Please note: This agenda will be updated after the conference and is not our final agenda. Our final agenda has been mailed to you or will be provided upon registration on site.
Agenda Highlights
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Time
Session
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
ASPO-USA Business Meeting (Board and Advisory Board)
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Conference Registration
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Opening Reception at Boston University
Join the conference speakers; network; get a head start on the conference. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. (Included with full registration)
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Climate Change...with a Peak Oil Twist
Evening event open to all (limited to room capacity). Cameron Wake (UNH) presents latest deep ice core findings from Antarctica; Harvard Professor Dr. Dan Schrag takes a look at climate consequences of the rush to alternative liquid fuels, and the prospects for CO2 reduction / sequestration; Charles Komanoff discusses a tax on carbon emissions.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Time
Session
7:15 AM to 7:55 AM
Buffet Breakfast (Included with full registration)
A buffet-style breakfast to start the ASPO-USA Boston Conference
8:00 AM to 8:20 AM
Welcome & Introductions
Welcome/intro from conference co-hosts ASPO-USA (Dick Lawrence, chair; Scott Pugh, Executive Director) and Boston University (Robert Kaufmann, Center for Energy & Environmental Studies. Comments from Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino (invited).
7:30 AM to 5:05 PM
Conference Registration
8:20 AM to 9:45 AM
Supply Side: Oil & Gas Depletion Update 2006
- Mike Rodgers (PFC Energy): Oil Production Perspective, Peak Oil Prospect Update;
- David Hughes (Geological Survey of Canada): North American Natural Gas Supply;
- Q&A session
9:45 AM to 10:10 AM
Break and Networking
10:10 AM to 11:35 AM
Depletion Update (part 2)
- Jeremy Gilbert (former Chief Petroleum Engineer for BP): "Reserves—What Are They?";
- Matt Simmons (Chairman, Simmons & Co. Int’l): “The 51st State – Denial” – learnings since publication of Twilight in the Desert
- Q&A session
11:35 AM to 12:00 PM
Depletion Update (part 3)
Response to the supply-side story—looking into the public domain numbers, and how the media view is shifting on the Peak Oil (and Gas) story.
- Stuart Staniford (The Oil Drum) and Tom Whipple (ASPO-USA)
12:00 PM to 1:10 PM
Lunch and Keynote
- Buffet lunch (Included with full registration)
- 2006 M. King Hubbert Awards
- Art Smith (CEO John S. Herold, Inc); "The Depletion Story from a Company-by-Company Perspective"
1:10 PM to 1:25 PM
Break and Networking
1:25 PM to 3:15 PM
Natural Gas in North America & Europe; Unconventional Fossil Fuels
- David Hughes (Geological Survey of Canada): "North American Natural Gas Production Trend and Implications for Canadian Tar Sands Production” - Dr. Ezra D. Hausman (Senior Associate, Synapse Energy Economics): Liquid Natural Gas – Current Trends and Future Directions - James Hunt III, Boston Mayor's Office: Liquid Natural Gas and New England – Dr. James T. Bartis (Senior policy analyst, The Rand Corp.); "Being Realistic about Shale Oil & Tar Sands” - Q & A
3:15 PM to 3:40 PM
Break and Networking
3:40 PM to 4:35 PM
Alternate Renewable Liquid Fuels
- Milton Maciel (Organic Farmer; former Secretary of Agriculture, Alagoas State, Brazil): "Sugar Cane and Corn to Ethanol"
- Lee Lynd (invited - Dartmouth University): "Technology for Cellulosic Ethanol" - Q&A
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Alternative Electrical Supply
- Jim Gordon (CapeWind) “Offshore Wind Power Potential in the United States”
- Steven Strong (Solar Design Associates, Inc.) – “PV Solar Opportunities and Barriers” - Q & A
5:30 PM to 5:45 PM
Wrap-Up and Comments by John Darnell
6:15 PM to 7:15 PM
Thursday Night Reception
Meet the speakers, check out the book table & sponsors; light evening food & beverage. (Included with full registration)
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Book and Film Night
Peak Oil at the Movies and Book Store: A collection of memorable film clips from movies and/or documentaries, with oil or energy themes. Authors of recent books on the peak oil issue share comments and readings from their books.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Time
Session
7:15 AM to 7:50 AM
Buffet Breakfast (Included with full registration)
A buffet-style breakfast to start the 2nd day of ASPO-USA's Boston Conference
7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Conference Registration
8:00 AM to 9:35 AM
Economics & Energy
- Dr. Robert Kaufmann (Boston University, Center for Energy & Environmental Studies) will moderate & present.
- William R. Clark (Johns Hopkins University, author Petrodollar Warfare)
- Dr. Roger Bezdek (President MISI): “Economic Impacts of Liquid Fuel Mitigation Options” (follow-up to the Hirsch Report, 2/05)
- Q&A
9:35 AM to 9:55 AM
Break and Networking
9:55 AM to 11:30 AM
Transportation and Peak Oil
- John Heywood (Director, MIT’s Sloan Automotive Lab): "Opportunities for Reducing Oil Demand for Transportation"
- Bill Reinert (Toyota Motor Sales, USA): "How Far Can We Go with Car Technology Options?"
- Andy Frank (Professor, UC at Davis) – "The Plug-In Hybrid and Power Networks"
-Q&A
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Buffet Lunch (Included with full registration)
- Lunch speaker: Ali Samsam Bakhtiari (formerly with Iranian National Oil Co.): "The Middle East and Peak Oil"
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Peak Oil and Global Energy Security
- Kelly Sims Gallagher (Harvard University): "China's Automobile Growth and Implications for World Oil Markets"
- Michael Klare (Hampshire College, author of Blood and Oil and Resource Wars) "Geostrategic Implications of Peak Oil"
- Q & A
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Net Energy, Energy Accounting, World Energy Modeling
Dick Lawrence (ASPO-USA), Cutler Cleveland (Boston University), Charlie Hall (SUNY at Syracuse, NY)
2:15 PM to 3:15 PM
Energy Policy – Local & State: Peak Oil’s Impact on Planning
Debbie Cook (City Council, Huntington Beach, CA and ASPO-USA Board Member): Moderator and First Presenter
- James Hunt III (City of Boston)
- Tom Whipple (VA)
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Break and Networking
3:15 PM to 5:30 PM
Peak Oil and Energy Policy, from Local to Global
Debbie Cook and Randy Udall, moderators (ASPO-USA Board Members)
- Julian Darley (founder of Post-Carbon Institute)
- U.S. Representative Ed Markey (D-MA, Senior Member of House Energy & Commerce Committee) invited
- The Depletion Protocol - Richard Heinberg
- Policy Q & A
5:30 PM to 5:40 PM
Conference Wrap-up; Updates & Preview of Saturday Sessions
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Time
Session
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Saturday Gathering: Welcome, set up for Workshops and Break-Out Sessions
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions and Workshops
Peak Oil and the Internet Working group for Webmasters and bloggers, co-led by Daniel Colonnese, founder of PeakOil.com and Greg Geyer, Terrachord
