WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3

IAEE COUNCIL MEETING
8:30 am - 12:00 noon • Bayside C Room - 4th Floor Invitation Only

USAEE/IAEE COUNCIL LUNCH
12:00 - 1:00 pm • Gallier A/B Room - 4th Floor Invitation Only

USAEE COUNCIL MEETING
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm • Bayside C Room - 4th Floor

REGISTRATION
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm • Edgewood A/B Room - 4th Floor

OPENING RECEPTION
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm • Gallery Room - Lobby Level

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

REGISTRATION
7:00 am – 6:30 pm • Edgewood A/B Room - 4th Floor

PRESS ROOM
7:00 am - 5:30 pm • Crescent Room - 4th Floor

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:00 am – 7:50 am • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: ConocoPhillips

STUDENT BREAKFAST MEETING
7:00 am – 7:50 am • Rhythms Ballroom III - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: Chevron Corporation

SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING MEETING
7:00 am – 7:50 am • Bayside C Room - 4th Floor

PRESIDERS' HUDDLE
7:40 am - 7:50 am • Crescent Room - 4th Floor

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
8:00 am – 8:15 am • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Wumi Iledare
Professor & Dir Energy Info Div, LSU Center for Energy Studies

Carlo Andrea Bollino
President, GSE

David E. Dismukes
Professor and Assc Exe Dir, Louisiana State University

Kristen Strellec
Economist, Minerals Management Service


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
8:15 am - 9:00 am • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Wumi Iledare (Presiding)
Profesor & Dir Energy Info Div, LSU Center for Energy Studies

Richard Fisher (Keynote Speaker)
President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas


PLENARY SESSION: Gulf Coast Energy Renaissance - Reviving Production, Expanding Infrastructure
9:00 am - 10:00am • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

David E. Dismukes (Presiding)
Professor and Assoc Exec Dir, Louisiana State University
"Overview of the Gulf Coast Investment Renaissance"

Patricia A. Outtrim
Vice President, Governmental & Regulatory Affairs, Cheniere Energy, Inc.
"Gulf Coast LNG Regasification Development"

Fred Palmer
Manager of Communications and Govt Relations, Shell Oil Company
"Deepwater Exploration, Development and Production - A Better Understanding?"

This panel will focus on recent energy infrastructure developments along the Gulf Coast across major sectors.

COFFEE BREAK
10:00 am – 10:30 am • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: Strategic Energy and Economic Research

DUAL PLENARY SESSION: Global Warming and Carbon Management - Timing, Costs, Priorities
10:30 am – 12:00 noon • Bayside A & B Room - 4th Floor

Ben Schlesinger (Presiding)
President , Benjamin Schlesinger & Assoc. Inc.

Robert Cornelius
Senior Vice President of Operations, Denbury Resources Inc

Steven L. Bryant
Associate Professor of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Speaker TBA

This panel will review the energy consequences and economics of carbon capture and sequestration in the Gulf Coast and southwest regions, including expanded opportunities for crude oil recovery (EOR), carbon storage and transportation, asset creation, and capital investment requirements and risks.

DUAL PLENARY SESSION: Ratcheting Down Demand - Ratcheting Up Renewables
10:30 am - 12:00 noon • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Charles Greer Rossmann (Presiding)
Senior Research Economist, Southern Company

Tom Darden III
Executive Director, Make It Right Foundation

Hermann Josef Wagner
Chair Energiesysteme and Energiewirts, University of Bochum

Brandi Colander
Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

This panel will focus on energy reduction strategies in buildings and industry, with examples drawn from New Orleans recovery efforts; the panel will also cover opportunities and economic/operating issues relating to the rising role of wind and solar electricity generation in the power grid and will likewise deal with concerns over the potential biofuels "train wreck."

AWARDS LUNCHEON
12:00 - 2:00pm • Rhythms Ballroom
Sponsored By: Aramco Services Co.


Shirley Neff (Presiding)
President & CEO, Assn of Oil PipeLines

John P. Weyant (Keynote Speaker)
Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
"The State of the Art of Energy Modeling: Past, Present and Future"

Welcome by Dane Revette, Energy Director, Louisiana Department of Economic Development.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1 TO 7
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

COFFEE BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: Exelon

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 8 TO 14
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

USAEE CHAPTER LEADERSHIP MEETING
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm • Estherwood Room - 4th Floor

CONFERENCE RECEPTION
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm • Rhythms Ballroom Foyer - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: GSE SpA

DINNER
6:45 pm - 9:30 pm • Rhythms Ballroom - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: BP International Ltd.


David E. Dismukes (Presiding)
Professor and Assoc Exec Dir, Louisiana State University

Brent W. Dorsey
Director, Corporate Environmental Programs, Entergy Corp.
"The Perfect Storm"

James Smith, Professor of Finance, Southern Methodist University, presenting Student Best Paper Awards

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

REGISTRATION
7:00 am - 6:30 pm • Edgewood A/B Room - 4th Floor

PRESS ROOM
7:00 am - 5:30 pm • Crescent Room - 4th Floor

2010 CALGARY PLANNING MEETING
7:30 am - 8:20 am • Gallier A/B Rooms - 4th Floor

PRESIDERS' HUDDLE
8:10am - 8:20 am • Crescent Room - 4th Floor

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 15 TO 21
8:30 am - 10:00 am

COFFEE BREAK
10:00 am - 10:30 am • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: Compass Lexecon

PLENARY SESSION: Challenges and Plans for Hydrocarbon Extraction from the Gulf
10:30 am - 12:00 noon • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Joseph M. Dukert (Presiding)
Energy Analyst

Jesus Reyes-Heroles
Director General, PEMEX

Ali Moshiri
President, Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company

Brian C. Reinsborough
President, Nexen Petroleum U.S.A. Inc.

Top-level representatives from each of North America's three countries will probe policy and economic directions for energy recovery in the Gulf Coast region, including potential opportunities and risks, timing, capital investment requirements, and economic and geopolitical policy issues.

AWARDS LUNCH
12:00 - 2:00 pm • Rhythms Ballroom
Sponsored By: Shell Oil Company and Shell Exploration and Production Company


Wumi Iledare (Presiding)
Professor & Dir Energy Info Div, LSU Center for Energy Studies

C. Stephen Allred (Keynote Speaker)
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals, U.S. Department of the Interior
"Promoting Responsible Energy Resource Management on Federal Lands"

Outstanding Contributions to the IAEE Award presented to Richard Gordon

The Energy Journal Campbell Watkins Best Paper Award presented to A. Denny Ellerman, MIT and Juan-Pablo Montero, Universidad Catolica de Chile

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 22 TO 28
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

COFFEE BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: American Petroleum Institute

PLENARY SESSION: Toward Rational Energy Policies for 2009
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

David H. Knapp (Presiding)
Senior Editor, Energy Intelligence Group

Shirley Neff
President & CEO, Assn of Oil PipeLines

John W. Jimison
Counsel, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

James L. Sweeney
Director Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency, Stanford University

With the national elections a month behind us, this high-level panel will speak to energy and economic policies that will be critically needed during the next four years.

USAEE SENIOR FELLOW AWARDS AND USAEE ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Shirley Neff (Presiding)
President & CEO, Assn of Oil PipeLines

Wumi Iledare (Presiding)
Professor and Director Energy Info Div, LSU Center for Energy Studies

USAEE Senior Fellow Awards presented to Howard Gruenspecht, Stephen P.A. Brown, David Nissen and Alex Farrell (posthumous)

SPECIAL CONFERENCE RECEPTION AT THE CABILDO
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm • Louisiana State Museum, Jackson Square
Sponsored By: Canadian Consulate General, Dallas and Canadian Consulate, Houston