PLENARIES

Plenary sessions will be the main attractions of the 19th World Petroleum Congress. Seven crucial topics will be discussed by an outstanding line-up of oil and gas experts from national and international companies, government bodies and other institutions. These sessions will take place every morning of the 4 day Congress. In some cases, these will be the starting points for latter, in-depth discussions in other technical meetings.

Plenary 1: Delivering Energy for Sustainable Growth: The European Perspective

Mr. Andris Piebalgs: EU Commissioner for Energy, European Commission (Chair)
Mr. Sergey Bogdanchikov: CEO & President, Rosneft
Mr. Antonio Brufau: CEO and Chairman, Repsol
Mr. Tony Hayward: CEO, BP
Mr. Carlos Perez de Bricio Olariaga: President and CEO, CEPSA
Mr. Jeroen Van der Veer: Chief Executive, Shell

Plenary 2: Inaugural Session-Wpc Excellence Awards

Mr. Randy Gossen: President, World Petroleum Council
Mr. Jorge Segrelles: Chairman, Spanish Organising Committee Local, National and European Authorities

Plenary 3: Deliverability Challenges: Security of Supply and Demand Perspectives

Mr. Jesús Reyes Heroles: Executive Manager, PEMEX (Chair)
Mr. Viktor Khristenko: Minister of Energy and Industry, Russia (tbc)
Mr. Christophe de Margerie: CEO, Total
Mr. Mohamed Meziane: President Director General, Sonatrach (tbc)
Mr. Rex W. Tillerson: Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil
Mr. Wenke Han: Director General of the Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission of China

Plenary 4: Natural Gas: An Emerging Global Commodity

H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar
Ms. Linda Cook: Executive Director Gas and Power, Shell International
Mr. Aleksandr Medvedev: ViceChairman, Gazprom (tbc)

Plenary 5: Advancing Sustainability in the Oil and Gas industry

Prof. William Hogan: Professor of Global Energy Policy, Keneddy School of Government Harvard University
Mr. Helge Lund: President and CEO, StatoilHydro
Mr. Francis Saville: Chairman of the Board, Nexen

Plenary 6: Accessing Reserves and Investing in Infraestructure

H.E. Shri M. S. Srinivasan: Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India
Mr. Sergio Gabrielli: President, Petrobras
Mr. John Watson: Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development, Chevron Corporation

Plenary 7: Societal Expectations of the Oil and Gas industry

Mr. Andrew Gould: Chairman and CEO, Schlumberger Limited
Ms. Huguette Labelle: Chair, Transparency International
Mr. James Mulva: Chairman, President and CEO, Conoco Phillips