LSU CES ES 2009 Agenda

28 October 2009

Dalton J. Woods Auditorium
Energy, Coast & Environment Bldg
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Energy Market Challenges and Opportunities

8:00 - 9:00	REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome and Conference Overview Allan Pulsipher, Executive Director, LSU Center for Energy Studies
9:15 - 10:00	Opportunities from Natural Gas Production Porter Bennett, Founder & President, Bentek Energy
10:00 - 10:40	New Policy Challenges for Domestic Production Sara Banaszak, Senior Economist, American Petroleum Institute
10:40 - 11:00	BREAK
11:00 - 11:40	Natural Gas Hydrates Dan McConnell, AOA Geophysics
11:40 - 12:15	Changing Regional Midstream and Transportation Developments Terrance L. McGill, President, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.
12:15 - 1:30	LUNCH
1:30 - 2:15	Changes in Electricity Demand George Given,Woods MacKenzie
2:15 - 3:00	Small Nuclear Power Michael E. Shepherd, VP - Business Development, Babcock & Wilcox Modular Nuclear Energy
3:00 - 3:30	BREAK
3:30 - 4:15	Workforce Development Challenges in the Oil and Gas Business Lloyd Heinze, Chair, Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University
4:15 - 5:00	Speculation in Oil Markets Ken B. Medlock, III, Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
5:00 - 6:00	RECEPTION