Event Schedule

8:00 AM-8:50 AM           REGISTRATION and NETWORKING coffee:

9:00 AM-9:10AM      WELCOME ADDRESS

• Ismael CHIKHOUNE, President & CEO of the US-Algeria Business Council
• The new elected Chairman of USABC (To be Announced by early October)

 9:10 AM-9:45 AM      KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 Official Representative from the US Department of Energy (TBA)     H.E Mohamed HANECHE, Ambassador of Algeria to the United States of America

 H.E Minister Mohamed ARKAB, Minister of Energy & Mines

 9:45 AM-11:00 AM    Panel: Upstream and Downstream Oil/Gas Development in Algeria
(Panelists to be announced)

Moderator: Mr. Richard Westerdale, Executive Director, Energy Futures Initiative

• Legal and regulatory framework governing hydrocarbon activities (ALNAFT);
• Investment opportunities in the hydrocarbon mining field (ALNAFT) ;
• Upstream development plan (SONATRACH);
• Valorization of hydrocarbons (refining and petrochemical development plan (SONATRACH);
• John Ardil, Vice-President Global exploration, ExxonMobil
• Questions & Answers

 11:00 AM-11:30 AM PRESENTATIONS FROM US EXPERTS

       Mr. Jim Burkhard – Vice President and Head of research for Oil markets, Energy & Mobility at S&P Global.

’There are three driving forces shaping the energy industry today and over the next decade: Demographics, global balance of power, and energy decarbonization.

How each of these forces impacts energy ? ‘’

         Mr. Richard Westerdale, Executive Director, Energy Futures Initiative

11:30 AM-12:15 PM PANEL OF CEOs   

          Moderator:  Mr. Roger Diwan – Vice President and Head of research for Energy Advisory    and Financial Markets at S&P Global Commodity Insights.

• Toufik Hakkar, CEO of SONATRACH (TBC)
• Mourad Beldjehem, President of ALNAFT
• Sunny Sharma, CEO of Equinox Engineering Ltd.
• James Johnson, CEO of Flight Petroleum
• Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman & CEO of Air Product (TBC)

12:20 PM-1:40 PM LUNCHEON

1:45 PM-3:00 PM Panel:  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:

      Reduction of methane emissions/ Decarbonization

      Moderator:  Mr. Richard Westerdale, Executive Director, Energy Futures Initiative

       Reduction of methane emissions in the Algerian oil industry (Sonatrach TBA)

•  Mr. Warren Murdoch, President Occidental Petroleum Algeria
• Mr. Blake Gendron, Senior Vice President ESG Impact Segment, NESR
• Dr. Kahina Abdeli-Galinier. Head of SLB End to End Emissions Solutions.
• Mr. Frederik Majkut, Carbon Solutions Director, Schlumberger
• Questions & Answers

3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Panel: Critical spares and production support

• Moderator: TBA
• Mr. Carlos Tellez, President & CEO,  Synovos
• Mr. Jack Hodges,  Vice President, Digital Solutions, ISS
• Mr. Thomas Melina, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Synovos
• Mr. Thomas Naum,  President & CEO of ReaSol

4:00 PM- 5:15 PM   Panel: Global Gas Markets – Opportunities and Risks for Algerian Exports

• Energy security vs. Energy transition –  Implications and opportunities for Algeria
• Attracting Investments to Algeria – The game changes
• Jim Burkhard– Vice President and Head of research for Oil markets, Energy & Mobility at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
• Roger Diwan– Vice President and Head of research for Energy Advisory for Financial Markets at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
• Eleanor Kramarz – Executive Director, Strategy Consulting Group, S&P Global Commodity Insights.
• Doug Spelman – Vice President Global Analytics, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• Questions & Answers

5:15 PM- 6:15 PM B2B Meetings between the US companies and their Algerian counterparts from Sonatrach, Sonelgaz , and Alnaft.

 6:15 PM-7:30 PM     NETWORKING  RECEPTION