| In 2004, crude oil futures contracts reached a peak of $55; in
early 2005, they remain at historically-high levels in the low
$40's, and with significant potential future volatility. Join us
for a critical look at the future of oil prices as an impressive
group of experts from oil and gas companies, merchant energy
firms, consulting firms, investment banking, government agencies
and academia scrutinizes the latest engineering, economic and
financial data.
Speakers
- Matthew R. Simmons - Keynote Speaker. Chairman of Simmons &
Company International. He serves as a Board Member of Kerr-McGee
Corporation, Brown-Forman Corporation, the Center for Houston’s
Future, Houston Technology Center, ICIC and the United States
Atlantic Council. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
- Robert G. Phillips – Keynote Speaker. President
and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Enterprise
Products Partners L.P., previously served as Chairman of the
Board and CEO of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. and
President of El Paso Field Services.
- Vincent (Vince) J. Kaminski - Panelist and Moderator. Adjunct
Professor at Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at
Rice University, formerly a managing director of Sempra Energy
Trading and Citadel Investment Group LLC, and Vice President of
Commercial Analytics at Reliant Resources, Inc.
- Ehud I. Ronn - Panelist and Moderator. Professor of Finance at
The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business
and Director of the Center for Energy Finance and Research (CEFER)
- Mark A. Borer – Panelist. Group Vice President of
Duke Energy Field Services, formerly Vice President of
natural gas marketing for Union Pacific Fuels, Inc., serves
on the Board of Directors of TEPPCO
- Steve Leppard - Panelist. Head of Structured Products, BP
Europe, formerly Senior Strategist for Gaselys in Paris and Head
of Enron Europe’s Research Group
- Scott W. Tinker - Panelist. Director of the Bureau of Economic
Geology at The University of Texas at Austin, State Geologist of
Texas and a Professor in UT’s Department of Geological Sciences
- Philip K. Verleger, Jr. - Panelist. Energy consultant and fuel
economist, President of PKVerleger LLC, Senior Fellow at the
Institute for International Economics
- Timothy H. Murray – Panelist. Executive Vice
President and Manager of the Energy Group of Wells Fargo and
President of Wells Fargo Energy Capital
The 2005 CEFER Conference will be held February 17th and 18th at
Houston’s prestigious Houstonian Hotel. The Conference fee is
$350 which includes opening reception and dinner on February
17th, lunch and coffee breaks on the 18th, and all materials.
Register now at:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/execed/registration/
Continuing Education Units
Participants receive a UT certificate and earn .8
continuing education units (CEUs) or 8 continuing
professional education hours (CPEs).
Program Schedule Thursday, February 17
4:00 – 6:00 pm Check-In & Registration
6:00 – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception
7:00 – 9:00 pm Seated Dinner and Keynote address by
Robert (Bob) G. Phillips Friday, February 18
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 am Panel 1 Discussion
Philip K. Verleger, Jr. Why Oil Could
Go to $60
Scott Tinker Oil and Natural Gas Price:
The Past May not be A Key to the Future |
10:00 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 – 12:00 pm Panel 2 Discussion
Ehud I. Ronn Forward Prices, Forecast
Prices, and the Future of Crude Oil Prices
Vincent J. Kaminski On the Predictive
Power of Crude-Oil Forward Prices |
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch & Keynote Address by Matthew R.
Simmons
1:30 – 3:00 pm Panel 3 Discussion
Steve Leppard, BP Currency/Commodity
Hybrid Products
Mark Borer, Duke Energy Field Services
Impact of High Crude Prices on U.S. Midstream
Industry (from Wellhead to Burner Tip)
Timothy Murray, Wells Fargo The Impact of
High Oil Prices on Oil and Gas Finance Market |
3:00 pm Departure
The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa To reserve a room at the Houstonian Hotel, please call 1-800-231-2759 and
indicate that you are participating in the CEFER conference. The hotel is
located at 111 North Post Oak Lane in Houston, Texas.
Directions to
the Houstonian Hotel. Contact Information
Government agencies and academics may contact:
Angela Dorsey
Angela.Dorsey@mccombs.utexas.edu
(512) 232-7386 |
