Agenda Overview

Steve Andrews, Conference Co-Chair; Co-founder, ASPO-USA
Randy Udall, Conference Co-Chair; Co-founder, ASPO-USA; Executive Director, Community Office for Resource Efficiency
Dr. Kathleen Beatty, Dean, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver

8:15-8:45
The Peak Oil Context
Tom Petrie, Co-founder Petrie/Parkman: 
Production overview, current and trends, conventional and unconventional oil.

8:45 - 9:15
Expansion vs. Depletion
Chris Skrebowski, Editor, Petroleum Review:
Major new oil projects coming on line vs. depletion. The deepwater push for oil. The view from Europe.

9:15 - 9:45
Question & Answer
Opportunity for questions, answers and open discussion between speakers and audience.

10:10 - 10:40
What We Know and What We Think We Know
Jeremy Gilbert, British Petroleum Chief Petroleum Engineer (Retired): The ASPO-Ireland (Association for the Study of Peak Oil) Numbers; Alaska's Past, Present & Future

10:40 - 11:10
Peak Oil: Myth Vs. Reality
Henry Groppe, Founder, Groppe, Long & Littell: A Perspective from a long time participant.

11:10 - 11:35
Drilling with Charlie and John
Charles Brister, Experienced Driller: Insights from a field hand about technology, constraints, and peak oil.
John Barnes, Chairman, B & R Energy: Shares his experience with drilling in Texas today.

11:35 - 12:00
Question & Answers
Opportunity for questions, answers & open discussion between previous speakers & audience.

First Annual M. King Hubbert Awards

Keynote:
Matthew R. Simmons, Chairman & CEO, Simmons & Co.: Zeroing in on Peak Hydrocarbon Use

Charles Hall, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science, State University of New York:
Net Energy: The backdrop for all forward thinking about substitute liquid fuels.

Randy Udall: Not all oil is created equal.

Dennis L. Yacobson, CEO, Rentech: Quick history & planned new development.

Biofuels
Michael Pacheco, PhD, Director, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Biodiesel
Jeff Probst, Chairman and CEO, Blue Sun Biodiesel

Cash Bar
Hors D'oeuvres Sponsored by Marvin Gottlieb & Associates

Gregory Green, Director/Writer of The End of Suburbia will preview portions of his upcoming film, Escape from Suburbia

Melody Chase, Actress/Star of Oil Storm, will host airing of parts of prescient, made-for-TV movie aired in summer 2005 in which documentary-style footage reveals the aftermath of disastrous events that disrupt the flow of oil to the United States.

Megan Quinn, Outreach Director for The Community Solution will show and comment on their documentary, The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil.

Andrew Evans, Director/Producer of The End of the Oil Age to be finished in 2006 with initial broadcast interest from the BBC.

In Meeting Room 1 of the Sherman Street Events Center.

The Net Energy issue underpins all discussions about subsitute fuels. The goal of this forum is to explore together science-based processes that will enable us to methodically evaluate our options. We will review Net Energy history, summarize current developments and point toward essential next steps. We really want your input. We do not have all the answers.

Moderated by Richard Lawrence, Co-founder, ASPO-USA; Intel

Participants:

Ron Swenson, Publisher & Editor, The Coming Oil Crisis Website (http://www.oilcrisis.com/Swenson/)

Charles Hall, Distinguished Professor, Environmental Sciences, State University, New York

John Sheehan, Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Charles T. Maxwell, Weedon & Co.
Includes Question & Answer

Jason Mark, Clean Vehicles Program Director, Union of Concerned Scientists: Fleet changeout, vehicle efficiency and technology issues.

Kelli Kammerer, Honda: A Quick Overview of Honda's Hybrid and Civic GX (dedicated natural gas vehicle).

Includes Question & Answer

Steve Mut, CEO Shell Unconventional Resources Unit: Oil Shale, where we are and where we might go.

Washington Reality: The process of and hope for adding peak oil into today's Washington D.C. policy debates and decisions.

Introductions by Mayor John Hickenlooper and U.S. Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO)

Paul Morris, Parson Brinkerhoff, Placemaking Division

Terrey Penney, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Brief comments by and a discussion between civic leaders and two peak oil commentators: individuals who must balance and integrate peak oil with multiple competing demands and individuals who are working hard to develop and implement community-based strategies that address peak oil impacts.

Moderated by Beth Conover, Special Advisor for Sustainable Development, Office of the Mayor, City and County of Denver

The Honorable Jack Pommer, Chair Transportation and Energy Committee, Colorado House of Representatives

Mary Buckley, Director of Business Development, Office of Economic Development, City and County of Denver

Pat Murphy, Executive Director, Community Service, Inc.

Julian Darley, Founder, Post Carbon Institute and Global Public Media

Conference Co-chairs, Steve Andrews & Randy Udall

Interactive question & answer session between audience and final panel, inviting comments from all speakers.

Closing Remarks.

OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES

At the Sherman Street Events Center. Cash "breakfast bar" available. No additional registration fee.

The first face to face organizational meeting of the newly founded Association for the Study of Peak Oil - USA.

Moderated by Jim Baldauf (B&R Energy), Ron Cooke (The Cultural Economist), Dick Lawrence (Intel): Co-founders, ASPO-USA.