(As of April 21st. Subject to change. Please check back for updates)
Monday, May 10
10:30am
Golf Tournament at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club & 19th Hole
Party — sponsored by NASDAQ OMX Commodities
(Bus leaves hotel at 10:30 am; lunch is set for noon; shotgun start is 1:00 pm)
5:30pm
Chicago Cubs vs. Florida Marlins — sponsored by ICE, NGX and Bentek Energy
(Bus leaves hotel at 5:30pm; first pitch is at 7:05pm)
Tuesday, May 11
7:30am–8:30am
Breakfast in the "Market Network Center" — sponsored by Hess Energy Marketing
8:20am–8:30am
Welcome to GasMart: Ellen Beswick, Publisher and Founder, Intelligence Press, Inc.
8:30am–9:40am
Natural Gas Supply — Over the Top
- Will Hussey, Sr. Vice President, Origination, ConocoPhillips (slides)
- David Slater, Managing Director, Marketing & Structured Products, Nexen Marketing (slides)
- Guy Braden, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, GDF Suez (slides)
| (1) | Shale gas, an embarrassment of riches |
| (2) | Some basis are better than others |
| (3) | Maintaining E&P flexibility to match slowly recovering demand |
| (4) | New Markets for Canadian Shale |
| (5) | LNG — Coming to a terminal near you? |
9:40am–10:00am
Coffee Break in the "Market Network Center"
10:00am–10:40am
Keynote: Porter Bennett, President & CEO, Bentek Energy (slides)
Rearranging the North American Infrastructure for an Expanding Market
| (1) | The market impact of the widely scattered supply buildup | |
| (2) | The Marcellus: A Basis-Squashing Beast | |
| (3) | A new and better central [Perryville] hub? | |
| (4) | The ups and downs of LNG imports | |
10:40am–11:00am
Coffee Break in the "Market Network Center"
11:00am–Noon
Changing Parameters for Gas Purchasing and Risk Management
- Dick Snyder, Vice President of Business Development, CenterPoint Energy Services (slides)
- Paul Corby, Senior Vice President of Energy, Planalytics (slides)
- Brian Vatthauer, Director, Financial Products, BP Gas & Power (slides)
| (1) | To Hedge or Not to Hedge... With gas at $4.00, that is the question. |
| (2) | Short-term versus long-term purchases? |
| (3) | Is there a place for longer-term, fixed-price contracts? |
| (4) | Dynamic Risk Management Framework: How do I determine product, term and percentage of requirements to hedge? |
Noon–1:00pm
Lunch in the "Market Network Center" — sponsored by SolArc
1:00pm–2:15pm
Integrating Green Goals into Gas Procurement Basics
- Andrew Hess, Director, Gas Supply, Integrys Energy Services (slides)
- Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia (slides)
- Kevin Petak, Vice President of Gas Modeling, ICF International (slides)
- Berne Mosley, Deputy Director, Office of Energy Projects, FERC (slides)
- Bill Bathe, CEO, U.S. Energy Services, Moderator
| (1) | Weighing reliability, cost and emissions reductions |
| (2) | Corporate sustainability and climate mitigation programs |
| (3) | The adequacy of storage as a market stabilizer |
| (4) | Backing up renewables in electric power production |
2:15pm–2:30pm
Coffee Break in the "Market Network Center"
2:30pm–3:10pm
Keynote: Herb Vogel, President, BP Energy Company, North America Gas & Power (slides)
With the increasing viability of shale gas to balance the nation's climate and energy security objectives the issue is “not about the rocks and the resources, but what goes on above the ground...the politics and access issues," so said BP CEO Tony Hayward recently. What is needed is an industry campaign to inform the American people and the Congress of the benefits of America's own secure, clean, plentiful resource.3:10pm–3:30pm
Coffee Break in the "Market Network Center"
3:30pm–4:30pm
Playbook for the Political World
- Brad E. Boister, Vice President, Gas Marketing, Anadarko Energy Services Co. (slides)
- David F. Ciarlone, Manager, Global Energy Services, Alcoa Inc. (slides)
- Richard Kolodziej, President, Natural Gas Vehicles for America (slides)
- James Duncan, Director, Gas Marketing, ConocoPhillips, Moderator
| (1) | Raising the visibility of the natural gas solution with the public and lawmakers |
| (2) | Working with government to formulate balanced drilling rules |
| (3) | Competing in the trenches on taxes and incentives |
| (4) | Convincing FERC and Congress to reduce pipeline costs |
| (5) | Dealing with new futures market rules |
4:30pm–5:30pm
"Market Network Center" Reception
Wednesday, May 12
8:00am–9:00am
Breakfast in the "Market Network Center" — sponsored by Platts
9:00am–10:10
Futures and OTC Market Regulation and What it Means for the Natural Gas Purchaser
- Joe Raia, Managing Director, Energy & Metals Products, CME Group (slides)
- Aaron Trent, Manager, Financial Analysis, Edison Electric Institute (slides)
- Tom Saal, Vice President, Hencorp Futures, LLC (slides)
- Edward Dasso, Manager, Market Regulation, IntercontinentalExchange (slides)
| (1) | How would it work for certain market segments to be exempt from regulation of OTC derivative transactions? |
| (2) | What would be the effects of mandatory clearing of the OTC market? |
| (3) | How should position limits be calculated? |
| (4) | How would excluding banks from derivative transactions affect the market? |
| (5) | What impact would these initiatives have on the price, volume and volatility of natural gas futures prices? |
10:10am–10:30am
Coffee Break in the "Market Network Center"
10:30am–11:45am
Gas Purchasers Speak Out
We don't think it's fair to let the energy suppliers do all the talking. Be on hand as the industry's
customers talk back, discussing how they approach this market, their requirements from suppliers, problems they have encountered
and how demand characteristics differ across various end-user industries.
Panelists who have participated in this popular session in the past have touched on their industry,
company, location(s), what gas pipeline system(s)/interconnects they are supplied by, their usage profile,
including whether they are firm or interruptible customers, need for peaking supplies, their use of storage
and when, and volume of MMBtu requirements.
- Nina Patrick, Corporate Purchasing Manager, Packaging Corp. of America (slides)
- Matthew Beach, Manager, Energy and Environmental Program, City of Chicago (slides)
- Alan Ellison, Dir of Energy and Procurement, Veolia Energy North America (slides)
- Matthew Nau, Strategic Sourcing Director, Natural Gas, Lafarge North America (slides)
- Bill Griffith, Vice President, Marketing & Origination, BP Gas & Power, Moderator
12:00pm
GasMart concludes and "Market Network Center" closes
Noon–1:30pm
Gas Purchasers Luncheon & Meeting — hosted by the Process Gas Consumers Group (PGC) and Ballard Spahr LLP Qualified purchasers of natural gas are invited to this luncheon meeting (email your host to RSVP by May 1)
Introduction and Welcome
- Alex Strawn, Purchasing Group Manager, North American Energy, Procter & Gamble and Chairman of the PGC
- Dena Wiggins, Partner, Ballard Spahr and General Counsel to the PGC
An Update on Natural Gas Act Section 5 Reform
| (1) | Pipeline ROE — The Cost to Shippers |
| (2) | Making the Complaint Process Work for Gas Consumers |
| (3) | An Update on Ongoing Cases |
The Future of U.S. Carbon Policy/Regulation
- Greg Means, Co-Founder and Principal, Alpine Group
| (1) | Status of Legislative/Regulatory Initiatives |
| (2) | States out in Front |
| (3) | Gradual Greening Strategies |
