Featured Speakers


Tony Hayward
Group Chief Executive
BP p.l.c.

Jeroen van der Veer
Chief Executive
Royal Dutch Shell plc

H.E. Ali Ibrahim Al-Naimi
Minister of Petroleum
and Mineral Resources
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

H.E. Gerhard Schröder
Former Chancellor of Germany

Philippe Joubert
Executive VP, Alstom Group, President, Alstom Power Systems

Rick Wagoner
Chairman and CEO
GM

Fred Krupp
President
Environmental
Defense Fund

Dr. Ralph Izzo
Chairman, President
and CEO, PSEG

Aubrey K. McClendon
Chairman and CEO
Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Kenneth Rogoff
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Andrew Gould
Chairman and CEO
Schlumberger Ltd.

Saad Al-Shuwaib
CEO
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

Dr. Jesus Reyes Heroles
Director General
Petroleos Mexicanos

Andrew Liveris
Chairman and CEO
The Dow Chemical Company

Risk and the Rebuilding of Confidence:

Energy Strategies for a Turbulent Economy

CERAWeek 2009, our 28th annual event, will be a unique opportunity to grapple with the new global energy future in this time of financial and economic turbulence. Abrupt changes in markets, prices, and demand are creating urgent challenges across all the energy industries, while technology and new policies are raising fresh uncertainties for 2009 and far beyond. The Executive Conference and related events will provide unique insight into the choices faced by decision-makers across all sectors. Nearly 2000 CERAWeek delegates will hear from more than 150 leading industry executives, policy makers, the CERA team, and experts from across IHS. To provide understanding of the current economic crisis and its impact on energy and investment, we are holding a Special Economic Forum on Thursday evening. We look forward to seeing you this coming February in Houston.

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New in 2009

Enhanced
Executive Pass

The Executive Pass is designed to maximize the value of your CERAWeek experience through expanded access to the integrated, global insight... more

Expanded CERAWeek Online Coverage

This year, CERAWeek Online will provide over 85 hours of streaming video coverage from ALL conference sessions...
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Comprehensive Power Program

CERAWeek 2009 will provide three days of in depth and comprehensive insight into the future of the global and North American power industries... more

Themes
  • Energy Markets in Turmoil
  • Middle East Geopolitics
  • Demand in the Emerging Markets
  • Mature Asset Strategies
  • Opportunities for the Internal Combustion Engine Amid New Competition
  • Canadian Oil Sands
  • Refining Challenges
  • The New Fundamentals and the Global Fissures Scenario?
  • Global Gas: Breaking with Convention
  • Capital Projects - Can the Industry Stretch and Do More with Less?
  • The Role of Technology in Realizing Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources
  • Russian Gas Supply
  • Natural Gas Vehicles: Infrastucture, Fuel Availability, and Policy
  • Employing Expertise in the New Global Workplace
  • Impact of Climate Legislation on the North American Gas Industry
  • North American Natural Gas: Economic Restructuring and the New Realities
  • LNG: The Long View
  • European Gas: The Price of Security
  • The Convergence: Food, Biology, and Energy
  • The Environmental Case for Coal
  • The Future of North American Power
  • Financing Power Assets and M&A in the New Economy
  • Trends in Global Power Development - Meeting and Sourcing the Next Spurt of Growth
  • Electric Vehicles: Technology Choices and Global Trends
  • US Policy - What's ahead for the Electric Power Industry
  • The Future of Electric Power in China
  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
  • Smarter Grids
  • Capital Cost Escalation in Electric Power
  • Incentivizing Innovation
  • The Future of the Global Economy
  • The Role of Energy Efficiency in Carbon Abatement Strategies
  • Nuclear Power and Supply Chain Challenges
  • Building New More Efficient Coal Plants to Replace the Less Efficient Fleet
  • Strategies for Thriving in a Dramatically Changing Upstream Environment
  • Steam Coal and Coking Coal Forecasts
  • Does the Credit Crsis Slow Down Wind Speeds?
  • Solar Energy: Battling for Market Share
  • The Energy-Water Nexus
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Benefits of Participation

Attending CERAWeek will enhance your ability to identify and interpret the geopolitical, macroeconomic, and technological forces that are driving the global energy industry. This knowledge enables more effective strategy development and sharper decisionmaking by providing:

  • Signpost monitoring from CERA's groundbreaking Scenarios Project
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