Strategies of Post-Crisis Development: New Threats for Energy Security and Energy Demand Expansion

St. Petersburg, Russia

14 October 2011

Efficient energetic development shapes grounds for steady economic growth so needed by the entire post-crisis world.

· Will the traditional resources be enough while the demand for them expands both in mature economics and developing states?

· Will the Arab revolutions lead to the restitution of pre-crisis oil prices?

· Will the extensive development of the Arctic shelf serve a prologue to a global conflict?

· What will be the future of the shale gas and oil sands in the environment of traditional hydrocarbons: will they narrow the gap

between the demand and offer or crush the economies of the nowadays extraction leaders?

· Do we have new technologies and energy sources responding to the economic, political, social and ecological challenges of the XXI century?

The level of modern tools of the world energetic modeling is demonstrably insufficient. Therefore the political dialog is often based not on the accurate assessments conducted with transparent techniques but on the inappropriate information competition. The great aim of global energetic security requires the academic, political and business communities to stand together, speak one language and understand each other.

Key speakers

· Amb. Andre Mernier, Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat, Brussels

· Prof. Sadek Boussena, LEPII, University of Pierre Mendes France

Grenoble President of OPEC (1990-1991)

· Alexander Rahr, Director of Russia/Eurasia Program, DGAP (TBC)

Parallel sessions I

WS1: Changing Geography of Energy Demand

Moderator: Prof. Rawi Abdelal, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Harvard

Business School (TBC)

o Unconventional Energy Revolution

o Energy Demand Expansion in Asia and South America

o China’s Energy Policy

o Energy Poverty

o Energy prospects for developing countries

WS2: Primary energy supply & demand

Moderator: Ralf Dickel, ex-Director for Trade and Transit, Energy Charter

Secretariat (2004-9/2010)

Fair prices of energy resources, Ralf Dickel, ex-Director for Trade and

Transit, Energy Charter Secretariat (2004-9/2010)

o Changing World Oil Supply/Demand Balance

o Reserves and access to reserves

o Production and drilling activity

o Fair prices of energy resourses

o Fiscal issues: taxation and royalty regimes

o Renewable energy & biofuels: General perspectives and preliminary

costs

o Improving energy efficiency

WS3: Geopolitics of Energy and Energy Security

Moderator: Prof. Jacques Fontanel, Director of PEPSE, University of

Pierre Mendes France Grenoble

o Future of OPEC after Arab revolutions

o Russian Oil and Gas and Energetic Security of Europe

o Persian Gulf security

o Crisis of offshore extraction

Parallel sessions II WS4: Electricity

Moderator: Michael Kranhold, Director of corporate Strategy/Cooperation,

50Herz Transmission, Berlin

The integration of large amounts of Renewables into the Grid, challenges and rewards, Michael Kranhold, Director of corporate Strategy/Cooperation,

50Herz Transmission, Berlin

o Security of international supply

o Joint electricity projects: investment in infrastructure

o Market reform experiences

o Renaissance of nuclear power

o Generation from renewable energy sources

WS5: Natural Gas

Moderator: Prof. Jonathan Stern, Director of Gas Research, Oxford

Institute for Energy Studies, London

The Future of Middle East and North African Gas, Prof. Jonathan Stern, Director of Gas Research, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, London

o Long-term contracts and spot market

o Shale Gas

o Gas OPEC: possibilities and realities

o LNG development

o New pipelines: financing after the credit crisis

WS6: The Energy of Arctic

Moderator: Arild Moe, Deputy Director/Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof

Nansen Institute, Oslo

o New talks on the future of Arctic: challenges- for politics, economy and science

o Place of the Arctic region in the- global energy sector at present and in future

o Development of Arctic- resources: real horizons for planning

o Scenarios of the Arctic development- and role of Russia in them

o Strategy of Russia in the Arctic: what matters- together with energy?

o Global positioning of the Arctic region in the- aspects of energy,

ecology, economy and geopolitics

Participation

We invite experts from the leading scientific centers and energy companies of Russia, the EU, the USA, Northern Africa, Latin America, Middle and Far East to take part in the conference. Those who are interested in participation are welcome to send their applications to the Organizing Committee via e-mail interdep@finec.ru. Upon confirmation of application participants should send their report theses. Working languages are English and Russian. The registration fee is not charged.

Contact details:

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