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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time Session
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Conference Registration
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 1

TRACK A: Peak Oil: Scenario Planning: Preparing for Days Ahead
Moderator: Dick Vodra, Worldview Two Planning
- André Angelantoni, Post Peak Living
- John Michael Greer, author of The Archdruid Report

TRACK B: The Outlook for Net Exports of Oil, Natural Gas and Coal
Moderator: Ron Swenson, ASPO-USA
- Jeffrey Brown, Independent Petroleum Geologist
- Jonathan Callahan, Independent consultant

TRACK C: International Peak Oil Perspectives
- Roger Brewster, ASPO Brisbane and PhD Fellow, Bond University, Queensland, Australia
- Dr. Andrea M. Bassi, Deputy Director, Project Development and Modeling, Millennium Institute

 
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 2

TRACK A: Peak Oil: Investing Beyond Oil & Gas
Moderator: Jim Hansen, Ravenna Capital Management
Speakers:
- Charles Schlumberger, The World Bank
- Gregor Macdonald, Gregor.us
- Kevin Hansen, Ravenna Capital Management
- Lily Donge, Calvert Asset Management Co.

TRACK B: Analysis from The Oil Drum
Moderator: Gail Tverberg, Editor, The Oil Drum, "What might trigger a downturn in world oil production"
Speakers:
- Dave Murphy, EROI Institute, SUNY-ESF "EROI, Insidious Feedbacks, and the End of Economic Growth"
- Dave Summers, Curators' Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, "Reaching a Peak? or is this just a Technical Challenge?"
- Jeff Vail, Jeff Vail, LLC, Rescuing Suburbia

TRACK C: Message, Media and Outreach
Moderator: Jim Baldauf, Co-Founder and President, ASPO-USA
Speakers:
- Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen's Energy Program
- David Room, Co-founder of Bay Localize Board Member ASPO-USA
- Sharon Astyk, Writer and Board Member ASPO-USA
- Richard Abraham, author of The Dirty Truth

 
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM to 4:45 PM
Concurrent Breakout Sessions 3

TRACK A: Peak Oil: Strategies for Oil & Gas Investing
Moderator: Jim Hansen, Ravenna Capital Management
Speakers:
- Charley Maxwell, Weeden & Co
- Jason Stevens, Morningstar, Inc.
- Eric Chenoweth, Morningstar, Inc.
- Jim Baldauf, Co-Founder and President, ASPO-USA

TRACK B: Post-Carbon Responses to the Sustainability Quandary
Presented by Post Carbon Institute
How do energy, economic, and environmental issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse?

Moderator: Debbie Cook, Board President, Post Carbon Institute
Speakers:
- PCI Fellows Chris Martenson, Cindy Parker, and Tom Whipple; and Post Carbon Reader editor Daniel Lerch.

TRACK C: Energy Alternatives: What Will Work?
Using energy science in Public Policy and the need for an accurate energy scorecard

Moderator: Ron Swenson, Board Member ASPO-USA
Speakers:
- Charlie Hall, Professor, ESF/SUNY: "Assessing EROI for Old and New Energy Technologies"
- Bill James, President, JIT Corp: "Governing by economic work per unit of energy"
- Carey King, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Texas: "Envisioning EROI from supply to demand, from old to new energy"

 
4:45 PM to 6:00 PM
Meet and Greet Opening Reception
Join the conference speakers; network. Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.
 
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Evening Keynote: Energy and National Security
Conference Introduction by Roscoe Bartlett

Moderator: Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
- Lawrence Rice, Rear Admiral - Director of Strategy and Policy U.S. Joint Forces Command
- Michael Klare, Professor Hampshire College
- Daniel Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel United States Army
 
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Exclusive Networking Event with Keynote Speakers and Energy Leaders
Limited space available. Pre-registration required. Limited to 100 people and part of the peak aware package
 

 
Friday, October 8, 2010
Time Session
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Plenary Day 1: The Energy Outlook
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Conference Registration
7:45 AM to 8:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions

Jim Baldauf, ASPO-USA Co-Founder and President

 
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
The Peak Oil Picture

Moderator: Michael Klare, Hampshire College
- Chris Skrebowski, Energy Institute, London "Latest Analysis of Future Oil Supply Capacity"
- Jeremy Gilbert, Barrelmore Ltd "No We Can't: Uncertainty, Technology, and Risk"

Question and Answer

Keynote Address: Dr. James Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy and CIA Director "The Peak Oil Debate is Over"

 
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Fuel Standards For Trucks: Caveats And Implications For Oil Consumption

- Dr. Roger H Bezdek, PhD, President, Management Information Services, Inc.

 
10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Natural Gas: Abundance or Mirage
Moderator: Dr. Tad Patzek, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
- Arthur Berman, Director, Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc.
- Charles Maxwell, Senior Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co

Question and Answer

 
12:15 PM to 12:30 PM
Break
12:30 PM to 2:15 PM
Lunch Keynote and Awards
Oil and the End of Globalization
Jeff Rubin, former chief economist at CIBC World Markets

Beyond Petroleum: What Are the Options?
Bianca Jagger, Founder and Chair, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation
 
2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM to 4:15 PM
The Coal Question

Moderator: Dr. David A. Summers, Curators' Professor at Missouri University of Science Technology
- Kjell Aleklett, Uppsala University, Sweden Outlook for Coal
- Dr. David Rutledge, California Institute of Technology, Coal, Climate Change, and Peak Oil

Question and Answer

 
4:15 PM to 4:30 PM
Break
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
The Link Between Energy and The Economy
Moderator: Dr. Robert Hirsch, Senior Energy Advisor MISI
- Dr. Chris Martenson, Energy Analyst and Creator, "The Crash Course"
- Nicole Foss, The Automatic Earth, "The Post-Peak Economy"

Question and Answer

 
6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Summary / Responder
Panel of plenary speakers respond to the days proceedings

Including Jeff Rubin and Charlie Maxwell
 
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Networking Reception
Please join us for hors d'oeuvres in exhibit area
 
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Evening Keynote and Discussion
"The Impending World Energy Mess - What it is and What it Means to You"
- Dr. Robert Hirsch, Senior Energy Advisor MISI
 
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Speakers and Members Dinner
Advanced registration required. Free to ASPO-USA Members.
 

 
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Time Session
7:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Plenary Day 2: Beyond Oil: Policy & Solutions
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Conference Registration
8:00 AM to 8:15 PM
Opening Remarks

Terry Backer, State Representative, State of Connecticut

 
8:15 AM to 9:45 AM
Systemic Vulnerabilities

Moderator: Dr. Tad Patzek, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

The Gulf Spill, the Future of Exploration and the Emerging Liquid Fuel Crisis

- Dr. David A. Summers, Curators' Professor at Missouri University of Science Technology
- Arthur Berman, Director, Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc.
- Rick Munroe, Energy Security Analyst, National Farmers Union of Canada

Question and Answer

 
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
The Laws of Energy, Technology and Scale
Moderator: Ron Swenson, Board Member ASPO-USA

- Dr. Tad Patzek, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
- Ken Zweibel, Director The George Washington University Solar Institute

Question and Answer

 
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Lunch and Keynote
Matt Simmons remembrance and establishment of Simmons Memorial Award for Energy Innovation

Lunch Keynote on Energy and Policy by Ralph Nader

 
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Break
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Can We Fill The Gap?

Moderator: Debbie Cook, Former Mayor of City of Huntington Beach, Post Carbon Institute

- Dr. Anthony Perl, Co-author, "Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil"
- Dr. Charles E Schlumberger, Principal Air Transport Specialist: "The Future of Air Transportation"

Question and Answer

 
3:30 PM to 3:45 PM
Break
3:45 PM to 5:00 PM
Can We Fill The Gap? ( part 2)

Moderator: Debbie Cook, Former Mayor of City of Huntington Beach, Post Carbon Institute

- Dr. Brian Czech, President, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy: "Peak Oil, Climate Change and the Steady State Economy"
- Fred Morse, U.S. senior adviser to Abengoa Solar: "Large Scale Renewable Energy"
- Sharon Astyk, Writer and Board Member ASPO-USA: "Can We Feed the Planet After Peak Oil?"

Question and Answer

 
5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Where Do We Go From Here?
Question and Answer session with the day's speakers followed by closing remarks
 

 
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Mr. Jeff Rubin
Former CIBC Chief Economist

Dr. James Schlesinger
Former Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy and CIA Director

Mr. Lawrence Rice
United States Navy

Roscoe Bartlett
United States House of Representatives

Ms. Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation

Mr. Ralph Nader
Energy Reform Advocate

Mr. Chris Skrebowski
Energy Institute, London

Dr. Robert Hirsch
MISI

Mr. Charles Maxwell
Weeden & Co

Mr. Arthur Berman
Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc.; ASPO-USA Board Member

Dr. Roger Bezdek
Management Information Services, Inc.

Mr. Michael Klare
Hampshire College

Mr. Kjell Aleklett
President, ASPO International

Dr. Chris Martenson
CM & Co.

Mr. Jeremy Gilbert
Barrelmore Ltd

Mr. Richard Abraham
The Dirty Truth

Mr. André Angelantoni
Post Peak Living

Ms. Sharon Astyk
Writer; Farmer; ASPO-USA Board Member

Mr. Terry Backer
State of Connecticut

Mr. Jim Baldauf
Co-Founder and President, ASPO-USA

Mr. Andrea Bassi
Millennium Institute

Mr. Roger Brewster
Bond University, Queensland, Australia

Mr. Jeffrey Brown
Independent Petroleum Geologist; ASPO-USA Board Member

Dr. Jonathan Callahan
Mazama Science

Mr. Eric Chenoweth, CFA
Morningstar, Inc.

Ms. Debbie Cook
Post Carbon Institute

Dr. Brian Czech
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

Mr. Daniel Davis
United States Army

Ms. Lily Donge
Calvert Asset Management Co.

Ms. Nicole Foss
The Automatic Earth

Mr. John Michael Greer
Independent Scholar; The Archdruid Report

Charlie Hall
SUNY-ESF

Mr. Jim Hansen
Ravenna Capital Management

Mr. Kevin Hansen
Ravenna Capital Management

Dr. Carey King
University of Texas

Mr. Daniel Lerch
Post Carbon Institute

Mr. Gregor Macdonald
Gregor.us

Dr. Fred Morse
US Operations, Abengoa Solar

Mr. Rick Munroe
National Farmers Union of Canada

Mr. David Murphy
The Oil Drum, EROI Institute, SUNY-ESF

Ms. Cindy Parker
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Tad Patzek
The University of Texas at Austin

Mr. Anthony Perl
Simon Fraser University

Mr. Dave Room
Co-founder, Bay Localize; ASPO-USA Board Member

Dr. David Rutledge
California Institute of Technology

Dr. Charles Schlumberger, FRAeS
The World Bank

Mr. Tyson Slocum
Public Citizen's Energy Program

Mr. Jason Stevens
Morningstar

Mr. David Summers
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Mr. Ron Swenson
CEO, Swenson Technology; ASPO-USA Board Member

Ms. Gail Tverberg
The Oil Drum

Mr. Jeff Vail
The Law Office of Jeff Vail, LLC

Mr. Richard Vodra
Spire Investment Partners, LLC

Mr. Tom Whipple
ASPO-USA's Peak Oil Review

Mr. Ken Zweibel
The George Washington University Solar Institute

Mr. Bill James
JPods Inc.