Monday, April 6, 2009

7:00-8:30 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 am

Welcome and Overview - “What a Difference a Year Makes”

From “drill baby drill” and “pedal to the metal” to lower rig counts, postponed and cancelled pipeline & storage projects, recessionary natural gas demand erosion, and a still thawing financial and credit market. We are now post-election and post-inauguration and the new administration has filled out its line up of key chairpersons and cabinet picks that will affect the energy marketplace in so many ways this year and beyond. Hear the latest intelligence about all of these key trends and how the natural gas markets are reacting to this rising and turbulent tide of change.
• Mr. Sean Guerre, President, TradeFair Group
• Mr. Mark Davidson, Editorial Director, US Gas News, Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Cos.

9:00 am-10:00 am

Financial Outlook – Weathering the Storm

The wild ride and still thawing financial system, along with significant declines in gas demand and prices has created dramatic changes throughout the natural gas industry. Producers are lowering Capex and drilling, pipeline and storage infrastructure projects are in flux, and gas trading markets have a whole new set of players and concerns involving counter party credit risks. It has become critical to not only understand these implications of the new financial landscape, but to determine how to make these challenges your opportunities in 2009.
• Moderator: Mr. Craig Breslau, Marketer, Societe Generale
• Mr. Peter Tumminello, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Support, Sequent Energy Management
• Mr. Patrick Reames, Vice President, TRM, CommodityPoint, a Division of Utilipoint Int'l.
• Mr. Robert D. Murphy, Jr., President, MuniGas

10:00-10:30 am

Break

10:30-11:45 am

Project Updates – Hear the Real Deal

In 2008, projects in the Southeast were reaching a fever pitch. Pipeline and storage capacity, LNG terminal development all had been scrambling to catch up to high demand and multiple new gas sources. 2009 is an entirely different ball game, but the ball is still in play as many projects are actively underway and near completion that will have a major impact on the natural gas market in the region. Hear the latest and greatest from the project front lines.
• Mr. Bruce H. Hughes, Director, Business Development, Southern Natural Gas
• Mr. Jeff Ballew, CEO, Cardinal Gas Storage Partners
• Mr. Chris Ditzel, General Manager Business Development, Spectra Energy
• Mr. Russell Murrell, Vice President of Business Development, Sempra Pipelines & Storage, Inc.

11:45 am

Afternoon Activities (Golf, Tour or Spa)

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

7:45-9:00 am 

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 am

Welcome and Overview

• Ms. Christy Coleman, Sales Director, LDC Gas Forums

9:15-10:30 am

Regulatory Roundtable – A New Regime

With a new administration at the helm, the winds of change are upon us. What will these new planned policies mean to the Natural Gas Industry? The implications for the industry are not yet known, but what is clear is that there will be both short and long range legislative and regulatory changes that will dramatically change how we all do business. The current regulatory environment spells major shifts in both financial and commodity market oversight, as well as winners and losers in the carbon based energy economy. This vital session will summarize the mood in Washington DC and discuss how it will affect the natural gas in the United States.
• Mr. Bert Kalisch, President & CEO, American Public Gas Association
• Mr. Bob Williams, Consultant, Veteran Energy Journalist
• Mr. Charles S. Young, Deputy City Manager, City of Hamilton, Ohio

10:30–11:00 am

Break

11:00-12:00 pm

Carbon/GHG– The New Frontier is Here

Attacking climate change through a complex greenhouse gas trading system is a centerpiece of the new Obama administration’s energy policy. However, economists and energy analysts of all ideological stripes are debating the merits of a Carbon Tax vs. Cap-and-trade system. What is the potential structure for each solution? How to predict the costs for each method? Will this affect the supply and demand of natural gas? Who will pay? No matter how CO2 is regulated in the U.S. it will have a large effect on the natural gas industry creating new opportunities and risks for your plans and portfolio.
• Mr. Edward Clark Lewis, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
• Mr. Mark C. Lewis, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
• Mr. Ben N. Feldman, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

12:00-1:45 pm

Luncheon & Keynote Address: Natural Gas: The Fuel of Choice

• Dr. Robert Peltier, PE, Editor-in-Chief, Power Magazine

1:45-3:00 pm

Risk Management –What You Don’t Know Could Kill You- The New Realities

Now is the time to update your purchasing strategy with this topical session focused on the dramatic impacts from 2008 events including; changes in volatility, exit of financial institutional flow on options/derivatives/prices. Be certain you understand and have a realistic game plan for all of the risks in today’s gas markets; basis risk, price risk and the most vital…counterparty credit risk.
• Mr. Joe Raia, Managing Director, Energy and Metals Products, CME Group
• Mr. Arthur Gelber, President Gelber & Associates Corp
• Mr. Brad Banky, Vice President-Financial Trading, Shell Energy North America
 • Mr. Paul Corby, President, Planalytics Inc.

3:00-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:30 pm

Gas Production Roundtable – Straight from the Source’s Mouth

Rig counts and drilling are declining, announced cuts in CapEx spending, unconventional gas and shale gas production has grown exponentially creating a surplus in supply. E&P firms are staying flexible and utilizing their expertise to maximize the viable plays for today’s pricing structure. Learn directly from the major producers in the Southeast region what they are planning, how they are preparing for potentially dramatic drilling law changes in the new administration, project updates and most importantly how this will affect your gas supply in 2009.
• Mr. David Pruner, Sr. Vice President, Head of Global Gas & Power Account Mgmt., Wood Mackenzie
Mr. Bill Wince, VP Transportation & Bus. Development, Chesapeake Energy
• Mr. Dan Diebolt, Manager, Marketing & Transportation, Southwestern Production Corp.
• Mr. Terry Schultz, Sr. Vice President Gas Marketing, XTO

4:30-6:30 pm

Cocktail Reception- Where the Elite Meet!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

8:00-8:45 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:00 am

Welcome and Overview

• Ms. Christy Coleman, Sales Director, LDC Gas Forums

9:00-10:00 am

Supply and Demand-What is the “Goldilocks” Balance for 2009?

The # 1 question on most people’s minds on the topic of supply and demand is what is the right equilibrium, and the #2 question is what will it take to make that happen. During what has become one of the most volatile periods in energy pricing in recent memory the worldwide and regional supply and demand equation has one constant…change. This is the time to replenish your thinking and insight on key issues such as the political considerations, environmental and NIMBY legislation, supply diversity, 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year outlook, to “Drill or Not to Drill, that is the question?” and gas fired power plants- the fuel of choice? The experts will separate the real facts from the noise so you can plan your strategy and natural gas portfolio for maximum opportunity, which always exists in a time of rapid change.
• Mr. William W. Hussey, Sr. Vice President, Origination, ConocoPhillips Gas & Power
• Mr. Patrick DeVille, VP Marketing, ENSTOR Inc.
• Ms. Dawn M. Constantin, Manager of Fundamental Analysis, BP Energy

10:00-10:30 am

Break

10:30-11:45 am

Gas Buyers Forum

Buying gas remains increasingly sophisticated and complex. There are more alternative sources of supply, and the newest financial and environmental aspects of a diverse supply portfolio are much more difficult than just a year ago. This group of gas buyers represents a significant portion of the gas volumes used in the region, and they are meeting the challenges of this new market reality. If you are a gas buyer, come hear how your peers are planning for the future. If you sell gas, this panel of gas buyers will discuss the issues that you need to understand if you want to become a supplier of choice in the Southeast.
• Moderator: Mr. Bill Geis, Regional Director, Gulf Coast Region, Tenaska Marketing Ventures
• Mr. Michael Frey, Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia (MGAG)
• Mr. Michael Taylor, Senior Gas Buyer, Memphis Light Gas and Water
• Mr. James Schneider, Energy Supply Manager, Kimberly Clark Corp.
 

11:45-12:00 pm

Wrap-up

• Ms. Kim Arellano, Conference Director, LDC Gas Forums