27th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference - September 16-19, 2007
Program Registration Accommodations General Information Sponsors Students Special Events

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

SUNDAY 9/16 & MONDAY 9/17 | TUESDAY 9/18 & WEDNESDAY 9/19 | PRINTABLE PROGRAM

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

REGISTRATION

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm • Registration Desk – Westheimer

opening reception

5:30 pm – 8:30 pm • Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch (1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX  77019)

Bus transportation leaves the Post Oak Hilton hotel main entrance for the reception at 5:00 pm sharp.

Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian (Keynote Speaker)
Founding Director
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University

"Geopolitics of Oil"

 

USAEE & IAEE Council Functions

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

REGISTRATION

7:00 am – 6:30 pm • Registration Desk – Westheimer

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:00 am – 8:00 am • Foyer 2
Sponsored by: ConocoPhillips, Inc.

Student scholarship meeting

7:00 am – 8:00 am • San Felipe A&B
Sponsored by: TBA

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

8:00 am – 8:30 am • Ballroom A

Peter Nance (Presiding)
Sr Principal, Teknecon Energy Risk Advisors, LLC
General Conference Chair

Peter Hartley
Professor of Economics, Rice University
Program Co-Chair

Troy Thompson
Market Intelligence Manager, Chevron Corporation
Program Co-Chair

Mayor Bill White (Keynote Speaker)

Mayor, Sustainable Growth Initiatives

City of Houston

PLENARY SESSION:
Supply and access

8:30 am – 10:00 am • Ballroom A

Meeting growing energy demand over the coming decades will be a difficult challenge.  View Full Description

Andrew Slaughter (Presiding)
Senior North American Energy Advisor
Shell Exploration and Production Company

AND

Don Knop (Presiding)
Economic and Planning Consultant
Williams Gas Pipeline Group

PANEL:

Fareed Mohamedi
Head of Markets and Country Strategies
PFC Energy

Rod Nelson
Vice President of Strategic Marketing
Schlumberger
"National Petroleum Council Global Oil & Gas Study"

Edward Kelly
Vice President, North American Gas and Power
Wood Mackenzie

COFFEE BREAK

10:00 am – 10:30 am • Foyer 2

Sponsored by: Strategic Energy and Economic Research

DUAL PLENARY SESSION:

Delivering Energy:  Managing the Risks of Infrastructure Development?

10:30 am – 12:00 pm • Ballroom A

Dynamic changes in fuels and technologies, sources of supply and delivery systems have increased uncertainty in the energy business. View Full Description

Dick Snyder (Presiding)

Director Business Development:  Planning and Analysis, CenterPoint Energy

AND

Blake Eskew (Presiding)

Vice President, Purvin and Gertz

Phillip D. Wright

President
Williams Gas Pipelines

"Building Critical Energy Infrastructure...A Global Challenge "

Stephen J.J. Letwin

Executive VP, Gas Transportation & International

Enbridge Energy, Inc

Keith Little

President, Sabine Pass LNG

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

"The Outlook for U.S. LNG Imports"

DUAL PLENARY SESSION:

Alternative energy & efficiency

10:30 am – 12:00 pm • Ballroom B

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Amy Jaffe (Presiding)
Fellow in Energy Studies, Rice University

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Terry Cantorna (Presiding)
Business Development Manager, Shell Wind Energy Inc.

Skip Laitner
Senior Economist for Tech Policy, ACEEE

"Size and Scope of Energy Efficiency Investments in the U.S. Market"

Richard Zalesky

Vice President of Biofuels and Hydrogen

Chevron Technology Ventures

"Expanding the Integration of Biofuels into the Energy Industry"

James M. Tour

Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor in MEMS and in Computer Science

Rice University

"The Potential Effect of Frontier Nanotechnology Research on Energy Markets"

luncheon

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm • Ballroom C

Sponsored by: TBA

Peter Nance (Presiding)

Sr Principal, Teknecon Energy Risk Advisors, LLC
General Conference Chair

USAEE Adelman/Frankel Award presented to James Sweeney

Charles R. Zimmerman, P.E. (Keynote Speaker)

VP, Prototype and New Format Development

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

"The Continuing Evolution of Sustainable Facilities at Wal-Mart "


CONCURRENT SESSIONS:  1 to 7

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

COFFEE BREAK

3:30 pm to 4:00 pm • Foyer 2

Sponsored by: Lexecon

CONCURRENT SESSIONS:  8 to 14

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

USAEE Chapter Leadership Meeting

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm • Aesops Room

conference Reception

5:30 pm – 6:15 pm • Foyer 2/3

Sponsored by: GSE SpA

Dinner

6:15 pm – 9:00 pm • Ballroom

Sponsored by: TBA

Andrew Slaughter (Presiding)
Senior North American Energy Advisor
Shell Exploration and Production Company

USAEE Sr Fellow Awards presented to Wumi Iledare, James Smith and Mine Yucel

USAEE Student Best Paper Awards presentation

Randy Braud (Keynote Speaker)

Controller, Shell Oil USA

"US Energy Security: The Challenges, the Opportunities"

 

 

 

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Tuesday and Wednesday

 

 

 
 

 

  SUPPORTED BY:
USAEE
IAEE
 
 

FOR MORE INFORMATION :

Conference Secretariat
USAEE/IAEE Headquarters
28790 Chagrin Blvd.,
Suite 350
Cleveland, OH 44122 USA
Tel: 216-464-2785
Fax: 216-464-2768