Speakers and Honored Guests

Photos and profiles of speakers and guests are posted in each session, linked below. Where available, a larger image has also been posted.

Name / Title / Company

Session(s)

Dr. Wade Adams, Director, Rice University Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology

Abd Allah S. Al-Saif, Senior Vice President, Exploration and Producing, Saudi Aramco

Laura Atkins, Senior Advisor, Energy Technologies, OPEC

Mohammed S. Barkindo, Secretary General (acting), OPEC

Paul Barshop, COO, Independent Project Analysis

Joe Bastardi, Senior Forecaster, Accuweather

Annell Bay, Vice President Exploration Americas, Shell Exploration and Production

Keir Becker, Professor, Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami

Alan Boeckmann, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fluor Corporation

Dalton Boutte, President, WesternGeco, Schlumberger

The Honourable John Bowler, Minister for Resources, Government of Western Australia

Joe Bryant, Chairman and CEO, Cobalt International Energy

Johnnie Burton, Director, MMS

Steven Campbell, President and Founder, Trans Ocean Gas Inc.

Gregory Carter, Founder and Owner, Nautilus Offshore Co. Inc.

Guy Caruso, Administrator, US Department of Energy Information Administration

Brian Clark, Schlumberger Fellow, Schlumberger

Rodney Cook, Vice President North America Southern Region, Noble Energy, Inc.

Chad Deaton, Chairman and CEO, Baker Hughes

Shane DeBeer, Partner, Chadbourne’s

Fisoye Delano, Group General Manager, NNPC

Blake Ducharme, President, Infinistar Oilfield Services

Chuck Enze, Vice President, E&P Projects, Shell International E&P Inc.

Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella, Managing Director for exploration and production, Petrobras

Sergey Feodorov, Director of the Department for State Policy and Regulation of Natural Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Joao Figueira, Executive Manager, Petrobras

Michelle Foss, Chief Economist & Director, Center for Energy Economics, U. of Texas

Al Frink, Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services, US Department of Commerce

Pat Galloway, PE CEO, Nielsen-Wurster Group Inc.

John Gibson, Executive Managing Director, Fox Paine & Company, and Executive Chairman, Paradigm Geophysical

Riley Goldsmith, President, Goldsmith Engineering Inc.

Helge Hove Haldorsen, Head of GOM Business Unit, Hydro Oil and Gas

James Hale, President, Explorer Energy Services Ltd.
Mohammed Hamel, Head, Energy Studies Division, OPEC

Sean Hanrahan, Managing Director, DeepStar

Ahmed Hashmi, Vice President, Group Technology, BP

Christie Haynes, Australian Industry Participation Coordinator, Chevron Australia Pty Ltd

Fran G. Heartwell, Vice President, Human Resources, Kerr-McGee Corporation

Louis Heuze, Senior Vice President, Total Exploration and Production

Robert M. Hinkel, President and CEO, Enventure Global Technology

Steve Holditch, PhD, Department Head and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Endowed Chair in Petroleum, Texas A&M

Mark A. Jackson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Noble Corporation

Steve Jacobs, President, RMI

Amy Jaffe, Baker Institute, Rice University

Phillipe Jean-Baptiste, Research Director, Climate Control Research Center

Janeen Judah, General Manager of Reservoir and Production Engineering, Chevron Energy Technology Company

Tim Juran, Division Manager, Transocean

Melanie Kenderdine, Vice President, Gas Technology Institute (GTI)

Sandeep Khurana, Project Manager – Subsea & Facilities, J P Kenny Inc.

Miklos Konkoly-Thege, President and CEO, DNV

Robert Kramek, President and COO, ABS

Roger D. Leick, Marine Engineering Manager, ExxonMobil

John Lienhard, Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, University of Houston

Cory Loegering, Vice President, Deepwater, Mariner Energy

Robert L. Long, Transocean

Don MacLiver, Senior Vice President, International Business Development, Anadarko International Energy Company

Peter Marshall, Retired

Regis Matzie, Senior Vice President and CTO, Westinghouse

Dirk McDermott, Managing Director, Altira Group

John McDonald, Vice President of Strategic Planning, Chevron Corporation

William McHolick, Vice President Americas Operations & Development, BHP Billiton Petroleum

Charles A. Meloy, Vice President, Exploration and Production, Kerr-McGee Corporation

Marisé Mikulis, Energy Industry Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Merrill A. (Pete) Miller Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

C. Michael Ming, Managing Member, K. Stewart Energy Group

Julia Nanay, Senior Director, PFC Energy

Joseph Neuhoff III, Director, Office of Energy & Environmental Industries, US Department of Commerce

Alexandre Oliveira, Global Upstream Lead Partner, Accenture

Daniel Orange, President and CEO, AOA Geophysics Inc.

Chris Oynes, Regional Director, MMS

Fredrick D. Palmer, Senior VP - Gov't Affairs, Peabody Energy

Mark Pease, Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Buford Pollett, Senior Counsel, Technip

Xavier Préel, Vice President of Business Strategy, Total Exploration and Production

Ambassador Gary Quinlan, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Australia

Shri Subir Raha, Chairman and Managing Director, ONGC

Hon. Rafael Ramirez Carreno, Minister of Energy and Mines of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and President, PDVSA

Øivind Reinertsen, President, Statoil Gulf of Mexico

Brian Reinsborough, Vice President, Exploration, Nexen Inc.

Earl Reynolds, Vice President and General Manager, Devon Energy

Peter Rose, President, AAPG

Charles Ruigrok, Chief Executive Officer, Syncrude Canada Ltd.

Jonathan Russin, Managing Partner, Russin & Vecchi

Art Schroeder, CEO, Energy Valley Inc.

V.K. Sibal, Director General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Matthew Simmons, Chairman and CEO, Simmons and Company International

John Simon, Vice President, Development, Amerada Hess Corp.

James Slutz, Deputy Asst. Secretary, US DoE

Art Smith, Chairman and CEO, J.S. Herold

Ron Somers, President, US-India Business Council

Shri M.S. Srinivasan, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Cheryl Stark, Advisor, External Representation, BP America

Bent Svensson, Program Manager, World Bank

Lorne Thomas, Captain, US Coast Guard Office of Operating and Environmental Standards

Scott Tinker, Bureau of Economic Geology, U. of Texas

Bertrand Van Den Berghe, Exploration Manager, Geopetrol Intl.

Gene Van Dyke, Chairman and CEO, Vanco Energy

Cory Weinbel, General Manager of Production Contracts, Caldive

Robin West, Founder and Chairman of the Board, PFC Energy