2nd IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Gas and Coal Market Outlooks

Background

Summary Report

SESSION 1 GAS MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM
Moderator: David Montgomery, Senior Vice President, NERA

• What will determine the place of gas in the future energy mix? Tim Gould, Head, Resources and Investment, IEA
• Natural gas: outlook and changing trendss, Nadir Guerer, Senior Research Analyst , OPEC
• Insights into dialogue and data in gas markets, Zack Henry, Director, Energy Dialogue, IEF
• Natural Gas Market Development and Trends, Radia Sedaoui, Head, Statistics and Gas Modelling, GECF (presentation not available)

Regional developments 
• North American developments and trends, Jérôme Ferrier, President, International Gas Union
• Asian developments and trends, Bob (Hiroyuki) Takai President & CEO, Sumitomo Corporation Global Research
• European developments and trends, Robert Oushoorn, PWC Partner/Global Leader, Gas Practice & Strategy

Developments in industry
• New trends in the use of gas by the power, industrial and transportation sectors, Markus Becker, Global Leader, Government Affairs and Policy, GE Oil & Gas

SESSION 2 COAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM OUTLOOKS
Moderator: Taher Najah, Downstream Oil Industry Analyst, OPEC

• Coal demand trends in OECD countries, Carlos Fernández Alvarez, Senior Coal Expert, IEA
• Perspectives for coal in Europe Mark Oliver Bettzüge, Director, Institute of Energy Economics, University of Cologne
• Trade patterns in the coal markett, Eoghan Cunningham, CEO, Global Coal

Developments in industry
• New trends of the coal industry, perspectives on China, Mark C. Thurber, Associate Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University

SESSION 3 GAS AND COAL COMPETITION IN THE POWER MARKET FROM A LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE

• Overview of Trends and Policies, Peter Ramsay, Managing Editor, Generation Fuels, Argus
• European trends and developments, Hans ten Berge, Secretary General, Eurelectric
• Asian developments and trends, Tatiana Mitrova, Head, Oil and Gas Department, Energy Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Developments in industry
• Gas and coal substitution, technology and economics drivers, Peter Adam, Head, Project Development, Oil and Gas, Siemens