About CERAWeek

the Who’s Who list of the global energy industry” - Houston Chronicle

About CERAWeek

For nearly forty years, CERAWeek has been providing an integrated framework for understanding what’s ahead for global energy markets, geopolitics, and technology. Participants include senior executives, government officials, thought leaders, academics, technology innovators and financial leaders.​ 

Our Mission 

CERAWeek brings together global leaders to advance new ideas, insight and solutions to the biggest challenges facing the future of energy, the environment, and climate. Now in its 39th year, CERAWeek is widely considered to be the most prestigious annual gathering of CEOs and Ministers from global energy and utilities, as well as automotive, manufacturing, policy and financial communities, along with a growing presence of tech. It has been described by the Financial Times as the ‘the Davos of energy,’ and by Politico as the “industry’s Super Bowl.” CNBC called it “the world’s preeminent energy conference.” CERAWeek was rated one of the top five overall “corporate leader” conferences in the world.​

Like all CEOs, I receive many invitations to address conferences. The first question I always ask, how will this benefit Saudi Aramco? The second question is, how will this benefit our industry? And the third question I always ask, will Dan Yergin be involved? Of course, you have CERAWeek … with Dan Yergin, really hits the trifecta.”

-Amin Nasser, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco

The CERAWeek Community 

The CERAWeek community is a unique gathering of top global energy executives and leading members of the industrial, automotive, manufacturing and technology communities, as well as public policy-officials, financial institutions, tech, and thought leaders. In 2019, CERAWeek brought together over 5,000 participants, representing 90 countries - including three U.S. Cabinet Secretaries, both the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Energy Committee, forty energy ministers, CEOs from the major oil companies, as well as CEOs from leading global power, renewables, infrastructure, automotive, technology, infrastructure, chemicals and financial firms. Also participating were a dozen city mayors, heads US national laboratories, and preeminent academics from MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and Rice – along with more than 150 start-ups. 

Previous speakers have included Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Rwanda President Paul Kagame, Denmark’s Crown Princess Marie, Nobel Laureate Robert Schiller - along with Bill Gates, Mary Barra, Bill Ford, Henry Kissinger, Michael Pompeo, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, author Walter Isaacson, and FedEx CEO Fred Smith. 

Daniel Yergin, IHS Markit Vice Chairman, serves as Chairman of CERAWeek. Dr. Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics and economics. He was described by Fortune as “one of the planet’s foremost thinkers about energy and its implications”; by TIME as the “one man whose opinion matters more than any other on global energy markets”; and by the New York Times as “America’s most influential energy pundit.” Dr. Yergin is author of the Pulitzer Prize- winning book, as well as The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. 

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Impact 

The conference provides an influential platform and podium to communicate important messages that have lasting global impact. CERAWeek receives strong media attention and last year had well over 300 media representatives from around the world. It received strong coverage on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg; the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times and a host of key trade media. It also has a large and rapidly growing social media and digital reach.

CERAWeek History

In 1983, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Daniel Yergin and James Rosenfield. The energy research and consulting firm quickly became known for its critical knowledge and independent analysis on energy markets, geopolitics, industry trends, technology and strategy.

Each year, CERA clients gathered for a few days in Houston, Texas to attend the executive conference where they gained insight into the energy future while connecting with their peers. Over time, the program was expanded to five days of informative sessions and networking opportunities—and named CERAWeek.  

Introduced in 2017, CERAWeek Agora features exciting new programs and formats dedicated  to emerging technologies.  CERAWeek Agora convenes a remarkable community of technologists, investors, thought leaders, government officials and corporate innovators to facilitate meaningful dialogue on the transformational technology platforms that are creating new energy pathways in the energy industry.

The CERAWeek program provides comprehensive insight into the global and regional energy future by addressing key issues and has become the world’s premier energy event.  The conference is distinctive in the extraordinary depth and breadth of its content, attracting global thought leaders and shaping the global energy agenda. 

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