SPECIAL SESSIONS

• Special Session 1 – WATER

SPONSORED BY ACS

In collaboration with ExpoZaragoza 2008, the Spanish Organising Committee is preparing a two-hour session which will have a two-way approach: water in general and water usage in the petroleum industry. Experts will give an overview on the current situation of water supplies, and propose new initiatives and solutions to the shortage of water.

Confirmed speakers:

Mr. Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri – Former Secretary General for Pollution Prevention and Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Spain (Chair

Mr. Carlos A. Fernandez-Jauregui - Director of the Water Decade, UN

Mr. Baldomero Navalón - Director of Hydraulic Production, Iberdrola

Mr. Jean Michel Gires - Executive Vice President Sustainable Development and Environment, TOTAL

Mr. Alan Reid - Encana Corp, VP Business Services & Stakeholder Relations

• Special Session 2 - COOPERATION BETWEEN OILS PRODUCERS AND SERVICE COMPANIES

CEOs from producers and service companies will be discussing common challenges and presenting the way forward for closer cooperation.

Confirmed Speakers:

- Global Energy Utilities & Mining Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mr. Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi - Managing Director, RasGas Company Limited

Mr. Alan L. Boeckman – Chairman and CEO, Fluor U.S.A.

Mr. Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira – CEO, Galp Energia

Mr. Juan Lladó – CEO, Técnicas Reunidas

• Special Session 3 - SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Distinguished global experts representing the NGO community, academia, government, special interest groups, and the oil and gas industry will debate issues dealing with human rights, societal expectations and stakeholder engagement.

Confirmed Speakers:

Ms. Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law, Policy and Campaigns, Amnesty International, UK

Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact

Mr. Cristophe de Margerie, CEO, TOTAL, France

Mr. Victor Pérez Díaz – Sociologist, Spain

Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Former Secretary General of OPEC

• Special Session 4 - WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY

With the topic "Making the business case for more women in the Industry", a CEO round table will address policies for promoting and retaining female executives in the petroleum industry and present the business case on why it is important to encourage more involvement of women in their businesses and the industry as a whole.

Confirmed Speakers:

Ms. Ulrike VonLonski - Communications Manager, World Petroleum Council

Ms. Hege Marie Norheim - Senior Vice President Statoil Reserves & Business Development, StatoilHydro

Ms. Jacqueline Lecourtier – Director, French Research Institute

• Special Session 5 - GAS MARKET INTEGRATION

The International Gas Union (IGU) will host this one-hour special session with a round table discussing the possible success keys that enable or favour the regional energy and gas market integration.

Confirmed Speakers:

Mr. Jorge Doumanian - Chairman of Task Force, Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas

Mr. Javier Fernández - Secretary of Task Force, International Gas Union

Mr. Geert Greving - Area Manager CE and Russia, GasTerra

Mr. Ridza Shariff - Petronas

Ms. Calliope Webber - Director of Gas, Power and Renewable Projects, BP

• Special Session 6 - FINANCE

Confirmed Speakers:

Mr. Antonio Gomis – CEO, YPF (Chair - Tbc)

Mr. Claudi Santiago - President and CEO, GE Oil & Gas, GE Power Systems, General Electric

Mr. Frank Kuijlaars - Global Head Oil & Gas/ Chemicals & Central Eastern Europe, ABN AMOR (Tbc)

Mr. Bernard Duroc - Danner CEO Chairman President and CEO, Weatherford

Mr. Robert Dudley - President and CEO, TNK-BP

• Special Session 7 – YOUTH