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2011 Speakers Included:
Guy Broggi
Guy Broggi
Head of LNG Supply
Total Gas & Power

Guy Broggi joined Total in 1978 as an IT expert for E&P activities after graduated from “Ecole des Mines” (Nancy) and was appointed Head of LNG Supply for the Group in 2006 after ... [ view bio ]

Barend Pek
Barend Pek
General Manager LNG Front End Development
Shell Global Solutions

Jean-Arnold Vinois
Jean-Arnold Vinois
Head of the Energy Policy and Security of Supply Unit, DG Energy and Transport
European Comission

Jean-Arnold VINOIS, 58, Belgian, joined, in 1987 the European Commission where, since 1992, he occupied within the Directorate General for Energy and Transport, several management posts. Since Ap... [ view bio ]

Jesus Saldana
Jesus Saldana
Planning & Strategy Director
Enagas

Jesus Saldaña is Industrial Engineer and has an Executive MBA (IESE Business School - University of Navarra), with wide experience in the Spanish Natural Gas Sector. Mr. Saldaña is t... [ view bio ]

Alberto Ramirez
Alberto Ramirez
LNG Terminal Project Director
Enagas

Mr. Ramirez is Doctor in Mechanical Engineering, with wide experience in projects of Process Plants and especially in LNG's Regasification Terminals and Storage Tanks. Since 2003, he is the Pr... [ view bio ]

Jim Rockwell
Jim Rockwell
Manager of LNG Technology Licensing
ConocoPhillips

Jostein Pettersen, PhD
Jostein Pettersen, PhD
Advisor Mid-downstream LNG Technology
Statoil ASA

Jostein Pettersen is Advisor Mid-downstream LNG Technology, in Statoil. Jostein graduated with a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU... [ view bio ]

Øivind Nilsen
Øivind Nilsen
Vice president for Snøhvit and Hammerfest LNG
Statoil ASA

Øivind Nilsen is VP for Hammerfest LNG, Statoil. Øivind graduated with a MSc in Civil Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1982. He joined Stato... [ view bio ]

Hideomi Ito
Hideomi Ito
Natural Gas Analyst, Gas, Coal & Power Markets Division
International Energy Agency

Mr. Hideomi Ito is a Natural Gas Analyst at International Energy Agency in Paris. He started his career in the private sector in Tokyo and has extensive experience of energy efficiency and gas ma... [ view bio ]

Tony Acton
Tony Acton
Principal
ActOn LNG Consulting

Tony Acton Principal ActOn LNG Consulting & Formely BG Group United Kingdom Tony Acton qualified in Physics, Cryogenic Engineering and researched the thermal properties of cryogen... [ view bio ]

Rob Klein Nagelvoort
Rob Klein Nagelvoort
Consultant
Formerly Shell Global Solutions

Rob Klein Nagelvoort received his degree in Radiation Physics from Delft Technical University, Nuclear Reactor Institute in 1969. During military service he developed a night vision system and so... [ view bio ]

Peter Blomberg
Peter Blomberg
Managing Director
Nordic LNG

Peter Blomberg is the new CEO for Nordic LNG. The last five years Peter has worked in Sweden with gas – with a clear focus on sales and marketing. He is currently the General Manager for DO... [ view bio ]

Andrea A Glücksmann
Andrea A Glücksmann
Senior LNG Project Manager and Commercial Manager
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana S.p.A

Andrea Glücksmann graduated as Chemical Engineer first started as petrochemical commodity trader for ENI in Italy. Since then he spent more than 10 years in the gas business starting to work... [ view bio ]

Pablo Mosto
Pablo Mosto
Uruguay LNG Regas Project Team Coordinator
National Electric Utility of Uruguay

Mr. Mosto is currently Coordinator of the Working Team for the “GNL del Plata” Project, a joint effort of state-owned energy sector companies of Uruguay and Argentina (the sponsors in... [ view bio ]

Neil Smallwood
Neil Smallwood
Managing Director
FTI Group

Bas van den Beemt
Bas van den Beemt
Business Developer Oil and Gas
TNO Science and Industry

Mr. Bas van den Beemt (1977) has a technical background in environmental engineering and holds a master degree in innovation sciences. After working as a sales engineer with a process equipment ... [ view bio ]

Scott Brians
Scott Brians
Business Development, Raman Gas Analyzer System
Scientific Instruments, Inc

Scott Brians was born in Miami, Florida, USA. He graduated with a Master of Science degree awarded by the Electrical Engineering department from the University of Florida. He married a German nat... [ view bio ]

Scott Tackett
Scott Tackett
Marketing Manager
Rolls-Royce

Scott is a turbo machinery professional with experience in engineering, sales, business development, and other functional areas within the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce E... [ view bio ]

Alain Floutier
Alain Floutier
Director of ENERGY Industry Marketing
Dassault Systemes

Since January 2009, Alain Floutier is in charge of the new DS Industry Marketing activity, within the Global Marketing group. He develops the Marketing programs around the Multibrands DS product... [ view bio ]

Peter Tel
Peter Tel
Director
Cryonorm BV

Mr. Peter TEL, born on 17th of November 1965, studied Technical business administration in TH Rijswijk. Peter began his career as a sales engineer with Elf Oil company. From there, Peter moved to... [ view bio ]

Jérémie Esquier
Jérémie Esquier
Commercial Director
Sofregaz

Jérémie Esquier is SOFREGAZ Commercial Director. SOFREGAZ is a worldwide recognised player in the gas market, specialised in high level services covering the full chain of natural gas: ... [ view bio ]

Mark Antonius Kevenaar
Mark Antonius Kevenaar
Head of Process Technology
Oman LNG LLC

MSc. PDEng. Mark Antonius Kevenaar is Head of Process Technology of Oman LNG LLC. He has been working in the LNG industry for over 6 years, first as concept developer in the LNG group of Shell Gl... [ view bio ]

Makoto Yamada
Makoto Yamada
Deputy Manager, Hitachi Terminal Project, LNG Engineering Department
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Mr. Makoto Yamada joined Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd in 2003 as a mechanical engineer and has 8 years experience in planning, engineering, supervising construction, commissioning and maintenance of LNG fa... [ view bio ]

Gordon Deane
Gordon Deane
Chairman
Atlantic

Origins: The unlikely origins of the 1st LNG plant in the Atlantic basin and its construction track record: on-time, on-budget and safe. Our strategy for pacesetting performance. Innovation evol... [ view bio ]

Klaus Poganski
Klaus Poganski
Vice President Project Execution
Linde

Klaus Poganski is Vice President Project Execution for LNG & Natural Gas Processing and also responsible for Product Management of the Natural Gas Product Line within Linde Engineering since ... [ view bio ]

Matthias Brüntrup
Matthias Brüntrup
Senior Project Manager
Linde

Matthias Brüntrup is a Senior Project Manager in Linde Engineering's headquarter near Munich. He has joined the company in 1990 and since been responsible for the execution of various EPC pr... [ view bio ]

Geir  Skaugen, Dr.Ing
Geir Skaugen, Dr.Ing
Research Scientist
Gas Technology Center
Norway

Martín Ugarte
Martín Ugarte
Operations Manager
Canaport LNG (Repsol- Irving Oil)

Martin Ugarte joined RepsolYPF in 1995 as Process Control Engineer after graduation from “Universidad Nacional de La Plata” (La Plata, Argentina). After having held a number of techni... [ view bio ]

Ronald Westerdijk
Ronald Westerdijk
Business Development Manager
Wärtsilä

Ronald Westerdijk (1962) has a BASc degree in Marine Engineering and holds a BASc degree in Technological Economics. He started his carrier as a Merchant Navy officer at Nedlloyd Lines and Spliet... [ view bio ]

Martin Hruska
Martin Hruska
Director of Upstream Development
Excelerate Energy

Martin A. Hruska is Director of Upstream Development for Excelerate Energy’s Development Group with primary focus and responsibility for the commercial and technical development of Excelera... [ view bio ]

Chris Giles
Chris Giles
Operations Manager
Gate Terminal

Steen Kallestrup
Steen Kallestrup
Head of LNG
Dong Energy

Pieter Versluijs
Pieter Versluijs
Expert in LNG instrumentation
Honeywell

Pieter Versluijs has got more than three decades of Industry experience. Started his career as a marine engineer Pieter was involved in instrumentation and process control systems and was in the... [ view bio ]

Gianni Acquisti
Gianni Acquisti
Platform Manager for LNG
GE Oil & Gas

Gianni Acquisti is Platform Manager for LNG in the Product Leaders organization for GE Oil & Gas in Florence, Italy. He takes care of technical and commercial strategies for the segment to de... [ view bio ]

Dereje Shiferaw
Dereje Shiferaw
Design Engineer
Heatric

Dereje Shiferaw received MSc in sustainable energy engineering in 2004 from Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and his PhD from Brunel University (UK) in 2008. His PhD research involved flow ... [ view bio ]

Arjen van den Broecke
Arjen van den Broecke
MES sales leader for EMEA
Honeywell

Arjen van den Broecke is Honeywell's MES sales leader for EMEA. In this role, he works with clients to design holistic automation solutions that address not only the traditional MES space, but ca... [ view bio ]

2010 Speakers Included

John Rodi
John Rodi
Deputy Director, Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Department of the Interior - Minerals Management Service

Mr. John Rodi is currently the Deputy Regional Director for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico Region, in New Orleans, Louisiana. In this capac... [ view bio ]

Steven B Hinchman
Steven B Hinchman
EVP, Technology & Services
Marathon Oil

Steven B. Hinchman is executive vice president of Technology and Services for Marathon Oil Corporation and serves as a member of Marathon's Executive Committee. He joined Marathon in 1980. He was... [ view bio ]

Jack Stark
Jack Stark
SVP, Exploration
Continental Resources Inc

Jack Stark has served as Senior Vice President of Exploration with Continental Resources, Inc., for over ten years. He joined the Company in June 1992 as Vice President of Exploration and served ... [ view bio ]

James E Sigmon
James E Sigmon
Chairman, President & CEO
TXCO Resources

James E. Sigmon serves as Chairman of the Board of TXCO Resources Inc. He was elected Chairman in December 2006 and has been a Director of TXCO since July 1984. He has served as the Company’... [ view bio ]

Howard Anderson
Howard Anderson
President & COO
Triangle Petroleum Corp

Howard Anderson was appointed to the position of President & COO in August 2008. Previously, he has served as Vice-President Engineering and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Anderson brings more ... [ view bio ]

Scott Heck
Scott Heck
SVP, Exploration & Production Technology
Hess Corporation

Scott Heck was appointed senior vice president of Exploration and Production Technology for Hess Corporation in April 2007. In this role, Heck directs the company’s technology organization... [ view bio ]

Stephen P Thurston
Stephen P Thurston
VP, Deepwater Exploration & Projects
Chevron E&P

Stephen P. Thurston (Steve) is Vice President of Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company (CNAEP) in charge of the Deepwater Exploration and Projects Strategic Business Unit (DWEP... [ view bio ]

Erik Dyrkoren
Erik Dyrkoren
Research Engineer, Department of Maintenance Technology
MARINTEK SINTEF

Erik holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Georgia Institute of Technology (US). During his six years at MARINTEK, he has... [ view bio ]

Dr David Latin
Dr David Latin
VP, E&P Technology (Global Head, Field of the Future®)
BP

As Vice President of E&P Technology, Dave is currently globally accountable for BP’s fieldofthefuture® Programme which has a specific focus on projects and workflows which deliver ... [ view bio ]

Francisco Ortigosa
Francisco Ortigosa
Director of Geophysics E&P
Repsol

Francisco Ortigosa received his MSc. in Geophysics from the University of Barcelona. After three years of research, Francisco has dedicated 16 years to the petroleum industry holding geophysics r... [ view bio ]

Chris Usher
Chris Usher
Senior Director, Technology
Landmark PSL - Halliburton

Before joining Landmark, Usher was senior corporate vice president, services, at Paradigm. Usher has 23 years of experience in the upstream exploration and production (E&P) industry. He h... [ view bio ]

Dan Themig
Dan Themig
Founder & CEO
Packers Plus Energy Services

Dan Themig is manager of Tech Services for Packers Plus Energy Services. He has served in various engineering and technical positions in the U.S. and Canada and has been involved in advanced hor... [ view bio ]

Don Cameron
Don Cameron
VP, Project Execution
Spectra Energy

Don Cameron is Vice President of Project Execution for Spectra Energy Transmission’s western Canadian operations. He is responsible for ensuring timely and efficient completion of the com... [ view bio ]

Stephen R Brand
Stephen R Brand
SVP, Technology
ConocoPhillips

Stephen R. Brand is senior vice president, Technology, for ConocoPhillips. Brand began his career with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1976 as a geologist for exploration and production (E&... [ view bio ]

Rob Morgan
Rob Morgan
COO, Upstream
Harvest Energy Trust

Rob Morgan is Chief Operating Officer, Upstream for Harvest Energy Trust. He is a professional engineer with over 23 years of technical, operations and management experience in the Candain oil an... [ view bio ]

Andy Rowe
Andy Rowe
EVP Global BD, Marketing & Client Relations
Downhole Fluidics Inc

Andy Rowe’s career in stimulation, completion and enhanced oil recovery has spanned thirty years. He is a veteran in the industry with well rounded expertise gained from hands on, bottom u... [ view bio ]

Dr Terry Engelder
Dr Terry Engelder
Professor of Geosciences
Penn State University

Terry Engelder's (Penn State B.S., 1968; Yale M.S., 1972; Texas A&M, Ph.D., 1973) research focus covers a range of subjects encompassing structural geology, rock mechanics and tectonophysics.... [ view bio ]

Jon David Caron
Jon David Caron
Project Engineering Advisor
Anadarko Petroleum Corp

Jon David Caron is currently serving as a technical advisor for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in their Engineering & Technology department. He has more than 24 years of industry experience ... [ view bio ]

Wishart Robson
Wishart Robson
Sr. Advisor to the CEO, Climate Change & Safety
Nexen Inc

Wishart is the Climate Change Advisor to the President and CEO of Nexen Inc. In that capacity he works with the Board and senior management of Nexen to develop strategic and tactical responses to... [ view bio ]

David Burnett
David Burnett
Director of Technology
Texas A&M University - Global Petroleum Research Institute

David B Burnett is a member of the faculty of the Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas A&M University and the Director of Technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute. Burnett... [ view bio ]

Kevin Banks
Kevin Banks
Director, Oil & Gas
Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Kevin Banks moved to Alaska in 1982 and worked for the Minerals Management Service as an economist in the Social and Economic Studies Program. In this position, he led the agency’s economic... [ view bio ]

Jeffrey Walker
Jeffrey Walker
Regional Supervisor, Field Operations
Minerals Management Service - Alaska Region

Jeff Walker is the Regional Supervisor for Field Operations with the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Alaska Region. He has been with the MMS program in Alaska for 30 years. He is responsible... [ view bio ]

Dr Candy Albertsson
Dr Candy Albertsson
President, Albertsson Consulting Group
Former Senior Talent Management Head, BP plc

Dr. Candy Albertsson is President of Albertsson Consulting Group, a talent management consultancy that delivers best practice and patent-pending solutions for a variety of talent management chall... [ view bio ]

C Susan Howes
C Susan Howes
Manager, Horizons Program
Chevron Global Upstream & Gas

Susan Howes is Horizons Manager, in the Organizational Capability group, at Chevron. Howes is formerly Learning and Organizational Development Manager at Anadarko. She has had various engineering... [ view bio ]

Arthur W Boykiw
Arthur W Boykiw
Director, Oil Sands Systems
Petro-Canada

Arthur Boykiw is Director of the Oil Sand Information Services organization for Petro-Canada based in Alberta. He has a BSC in Computing Science with 24 years experience in the E&P industry c... [ view bio ]

Michael S Bahorich
Michael S Bahorich
EVP, E&P Technology
Apache Corporation

Mike Bahorich became Apache Corporation’s Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production Technology in 2000. He joined the company in 1996 as chief geophysicist. He was later promoted... [ view bio ]