Agenda

3 October 2008
0830 - 0930 Registration 
1000 -1100 Inaugural Session

Welcome
Mr. Sarthak Behuria
Chairman, Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India

Address
Dr. R K Pachauri
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),India

Keynote Address
HE Mr. Abbas A Naqi [Speech]
Secretary General, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, UAE

Presidential Address
Mr. Murli Deora
Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India

Inaugural Address
Shri M. Hamid Ansari
Hon’ble Vice President of India

Vote of Thanks
Dr. Leena Srivastava
Executive Director, TERI, India

1100 - 1130 Tea/Coffee
1130 - 1300 Session 1: CEO Forum - Oil & Gas Markets: Risks and Opportunities

Session Chairperson:
Mr S Sundareshan
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), Govt. of India

Speakers
Mr. Sarthak Behuria
Chairman, IOCL, India
Mr. R S Sharma [Presentation]
CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India
Dr. U D Choubey
CMD, GAIL (India) Ltd., India
Mr. Mukesh Rohatgi
CMD, Engineers India Ltd., India
Mr. P Raghavendran [Presentation]
President, Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), India
1300 - 1345 Lunch
1345 - 1500 Session 2: Taking Upstream to Next Level

Session Chairperson:

Mr. P Sengupta
Former Secretary, MoPNG, Govt. of India

Theme Presentation
Mr. Sanjiv Kumar [Presentation]
Chief Manager (F&A), ONGC, India

Panellists:

Mr. V K Sibal
Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, India
Dr. Anthony Barker [Presentation]
Director (Commercial & Strategy), British Gas Exploration & Production India Limited, India
Mr. Rajeev Sharma [Presentation]
CEO, Adani Energy Ltd., India
1500 - 1515 Tea
1515 - 1630 Session 3: Refining Outlook & Risk Management

Session Chairperson:
Mr. Mahesh B Lal
Technical Member (P&NG), Appellate Tribunal, India

Theme Presentation :
Mr. U K Basu [Presentation]
Managing Director, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), India

Panellists:
Mr. S V Narasimhan [Presentation]
Director (Finance), IOCL, India
Dr. Hiroyuki Ishida [Presentation]
Senior Economist, Institute of Energy Economic, Japan (IEEJ)
Dr. R K Malhotra [Presentation]
Executive Director, IOCL (R&D), India
1630 - 1730 Session 4: Product Pricing & Subsidies

Session Chairperson:
Mr. R K Narang
Distinguished Fellow, TERI, India

Theme Presentation
Ms. Ruchika Chawla [Presentation]
Associate Fellow, TERI, India

Panellists:
Mr. A K Arora
DG, PetroFed, India
Mr. Deepak Mahurkar [Presentation]
Addl. Director, PWC (India) Pvt. Limited,
Mr. R P Natekar [Presentation]
GM (Treasury), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, India
1930 - Conference Dinner at Ball Room, Hotel Hyatt Regency, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi
2030 - Dinner Talk by Dr Kirit S Parikh, Member (Energy), Planning Commission, GoI
 
4 October 2008
0945 - 1215 am

Session 5: Natural Gas Take Off

Session Chairperson:
Mr. L Mansingh
Chairman, P&NG Regulatory Board, India

Theme Presentation :
Mr. R K Batra [Presentation]
Distinguished Fellow, TERI, India

Panellists:
Mr. B M Bansal
Director (P&BD), IOCL, India
Mr. R P Sharma
President, RIL, India
Mr. A Sengupta [Presentation]
Director (F&C), PLL, India
Mr. B C Tripathi
Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Ltd., India
Mr. Anish De
CEO, Mercados EMI Asia
Mr. Peter Roberts [Presentation]
Director, South Asia Gas Enterprise, UK

1215 - 1300 Special Sessions on Alternative Energy Sources

Welcome
Mr. P K Agarwal
Secretary General, India Energy Conference - 2008

Address
Dr. R K Pachauri
Director General, TERI, India

Ministerial Address
Mr. Vilas Muttemwar
Hon’ble Minister for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India

Vote of Thanks
Mr. A K Arora, Director General, PetroFed, India

1300 - 1400 Lunch
1400 - 1515 pm Session 7: Upcoming Alternatives I: Bio-fuels

Session Chairperson:
Dr. Ashok Jhawar
Country Head, BP India Services (P) Ltd.

Theme Presentation :
Dr. Alok Adholeya [Presentation]
Director, Biotech & Bioresources, TERI

Panellists:
Dr. Ashok Gulati
Director-Asia Pacific, International Food Policy Research Institute.
Mr. Gary Godwin [Presentation]
Managing Director, UOP India Pvt. Ltd. India
Dr. Alok Adholeya [Presentation]
Biotech & Bioresources, TERI, India
1530 - 1545 Tea/Coffee
1545 - 1730 Session 8: Upcoming Alternatives II: Others

Session Chairperson:

Mr. M R Pasrija
CMD, Oil India Limited, India

Theme Presentation :
Mr. Anand Kumar, Director R&D, IOCL, India

Panellists:
Dr. D M Kale
Director General, ONGC Energy Centre, India
Mr. Franklin E Lynch [Presentation]
President, Hydrogen Components Inc, USA
Dr. Theo L K Lee [Presentation]
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Headwaters CTL, USA
Mr. Kshitij Dwivedi
Operations Manager, RIL, India
Mr. Arvind Prasad
Director (Sales), Vestas, India
1730 Concluding remarks