2008 ASPO-USA World Oil Conference - Full Program Details

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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Time	Session

11:00 AM to 7:30 PM	Conference Registration
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions 1
Three concurrent sessions: TRACK A: Reporting the Oil Story Room: Regency D - Erica Etelson, San Francisco Chronicle - Bart Anderson, Energy Bulletin - Neil King, Wall Street Journal - Moderator: John Theobald, University of California, Davis TRACK B: Investing in the New Energy Economy Room: Regency EF - Jim Hansen, independent financial consultant - Richard Vodra, Spire Investment Partners, LLC, *Something’s Coming: Surmises, Surprises and Scenarios Planning* - Jim Puplava, Financial Sense, *Wall Street Bull* - Moderator: Rick Schechter, M. Gottlieb Associates TRACK C: Analyses from The Oil Drum I *Room: Carmel A & B* - Gail Tverberg, The Oil Drum, *Peak Oil and the Economy* - Chuck Watson, The Oil Drum, *Assessing the Vulnerability of the Oil and Gas Industry to Hurricanes and Other Hazards - Moderator: Kyle Saunders*, (Prof. Goose) Colorado State University

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM	Break and Networking
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions 2
Three concurrent breakout sessions TRACK A: Reporting the Oil Story - Part 2 Room: Regency D - Robert Collier University of California, Berkeley - Lisa Margonelli New America Foundation - Tom Whipple ASPO Peak Oil Daily News, Peak Oil Review - Moderator: John Theobald, University of California, Davis TRACK B: Scenarios Planning for State and Local Government Room: Regency EF - Bryn Davidson, Dynamic Cities Project, *The Nexus of Peak Oil, Climate Change & Infrastructure* - Dan Bednarz, Energy & Healthcare Consultants - Rep. Terry Backer, Connecticut Legislature - John Kaufmann, Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy - Dick Lawrence, ASPO-USA - Moderator: Debbie Cook, Mayor Huntington Beach, CA *TRACK C: Analyses from The Oil Drum II Room: Carmel A &* B - Robert Rapier, EIA, IEA and CERA - Jeff Vail, Geopolitical Feedback Loops & Disruptions in Global Oil Supply - Moderator: Nate Hagens**, The University of Vermont (Gund Institute)

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM	Meet and Greet Opening Reception
Join the conference speakers; network. Hors d�oeuvres and cash bar. Room: Vines Restaurant-Inside & Outside

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Special Evening Speaker
OPEC - Dilemmas, Issues and Responses Peter Wells, Neftex Petroleum Consultants, Ltd Introduction by Steve Andrews

Monday, September 22, 2008
Time	Session

7:00 AM to 5:00 PM	DAY 1: DEMAND, MEET SUPPLY
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM to 5:00 PM	Conference Registration
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM	Welcome and Introductions
Welcome from conference hosts Steve Andrews Co-Founder ASPO-USA; Debbie Cook ASPO-USA Board Member Brief Remarks from Kjell Aleklett (President, ASPO-International)

8:30 AM to 10:00 AM	Oil: Once Cheap, Never Easy
Moderator: Sally Odland, ASPO-USA Board Member *Petroleum 101* Ken Verosub, Professor of Geology, University of California, Davis *Alaskan Oil: Prudoe Bay Discovery and Outlook for North Slope Oil* Gil Mull, Alaska Geological Survey, retired *Peak Oil Global Overview, An American Wake Up Call* Jeremy Gilbert, Barrelmore, Ltd., formerly BP Chief Petroleum Engineer Question & Answer

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM	Break and Networking
10:15 AM to 11:45 AM	Pipedreams: Oil & Gas Delivery Bottlenecks
Moderator: Randy Udall, ASPO-USA Board Member *Google Earth Fly-over Global Energy Infrastructure* Morey Wolfson, ASPO-USA Board Member *Aging Infrastructure, Workforce, et al.* Matthew Simmons, Simmons & Co., International Peak Everything - Water, Raw Materials, Other Constraints Nate Hagens, The University of Vermont (Gund Institute) *Question & Answer*

11:45 AM to 12:00 PM	Short Break Before Lunch
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM	Lunch and Awards
M. King Hubbert Awards. The Shifting Playing field. Big Oil and Resource Nationalism - Jim Buckee retired CEO, Talisman Energy - Introduction by Jeremy Gilbert

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM	Economic Impacts of $100 Oil: Energy is the Original Currency
Moderator: Jim Puplava, Financial Sense "Wall Street Bull" *Triple Digit Oil Prices Will Reverse Globalization* Jeff Rubin, Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets *Adjusting to a High Cost Energy Economy: Winners and Losers* Herman Franssen, International Energy Associates *Question & Answer*

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM	Break and Networking
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM	4 Billion New Consumers: What Asian Growth Means For East, West, and The World
Moderator: John Theobald, University of California, Davis *China and Energy in the 21st Century* David Fridley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - China Energy Group *Asia's Impacts on Commodities and Minerals* Vince Matthews, Colorado State Geologist *Question & Answer*

5:00 PM to 5:30 PM	Summary/ Responder and Wrap-Up
Conference "guest responder" Robert Hirsch will offer comments. Hosts preview the evening and Tuesday, and adjourn.

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM	Networking Reception
Please join us for hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Room: Pool Deck and Amourath Patios

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM	Special Evening Panel
Visions of a Post-Peak Oil Future A Conversation with Dennis Hayes, James Howard Kunstler and Randy Udall, Moderated by Richard Brenne