Tentative Agenda

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* UPDATE 11.6.2008 - Please note time changes for the Sunday Night Reception.

November 15

Saturday 

 

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Registration

November 16

Sunday

7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Council of State Regulatory Officials
2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Governors' Roundtable

C. Michael Ming, President
  RPSEA
Foster L. Wade, Deputy Assistant Secretary
  U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Tom Price, Senior VP Corporate Development
  Chesapeake Energy Corporation
•  Denise Hamsher, Director Public, Federal
  & Regulatory Affairs, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

November 17

Monday

7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Resolutions Committee
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. General Session
Gov. Brad Henry
  State of Oklahoma
Energy Minister Mel Knight
  Province of Alberta
James A. Slutz, Acting Assistant Secretary
  U.S. Department of Energy
Kenneth J. Nemeth, Executive Director
  Southern States Energy Board
Chairman's Stewardship Awards
E.W. Marland Award Presentation
Time TBD Guest Program
12:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Luncheon
Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., President & CEO
  Marathon Oil Corporation
2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. International Committee
"Climate Change and Carbon Abatement"
  Paul Lynch, British Consulate-General
Houston
3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee
"IOGCC CCS Task Force - State and National Overview"
Lawrence E. Bengal, Director
  AR Oil and Gas Commission
"Carbon Sequestration Regulatory Activities in Wyoming"
  John Corra, Director
  WY Department of Environmental Quality
•  "EPA's Proposed Rulemaking on Geo-
Sequestration of CO2"
  Stephen Heare, Director
Drinking Water Protection Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Experience Santa Fe Reception

November 18

Tuesday

7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Finance Committee
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Steering Committee
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Energy Resources, Research & Technology
•  "U.S. Unconventional Plays - Leaving No Stone Unturned"
  Stephen Trammel, Senior Project Manager
  IHS Energy 
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Public Outreach Committee
•  "National Energy Education Exhibit" 
  Denise McCourt,  Director of General Memberships
  American Petroleum Institute
"Energy Education & the Role of History in Teaching the Modern Petroleum Industry"
  Bruce Wells, Executive Director
  American Oil & Gas Historical Society
•  Chesapeake's Energy Education Efforts
  Teresa Rose, Director of Community Relations
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
9:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Public Lands Committee
"Navigating NEPA"
  Dave Cornue, Senior Geologist
  ALL Consulting
•  "Oil & Gas Upstream Operations - Criteria
Pollutants & Greenhouse Gases"
  Tom Moore, Air Quality Program Manager
Western Governors' Association
Western Regional Air Partnership
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. State Review Committee
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Council of State Oil & Gas Attorneys
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Environment & Safety Committee
•  "LINGO Project Update"
Dave Cornue, Senior Geologist
ALL Consulting
"Mega-Project Safety: An Oil Sands Perspective"
Wishart Robson, Senior Advisor Safety & Climate Change
Nexen, Inc.
"Environmentally Friendly Drillng Project -
Measuring Environmental Tradeoffs"
Thomas Williams, President
TerraPlatforms LLC
1:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Business Meeting