• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Dr. Fatih Birol

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Executive Director

Dr. Fatih Birol has served as the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since September 2015. Under Dr. Birol’s leadership, the IEA has undertaken its first comprehensive modernization program since its creation in 1974. This effort focuses on three pillars: opening the doors of the IEA to include major emerging countries, broadening the IEA’s energy security mandate, and making the IEA the global hub for clean energy technologies and energy efficiency. Prior to his nomination as Executive Director, Dr. Birol spent over 20 years at the IEA, rising through the ranks to the position of Chief Economist. He has been named by Forbes Magazine as among the most influential people on the world’s energy scene and was recognized by the Financial Times in 2017 as Energy Personality of the Year. Dr. Birol chairs the World Economic Forum’s (Davos) Energy Advisory Board and serves on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on “Sustainable Energy for All.

Sessions With Dr. Fatih Birol

Monday, 11 March

  • 04:30pm - 05:15pm (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation with Fatih Birol: Solving Energy and Climate Puzzle

    Interview Technology/Innovation

    Dr. Birol returns to the Agora for a deep discussion on energy transition. How fast can technology drive this change? How is geopolitics shaping global energy markets? Why is shale the game changer? Can renewables become a significant portion of the world's energy mix? Is there irrational exuberance about the pace of EV penetration? Interviewed by Atul Arya, SVP and Chief Energy Strategist, IHS Markit.

  • 05:50pm - 06:30pm (CST) / -

    Global Oil Markets Dialogue

    Panel Oil Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics
  • 07:30pm - 09:00pm (CST) / -

    US Energy Abundance & Geopolitics

    Panel Gas Oil Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics

    Shale oil and gas are making the United States the world’s biggest producer of hydrocarbons. Is American energy abundance shattering the precepts of global energy geopolitics? Will OPEC continue to exist? Will US supplies affect relations between Saudi Arabia and Russia and their roles in energy markets? Can China, as the world’s biggest oil importer, influence geopolitical dynamics with its suppliers?