Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to Speak at CERAWeek 2011

Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will headline a special IHS Forum as part of CERAWeek 2011, March 7-11 at the Hilton Americas – Houston.

Presidents Clinton and Bush will join IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) Chairman, Daniel Yergin in a moderated discussion on Friday, March 11 to culminate IHS CERA’s 30^th Executive Conference. The special forum will feature unique perspectives and insights focused on the changes and challenges ahead for the global political and economic system.

CERAWeek is recognized as a leading forum offering insight into the energy future. Chaired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize, Daniel Yergin, CERAWeek 2011 Leading the Way: Energy Strategies for a World of Change, will convene an international group of industry, policy and financial leaders—along with leading researchers from IHS— to explore the implications for strategies and investment in an era of persistent change.

Speakers:

CERAWeek 2011 will feature addresses from a number of prominent leaders, including:

• Vagit Alekperov, president and chief executive officer, LUKOIL
• Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Microsoft Corporation
• José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, minister of petroleum, Angola
• Gregory Boyce, chairman and chief executive officer, Peabody Energy Corporation
• Robert Dudley, chief executive, BP plc
• Ditlev Engel, president and chief executive officer, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
• Andrew Gould, chairman and chief executive officer, Schlumberger Ltd.
• Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state, United States
• Christophe de Margerie, chairman and chief executive officer, Total
• Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of the management committee; director general of Gazprom Export, Gazprom
• Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot professor of public policy, Harvard University
• John Rowe, chairman and chief executive officer, Exelon Corporation
• Jeffery Smisek, president and chief executive officer, United Continental Holdings, Inc.
• Jing Ulrich, managing director and chairman of China equities and commodities, J.P. Morgan
• Jon Wellinghoff, chairman, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Youcef Yousfi, minister of energy and mines, Algeria

Other distinguished speakers include:

• Khalid Al Buainain, senior vice president of refining, marketing and international, Saudi Aramco
• Michael Ahearn, chairman of the board, First Solar, Inc.
• Farouk Al-Zanki, deputy chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Michael Allman, president and chief executive officer, Southern California Gas Company
• Ayman Asfari, group chief executive, Petrofac Services, Ltd.
• Bruce Bilger, senior advisor, Lazard
• Charles Davidson, chairman and chief executive officer, Noble Energy Inc.
• Charles Ebinger, senior fellow and director, Energy Security Initiative, Brookings Institution
• Thomas Farrell, chairman, president and CEO, Dominion Resources, Inc
• Howard Gatiss, chief executive officer, Coal Marketing Company
• Lewis Hay III, chairman and chief executive officer, NextEra Energy, Inc.
• John Hess, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Hess Corporation
• Philippe Joubert, president, power sector, Alstom
• Patrick Kennedy, chief executive officer and founder, OSIsoft
• Jacek Krawiec, president and chief executive officer, PKN Orlen S.A
• Maurizio La Noce, executive director, Mubadala Energy; chief executive officer, Mubadala Oil and Gas
• Bruce March, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Imperial Oil Limited
• Joan MacNaughton, senior vice president, power and environmental policies, Alstom Power Systems
• John McDonald, vice president and chief technology officer, Chevron Corporation
• Tom Mitchell, president and chief executive officer, Ontario Power Generation
• David Mohler, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Duke Energy Corporation
• Ali Moshiri, President, Africa and Latin America E&P Company, Chevron
• Ernest Moniz, director, MIT Energy Initiative; Cecil and Ida Green professor of physics and engineering systems, MIT
• Scott O’Malia, commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• William Reilly, Co-Chairman, US National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• Marvin Romanow, president and chief executive officer, Nexen, Inc.
• Lee Schipper, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University
• Stacy Schusterman, chairman and chief executive officer, Samson Investment Company
• Scott Sheffield, chairman and chief executive officer, Pioneer Natural Resources Company
• Paul Smith, chief executive officer and senior managing director, Tenaska Capital Management, LLC
• Charles Stanley, president and chief executive officer, QEP Resources, Inc.
• Chris Weston, president and chief executive officer, Direct Energy

Note to Media: The session with Presidents Clinton and Bush will be closed to media.

Registration

The conference will be held March 7-11, 2011 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, Texas. Further information and delegate registration is available at www.ceraweek.com.

Media Accreditation

Members of the media interested in registering for CERAWeek 2011 are required to apply for accreditation. Please send your name, organization, phone, email, and organization website to ceraweekmedia@ihs.com. Once IHS CERA has confirmed your eligibility, you will receive additional instructions that will enable you to complete your registration online.

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