 |
| Cocktail Sponsor |
|
| Organised by: |
|
| Managed by: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
Peter Schwartz
Peter Schwartz is cofounder and chairman of Global Business Network, a Monitor Group company, and a partner of the Monitor Group. His current research and scenario work encompasses energy resources and the environment, technology, telecommunications, media and entertainment, aerospace, and national security. Peter is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the board of trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, the Long Now Foundation, the World Affairs Council and Human Rights Watch. |
 |
Duncan Macleod
In January 2006 Duncan Macleod became Vice President in charge of Shell Hydrogen, a Shell business created in 1999 to develop hydrogen as a future fuel for mobility and power. Duncan has a Shell career spanning three decades working in Venezuela, the Caribbean, Nigeria, Japan and the Netherlands and has held key positions in supply/trading, M&A, Upstream, Strategy, Government Relations. Duncan was also instrumental in setting-up Shell's biofuels technology ventures with Iogen in Canada and Choren in Germany. |
 |
Dr. Richard A. Bradley
Dr. Bradley has been the head of the Energy Efficiency and Environment Division at the International Energy Agency in Paris since January 2004. Prior to joining the IEA, Dr. Bradley was a senior negotiator for the U. S. on multilateral energy and environment agreements, including: the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, the NO x Protocol under the Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention, and the Montréal Protocol. He held a number of senior management positions in the U. S. Department of Energy prior to joining the IEA. |
 |
Dr. Robert K. Dixon
Dr. Robert K. Dixon is currently the Leader of the Climate and Chemicals Team at the Global Environment Facility and the former Senior Coordinator, National Security Council and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Task Force on Energy Security and Climate Change for the Executive Office of the President. He has previously worked for the International Energy Agency Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
|
 |
Professor Hadi Dowlatabadi
Professor Haid Dowlatabadi is the Canada Research Chair & Professor in Applied Mathematics and Global Change at the University of British Columbia. He received his PhD in Physics from University of Cambridge (1984). He has focused on public policy of resources and the environment. He has hundreds of papers and dozens of PhD students. He is co-founder of Offsetters.ca, CTO of Green-Erg Technologies, and sits on the Board of the Canadian Bioenergy Corporation. |
 |
Goh Chye Boon
Mr Goh was appointed Deputy Secretary (Special Projects) for the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on 1 June 2008. As Deputy Secretary (Special Projects), he oversees the organization of the inaugural Formula ONE night race in Singapore. Concurrent to his appointment, Mr Goh is the Chief Executive Officer of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC) joint venture company between the Singapore and Chinese consortiums. He is also on the board of the Economic Development Board. Mr Goh previously held senior postings at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Community Development, the People’s Association, National Youth Council and the Ministry of Finance. |
 |
Justin R. Swift
Justin R. Swift is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs in the Office of Fossil Energy. He is responsible for export and import activities within the Office of Clean Coal and the Office of Oil and Natural Gas and Petroleum Technology. He also participates in the activities of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, a coalition of 16 nations and the European Union dedicated to research and development that will allow continued reliance on fossil fuels while curtailing production of greenhouse gases. |
 |
Kenji Kobayashi
Mr. Kenji Kobayashi is the Managing Director of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) as well as President of Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC). Previously, Kobayashi was Executive Director for International Affairs in Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC). He has served as Director of the Office of Oil Markets and Emergency Preparedness at the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Deputy Director General for Supply and Demand at the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) in the Japanese Ministry of Trade, Economy and Industry (METI). |
 |
Malcolm Wicks
Malcolm Wicks is Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) of the United Kingdom. He has served as Minister of State for Science and Innovation and Minister of State for Energy 2006). His keen concern about fuel poverty led to him to act as a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation. Mr. Wicks has been a Member of Parliament for Croydon North since 1992. |
 |
Dr. Hashem Akbari
Dr. Hashem Akbari is a Group Leader, Senior Scientist, and principal investigator in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, California Energy Commission, and several other sources. He has performed research in energy use and conservation in buildings; advanced energy technologies; utility energy forecasting; advanced utility-customer communication, computation, and control systems; energy-efficient environment; air pollution control; and environmental simulation and modeling. |
 |
Dr. Jim Watson
Dr. Jim Watson is Deputy Director, Sussex Energy Group, Sussex University and Joint Deputy Leader, Climate Change and Energy Programme, Tyndall Centre. He conducts research on distributed energy systems, the economics of carbon capture and storage and nuclear power. Dr. Watson is a Council Member of the British Institute for Energy Economics and a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. |
 |
Michael Dolan
Michael Dolan joined Mobil Oil Corporation in 1980 and is currently senior vice president of the Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Dolan has served as the Middle East and Africa regional director of ExxonMobil Chemical Company in Brussels. In 2001, he moved to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he served as executive vice president for ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia. Mr. Dolan is a director of the American Chemistry Council, the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council and the Society of Chemical Industry. |
 |
S. Iswaran
On 1 April 2008, Mr. S. Iswaran was appointed Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry. He has worked in the private sector, joining Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd as its Director for Strategic Development. In 1998, Mr Iswaran was appointed Senior VicePresident/Managing Director at Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd where he undertook investments in the pharmaceuticals, biotech, hi-tech manufacturing, transport and logistic sectors and several takeover, buy-out and merger transactions. He was a member of the India-Singapore Closer Economic Cooperation Agreement Joint Study Group, the Government Parliamentary Committees for National Development & Environment as well as for Community Development & Sports, the Remaking Singapore Committee, the Supervisory Panel of the Feedback Unit and the Network India Steering Committee. He is a member of the Division of Asian Studies Consultative Committee at the National University of Singapore. |
 |
Eileen Claussen
Eileen Claussen is the President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Strategies for the Global Environment. Ms. Claussen is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Prior to joining Ms. Claussen was part of the National Security Council for three years, Chairman of the United Nations Multilateral Montreal Protocol Fund and Director of Atmospheric Programs for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
 |
S Jayakumar
S Jayakumar studied law at the University of Singapore and became the Dean of the Law Faculty in 1974. In 1971, he was seconded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to serve as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) and High Commissioner to Canada. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Singapore's delegation to the UN Law of the Sea Conference. Jayakumar was appointed Minister of State for Law and Minister of State for Home Affairs in 1981. He has served as Minister for Labour, Second Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Law. On 30 May 2006, he was re-appointed Deputy Prime Minister, Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Law by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. |
 |
Charles F.Zukoski
Professor Charles F. Zukoski is a chemical and biomolecular engineer, whose professional work now focuses on leading, enabling and supporting research initiatives, technology transfer and the economic development. Professor Zukoski serves as the Chairman of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and leads the council and the seven A*STAR research institutes in charting new directions and strategies that will sustain economic growth in Singapore. |
 |
Finn Strøm Madsen
Finn Strøm Madsen has been President of Vestas Technology R&D since August 2005. He is responsible for research and development of wind turbines and technologies within the Vestas Group. He is member of the Risø DTU Advisory Board, the DTU Board of Representatives as well as the Board of Directors of the Aarhus Engineering College. He holds an executive MBA and is a chemical engineer by training. |
 |
Jarmo Honkamaa
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Neste Oil
Jarmo Honkamaa has been employed by the Neste Oil since 1987. In addition to Deputy CEO, Mr Honkamaa will be responsible for Neste Oil’s proprietary second-generation NExBTL Renewable Diesel business. Mr. Honkamaa has held several management and executive positions at Fortum Corporation and Neste Oyj, including Executive Vice President, Oil Refining (2005-2007), Vice President, Wholesale and Supply (2000-2004), and Vice President, MTBE Business Unit (1996-2000). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Finnish Oil and Gas Federation
|
 |
Robert A. Hefner III
Robert A. Hefner III is Founder and Owner of The GHK Company, pioneer of ultradeep natural gas exploration and production. In the 1970s, Hefner was also a leader in the industry’s successful efforts to deregulate the price of natural gas. Hefner is a Director of the American Clean Skies Foundation, a member of Singapore’s International Advisory Panel (IAP) on Energy, a Member of the International Council at the Belfer Center at Harvard, and has established the Hefner Initiative on Energy and National Security at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). |
 |
Dr. Dan Arvizu
Dr. Dan Arvizu is theDirector of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dr. Arvizu serves on a number of Boards, Panels and Advisory Committees including the American Council on Renewable Energy Advisory Board; the Energy Research, Development, and Deployment Policy Project Advisory Committee at the Harvard Kennedy School; the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Alternative Energies; the Singapore Clean Energy International Advisory Panel; and the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority Board of Directors.
|
 |
Lorraine Hahn
Lorraine Hahn most recently presented CNN International’s regional chat show, Talk Asia and was Anchor of CNN’s long running TV program Biz Asia. Prior to joining CNN, Lorraine worked as Anchor/Editor for CNBC, hosting its flagship programs, NBC Asia’s Nightly News, Business Tonight and The Winners. Lorraine is currently working on producing her own television show, Earth Factor Asia, which is a solutions based environment show focusing on Asia for PBS network in the United States. |
 |
Dave Ernsberger
Dave Ernsberger is Platts' Senior Editorial Director for Asia, and has been working from Singapore since November 2003. Dave, who is a regular speaker on oil and energy issues on Asian TV stations and at industry conferences, also oversees all Platts editorial segments in Asia---oil, power, petrochemicals and metals--and helps manage the company's ambitious growth plans for the region. He has worked as a journalist since graduation, and has been with Platts for more than 12 years, serving in London, Houston and now Singapore, where he manages coverage by more than 50 reporters in the region. |
back to top
|
|
|
|
| Supporting Government Organisations |
|
|
|
|
