Welcoming Address: 
HE Abdul-Kareem Luaibi Bahedh, President of the OPEC Conference, Minister of Oil, Iraq

Message from the President of Austria:
HE Dr Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria

Themes:

• Recent trends and energy outlooks
• Challenges and opportunities facing the petroleum (energy) industry
• Potential game-changers in the industry (transportation, consumer behaviour, supply/ demand, etc.)

Chairperson:
HE Ali I Naimi
Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia

09:30 Keynote Speaker:
HE Rafael Ramirez
Minister of Popular Power of Petroleum & Mining, Venezuela

09:45 HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri
Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

09:55 HE Günther Oettinger
Commissioner for Energy, European Union (EU)

10:05 Ryan Lance
CEO, ConocoPhillips
 
10:15 Michael Suess
Member of Managing Board, Siemens AG

10:25 Wang Dongjin
Vice President, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

10:35 Discussion

Themes:

• Developments in the world economy: lessons learned from the economic crisis
• Impacts of the global business cycle and threetrack economic recovery on the world oil market
• The changing paradigm in global economic cooperation and governance (G20, Regulations, etc.)

Chairperson:
HE Diezani Alison-Madueke
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria

12:00 Keynote Speaker:
HE Wilson Pástor-Morris
Minister of Non-Renewable Natural Resources, Ecuador

12:15 HE Rostam Ghasemi
Minister of Petroleum, Iran

12:25 HE Jaipal Sudini Reddy
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, India

12:35 Lars H Thunell
Executive Vice President & CEO, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

12:45 Michael Masters
Chairman, Better Markets Inc

12:55 Discussion

Themes:

• Capacity expansion plans and investments (managing spare capacity)
• Uncertainties in demand and their impacts on upstream investment decisions
• Strengthening cooperation between NOCs and IOCs: challenges and opportunities
• Challenges facing oil companies: upstream and downstream (oil prices, fiscal regimes, project costs)

Chairperson:
HE Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli
Minister of Energy, UAE

15:50 Keynote Speaker:
HE Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada
Minister of Energy & Industry, Qatar

16:05 HE Abdul-Kareem Luaibi Bahedh
President of the OPEC Conference
Minister of Oil, Iraq

16:15 HE Abdurahman Benyezza
Minister of Oil & Gas, Libya

16:25 HE Alexandr Novak
Minister of Energy, Russian Federation

16:35 Paolo Scaroni
CEO, Eni SpA

16:45 Gerhard Roiss
CEO, OMV AG

16:55 Discussion

Presentation of the OPEC Awards

• OPEC Award for Research
• OPEC Award for Journalism

OPEC Award for Research 2012
OPEC Award for Journalism 2012

Themes:

• Importance of multilateralism in addressing climate change 
• Environmentally friendly technologies: solutions and challenges for the oil sector
• New technologies in supporting the oil industry
• Technological developments and their potential impacts on oil demand
• Policies affecting the energy scene

Chairperson: 
HE Youcef Yousfi
Minister of Energy & Mines, Algeria

09:10  Keynote Speaker:  
HE Hani Abdulaziz Hussain
Alternate President of the OPEC Conference, Minister of Oil, Kuwait

09:25  Christiana Figueres
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

09:35  Peter Voser
CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc

09:45  Brad Page
CEO, Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute (GCCSI)

09:55  Urban Rusnák
Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat

10:05  Alan Crain
Senior Vice President, Baker Hughes

10:15 Discussion

Themes:

• The role of oil within the global energy scene
• Importance of multilateralism in stabilizing the world oil market
• Petroleum in a changing world economic landscape
• Energy poverty and the quest for development

Chairperson:  
HE José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos
Minister of Petroleum, Angola

HE Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza 
Minister of Energy, Bahrain

HE Rilwanu Lukman
Former Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Aldo Flores-Quiroga
Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF)  

Christophe de Margerie
Chairman and CEO, Total   

Michael Lynch
President, Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Inc (SEER)

Recipient of the OPEC Award for Research 2012