IHS CERAWeek 2013

• Monday 3/4
Monday 3/4
9:00 am - 6:30 pm
 
Pre-Conference Summits and Workshops | See conference details for questions on eligibility
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Conference Opening | IHS CERAWeek Global View Insights 2013 | open to all CERAWeek participants
Presentations by leading IHS experts providing forward-looking insights on energy markets—as well as on cross-industry emerging global trends.
• Atul Arya, (Chairman) Senior Vice President, Energy Insight
 

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Energy Market Outlook: What will be the Surprises in 2013 – and Beyond?
• James Burkhard, Vice President and Head of Oil Market Research & Scenarios
• Michael Stoppard, Managing Director, Global Gas
• Lawrence Makovich, Vice President and Senior Advisor for Global Power
• Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, Russian and Caspian Energy
• Xizhou Zhou, Director, China Energy
• John Larson, Vice President Economic and Public Sector Consulting
 

4:30 PM – 5:45 PM The New Global Industrial Landscape: Tectonic Shifts
• Gary Adams, Chief Advisor, Chemicals
• Eric Fedewa, Director, Automotive Research
• Chris Hansen, Director, Product Management
• Dennis Murphy, Senior Analyst, Cyberspace Operations
• Tate Nurkin, Director, Aerospace and Defence
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
IHS CERAWeek Welcome Reception | open to all CERAWeek participants
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening Dinner and IHS Economic Outlook Presentation | open to all CERAWeek participants
IHS CERAWeek opening banquet with informal expert discussion tables. Seating is open, with each table featuring a topic designated by a tent card, enabling participants to meet IHS experts and fellow conference delegates with common interests. The after dinner presentation will offer insights on the future of the global economy by a panel of IHS leading experts.  
 

The IHS World Economic Outlook for 2013 and Beyond
• Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist
• Nigel Gault, Chief US Economist
• Diego Iscaro, Senior Economist, Europe
• Alistair Thornton, Senior Economist, China
• Scott Key, COO (Chair)
• Tuesday 3/5
Tuesday 3/5
7:30 am - 8:45 am
Energy Insight Breakfasts | Choose One
 
Oil Expert Discussion Tables
• Steve Edwards, Global Industry Leader Chemicals & Petroleum, IBM (Welcome Remarks)
• Olivier Abadie, Senior Principal, Downstream Europe, IHS
• Marie Fagan, Senior Director, Upstream Strategy, IHS
• Geoff Houlton, Senior Director, Energy Research & Analysis, Global Crude Oil Markets, IHS
• Judson Jacobs, Director, Upstream, IHS
• Steve Kelly, Senior Director, Consulting, Energy Insight, IHS
• Alfred Luaces, Senior Director, Oil Markets, IHS
• Paul Markwell, Managing Director, Upstream Research & Strategy, IHS
• Jeff Meyer, Senior Research Analyst II, Energy Insight, IHS
• Ravi Narayanaswamy, Director, Energy Insight, IHS
• James Placke, Senior Associate, IHS
• James Burkhard, Vice President and Head of Oil Market Research & Scenarios (Chair)
 

Energy Innovation Pioneers
• Jay Pryor, Vice President, Business Development, Chevron Corporation (Welcome Remarks)
• Ilya Dricker, Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Synapse
• Charles R. Eggert, President and CEO, OPX Biotechnologies
• Mike Hamilton, CEO, Renmatix
• Doug Harris, CEO, RRT Global
• Rod MacGregor, President & CEO, GlassPoint
• John Siegfried, CEO, ARKeX
• Mark Wong, CEO, Agrivida
• Kristian Bodek, Director, North American Power (Chair)
• James Rosenfield, Senior Vice-President, IHS; IHS CERAWeek Co-Chairman (Chair)
 

North American Tight Oil: Delivering on the Promise
• Patrick Schorn, President Production Group, Schlumberger (Welcome Remarks)
• Mike Bahorich, EVP and Chief Technology Officer, Apache Corporation
• William Maloney, Executive Vice President Development and Production North America, Statoil
• Jack Stark, Senior Vice President of Exploration, Continental Resources
• Pete Stark, Senior Research Director and Advisor (Chair)
 

Canadian Oil Sands: At the Cross Roads?
• Thomas Huffaker, Director for Canada, International Government Relations, ExxonMobil (Welcome Remarks)
• Bruce March, Senior Vice-President, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
• Greg Stringham, Vice President, Oil Sands and Markets, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Dan Wicklum, Chief Executive, Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance
• Drew Zieglgansberger, Senior Vice President, Operations Shared Services, Cenovus Energy Inc.
• Jackie Forrest, Senior Director, North America Oil (Chair)
 

Russian Oil at a Time of Change: Tight Oil, Arctic Offshore, and New Partnerships
• Fergus MacLeod, Head of Group Strategy & Planning, BP p.l.c (Welcome Remarks)
• Andrei Gaidamaka, Deputy Vice President and Director of Strategic Development and Analysis, OAO LUKOIL
• Sergey Vakulenko, Head of Strategy, Gazprom Neft
• Boris Zilbermints, Senior Vice President, International Projects and New Business Development, TNK-BP Management
• Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, Russian and Caspian Energy (Chair)
 

Water and Unconventional Oil and Gas: Emerging Best Practices, Technologies and Regulation
• Carolina Garcia, Vice President, Promotion & Area Assignments, ANH (Welcome Remarks)
• Walter Dale, Strategic Business Manager, Water Solutions, Halliburton
• Marcus Gay, Senior Principal Researcher, IHS
• Kevin Molloy, Vice President, Oil and Gas Sector Leader, CDM Smith
• Johan P. ver Loren van Themaat, Vice President, Investor Relations and Business Development, High Sierra Water Services
• Samantha Gross, Director, Integrated Research (Chair)
 

The Big Crew Change: Demographic Transitions in the Oil and Gas Workforce
• Belgacem Chariag, President, Eastern Hemisphere Operations, Baker Hughes Incorporated
• Sheila Feldman, Vice President, Human Resources, ConocoPhillips
• James Tastard, Vice President, Human Resources, Statoil
• Helen Wesley, Executive Vice President, Corporate Services, Talisman Energy Inc.
• Surya Rajan, Director, Upstream Research and Global Gas (Chair)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Conference Welcome and Opening Keynote
 

• Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS
• Khalid Al-Falih, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco
9:40 am - 10:15 am
Keynote Address
 

• Ryan Lance, Chairman & CEO, ConocoPhillips
10:15 am - 11:15 am
Global Oil Plenary
 

• Orlando Cabrales Segovia, President, ANH
• Steve Williams, President & CEO, Suncor Energy
• Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman (Chair)
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Break
11:30 am - 12:55 pm
Strategy Sessions | Choose one
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations on key strategic topics; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists. 
 

New Innovation Strategies to Transform the Energy Future
• Dr. Robert Armstrong, Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, Deputy Director of the MIT Energy Initiative; MIT
• Vasily Belov, Executive Director of the Energy Efficiency Cluster, Skolkovo
• David Eyton, Group Head of Research and Technology, BP
• Hayat Sindi, Founder and CEO, i2 Institute
• Judson Jacobs, Director, Upstream (Chair)
 

Will the Unconventional Revolution Be a Global One?
• James Baulderstone, Vice President Eastern Australia, Santos Ltd
• Tomas Garcia Blanco, Executive Director, Repsol
• Pål Haremo, Senior Vice President Exploration, Statoil ASA
• Adil Toubia, CEO of Oil & Gas Division, Siemens Energy
• Bob Fryklund, VP Energy Research (Chair)
 

Middle East: Frontlines and Fault Lines
• Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Welcome Remarks)
• Shadi Hamid, Director of Research, Brookings Doha Center, Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings
• Bijan Khajepour, Managing Partner, Atieh International GmbH
• Vera de Ladoucette, Senior Associate, Middle East and Africa, IHS
• James Placke, Senior Associate, IHS
• Bhushan Bahree, Senior Director, Global Oil (Chair)
 

Driving Operational Excellence: Lessons of the Past and Emerging Best Practices
• Tom Krause, Organizational Psychologist, Founder, BST
• John Sampson, Vice President; Environmental, Health & Safety Operations, Dow Chemical
• Nigel Smith, President, Development, BHP Billiton Petroleum
• Joseph Stough, VP Innovation Technologies, EHS & Sustainability (Chair)
 

Natural Gas versus Diesel in Transportation: Will the US and China Pave the Way?
• James Edward Burns, GM, LNG for Transport - Americas, Shell
• Mike Gallagher, Senior Adviser, Former President & Chief Operating Officer, Westport Innovations
• Craig Harper, Chief Operations Officer, Executive Vice President Operations, J.B. Hunt Transport
• Xiansheng Sun, President, CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute
• Tiffany Groode, Director of IHS Automotive Long-Term Planning and Scenarios (Chair)
 

Financing the Changing Capital Expenditure Patterns
• Osmar Abib, Global Head of Oil and Gas and Co-Head of Global Energy, Credit Suisse
• Peter Gaw, Managing Director; Global Head Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Standard Chartered Bank
• Maynard Holt, Co-President, Head of E&P Investment Banking, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
• Fergus MacLeod, Head of Group Strategy & Planning, BP p.l.c
• James Wildash, Research Director – IHS EnergyView (Chair)
 

The New Logistics of North American Oil: Economics, Markets, and Politics
• Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
• Steve Cornell, Chief Operating Officer, US Refining and Marketing, BP
• Alexander Pourbaix, President, Energy and Oil Pipelines, Transcanada
• Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President and James R. Schlesinger Chair, Energy & Geopolitics Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Geoff Houlton, Senior Director, Energy Research & Analysis, Global Crude Oil Markets (Chair)
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Luncheon & Keynote Address
 

• Fanrong Li, CEO and President, CNOOC  Ltd.
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Afternoon Plenary
 

Ministerial Dialogue
• Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, United States
• Irene Muloni, Minister of Energy and Minerals Development, Uganda
• H.E. Youcef Yousfi, Minister of Energy and Mines, Algeria
• David Hobbs, Senior Associate, IHS; Head of Research, KAPSARC (Chair)
3:55 pm - 5:20 pm
Concurrent Plenaries
 

Upstream: Driving Growth in the Upstream
• Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, Marathon Oil Corporation
• Tim Dodson, EVP Global Exploration, Statoil
• J. Michael Yeager, Chief Executive, BHP Billiton Petroleum
• Peter Jackson, VP Upstream Research (Chair)
 

Downstream: Structuring in an Uncertain Future
• Jacek Krawiec, President & Chief Executive Officer, PKN ORLEN S.A.
• Stephen Pryor, President, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
• Philip Rinaldi, Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Energy Solutions
• James Burkhard, Vice President and Head of Oil Market Research & Scenarios (Chair)
5:20 pm - 5:35 pm
Break
5:35 pm - 6:30 pm
IHS Expert Briefings | Choose One
IHS Expert Briefings provide presentations and outlooks by IHS analysts followed by interactive discussions. Each session provides insight on strategies, risk, and opportunities in a key energy area. 
 

The Search for New Sources of Energy Innovation
• Oscar Abbink, Director, Upstream Research
• Russell Heinen, Senior Director, Technology and Analytics, Chemical
• Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power
• Paul Markwell, Managing Director, Upstream Research & Strategy
• Judson Jacobs, Director, Upstream (Chair)
 

Latin America: A New Beginning?
• Carlos Cardenas, Deputy Head of Latin America Forecasting
• Roberto Cunha, Senior Research Analyst
• Bob Fryklund, VP Energy Research
• Alejandra León, Principal Researcher, Latin America
• Carlos Rocha, Principal Researcher, Latin America
• Enrique Sira, Senior Director Research, Latin America (Chair)
 

Chasing Shadows: How Can Refining and Petrochemicals Catch Up with Changing Demand?
• Olivier Abadie, Senior Principal, Downstream Europe
• Mark Eramo, Vice President, Chemicals Research
• Alfred Luaces, Senior Director, Oil Markets
• Ravi Narayanaswamy, Director, Energy Insight
• Damian Kennaby, Director, Research (Chair)
 

Middle East: The New Convergence of Politics, Energy and Investment
• Bhushan Bahree, Senior Director, Global Oil
• Andy Barrett, Senior Advisor, Global Gas and Power
• Vera de Ladoucette, Senior Associate, Middle East and Africa
• Simon Sole, CEO, Exclusive Analysis and Senior Intelligence Advisor, IHS
• Leila Benali, Director, Energy, Middle East and Africa. (Chair)
 

Africa Opens for Business: Opportunities and Risks for Energy
• Nick Holloway, Director, Energy Insight and Global View
• Catherine Hunter, Senior Principal Analyst, Levant & North Africa
• Laurent Ruseckas, Senior Associate, Eurasian Oil and Gas and Political Risk
• Natznet Tesfay, Head of Africa Forecasting
• Simon Wardell, Director, Global Oil (Chair)
 

Gas and Power at the Nexus of Discord in Central Asia
• Christopher de Vere Walker, Research Director and Advisor, Russian and Caspian Power Sectors and Markets
• Paulina Mirenkova, Senior Research Analyst, Russian and Caspian Energy
• Matt Sagers, Managing Director, Russian and Caspian Energy
• Kate Hardin, Senior DIrector, Russian and Caspian Energy (Chair)
 

World Transportation Oil Demand: Heading Towards a Peak?
• Eric Fedewa, Director, Automotive Research
• Tiffany Groode, Director of IHS Automotive Long-Term Planning and Scenarios
• KF Yan, Director, Global Oil
• Aaron Brady, Senior Director, Global Oil Markets (Chair)
 

Cyber Threats: The War that is Being Waged
• Ron Foudray, Vice President, Cyber Solutions, Northrop Grumman
• Shyam Sankar, Director, Forward Deployed Engineering, Palantir Technologies
• Michael Wynne, Director, Global Energy Services
• Dennis Murphy, Senior Analyst, Cyberspace Operations (Chair)
 
North America NGLs: Opportunities for the Feedstock and Fuel Markets
• Ron Gist, Director, NGL Research
• Dr. Walt Hart, Senior Director, NGL Research
• Ken Otto, Vice President, NGL Research (Chair)
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Conference wide reception
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner & Keynote Address
 

• Walter Isaacson, Best-selling author, "Steve Jobs" and "Einstein" and President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
• Wednesday 3/6
Wednesday 3/6
7:30 am - 8:45 am
Energy Insight Breakfasts | Choose One
 
Gas Expert Discussion Tables
• Shinji Fujino, Director General, JOGMEC (Welcome Remarks)
• Roberto Cunha, Senior Research Analyst, IHS
• Patricia DiOrio, Director, North American Power, IHS
• Hassan Eltorie, Principal Analyst, IHS
• Chris Holmes, Senior Director, Global Gas and LNG, IHS
• Robert Ineson, Managing Director, North American Natural Gas, IHS
• Ed Kelly, Senior Director Global Consulting, Energy Insight, IHS
• Rafael McDonald, Director, Global Gas and LNG, IHS
• Wolfgang Moehler, Director, IHS
• Jim Osten, Principal, IHS
• Lisa Pearl, Director, Latin America Energy, IHS
• Surya Rajan, Director, Upstream Research and Global Gas, IHS
• Catherine Robinson, Senior Director, IHS
• Matt Sagers, Managing Director, Russian and Caspian Energy, IHS
• James Taverner, Principal Researcher, IHS
• Ken Yeasting, Senior Director North American Gas, IHS
• Xizhou Zhou, Director, China Energy, IHS
• Shankari Srinivasan, Vice President and Managing Director Gas, Power, Renewables – EMEA/APAC (Chair)
 

Energy Innovation Pioneers
• Vasily Borisov, First Deputy General Director, ENGO Engineering
• Robert P. Cathey, CEO and COO, Ecosphere Energy Services
• Jasvir Gill, CEO, AlertEnterprise
• Ned Godshall, President and CEO, Altela
• Allison Lami Sawyer, CEO, Rebellion Photonics
• Ross M. Patten, Chairman & CEO, Agilyx
• James F. Wood, Chairman, President & CEO, ThermoEnergy
• Kristian Bodek, Director, North American Power (Chair)
• James Rosenfield, Senior Vice-President, IHS; IHS CERAWeek Co-Chairman (Chair)
 

Upstream Competitive Landscape – What the Future Holds for INOCs and Service Companies
• Mark Kelly, Chairman, Vinson & Elkins LLP (Welcome Remarks)
• Ayman Asfari, Group Chief Executive, Petrofac Limited
• Maurizio La Noce, Chief Executive Officer, Mubadala Petroleum
• Adif Zulkifli, Senior General Manager , Strategy & New Ventures , Exploration & Production Business, Petronas
• Paul Markwell, Managing Director, Upstream Research & Strategy (Chair)
 

Capturing the Economic Benefits of Energy Development in Africa
• Jeremy Soboil, Commercial Director Africa, ERM, ERM (Welcome Remarks)
• Haruna Masebu, Director General, Energy and Water Utility Regulatory Authority, Tanzania
• Alexander Msimang, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
• Miguel Angel Ondo Angue, Secretary of Industry for Equatorial Guinea's, Ministry of Mines,Industry and Energy
• Honey Malinga, Assistant Commissioner for Geophysics, Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development of Uganda
• Daniel Berkove, Senior Associate (Chair)
 

South and Southeast Asia: New Challenges, New Opportunities
• Ramón Hernán, Managing Director, Repsol North America and Brazil, Repsol North America and Brazil (Welcome Remarks)
• Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, BB, Advisor (Minister) to the Hon. Prime Minister for Power Energy & Mineral Resources Affairs, Bangladesh
• James Clad, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
• Charles Ebinger, Senior Fellow and Director Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution
• S.V. Nair, Director, Strategy and Integration, Cairn India Ltd.
• James Ooi, Director Gas & Power (Chair)
 

Middle East Energy Investment
• Mounir Bouaziz, Vice President Commercial, MENA, Shell EP International
• Loic Douillet, Vice President Marketing, Alstom Power
• Peter Oosterveer, Group President, Energy & Chemicals, Fluor
• Leila Benali, Director, Energy, Middle East and Africa. (Chair)
 

Russian Upstream Strategy: Gas and Oil Producers Face a New Era
• Mark Gyetvay, Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board of Directors, OAO NOVATEK
• Jonathan Kollek, Advisor, Sales & Logistics Department, Downstream, TNK-BP
• Philip Vorobyov, Commercial Executive, JKX Oil & Gas
• Vitaly Yermakov, Director of Russian and Caspian Energy, IHS
• Thane Gustafson, Senior Director, Russian and Caspian Energy (Chair)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Opening Keynote Address
 

• Bob Dudley, Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c
9:40 am - 11:00 am
Global Gas Plenary
 

• Peter Coleman, CEO and Managing Director, Woodside Energy
• Joseph C. Geagea, President, Chevron Gas and Midstream
• Philippe Sauquet, President, Gas & Power, Total
• Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Wintershall Holding GmbH
• Michael Stoppard, Managing Director, Global Gas (Chair)
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Strategy Sessions | Choose one
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations on key strategic topics; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists. 
 

Understanding and Managing Community Impacts of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development
• Doug Bannerman, Head of Social Responsibility, Statoil Gulf Services
• Keryn James, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, ERM
• Barry Smitherman, Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission
• Tanuj Deora, Director, Energy and Environment (Chair)
 

The Future of Global LNG: The Changing Face of Natural Gas Markets and Pricing
• Shinichi Kihara, Director of International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Charif Souki, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and Chief Executive Officer and President, Cheniere Energy, Inc.
• Yves Vercammen, General Manager, Eni Trading & Shipping
• Chris Holmes, Senior Director, Global Gas and LNG (Chair)
 

New Frontiers, New Business Models: Resource Holders, Oil Companies and Service Providers
• Bruno Chabas, Chief Executive Officer, SBM Offshore
• Arsenio Mabote, Chairman, Instituto Nacional de Petroleo, Mozambique
• Saliya Wickramasuriya, Director General, Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat, Sri Lanka
• Peter Jackson, VP Upstream Research (Chair)
 

Capturing the Spread: Turning North American Natural Gas into Higher-value Products
• George J. Biltz, Vice President, Energy & Climate Change, The Dow Chemical Company
• Roy Lipski, Chief Executive, Velocys / Oxford Catalysts Group
• Mark Schnell, General Manager, Sasol North America
• Sergey Vasnetsov, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Transactions, LyondellBasell
• Robert Ineson, Managing Director, North American Natural Gas (Chair)
 

Financing Gas in an Uncertain Economy
• Ed Morse, Global Head of Commodities Research, Citi Group
• Andrew Safran, Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank
• Carter Ward, Managing Director, Arclight Capital Partners
• Alex Urquhart, President and CEO, GE Energy Financial Services
• Ken Yeasting, Senior Director North American Gas (Chair)
 

Europe’s Future Natural Gas Markets and Suppliers
• Dr. Karsten Heuchert, Chairman of the Executive Board, VNG - Verbundnetz Gas AG
• Laurent Ruseckas, Senior Associate, Eurasian Oil and Gas and Political Risk, IHS
• Eldar Sætre, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Processing and Renewable Energy, Statoil
• Beata Stelmach, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
• Shankari Srinivasan, Vice President and Managing Director Gas, Power, Renewables – EMEA/APAC (Chair)
 

Competing for Talent in Emerging Hotspots: Building up Staff to Operate in Energy Frontiers
• Samir Brikho, Chief Executive, AMEC plc
• Gary Cochrane, Managing Director, Resource Management International
• Philip Lader, Chairman, WPP
• Antoine Rostand, Global Managing Director, Schlumberger Business Consulting
• Surya Rajan, Director, Upstream Research and Global Gas (Chair)
12:35 pm - 1:50 pm
Luncheon & Keynote Address
 

• Daniel F. Akerson, Chairman and CEO, General Motors
1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Afternoon Keynote
 

• Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, Canada
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm
Special CERAWeek Address
 

• Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of Management Board, Rosneft
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm
Conference Address
 

• Leonid Bokhanovskiy, Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum
3:45 pm - 5:10 pm
Concurrent Plenaries
 

North American Energy: The New Abundance and What it Means
• Al Monaco, President & CEO, Enbridge Inc.
• Mark Papa, Chairman and CEO, EOG Resources, Inc.
• Matt Rose, Chairman and CEO, BNSF Railway
• Adam Sieminski, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
• Andrew Slaughter, Vice President, Upstream Research (Chair)
 

Managing Energy Industry Risk: Politics, Disruption and Recovery
• Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, Chief Operating Officer, Repsol
• Kristin Lovejoy, General Manager, Security Services Division, IBM
• Satish Pai, Executive Vice President Operations, Schlumberger Limited
• Umberto Vergine, CEO, Saipem
• Bob Fryklund, VP Energy Research (Chair)
5:10 pm - 5:25 pm
Break
5:25 pm - 6:45 pm
Conference Wide Plenary
 

Energy and Global Competitiveness
• Hirobumi Kawano, President, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC)
• Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO, Alstom
• John Larson, Vice President Economic and Public Sector Consulting, IHS
• Chris Weston, President & CEO, Direct Energy
• David Hobbs, Senior Associate, IHS; Head of Research, KAPSARC (Chair)
• Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman (Chair)
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Conference wide reception
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner & Featured IHS Expert Dialogue
 

Drivers of Change: Geopolitics, Markets, and the New Map of Global Energy
• Mary Barcella, Director, North American Gas, IHS
• Shankari Srinivasan, Vice President and Managing Director Gas, Power, Renewables – EMEA/APAC, IHS
• Pete Stark, Senior Research Director and Advisor, IHS
• Bill Sanderson, VP Downstream Research, IHS
• Jone-Lin Wang, Vice President and Head, Power, Gas, Coal and Renewables–Americas, IHS
• Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power, IHS
• Xizhou Zhou, Director, China Energy, IHS
• James Stevenson, Associate Director, Coal, IHS
• Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman (Chair)
• Thursday 3/7
Thursday 3/7
7:30 am - 8:45 am
Energy Insight Breakfasts | Choose One
 
Power Expert Discussion Tables
• Pierre Gauthier, President, Alstom U.S. & Canada (Welcome Remarks)
• Sam Andrus, Senior Manager Research, Energy Insight, IHS
• Christopher de Vere Walker, Research Director and Advisor, Russian and Caspian Power Sectors and Markets, IHS
• Patricia DiOrio, Director, North American Power, IHS
• Keith Hays, Senior Director, Solar Power, IHS
• Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power, IHS
• Roger Kranenburg, Senior Manager Research, Energy Insight, IHS
• Meg McIntosh, Director, IHS
• James Ooi, Director Gas & Power, IHS
• Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power and Carbon, IHS
• Jone-Lin Wang, Vice President and Head, Power, Gas, Coal and Renewables–Americas (Chair)
• Eduard Sala de Vedruna, Senior Analyst, IHS
 

Energy Innovation Pioneers
• Ian Chao, CEO, GMZ Energy
• John Gilleland, CEO, TerraPower
• David Levine, CEO, Geostellar
• Mark McGough, President and CEO, Ioxus
• Umesh Mishra, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Transphorm
• Barun Singh, Co-Founder and CTO, WegoWise
• Tom Stepien, CEO, Primus Power
• Kristian Bodek, Director, North American Power (Chair)
 

Diversifying China’s Power Generation Mix
• Paul Browning, President and CEO Thermal Products,, GE Power & Water
• Zhi’an Cao, Executive Vice President, State Grid Corporation of China
• Changyan Zhang, Director, China Guodian Power
• Xizhou Zhou, Director, China Energy (Chair)
 

Emerging Solar Markets
• Jim Hughes, CEO, First Solar (Welcome Remarks)
• George Antoun, COO, First Solar
• Raimund Grube, President & COO, Element Power
• Thierry Lepercq, CEO, Solairedirect
• Greg Sheppard, Senior Director, Solar Research (Chair)
 

Transmission and Distribution: Transforming the Power Grid
• Margarett Jolly, DG Ombudsperson, Consolidated Edison Company of New York
• Jim Robb, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Environmental Affairs, Northeast Utilities
• Gregory Thurnher, Supervisor, Transmission Strategy, ERCOT
• Michael Valocchi, VP/Partner, Global Energy and Utilities Industry Leader, IBM
• Mark Griffith, Senior Research Director, Gas, Power and Renewables - Americas (Chair)
 

All Eyes on Texas: The Challenges of Powering a Growing Economy
• Badar Khan, President of Upstream & Trading, Direct Energy (Welcome Remarks)
• Donna L. Nelson, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas
• John Farris, Vice President and General Manager, Nucor Steel – Texas
• Thad Hill, President and COO, Calpine Corporation
• Hunter Hunt, President and CEO, Hunt Consolidated Energy, Inc.
• Becky Motal, General Manager, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
• Steven Murray, President, Direct Energy Residential
• Mike Pickens, Associate Director, North American Power (Chair)
9:00 am - 10:25 am
Power CEO Plenary
 

• Anthony Earley, Chairman, CEO and President, PG&E Corporation
• James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy
• John Russell, President and CEO, CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company
• Lawrence Makovich, Vice President and Senior Advisor for Global Power (Chair)
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Keynote Address
 

• Daniel Poneman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
10:55 am - 11:10 am
Break
11:10 am - 12:30 pm
Strategy Sessions | Choose one
Strategy Sessions provide insights and presentations on key strategic topics; followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists. 
 

Global Nuclear Outlook
• Stephen Kidd, Acting Director General, World Nuclear Association
• Jeff Merrifield, Senior Vice President, Global Business Development, CB&I; and former Commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Steve Nesbit, Director, Nuclear Policy and Support, Duke Energy Corporation
• Joseph A. Zwetolitz, President, Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc.
• Jone-Lin Wang, Vice President and Head, Power, Gas, Coal and Renewables–Americas (Chair)
 

What Future for Renewable Energy in an Age of Austerity and Unconventionals
• Mathias Becker, President and CEO, Renova Energia SA
• Denis Cochet, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Alstom
• Tristan Grimbert, President and CEO, EDF Renewable Energy
• Arno Harris, CEO & Chairman, Recurrent Energy, Board Chair, SEIA,, Board Member, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE)
• Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power (Chair)
 

The Future of Coal: Changing Global Markets
• Jack Porco, President and COO, Xcoal
• Deck Slone, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Public Affairs, Arch Coal
• James Stevenson, Associate Director, Coal, IHS
• Xizhou Zhou, Director, China Energy, IHS
• Jim Thompson, Senior Associate (Chair)
 

Electricity Demand and Efficiency: Filtering the Noise from the Signal
• Robert Balzar, Vice President, Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, Tennessee Valley Authority
• Thomas Birr, Senior Vice President, Group Corporate Development & Strategy, RWE AG
• Terry Boston, President and CEO, PJM Interconnection
• Kristian Bodek, Director, North American Power (Chair)
 

An Expensive Decade: Financing Electric Power Infrastructure in the Decade Ahead
• Matthew Gibson, Co-Head Global Power Group, Goldman Sachs
• Doug Kimmelman, Senior Partner, Energy Capital Partners
• Scott Mackin, Co-President and Managing Partner, Denham Capital
• Darren Olagues, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cleco Corporation
• Parker Littlehale, Associate Director, North American Power (Chair)
 

Shale Gas: Changing the Power Game
• Mark Brownstein, Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel, Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund
• Dr. Charles Greer Rossmann, Forecasting & Model Development Manager, Southern Company
• Ed Kelly, Senior Director Global Consulting, Energy Insight, IHS
• Barry Nicholls, Vice President of Power Systems Sales, Siemens Energy North America
• Tim Gardner, Vice President, Power, Gas, Coal and Renewables Research (Chair)
12:35 pm - 2:00 pm
Luncheon & Keynote Address
 

• Denis Cochet, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Alstom (Welcome Remarks)
• Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman & CEO, GDF Suez
2:15 pm - 3:35 pm
Afternoon Plenary
 

Coping with Disruption: Lessons from Hurricane Sandy, Katrina, and Fukushima
• Deborah Caplan, COO, Florida Power & Light Company
• Sergej Mahnovski, Director of Energy Policy, New York City Office of the Mayor
• Hisanori Nei, Former Deputy Director General at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Councilor at Cabinet Secretariat
• Daniel Poneman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
• Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman (Chair)
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Plenaries
 

Evolving Power Market Rules and Institutions: US vs Europe
• John Bear, President and CEO, MISO
• Walter Boltz, Executive Director, E-Control Austria, Vice Chair of ACER's Regulatory Board
• Tony Clark, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Donna L. Nelson, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas
• Patricia DiOrio, Director, North American Power (Chair)
• Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power and Carbon (Chair)
 

Power Engineering, Plant Equipment and Construction
• Jim Hughes, CEO, First Solar
• Deepak Khajouria, Managing Director, Doosan Power Systems – North America
• Thomas Shelby, Executive Vice President, Kiewit Energy Group
• Lawrence Makovich, Vice President and Senior Advisor for Global Power (Chair)
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Break
5:15 pm - 6:10 pm
IHS Expert Briefings | Choose One
IHS Expert Briefings provide presentations and outlooks by IHS experts followed by interactive discussions. Each session provides in-depth insight on strategies, risk, and opportunities in their respective topic area.
 

Operational Excellence – Integrating Sustainability into Organizations
• Dorney Douglass, Senior Director EHS & Sustainability
• Joseph Stough, VP Innovation Technologies, EHS & Sustainability
• Scott Lockhart, VP EHS & Sustainability (Chair)
 

Asia Gas and Coal – Where Will We Be in 2025?
• John Howland, Senior Director, Coal
• Xiaomin Liu, Associate Director, Asia Coal
• James Ooi, Director Gas & Power
• Tony Taylor, Research Director and Advisor, Global Gas
• Mark Hutchinson, Director, Asian Energy Consulting (Chair)
 

Latin American Power and State Participation
• David Crisostomo, Associate, Mexico and Andean Power
• Roberto Cunha, Senior Research Analyst
• Emanuel Simon, Associate, Southern Cone Power
• Timothy Stephure, Associate Director, Latin America Energy
• Raul Timponi, Associate, Southern Cone Power
• Lisa Pearl, Director, Latin America Energy (Chair)
 

North American Power: The Reaction of Markets and Technology to Abundant Natural Gas
• Kristian Bodek, Director, North American Power
• Alex Klein, Research Director, Clean and Renewable Power
• Venkat Suravarapu, Director, North American Power
• Patricia DiOrio, Director, North American Power (Chair)
 

European Power: The Threat to The Greening of European Power
• Federico Ferrario, Principal Researcher, European Gas and Power
• Susanne Hounsell, Senior Research Analyst, European Gas and Power
• Thomas Tindall, Senior Principal Researcher, Power Consulting
• Philippe Vassilopoulos, Principal Researcher, European Gas and Power
• Fabien Roques, Senior Director, European Power and Carbon (Chair)
 

The Future of Middle East and North African Power
• Andy Barrett, Senior Advisor, Global Gas and Power
• Keith Hays, Senior Director, Solar Power
• Paul Markwell, Managing Director, Upstream Research & Strategy
• Simon Sole, CEO, Exclusive Analysis and Senior Intelligence Advisor, IHS
• Leila Benali, Director, Energy, Middle East and Africa. (Chair)
 
North American Natural Gas: What to Expect?
• Sam Andrus, Senior Manager Research, Energy Insight
• Rafael McDonald, Director, Global Gas and LNG
• Hill Vaden, Director, Upstream Oil and Gas Analysis
• Mary Barcella, Director, North American Gas (Chair)
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Conference wide reception
Hosted by
7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner & Keynote Address
 

• Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation; Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Friday 3/8
Friday 3/8
IHS Forum at CERAWeek: Energy and the Next 30 Years
Chaired by Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS
8:15 am - 9:15 am
Breakfast & Opening Address
 

Tectonic Shifts: Demographic Surprises in the Middle East – and on the Horizon Elsewhere
• Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
9:25 am - 10:00 am
Global Keynote
 

The Thirty Year Vision: The Technology Imperative
• Michael Dolan, Senior Vice President, Exxon Mobil Corporation
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am - 11:30 am
Concurrent Plenaries
 

The Next Revolution: Automation, Robotics and Networked Energy Enterprise
• Jim Fowler, CIO, GE Power Generation Services.
• Steve Horn, Senior Vice President, Fossil Generation, Luminant
• Larry Madin, Head of Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Judson Jacobs, Director, Upstream (Chair)
• Arshad Matin, Executive Vice President, Global Products and Services (Chair)
 

Climate Change and Energy Transition: The Long View
• James L. Connaughton, Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor, Exelon Corporation
• Samantha Gross, Director, Integrated Research, IHS
• Xihong Li, President, Economics & Development Research Institute, Sinopec
• Dr. Richard Newell, Director, Duke University Energy Initiative; Professor, Duke University
• Atul Arya, Senior Vice President, Energy Insight (Chair)
11:35 am - 12:10 pm
Keynote
 

The Future of Competitiveness in a Globalized World
• Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation
12:10 pm - 12:45 pm
Closing Keynote
 

Cyber Threats: Fighting the Battle of the Future
• General Michael Hayden, Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Former Director of the National Security Agency
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch
• Agenda at a Glance
• Detailed Agenda

*Speakers and topics are subject to change