8:00 am Welcome and Introductions

•  Alison McGuigan-Lewis, Senior Trade Commissioner, Austrade

8:30 am A Changing View from Down Under and Impacts on Australian-American Energy Strategies

•  Hon. Richard Court, Former Premier and Treasurer, Western Australia

 

9:00 am New Frontiers: Meeting the Challenge of New Operating Environments

•  Nigel Smith, President, Development, BHP Billiton Petroleum

 

9:30 am Into the Future – Technology Leads the Way

•  Mark Stickells, Chief Executive, Western Australian Energy Research Alliance

10:15 am Australian LNG and North American Shale Gas – A Big Bet on Future Energy?

• David Pruner, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Gas and Power Sales, Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
• Patrick Blough, Vice President, Gas Commercialization, Chevron Global Gas
• Sean Bolks, Director of Fundamental Analysis, Structuring and Government Affairs, Apache Corporation
• Clay Harris, President and CEO, GDF SUEZ Gas NA
• Brett Mudford, Vice President, Macquarie Cook Energy

 

11:45 am Lunch Keynote: Crisis in Context

• Michael Ware, CNN International Correspondent Chief Primetime Foreign Correspondent

 

12:45 pm Clean Energy for the Future – Coal Seam Gas and Renewables

• Hon. Peter Beattie, Trade Commissioner to the Americas, Queensland Government

 

1:15 pm Energy: Opportunities, Investments, Innovations

• Roy Long, Technology Manager, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory 
• Kelly Beninga, Global Director, Renewable Energy, WorleyParsons
• Cliff Eberle, Composite Materials Technology Development Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Joel Goldblatt, President, Bluenergy Solarwind, Inc.
• Keith Meyer, Chairman and CEO, Sunthenoil LLC
• Mark Spoon, President and CEO,  Emissions Technology
• John Tombari, President, Schlumberger Carbon Services 

  

3:00 pm The Road Ahead: An Executive Conversation

• Charles (Chuck) Williamson, Former Chairman and CEO, Unocal Corp
• Bruce Vincent, IPAA Chairmen and President of Swift Energy

 

3:45 pm Business Considerations Regarding Climate Change

•  Herb Listen, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

  

4:15 pm Opportunities and Challenges in the Emerging Policy Environment

• Rob Toker, Senior Vice President, SCC Americas
• Robert Harriss, President and CEO, Houston Advanced Research Center
• Mark McCallum, Deputy Chief Executive, Policy and External Relations, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association
• Kelly Sims, Senior Investment Manager, San Francisco and USA Team Leader, Austrade

5:30 pm Our Energy Future: Developing Energy Cooperation between the US and Australia

• Hon. David Stuart, Chargé d'Affaires and Acting Head of Mission, Australian Embassy in the U.S.