ExxonMobil)

  • James Farnsworth, Chief Exploration Officer , Cobalt
  • Angus McCoss, Exploration Director, Tullow Oil plc
  • Peter Jackson, Head of Research, Upstream, IHS CERA (Chair)
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Conference Welcome
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
9:05 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening Plenary

Strategies for a Growing World

  • Yves-Louis Darricarrère, President of TOTAL Exploration & Production and TOTAL Gas & Power Executive Vice President of TOTAL S.A. , TOTAL S.A.
  • Juan Jose Suarez Coppel, Director General, Petroleos Mexicanos
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Global Oil Plenary

Technology and New Horizons

  • Martin Craighead, President & CEO, Baker Hughes
  • Amin Nasser, Senior Vice President Upstream, Saudi Aramco
  • David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS (Chair)
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Strategy Sessions

Energy and the Economy - The Impact of Energy Investment on Employment

  • Jay Timmons, President & CEO, National Association of Manufacturers
  • Scott Angelle, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
  • Karen Harbert, President, Institute for 21st Century Energy
  • Blair Wheeler, Senior Vice President, AspenTech
  • John Larson, Vice President, IHS Global Insight (Chair)
Energy is a critical lubricant of the global economy – an input into nearly all of the goods and services of the modern world. The energy industry extends its reach into economies as an investor, employer and purchaser of goods and services. During a period of global economic uncertainty it stands as an engine of growth. But how does the energy industry contribute to economic growth and employment? Given the risks and challenges in the overall global economy what role can the energy industry play in economic recovery and job creation?

Financing the Changing Capital Expenditure Patterns

  • William Wicker, Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
  • Howard Newman, President & CEO, Pine Brook Road Partners
  • Maynard Holt, Managing Director, Tudor Pickering Holt and Company
  • James Wildash, Research Director, EnergyView, IHS CERA (Chair)
How will capital expenditure patterns change as the energy industry adjusts to the realities of the $100 crude environment? And how will the roles of capital providers evolve to meet these changing needs? How might the capital structures of the industry adjust to meet the increased capex burden?

Estimating GHG Emissions for Crude Oil: Approaches and Challenges

  • Bill Keesom, Group Manager , Jacobs Consultancy
  • Adam Brandt, Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
  • Timothy Skone, Senior Environmental Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  • Samantha Gross, Director, Integrated Research, IHS CERA (Chair)
Greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum fuels are beginning to be a basis for policymaking, particularly in California and the European Union. This panel will explore where GHG emissions take place in the crude oil value chain and the primary challenges of estimating emissions for various sources of crude oil.

Middle East and North Africa - Contributions to Future Supply Growth

  • Bijan Khajehpour, Managing Partner, Atieh International GmbH
  • Mark Finley, General Manager of Global Energy Markets , BP America, Inc
  • Vera de la Doucette, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Brad Bourland, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Proprietary Investments, Jadwa Investment
  • Bhushan Bahree, Senior Director, Global Oil, IHS CERA (Chair)
How much more oil is likely to be produced by countries in the MENA region in the near and medium term? What are the trends in domestic oil consumption, and in investment for future supply growth?

Oil Markets in an Uncertain Economy

  • Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President and Program Director, CSIS Energy and National Security Program
  • Marianne Kah, Chief Economist, Planning & Strategy , ConocoPhillips
  • Jeffrey Currie, Investment Research, Goldman Sachs
  • Marco Alvera, Managing Director, eni trading & shipping
  • James Burkhard, Head of Global Oil Markets and Scenarios, IHS CERA (Chair)
The oil market is in a tug-of-war between weak demand growth and supply anxiety. Which factor will have a stronger role in shaping the oil price?

Fuels vs. Feedstocks: Petrochemicals and Energy

  • Antonio Pietri, Executive Vice President, Field Operations, AspenTech
  • Donald Condon, Senior Vice President, Olefins and Corporate Business Development, Westlake Chemical Corporation
  • John Fotheringham, General Manager, Celanese
  • Blake Eskew, Senior Vice President , Purvin & Gertz (Chair)
  • Dave Witte, Vice President, Chemical Industry Consulting, IHS (Chair)
Primary energy - gas, NGLs, oil, and coal - availability and cost are perhaps the most important drivers for commodity petrochemical investment, while access to product markets is key to fuels refining capacity. New technological developments in energy and chemical production are shifting global economic drivers and the resulting investment patterns and business strategies.· How is North American shale gas development changing petrochemical production economics versus investment in growth markets such as China?· Can access to low-cost coal create incentives to produce alternatives to petroleum fuels and chemicals?· How are companies assessing the risks and rewards of feedstock-driven strategies?

The Unconventional Service Industry: Lessons Learned and their International Application

  • Warren Zemlak, Chief Operating Officer, Sanjel Corporation
  • Marcus Rowland, Chief Executive Officer, Fractech
  • Tim Morrison, Executive Vice President , Platinum Energy Solutions
  • Candida Scott, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The North America unconventional service industry is still evolving. High demand creates new dynamics between niche and mainstream service companies, shaping a new industry model. Can the international unconventional frontiers mature more effectively by building on the lessons learned in North America?

The Promise of New Liquid Fuels: The Strategies Needed to Navigate Through a Growing Competitive Playing Field

  • Timothy Vail, President & CEO, Accelergy Corporation
  • Steve Sterin, President & CFO, Celanese
  • Mike Rocke, Vice President , Cool Planet Energy Systems
  • Noubar Afeyan, Founder & Chairman , Joule Unlimited Inc.
  • Tiffany Groode, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
In the evolution from fermented biofuels through genetically modified algae and bacteria and thermochemical processes, there are many different approaches to producing “drop in” renewable fuels that can be used with existing industry refueling infrastructure. Will there be a new “winner takes all” to succeed refined crude oil products or will there be a broad ecosystem that gradually fills the gap?
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Luncheon and Keynote Address
  • Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer, Eni
2:20 PM - 3:30 PM
Ministerial Dialogue

Energy, Industrial Development and the Policy Trade-offs

  • Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Natural Resources, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
  • Leonid Bokhanovskiy, Secretary General , Gas Exporting Countries Forum
  • Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Mines & Energy, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Colombia
  • Yuriy Boyko, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Ukraine
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
3:45 PM - 5:10 PM
Concurrent Plenaries

Downstream: Structuring for an Uncertain Future

  • Patrick Pouyanne, President Refining & Chemicals, Member of the Executive Committee , TOTAL
  • Iain Conn, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Refining & Marketing, BP p.l.c.
  • Farouk Al-Zanki, Deputy Chairman & CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
  • Bill Sanderson, Vice President, Purvin & Gertz (Chair)

Upstream: Driving Growth in the Upstream - Technology, Know How and Imagination.

  • Jay Pryor, Vice President, Business Development, Chevron Corporation
  • Bill Maloney, Executive Vice President, Statoil North America
  • Andrey Kuzyaev, President, LUKOIL Overseas Holding Ltd; Vice President, LUKOIL
  • Peter Jackson, Head of Research, Upstream, IHS CERA (Chair)
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Expert Dialogues

The Atlantic Margins Reborn: Deepwater Potential of the Golden Triangle

  • Leta Smith, Director, IHS CERA

Potential of North American Tight Oil Plays

  • Rick Chamberlain, Vice President, Upstream Oil and Gas, Americas Energy & Natural Resources , IHS

WTI: Brent Disconnect, How Long, How Deep?

  • Aaron Brady, Director, Global Oil, IHS CERA

Canadian Oil Sands – Growth Outlooks and Potential Risks

  • Carmen Velasquez, Associate Director, Global Oil, IHS
  • Jackie Forrest, Senior Director, IHS CERA

Vertical Integration: Still Relevant in Today's Industry?

  • James Burkhard, Head of Global Oil Markets and Scenarios, IHS CERA
  • Olivier Abadie, Director, Downstream Europe, IHS CERA

Energy for Economic Growth: Briefing on the IHS CERA/World Economic Forum Energy Vision Report 2012

  • John Larson, Vice President, IHS Global Insight
  • Samantha Gross, Director, Integrated Research, IHS CERA
  • Roberto Bocca, Senior Director Energy, World Economic Forum
This expert dialogue will address the energy sector’s impact on the economy and its impact on reigniting, sustaining and expanding economic growth. While energy constitutes a modest share of GDP in most countries, its impact on the economy is greater than the sum of its parts. Energy is making an important and not wel recognized impact on economic recovery. For instance in the US oil and gas extaction grew at a rate of 4.5 percent in 2011, vs overall GDP growth of 1.7 percent. Moreover, energy’s broad supplier network and resultant multiplier effect drive the energy sectors’ influence on economic growth. Key questions: How does energy contribute to economic growth apart from its vital products? Given the risks and challenges in the overall global economy how can the energy industry play a greater role in economic recovery and job creation? How are technological advances (shale, renewables, power) reshaping the relationship between energy and the economy? How can governments enact policies to encourage energy as an economic driver?

Shale Gas Going Forward: Markets, Technology and Regulation

  • John Deutch, Institute Professor, MIT

Climate Policy after Durban - Which Future for Carbon Pricing?

  • Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power, IHS CERA
  • Robert LaCount, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Steven Knell, Principal Researcher, IHS CERA

Electric Vehicles: Technology, Policy and the Road to the Future

  • Levi Tillemann-Dick, Associate Director, IHS CERA
  • Tiffany Groode, Director, IHS CERA

Driving Operational Excellence through the Pursuit of Safety

  • Joseph Stough, VP Innovation Technologies, IHS (Chair)

Future Arctic E&P: Forever on Ice or will New Technologies Prevail

  • Surya Rajan, Director, Upstream Research and Global Gas, IHS CERA

Costs and the Supply Chain Upstream

  • David Vaucher, Associate Director, IHS CERA
  • Pritesh Patel, Director, IHS CERA
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Reception
7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
Dinner and Keynote Address
  • Helge Lund, President & CEO, Statoil
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations by panelists on a key strategic topic; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists.

Wednesday - March 7, 2012

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Insight Breakfasts (Choose One)

IHS CERA Gas Expert Discussion Tables (Sponsored By Dominion)

  • Enrique Sira, Senior Director, Latin America, IHS CERA
  • Leta Smith, Director, IHS CERA
  • Ken Yeasting, Senior Director, North American Gas, IHS CERA
  • Catherine Robinson, Senior Director, European Gas, IHS CERA
  • Wolfgang Moehler, Principal Researcher, IHS CERA
  • Chris Holmes, IHS
  • Thane Gustafson, Senior Director of Research, Eurasia Energy, IHS CERA
  • Peter Jackson, Head of Research, Upstream, IHS CERA
  • David Ledesma, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Shankari Srinivasan, Managing Director, Gas, Power, Renewables--EMEA/APAC , IHS CERA (Chair)
1. Shale Gas Goes International – How Big An Impact? 2. US LNG Exports 3. Oil/Gas/Coal Price Differentials 4. Asia - Can gas displace oil? Where will Asian buyers source their gas from? 5. North America and the Chemicals Revival 6. The Future of European-Russian Gas Trade 7. LNG in Transportation 8. Gas to Chemicals 9. Brazil Gas Options? 10. Deepwater Gas

Energy Innovation Pioneers (Sponsored By Chevron)

  • Dean Themy, Chief Executive Officer, Neohydro
  • Alex Tkachenko, President, Siluria Technologies
  • Tao Wang, Global Technical Director of Advanced Fuel Technologies, Celanese
  • Jay Short, Chief Executive Officer, Ciris Energy
  • Christopher Coker, President, Oxane Materials, Inc.
  • Gary Elliot, Chief Executive Officer, Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited
  • Burt Hurlock, Chief Executive Officer, Azima DLI
  • Christina Lomasney, Chief Executive Officer, Modumetal
  • Russ Yarrow, General Manager, CA Corp Affairs, Chevron (Welcome Remarks)
  • James Rosenfield, Co-Founder, IHS CERA, Senior Vice President, IHS (Chair)
Meet the heads of dynamic companies offering some of the most innovative and distinctive new technologies across the energy spectrum- in oil, gas, coal, carbon management, biofuels, renewable power generation, and energy efficiency. IHS CERA annually selects innovators based on their potential as game changers or drivers of step-function improvements in existing systems. The breakfast features a brief presentation by each pioneer, providing a snapshot of the company and technology, followed by informal discussion and a relaxed time to meet and interact with these leading entrepreneurs.

Full list of Energy Innovation Pioneers and program description

North America Gas: The Shale Gale at Age Five - What is Ahead? (Sponsored By Baker Hughes)

  • Charles Stanley, President & CEO, QEP Resources, Inc.
  • Steven Mueller, President & CEO, Southwestern Energy
  • Derek Mathieson, President, Western Hemisphere Operations, Baker Hughes
  • Robert Ineson, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The Shale Gale has resulted in a more than 25% increase in US Lower 48 production and has driven natural gas prices to unanticipated lows. What will be the best strategies for a well-supplied North American gas market, including capital discipline, shifting the drilling effort to liquids, and LNG exports?

North Africa and Middle East Energy: Thirst for Growth

  • Peter Oosterveer, Group President for Energy & Chemicals, Fluor
  • Lukman Mahfoed, President Director & CEO, PT Medco Energi International Tbk
  • Majid Jafar, Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Petroleum Company
  • Khalil Al Shafei, Interim President, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
  • Leila Benali, Director, Middle East Africa, IHS CERA
  • Michael Stoppard, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The MENA region remains a critical region for future oil and gas production. How successful will the region be in meeting its production potential? Meanwhile, policymakers face difficult domestic choices on how best to meet galloping demand for power and how to overcome the tightness in natural gas supply. What role will natural gas play domestically and as future exports?

India: Solving the Energy and Economic Equation

  • Charles Ebinger, Senior Fellow & Director of the Energy Security Initiative , Brookings Institution
  • Yashika Singh, Economist, Rio Tinto
  • Mark Hutchinson, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)

Middle East Politics and Society Following the Arab Uprising (Sponsored by Al-Monitor )

  • James Placke, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
  • Bhushan Bahree, Senior Director, Global Oil, IHS CERA (Chair)
What is the political situation in the Middle East more than a year after the start of the Arab Uprising? What has changed, and how long might it take for political resolution and stability in the countries affected?

Shale Gas in Europe: Gathering Momentum after a Slow Start? (Sponsored by PwC)

  • Peter Clutterbuck, Chief Executive Officer, 3 Legs Resources
  • Melvyn Giles, Global Theme Leader, Unconventional Gas, Shell
  • Paul Markwell, Senior Director, Upstream Research & Strategy, IHS CERA (Chair)

Which Direction for Caspian Gas – North, South, East or West

  • Matthew Sagers, Senior Director and Head of Russian & Caspian Energy, IHS CERA
  • Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, U.S. Department of State
  • Kate Hardin, Senior Director, Russian and Caspian Energy Research, IHS CERA (Chair)
Over the next year a decision is expected on the next phase of Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz project and Southalso on transportation routes which will open the way for larger volumes of Caspian gas to reach consumers in Turkey and Europe. Meanwhile, Central Asian gas exports to China are steadily rising, amid increasing competition in the Chinese market from LNG and domestic production.

Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane in Asia: The Unconventional Frontier

  • Sammy Hamzah, President & CEO, Ephindo Energy
  • Jan Roelofsen, Research Director, Unconventionals, IHS CERA
  • Xizhou Zhou, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
As the Shale Gale swept through North America and transformed energy markets, many are wondering whether unconventional gas can have a similar impact in Asia, where resources are estimated to be extremely rich. Countries like China and Indonesia are already investing in upstream activities, hoping to increase domestic gas production through unconventionals.· How do key Asian countries’ unconventional resources compare with North America’s?· Given current upstream activities, what are some of the key challenges in developing shale gas and CBM?· In large energy markets like China, what will be the future impact of shale gas on gas imports and overall fuel mix?
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Opening Plenary

A Growing Role for Natural Gas

  • Sam Laidlaw, Chief Executive Officer, Centrica
  • Patrick Kron, Chief Executive Officer, ALSTOM
  • James Hackett, Chairman & CEO, Anadarko Petroleum
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Global Gas Plenary

A New Geography of Supply & Demand

  • Daniel Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy
  • Dirk Beeuwsaert, Executive Vice President, GDF SUEZ
  • Tom Walters, President, Gas & Power , ExxonMobil
  • David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS (Chair)
11:45 AM - 12:55 PM
Strategy Sessions

US Climate and Clean Energy Policy: Outlook and Implications

  • Phil Sharp, Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future; President, Resources for the Future
  • Dan Esty, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  • James Connaughton, Executive Vice President, Constellation Energy
  • Robert LaCount, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The US policy landscape is increasingly fractured with the stress of a divided Congress, an upcoming US presidential election, and ground-breaking regulatory initiatives at the federal and state levels. What are the lessons from California’s ambitious climate program and what do they portend for US policy? What is the outlook for federal actions? And how are policy risks and uncertainties affecting US energy investment decisions?

Mature Field Development: The Next Wave of Innovation

  • John Woolard, President & CEO, BrightSource Energy
  • Barry Smitherman, Commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas
  • Bill Scoggins, President, Colorado School of Mines
  • Andy Inglis, Chief Executive, Integrated Energy Services, Petrofac
  • Judson Jacobs, Director , IHS CERA (Chair)
As mature assets assume an increasingly prominent role in global hydrocarbon supply, they are becoming a rich environment for industry innovation. What new players will emerge and what technical, organizational, and business model advances are needed to more fully exploit these resources?

The Next LNG Supply Surge: Implications from Conventional and Unconventional Resource Development

  • David Knox, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Santos
  • Jay Cuclis, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
  • Rob Bryngelson, Chief Executive Officer, Excelerate Energy
  • Michael Stoppard, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
How will conventional and unconventional resource development influence LNG demand and supply? Can additional demand be unlocked in price sensitive markets and will domestic supply growth curb import or boost export potential? More LNG projects are proposed in the next decade than are required to meet global demand growth. What are the implications for LNG sellers and buyers alike?

Financing for North American Energy: New Opportunities and New Sources

  • Pierre Lapeyre, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Riverstone Holdings LLC
  • Nancy King, Chief Risk Officer for Global Commodities, Morgan Stanley
  • Kenneth Hersh, Managing Partner & CEO, NGP Energy Capital Management
  • Ken Yeasting, Senior Director, North American Gas, IHS CERA (Chair)

Tensions in the Gulf – Iranian Nuclear Ambitions and the Standoff with the West

  • Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs , U.S. Department of State
  • James Placke, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Bijan Khajehpour, Managing Partner, Atieh International GmbH
  • Vera de la Doucette, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
  • Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • Bhushan Bahree, Senior Director, Global Oil, IHS CERA (Chair)
Tightening US and European sanctions on Iran’s oil exports could bring Iran’s nuclear dispute with the West to a head in the near future. How might Iran react under intense pressure? Among other actions, would Iran attempt to close the Gulf? What would be the response of the US and its allies?

The Energy Industry’s License to Operate: Greenhouse Gases, Water, Land Use

  • Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Jason Bordoff, Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change, White House Council on Environmental Quality
  • Mark Boling, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Southwestern Energy
  • John Alexander, Group Chief Executive, ERM
  • Mary Barcella, Director, Global Gas, IHS CERA (Chair)
Notwithstanding the great promise of unconventional natural gas resources, public concern about potential environmental hazards has grown to the point of polarization. The “fear of fraccing” covers everything from drinking water contamination to global warming and even earthquakes. What is the industry record on these issues? Can credible risk assessments be developed that will persuade a skeptical public? How can industry work with regulators, environmental groups, and local communities to move forward with sustainable development of unconventional gas resources?

Transportation Fuel Mandates: The Road to Competitiveness

  • John Viera, Director, Sustainability & Vehicle Environmental Matters, Ford Motor Company
  • Dan Sperling, Member, CARB; Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
  • Brian Conroy, Head of Market Strategy and Regulatory Affairs. , BP
  • Dan Cohn, Senior Research Scientist, Head, Plasma Technology Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Aaron Brady, Director, Global Oil, IHS CERA (Chair)
How will the increasing variety of fuel mandates in OECD countries (LCFS, RFS2, CAFE) transform the transportation market. Will the costs of low carbon transportation fall to a level that developing economies can afford?
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Luncheon and Keynote Dialogue
  • Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
2:20 PM - 3:30 PM
North American Energy Plenary

Natural Gas and the Reindustrialization of North America

  • Gregory Ebel, President & CEO, Spectra Energy
  • Alan Armstrong, President & CEO, Williams
  • Martin Houston, Chief Operating Officer, BG Group plc
  • Atul Arya, Senior Vice President, Research & Analytics, IHS (Chair)
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Expert Dialogues

Chinese Coal Markets

  • David Price, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Xiaomin Liu, Associate Director, IHS

Putting Carbon to Work: Carbon Capture and Usage

  • Catherine Robinson, Senior Director, European Gas, IHS CERA
  • Paul Markwell, Senior Director, Upstream Research & Strategy, IHS CERA
  • Deborah Mann, Director, European Gas and Power, IHS CERA
  • Michael Arne, Principal Consultant, IHS Chemical

Plays or Played? Unlocking Re-emerging Resource Potential of Mature Fields

  • Pete Stark, Senior Research Director & Advisor, IHS CERA
  • Leta Smith, Director, IHS CERA
  • Surya Rajan, Director, Upstream Research and Global Gas, IHS CERA

Jobs: The New Policy Imperative in Europe

  • Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power, IHS CERA
  • Andy Barrett, Senior Associate, IHS CERA

East African Energy Plays

  • Nick Holloway, Director Upstream Opportunities, IHS CERA

Middle East and North Africa in 2020

  • Michael Stoppard, Managing Director, IHS CERA
  • Hiba El Khoury, Senior Research Analyst, IHS CERA
  • Leila Benali, Director, Middle East Africa, IHS CERA

Regional Gas Pricing - Can Current Differentials Continue?

  • Shankari Srinivasan, Managing Director, Gas, Power, Renewables--EMEA/APAC , IHS CERA
  • Samuel Andrus, Director, North American Gas, IHS CERA

Energy Management and Carbon Management: Two Sides of the Same Coin

  • Ian Dent, Senior Director, EHS&S, IHS (Chair)
  • Robert LaCount, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
Energy Management and Carbon Management are becoming inextricably linked in today’s corporation; interacting as two sides of the same coin. This session will discuss the complex inter-relationship between these areas, in the context of heavy asset companies. Advances in software and process to measure and manage these critical items, simultaneously, will be a key focus of the discussion.

Brazil - Burgeoning Supply

  • Enrique Sira, Senior Director, Latin America, IHS CERA

LNG in 5 years: Is the future certain? How rocky will the road be and what game changers are we missing?

  • Rafael McDonald, Director, Global Gas & LNG , IHS CERA
  • David Ledesma, Senior Associate, IHS CERA
Significant amounts of liquefaction are scheduled to come online starting in 2014. However, expected delays in Australia, and the current lack of FIDs in North American bring considerable uncertainty to both the timing and volumes of new capacity. How difficult will implementation be, and what other game changers could upset the future outlook?

Natural Gas in Transportation: An Expanded Role?

  • KF Yan, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Tiffany Groode, Director, IHS CERA
  • Olivier Abadie, Director, Downstream Europe, IHS CERA

Weak Signals and Black Swans – Potential Surprises in the Global Energy System

  • James Burkhard, Head of Global Oil Markets and Scenarios, IHS CERA
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Keynote Dialogue

Energy and Economic Revival

  • John Hickenlooper, Governor, Colorado
  • John Kasich, Governor, Ohio
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception (Hosted by Alstom)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Insight Dinners

The Economy: Risks to Global Recovery (Hosted By PwC)

  • Niloufar Molavi, Partner / US Energy Leader, PwC (Welcome Remarks)
  • Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS
 Europe’s Conundrum and the future of Monetary Union? China’s Slowdown and what it bodes for the future? What’s ahead for emerging markets? The US economy in the post election world.

Cyber Threats and Emerging Risks to Physical Infrastructure (Hosted By Itron)

  • Tate Nurkin, Managing Director, Defense, Security and Risk Consulting, IHS Consulting
  • Philip Mezey, President and COO, Energy, Itron (Welcome Remarks)
 What are the systemic risks to infrastructure in a networked, multi-polar world? What are the growing cyber-security threats and what can be done about them? Asymmetric risks -- Nuclear weapons proliferation and the rise of rouge states.

Innovation in a Multi-Speed World (Hosted By Oracle)

  • Judson Jacobs, Director , IHS CERA
 How do organizations foster innovation, where is it nurtured and how is it funded? How is the pace and nature of innovation changing?  Will new energy technology scale fast enough to meet the demands of the next two decades? What role will government play in a world of constrained funding?

The Future of Oceans: A Discussion with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Dana Yoerger, Senior Scientist , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Chris Reddy, Senior Scientist, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Robert Munier, Vice President for Marine Facilities & Operations, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Rich Camilli, Associate Scientist, Department of Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 How is our understanding of the oceans and their sustainability changing? What are the emerging technologies to monitor and explore in deep waters?  How is the energy industry responding to the challenges of operating in ever greater deep water s?

New Strategies and Directions for Sustainability (Hosted By ERM)

  • Woody Ritchey, Sr. VP, EHS & Sustainability, IHS
  • Dan Esty, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• How do you define sustainability in an environment of economic austerity? • What are the lessons learned in the past decade and what are the emerging strategies and approaches? • How does Sustainability add to a company’s bottom line? • What is the regulatory landscape ahead? • How is sustainability redefining the competitive landscape for energy?

Driving Operational Integrity (Hosted By OSIsoft)

  • Joseph Stough, VP Innovation Technologies, IHS
  • Sam Smolik, Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment and Operational Excellence , LyondellBasell
  • David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS
How are industry approaches to operational excellence evolving in the wake of major events of the past? What have been the enduring lessons and how is the industry responding to public demands and expectations? How can management incentives be aligned with safety and operational excellence objectives to improve safety performance and minimize the likelihood of the next major incident? What strategies for operational excellence can be leveraged to improve overall business performance?

Brave New World: Technology, Media and Telecommunications (Hosted by Al-Monitor)

  • Greg Sheppard, Senior Director, Research, IHS
 What are the major changes ahead for technology, media and telecommunications? How are companies navigating the pace of change and growing complexity? How will the emergence of a hyper mobile, hyper networked world transform energy industry structure and strategy?

Leadership and Talent Development in a Globalized World

  • Jeff Sisson, SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, IHS
  • Atul Arya, Senior Vice President, Research & Analytics, IHS
 What will be required of leaders over the next twenty years? What new approaches are emerging to address the demographic crisis facing the energy industry? How will companies acquire and develop the next generation of leaders?
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations by panelists on a key strategic topic; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists.

Thursday - March 8, 2012

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Insight Breakfasts (Choose One)

IHS CERA Power Expert Discussion Tables

  • Sharon Reishus, Senior Director, Research, IHS CERA
  • James Saeger, IHS CERA
  • Eduard Sala de Vedruna, DIRECTOR, IHS EER
  • Venkat Suravarapu, Director, North American Power, IHS CERA
  • Robert LaCount, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power, IHS
  • Leila Benali, Director, Middle East Africa, IHS CERA
  • Matt DaPrato, Senior Analyst, IHS Emerging Energy Research
  • Christopher de Vere Walker
  • Samuel Andrus, Director, North American Gas, IHS CERA
  • Matthew Kaplan, Associate Director, IHS Emerging Energy Research
  • Jone-Lin Wang, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
-California RPS—will utilities reach their mandates? (Jamey Saeger) -US PTC expiring—what’s the impact? (Alex Klein, Matt Kaplan) -Russian Power (Christopher de Vere Walker) -Middle East Power (Lela Benali) -North American Power (Sharon Reishus) -Renewables driven transmission initiatives (Matt DaPrato) -Coal/gas competition for power generation (Venkat Suravarapu, Sam Andrus) -Off-shore wind (Eduard Sala de Vedruna) -US Energy Policy—what lies ahead? (Rob LaCount) -Macroeconomic outlook

Energy Innovation Pioneers (Sponsored By Chevron)

  • Scott Pearson, Chief Executive Officer, Aquion Energy
  • Swapnil Shah, Chief Executive Officer, FirstFuel Software, Inc.
  • Russ Yarrow, General Manager, CA Corp Affairs, Chevron (Welcome Remarks)
  • Thomas Zarrella, President,CEO & Director, SustainX
  • Chris Norris, President & CEO, Alta Devices
  • Eytan Levy, Chief Executive Officer, Emefcy
  • Eric Giler, Chief Executive Officer, WiTricity
  • Phil Giudice, Chief Executive Officer, Liquid Metal Battery Corporation
  • Andrew Baxter, President, Sustainable Energy Solutions
  • Kristian Bodek, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
Meet the heads of dynamic companies offering some of the most innovative and distinctive new technologies across the energy spectrum- in oil, gas, coal, carbon management, biofuels, renewable power generation, and energy efficiency. IHS CERA annually selects innovators based on their potential as game changers or drivers of step-function improvements in existing systems. The breakfast features a brief presentation by each pioneer, providing a snapshot of the company and technology, followed by informal discussion and a relaxed time to meet and interact with these leading entrepreneurs.

Full list of Energy Innovation Pioneers and program description

Texas Power: Keeping the Lights On (Sponsored By Direct Energy)

  • Chris Weston, President & CEO, Direct Energy (Welcome Remarks)
  • Barry Smitherman, Commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas
  • Trip Doggett, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
  • Calvin Crowder, President, Electric Transmission Texas, LLC
  • Kenneth Anderson, Jr., Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • Meg McIntosh, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s energy only market structure will be put to the test in the coming 18 months. Low wholesale electricity prices have diminished motivation to construct new power plants. No non-renewable power plant has entered construction in over 2 years. How should the regulators and the system operator respond and ensure adequate resources to keep the lights on as the region’s reserve margin approaches its target? This panel will explore the potential solutions on the table and the implications for the market longer-term.

Asian Power (Sponsored by Alstom)

  • Robert Gleitz, Vice-President Product, Platform Management, ALSTOM (Welcome Remarks)
  • Didier Sire, Head of Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, Enterprise Risk Management and Sustainable Development, GDF SUEZ Energy Europe
  • Mark Hutchinson, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)

Powering Cities of the Future (Sponsored by Itron)

  • Guru Nadlcarni, Vice President, Consolidated Energy
  • Sergej Mahnovski, Senior Advisor and Director of Energy Policy, Mayor's Office, City of New York
  • Patrick Kennedy, Founder & CEO, OSIsoft
  • Tanuj Deora, Director, Governor’s Energy Office, Colorado
  • Patricia DiOrio, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
Most people today live in cities and the share of people living in cities is poised to keep growing. In the coming decades, cities face the challenge of managing growth, modernizing infrastructure, and meeting sustainability targets. What are the unique challenges and opportunities in modernizing urban infrastructure and the electric grid in particular? Will new and innovative technologies – including electric vehicles, distributed generation, and demand response – take off in the urban environment and how will the infrastructure develop? Are there opportunities for public/private partnerships? What will become of the anticipated explosion of data from high tech infrastructure systems? Are there some early lessons learned?

European Power: Toward a ‘lost decade’? Strategic directions for European utilities

  • Eckhardt Rümmler, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, E.ON
  • Susanne Nies, Head of Energy Policy & Generation Unit, Eurelectric
  • Pedro Neves Ferreira, Director of Energy Planning, EDP
  • Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power, IHS CERA (Chair)
European utilities face a number of challenges in Europe, with a depressed power demand outlook, policy mandates to decarbonize the generation mix, and growing pressures on conventional assets with growing shares of intermittent renewables. What are the attributes of resilient strategies, and will there be opportunities for growth for utilities in Europe and on the fringes of Europe, including Eastern Europe the Balkans, Turkey and North Africa?

Shale Gas: Assessing the Science

  • Michael Paque, Executive Director, Groundwater Protection Council
  • Francis O'Sullivan, Research Engineer, MIT Energy Initiative
  • Matt Most, Vice President of Environmental Policy Development. , Encana Natural Gas
  • Robert Kleinberg, Unconventional Resources, Schlumberger
  • Samantha Gross, Director, Integrated Research, IHS CERA (Chair)
Development of North America’s vast unconventional natural gas resources is the main reason for today’s low prices. But public concern about the environmental impact of this development is growing. Experts from industry and academia will discuss the science behind unconventional gas production, focusing on what is known about the air, water, land use, and seismic impacts.
9:00 AM - 9:55 AM
Opening Keynote Policy Dialogue
  • Thomas Farrell, Chairman, President & CEO, Dominion Resources, Inc.
  • Steven Farris, Chairman & CEO, Apache Corporation
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
10:00 AM - 11:25 AM
North American Power Plenary
  • Michael Morris, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board., American Electric Power Company, Inc
  • David Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer, NRG Energy, Inc.
  • Bruce Williamson, Chief Executive Officer, Cleco Corporation
  • Lawrence Makovich, Vice President & Senior Advisor, IHS CERA (Chair)
11:45 AM - 12:55 PM
Strategy Sessions

Global Nuclear Development: One Year after Fukushima

  • Phil Sharp, Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future; President, Resources for the Future
  • Stephen Kuczynski, Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Nuclear Operating Co.
  • Johannes Kindler, Vice Chairman, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post, and Railway
  • Jone-Lin Wang, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
The nuclear problems at Fukushima caused broad, though uneven, reactions. How is Fukushima changing development of new nuclear power around the globe? What are the prospects among countries trying to revive nuclear, those pushing for fast nuclear growth, as well as those attempting to develop nuclear for the first time?

Financing Power Infrastructure in the Decade Ahead

  • Alex Urquhart, President & CEO, GE Energy Financial Services
  • Roberto Simon, Managing Director, Head of Project and Energy Finance, Americas, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
  • Sheldon Petersen, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
  • Alan Levande, Senior Managing Director, Tenaska Capital Management
  • Parker Littlehale, Associate, IHS CERA (Chair)
The US power sector faces capital expenditures of $1 trillion by 2020. How will credit ratings, cost of capital, and tax regimes influence the investment climate?

Power Demand Outlook – A Tug of War between Growth and Efficiency

  • Michael Kagan, Chief Retail Sales Officer, Constellation Energy
  • Rick Bowen, President, Energy, Alcoa
  • Glen Stancil, Vice President , NRG EV Services
  • Mark Griffith, Senior Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
Power demand growth uncertainty is shaped by many factors. On one hand, there is growth due economic expansion, substitution from other energy sources and an explosion of new uses (from flat screen TVs to electric vehicles). At the same time, demand is being trimmed by higher real energy prices, advances in energy efficiency and demand side management driven by economics and regulations, and near term economic uncertainty. What is the net impact of these conflicting forces, and how do market participants manage this risk?

Scaling up Renewables: Technology, Costs and Financing

  • Kurt Bligaard Pedersen, Executive Vice President, DONG Energy
  • Gabriel Alonso, COO, EDP Renewables North America
  • Denis Cochet, Senior Vice President Thermal Renewables, ALSTOM
  • Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, Energy, European Commission
  • Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power, IHS (Chair)
Economies in turmoil, budget constraints and retrenchment on carbon policy are increasing the pressures to innovate if renewables are to continue on the fast track to growth. What lies ahead for renewable technologies, the outlook for technological innovation, cost competitiveness, and the challenges in getting to scale on a global basis?

Evolving Power Market Structures: Lessons from Texas, Alberta and Europe?

  • Doyle Beneby, President & CEO, CPS Energy
  • Lawrence Makovich, Vice President & Senior Advisor, IHS CERA (Chair)

Power Plant Construction Moving to Broader Horizons

  • Arun Sen, Chief Executive Officer, Lanco Power International
  • Lee Elder, Senior Vice President Business Development , Shaw Power Group
  • Paul Cavicchi, Executive Vice President , GDF SUEZ Energy North America
  • Roger Kranenburg, Director, Global Power, IHS CERA (Chair)
With slowing power demand and new plant construction in developed markets, the new horizons are the faster growing economies of Asia, Middle East and Latin America. How are power plant costs and the supply chaining being impacted by this move?

Modernizing the Grid: Overcoming the Hurdles

  • Philip Mezey, President and COO, Energy, Itron
  • Michael McGinnis, Senior Director, Strategic Planning, Salt River Project
  • Carmine Marcello, Executive Vice-President, Strategy & Planning, Hydro One Inc
  • Joan Gamble, VP Strategic Change and Business Services, Central Vermont Public Service
  • Patricia DiOrio, Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
As more and more utilities across North America embark on grid modernization projects, gathering lessons learned becomes increasingly valuable. How has the investment rationale for advanced grid technologies evolved, how are utilities handling the challenge of cost recovery, and what are the metrics that define success? How are customers responding to dynamic pricing and how do the current hot topics of data management, privacy and security impact strategy going forward?
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Luncheon and Keynote Dialogue.
  • Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman & CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
2:20 PM - 3:35 PM
Concurrent Plenaries

U.S Regulatory Policy in a World of Change

  • David Wright, Vice Chairman, South Carolina Public Service Commission
  • Philip Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • Kenneth Anderson, Jr., Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • Sharon Reishus, Senior Director, Research, IHS CERA (Chair)

Global Power

  • Francisco Salazar, Chairman, Energy Regulatory Commission, Mexico
  • Jun Luan, Senior Vice President, State Grid
  • Brian Dames, Chief Executive Officer, Eskom
  • Jone-Lin Wang, Managing Director, IHS CERA (Chair)
3:50 PM - 5:05 PM
Global Power Technology and Infrastructure Plenary

What are the challenges of providing the electricity needs of a growing global economy?

  • Bruce Grewcock, President & CEO, Kiewit
  • Philippe Cochet, President Thermal Power , ALSTOM
  • Jean-Michel Aubertin, Chief Executive Officer, Doosan
  • Lawrence Makovich, Vice President & Senior Advisor, IHS CERA (Chair)
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Expert Dialogues

Greening of Global Coal

  • Jonathan Pascoe, Senior Research Analyst, IHS CERA

EPA Regulations and the Future of US Coal

  • Melanie Kenderdine, MIT Energy Initiative
  • Ayaka Jones, Associate Director, IHS CERA
  • Kristian Bodek, Director, IHS CERA

Recalibration of Supply Costs: Accounting for Integration

  • Lawrence Makovich, Vice President & Senior Advisor, IHS CERA

Electricity Storage

  • Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power, IHS
  • Patricia DiOrio, Director, IHS CERA

European Power Market Reform and Capacity Payments

  • Philippe Vassilopoulos, Associate, European Power, IHS CERA
  • Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power, IHS CERA

North American Regional Power Market Fundamentals

  • Venkat Suravarapu, Director, North American Power, IHS CERA
  • Douglas Giuffre, Principal Researcher, IHS CERA

Managing North American Retail Power Price Increases

  • Sharon Reishus, Senior Director, Research, IHS CERA

Solar Power

  • Reese Tisdale, Director, IHS CERA
  • Greg Sheppard, Senior Director, Research, IHS

Transmission

  • Afshin Salehian, Associate, IHS CERA
  • Meg McIntosh, Director, IHS CERA
  • Etienne Gabel, Associate Director, European Power & Carbon Markets, IHS CERA

Scenario Applications for Corporate Planning

  • Rick Vidal, Director, Energy Scenarios Service, IHS CERA
  • Mark Griffith, Senior Director, IHS CERA
  • James Burkhard, Head of Global Oil Markets and Scenarios, IHS CERA

China's Upcoming Power Shortage: What Impact for Electricity and Fuel Markets?

  • Xizhou Zhou, Director, IHS CERA
  • Brendan Mrosak, Associate, IHS CERA

Global Economic Outlook

  • Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS

Challenges/Opportunities for New Entrants in the Offshore Wind Industry

  • Eduard Sala de Vedruna, DIRECTOR, IHS EER
Companies active the Oil and Gas industry have shown interest in the offshore wind industry as a way to leverage their experience and resources. But their experiences have not always been positive. The offshore wind industry needs experienced players from more mature industries as they enter a new dimension in terms of greater water depths and distances from the shore. As a result, opportunities emerge in the fields of product design and development, contracting, installation and support vessels, foundation design, installation processes, maintenance practices, marine etc.

Tracking Your Carbon Footprint

  • Scott Lockhart, Vice President , EHS & Sustainability Solutions, IHS
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Reception
7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
Dinner and Keynote Address

The Quest - Energy, Security and Innovation -- the Next 30 years.

  • Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, General Electric
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations by panelists on a key strategic topic; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists.

Friday - March 9, 2012

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Breakfast

The Future of Leadership in a Globalized World

  • Kevin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer , Heidrick & Struggles
  • Claudio Fernández-Araóz, Senior Advisor, Egon Zehnder International
  • Prof. Leonard Waverman, Dean, Haskayne School of Business
  • David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS (Chair)
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Opening Keynote

  • Rex Tillerson, Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Keynote Dialogue

The Future of Global Security

  • Admiral Mike Mullen, Former Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Concurrent Plenaries

The Nexus of Energy, Food, Water and Climate: Can the Global System Adapt?

  • David Victor, Director, Laboratory on International Law & Regulation, University of California, San Diego
  • Chris Somerville, Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy and EBI Director, University of California, Berkeley
  • Francis O'Sullivan, Research Engineer, MIT Energy Initiative
  • Ernest Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, MIT (Chair)

Big Data: How will it change the world and what does it mean for energy?

  • Sonny Singh, Senior Vice President, Industries Business Unit, Oracle
  • Arshad Matin, Executive Vice President, IHS (Chair)
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Keynote Dialogue

IHS Forum at CERAWeek

  • Haley Barbour, Former Governor, Mississippi
  • Bill Richardson, Former Governor, New Mexico
  • Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA (Chair)
12:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Networking Luncheon
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations by panelists on a key strategic topic; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists.
 

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