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Forum 2020 Speakers and Topics
| Edmund Lunde, COO, Arion | “State of the Union (COVID-19)” |
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Moderator – Kat Lewton, Vice President, Business Development, AG&P Americas, Inc. Alan Archer, Construction Operations Manager, Black & Veatch |
“Execution of a Project” Panel |
| Carlos Cabrera | “Geo-Political and Economic Considerations” |
| Jamie Cook, Managing Director: Equity Research, Credit Suisse | “U.S. Engineering and Construction Economic Perspective” |
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Moderator – Bob Nussmeier, Vice President, Strategic Clients & Partners, Kiewit Energy Group Alastair Cullen, Vice President Business Development – Energy Transition, Kiewit |
“Carbon Management” Panel |
| Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Founding Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research; Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Rice University | “Houston on the Cusp of Changing America” |
Forum 2019 Speakers and Topics
| Dr. Ahmad Durrani, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Joe Thompson, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Downstream and Chemicals, Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals | Keynote Speaker “Our House is on Fire – EPC Transformation & Implementation” |
| Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, Baker Institute | “Oil, Geopolitics and the Persian Gulf” |
| Mark Eramo, Vice President, Global Business Development – Energy & Chemicals, IHS Markit | “US Shale Oil & Gas and the Return of a Major Petrochemical Build-cycle to the US Market” |
| Jack Stout, Director of Business Development – Digital Industries, Siemens | “Asset Reliability – From Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operations” |
| Jim Solomon, Director – LNG, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | “The LNG Industry Evolves” |
| Peter Armstrong, Vice President Business Development, Selas Linde | “Process Technologies: Leveraging the Transformational Shift” |
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Moderator – Michael Hyland, Principal Engineer, Wunderlich-Malec Engineering Steve Cabano, President, Pathfinder, LLC |
“Improving Financials for EPC Companies” Panel |
| Steve Cabano, President, Pathfinder, LLC | Concluding Remarks |
| Andre Goffart, Senior VP, Development & Support Operations, Total Exploration & Production | Banquet Speaker “Steering the E&P Industry in a Changing Environment” |
Forum 2018 Speakers and Topics
| Marty Schweers, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Moderator – Sanjeev Kapur, Apex PetroConsultants Don Bari, VP, Technology and Analytics Group: Oil Markets, Midstream, Downstream and Chemicals, IHS Markit David Claggett, Senior Vice President, OGC Markets and Strategy, Kiewit Energy Group Mark Coscio, Vice President – Petrochem Operations, McDermott Frank Dishongh, Vice President and General Manager – Houston Operations, Fluor |
“Turning the Corner” Keynote Panel Keynote Panel AF18BariClaggettCoscioDishongh |
| Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, Baker Institute | “More Trouble in the Middle East? Oil Producers, Climate Change and Energy Demand” |
| Ravi Kathuria, President, Houston Strategy Forum | “Becoming a Cohesive Company” |
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Moderator – Nrupa Shah, Business Development Director, Jacobs Dave Lafferty, Scientific Technical Services |
“Still Waiting on…E&C Digital Transformation” Panel |
| Scott Sharp, Executive Vice President, Chevron Phillips Chemical | Banquet Speaker “Surfing the Second Wave of Gulf Coast Petrochemical Investments” |
Forum 2017 Speakers and Topics
| Marty Schweers, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Jeff Sipes, Principal Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals | Keynote Speaker “Relationships, Innovation and the Productivity Divide” |
| Manuel Junco, SVP and General Manager, Transformation, Strategy & Innovation, Jacobs | “Engineering: Trends, Challenges and Exciting Future” |
| Amish Sabharwal, Executive Vice President, Americas, AVEVA | “Industry 4.0 (Digitalization) Impact on Project Execution Excellence” |
| Jim Rammell, Vice President, Corporate Construction Operations, Wood | “Advanced Work Packaging” |
| Jim Claunch, Vice President of Operational Excellence for Development and Production USA/Mexico, Statoil | “Leading in the Digital Age” |
| Moderator – Dick Westney, Founder/Director, Westney Consulting Group, Inc. Chaitali Dave, Director of Strategic Sourcing, Phillips 66 Company Manuel Junco, SVP and General Manager, Transformation, Strategy & Innovation, Jacobs J. Blake Moore, Owner, Blake Consulting, LLC Jim Rammell, Vice President, Corporate Construction Operations, Wood Amish Sabharwal, Executive Vice President, Americas, AVEVA |
“Getting to EPC 4.0” |
| Tom Walters, President Emeritus, ExxonMobil Production Company | Banquet Speaker “ExxonMobil’s Energy Outlook” |
Forum 2016 Speakers and Topics
| Alan English, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Curt Watson, CEO, The Infinity Group at Wood Group | Keynote Speaker “Engineering & Construction Industry Survival Guide for the Disruptive Shale Revolution” |
| Stephen Zinger, Vice President – Chemicals, Wood Mackenzie | “Putting Together the Energy and Petrochemical Puzzle” |
| Francisco Monaldi, Ph.D., Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy | “Mexico and Latin America – Geopolitics and Opportunities in the Hydrocarbons Industry” |
| Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy | “Oil Market Turmoil: Mysteries of the Marginal Barrel” |
| Aaron Beam, Corporate, Business and Educational Speaker | Guest Luncheon Speaker |
| Moderator – Sanjeev Kapur, Principal Consultant, Apex PetroConsultants Moderator – Mike Harrison, Senior Vice President, ENGlobal Keith Ackley, VP – Project Management, KBR Wolfgang Brand, VP – Business Development & Sales, Petrochemical Plants, Linde Jerry Cordell, VP – Commercial Operations, Onshore Business Unit, Technip USA, Inc. Ron Corn, Senior VP – Projects & Supply Chain, CPChem Denis Menegaz, VP – Project Management, Fluor Dane Osborne, VP – Houston Project Operations, CB&I |
“Innovations in Managing the Cost of Major Capital Programs” Panel Discussion |
| Michel Hourcard, President & CEO, Total E&P Americas | Banquet Speaker “Opportunities and Challenges in Exploration and Production” |
Forum 2015 Speakers and Topics
| Alan English, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Michele McNichol, CEO, Wood Group Mustang | Keynote Speaker “Transforming the Business with Courage” |
| Tom Anderson, President Lutech Resources & SVP Staffing and Recruiting, CB&I | “Obtaining & Retaining Personnel in a Volatile Market” |
| Jeff Reilly, Group President – Strategy & Business Development, Amec Foster Wheeler | “Strategic Options Available in a Continuously Volatile Market” |
| Bob Tippee, Editor, Oil & Gas Journal | “Oil Market Turmoil: Mysteries of the Marginal Barrel” |
| Staff Sergeant Joey Jones, Team Never Quit | Guest Luncheon Speaker |
| Moderator – Richard Westney, Founder/Director, Westney Consulting Group Moderator – Jerry Kavalieratos, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting Luc Messier, Senior Vice President Projects, ConocoPhillips (retired) Dean Ragsdale, Consultant, Ragsdale Group Bob Tippee, Editor, Oil & Gas Journal Michele McNichol, CEO, Wood Group Mustang |
“Crossfire: Winners and Losers in a Low-Price World” Panel Discussion |
| Martin Houston, Chairman, Parallax Energy | Banquet Speaker “Oil has Hit $__ per barrel! Now What? – Protecting Market Share in a Volatile Market” |
Forum 2014 Speakers and Topics
| Tom Anderson, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Edwin “Ned” Thomas, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University |
Opening Remarks |
| Takashi Kubota, Executive Chairman, Chiyoda Corporation | Keynote Speaker “Impact of the North American Energy Boom on the Global Engineering and Construction Industry – How We, Chiyoda, Will Meet the Challenge” |
| Ignacio Quesada, Managing Director, Mexico City Office, Alvarez & Marsal | “Mexican Energy Reform: Opportunities and Challenges Regarding Secondary Laws” |
| Martin Humphreys, Vice President Engineering, SNC Lavalin Engineers & Constructors | “LNG From the North: Not Quite the Same” |
| Jorge Leis, Managing Director, Bain & Company | “Perspectives on the Impact of Shale Gas and Tight Oil Production on the Global E&C Industry…and Vice Versa” |
| Chris Bronk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer & Information Systems, University of Houston | Guest Luncheon Speaker “Engineering a Secure Internet of Things” |
| Moderator – Richard Westney, Founder/Director, Westney Consulting Group Moderator – Jerry Kavalieratos, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting Chuck McConnell, Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Initiative, Rice University Greg Sills, Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President, Cobalt International Energy Bob Tippee, Editor, Oil & Gas Journal Curt Watson, President, Process Plants & Industrial Business Unit, Wood Group Mustang |
“Crossfire: Competing Views of the Future” Panel Discussion |
| Lee Tillman, President & CEO, Marathon Oil Corporation | Banquet Speaker “US Resource Plays: Transforming America’s and the World’s Energy Future” |
Forum 2013 Speakers and Topics
| Tom Anderson, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Dr. Wade Adams, Associate Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University |
Opening Remarks |
| Bob Deason, Chairman of the Board, UniversalPegasus International (UPI) | Keynote Speaker “Adapting Past Lessons to Future Changes” |
| Raoul LeBlanc, Partner and Head of Global Gas, PFC Energy | “The Accelerating Pace of Change in the Energy Industry – How Far Can We Take This?” |
| Patrick Mullen, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, CB&I | “Business Strategies to Stay Ahead of the Curve” |
| CJ Coolidge, Motivational and Executive Coach | Guest Luncheon Speaker “Closing the Generational Communication Gap” |
| Moderator – Richard Westney, Founder/Director, Westney Consulting Group Keith Clauss, President & CEO, SK E&C Mark Mallett, Vice President, Operations and Engineering, Freeport LNG Keith Manning, Executive Vice President, Zachry Holdings, Inc. Mike McAtee, Senior Vice President, BASF |
“The Changing Face of North American E&C” Panel Discussion |
| Al Hirshberg, Executive Vice President, Technology and Projects, ConocoPhillips | Banquet Speaker “An Operator’s View of Future Developments” |
Forum 2012 Speakers and Topics
| Mike Coffey, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Edwin “Ned” Thomas, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University |
Opening Remarks |
| John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Company and Founder,Citizens for Affordable Energy | Keynote Speaker “Prosperity Wanting to Happen” |
| Dr. Daslav Brkic, Vice President, E&C Business Development, Saipem S.p.A. | “The Challenge of Laying Giant Pipelines: The Execution of the Nord Stream Project” |
| Raoul LeBlanc, Senior Director, Onshore, North American Practice, PFC Energy | “North American Shale: And Now for the Hard Part?” |
| Jan Hargrave, Body Language Expert | Guest Luncheon Speaker “Strictly Business Body Language” |
| Moderator – Richard Westney, Founder/Director, Westney Consulting Group Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, The Baker Institute Don Jacobsen, Senior VP of Industry & Government Affairs, Noble Corporation Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative and former Undersecretary of Energy Ed Verona, President & CEO, US – Russia Business Council |
“The Politics and Geopolitics of Energy” Panel Discussion |
| Neil Duffin, President, ExxonMobil Development Company | Banquet Speaker “Aligned for Success – The Value of Long-Term Relationships” |
Forum 2011 Speakers and Topics
| Mike Coffey, Chairman, Board of Directors Rice Global E&C Forum |
Welcoming Address |
| Edwin “Ned” Thomas, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University |
Opening Remarks |
| James Bernhard, CEO, Shaw Group | Morning Keynote Speaker “Powering Our Future” |
| Dr. Thevarak Rochanapruk, Vice President and Project Director, PTT Phenol Company Ltd. | “2011: The challenge of doing an EPC project in Thailand” |
| John Rogers, Consultant, D.A. Davidson & Co. | “Wall Street’s Perspective on E&C Stocks…Short Attention Span Owners in a Cyclical Volatile Industry” |
| Loic des Deserts, CEO, DORIS Engineering | Presentation |
| Alan Armstrong, CEO, Williams Companies | Afternoon Keynote Speaker “Deconstructing Project Risks: The New Reality of Risk-Sharing to Create Competitive Advantage” |
| Daniel Ju, President, SK E&C | “A Perspective of the World E&C Stage” |
| Jim Peters, Head of Americas Downstream Consulting, Wood Mackenzie | “The Future of Downstream and What it Means for E&C” |
| Thomas Zarges, Chairman, URS Energy & Construction | “Tomorrow’s Workforce: Overcoming the Gap Between the Generations” |
| C. Michael (Mike) Illanne, President and General Manager of Chevron’s Project Resources Company | Banquet Speaker “Ensuring Competitive Project Delivery in a Megaproject World” |
Forum 2010 Speakers and Topics
| Sidney Burrus, Interim Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University |
Opening Remarks |
| Dr. David Leebron, President, Rice University | Welcoming Address |
| William “Bill” Utt, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, KBR, Inc. | Keynote Speaker “A Walk on the Wild Side: A Perspective of an International Engineering & Construction Contractor” |
| Dr. Michael J. Economides, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston | “Natural Gas Flare-Ups: Present & Future” |
| Mark Williams, Boston College, Boston University School of Management, Executive-in-Residence/Master Lecturer, Finance and Economics Department | “Finance and Risk Management: Lehman Brothers – a Case Study” |
| Bruce Crager, Director, Endeavor Management | “Mobile Offshore Production Systems for Offshore Oil and Gas Fields” |
| Sei Tange, Executive Vice President, JGC Corporation | “Investing in Our Future – A Program for Continued Growth” |
| Jim Scotti, Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement Office, Fluor Corporation | “Procurement and Supply-Chain Hurdles in a Global Upturn” |
| Terrance Ivers, President, AMEC Americas Oil & Gas | “Angola – Business Unusual: a New Paradigm for Success in the Global Oil and Gas Industry” |
| Joseph Barnes, Bonner Means Baker Fellow, James A. Baker Institute of Public Policy | Banquet Speaker “U.S. Energy (Non) Policy: The Failure of Significant Energy Legislation” |
| Majid Alghaslan, Manager of Technical Services, Aramco Services Company | Banquet Speaker “Economic Trends and Capital Projects in the GCC Countries” |
Forum 2009 Speakers and Topics
| Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University |
Opening Remarks |
| Dr. David Leebron, President, Rice University | Welcoming Address |
| Steve Knowles, President, Mustang Engineering, L.L.P. | Morning Keynote Speaker “E&C Market and Opportunities; Past, Present & Future” |
| Dr. Michael J. Economides Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston |
“Energy Geopolitics: How Misguided Policies Interfere with Global Markets and Undermine Future Supplies” |
| Todd E. Alexander, Chadbourne & Parke LLP | “Recent Energy and Finance Developments in the EPC Market” |
| Robert M. Finley, Director of Engineering, Aramco Services Company | “Saudi Aramco Mega Projects – Overview and Outlook” |
| Luc J. Messier, Senior Vice President, Project Development and Procurement, ConocoPhillips | Afternoon Keynote Speaker “Managing Owner-Supplier Relationships Through the Economic Cycles” |
| Thomas L. Griffiths, Executive Vice President Risk Mgt & Business Development, Black & Veatch Corporation | “Planning & Uncertainty” |
| Mark Embree, Professor Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University | “Educating Engineering Leaders at Rice University” |
| Dr. David (Dave) Adkins, PMP, PE, Senior Partner & Director Technology, Business Management Consultants | “Managing Troubled Projects” |
| Andre Dufour, Senior Vice President, SNC – Lavalin Investment | Banquet Speaker “E&C Investment in Capital Projects” |
| Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University and Founding Director of the Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum |
Welcome & Reflections on Tens Years of Forum |
| Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University | Opening Address |
| Martinus Brandal, President & CEO, Aker Kvaerner ASA | An Active Industry Approach to Global Climate Challenge |
| Michael Feigin, Managing Director, Global Construction Industry Practice, Marsh USA, Inc. | The New Reality of Risk: The Shrinking World |
| Dr. Katherine B. Ensor,Professor & Chair of Statistics, Rice University School of Engineering | Enterprise Risk Management in Complex Systems |
| Paul Hamilton, President, Shell Global Solutions (USA), Inc. | Shell: Security & Sustainability |
| Dr. Daslav Brkic, Vice President, Onshore Business and Technology Development, Snamprogetti S.p.A. | Optimizing Risk By Adopting New Convertible Contracts |
| Claire Lawrie, Accenture | The Role of National Oil Companies – NOC’s |
| Jerry Oliver, Senior Vice President, Project Development for the FutureGen Industrial Alliance | FutureGen: The Right Project at the Right Time |
| Dr. Charles H. Thornton, ACE Mentor Program | Banquet: ACE Mentor Program – A Blueprint for the Future |
Forum 2006 Speakers and Topics
| Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani– Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University |
Welcome |
| Morning Theme: “Strategies for a Turbulent, Resource Constrained World” The E&C Contracting world wrestles now with more demands than it can meet and deploying resources to most effectively serve owners’ needs, outsourcing overseas and using multiple project offices. Two Keynote speakers address the same morning theme, each from his particular perspective. |
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| Neil Bruce, COO, AMEC plc- Natural Resources | Keynote: Challenges of Delivering on Tomorrow’s Contracts |
| Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University | Keynote: Conflict & Diplomacy in The Middle East: Impact on Business |
| Peter Okundaye, President, Phil H. Nugent Nigeria Ltd. | Significance of Events & Policy Shifts in Nigeria |
| Mariano Gurfinkel, Associate Head, University of Texas Center for Energy Economics | Shifts in Energy Policy and Opportunities in North America |
| Afternoon Theme: “Delivering on Tomorrow’s Contracts” The final step: We choose where to work, choose how to best marshal our resources to meet the needs of our customers, but what about building for the future with the most valuable resource of all, in shorter supply today than for decades – PEOPLE? | |
| Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University | Introduction |
| Dr. Leebron, President, Rice University | We Reach Out, Adapt for Tomorrow’s Needs |
| Claire Markwardt, Partner, Accenture Energy Practice | Drive for Local Content in Developing Nations |
| Gordon Quan, Managing Partner of Quan, Burdette & Perez | Immigration Challenges in Addressing Personnel Needs |
| C. Skip Alvarado, Vice President, Upstream Energy & Chemicals, Fluor Corporation | Energy Industry’s People Resource Issue: Attracting, Developing and Retaining People in Today’s Market |
| Ken Arnold, Senior Executive Vice President, AMEC Paragon and Stephen L. Klineberg, Professor of Sociology, Rice University | No Longer Are We All Young White Guys: E&C Personnel Availability in the Twenty-First Century Arnold’s Presentation Klineberg Presentation |
Forum 2005 Speakers and Topics
| Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University |
Welcome |
| Dr. David W. Leebron, President, Rice University | Opening Address |
| Ms. Amy Myers Jaffe, Baker Institute, Rice University | Mid East Democracy & $100/bbl Oil |
| Mr. Alessandro Lanza, Chief Economist, ENI | Oil Pricing Outlook |
| Mr. J.P. Chevriere, President, Transmar Consulting | Building An LNG Future: The Issue of Technical Resources |
| Mr. Ben Ball, President, Ball & Associates | Uncertainty, Risk & “Expected” Profits or “What Can I Really Expect?” |
| Mr. Pierre Dufour, Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee; Air Liquide Group, and President/CEO American Air Liquide | Growing Demands of the Industrial Gas Industry |
| Mr. William N. (Bill) Dudley, Director & Executive Vice President, Bechtel Corporation; President, Bechtel’s Petroleum & Chemical Global Business Unit; President, Bechtel’s Pipeline Global Business Unit; President, Oil, Gas and Chemicals Global Business Unit | Keynote: E&C Industry Can Meet the Growing Demands |
| Mr. Ed Cloutier, President, American Executive Management | State of the E&C Industry |
| Mr. Mark Stevens, Group Executive – Project Risk, Fluor | Maintaining E&C Risks & Rewards in Balance: a Primer on How to Support Our Clients over the Long Haul |
| Mr. Dan Godfrey, Shell Fellow | Factors Influencing Contracting Relationships |
Forum 2004 Speakers and Topics
| Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani– Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University |
Welcome |
| Dr. David W. Leebron- President, Rice University | Opening Address |
| Mr. Daniel Valot- Chairman of the Board & CEO, Technip | Oil and Gas Projects: Contracting and Common Sense |
| Mr. Alfred V. Neffgen- Chief Operating Officer Government Operations, Americas Region, KBR | The E&C Evolution |
| Mr. Jim Wicklund- Managing Director, Banc of America Securities | Future of the Gas Market |
| Dr. Nada Dutta- Chief Geo-Scientist, Schlumberger | Gas Hydrates – Potential for Development |
| Mr. Larry Fisher- Sr. Vice President, Legal Fluor | Taking a Corporate Stand against Public Corruption |
| Ms. Maria Antonietta Solinas- Manager of Strategic Planning & Control, ENI/Snamprogetti | Current State of Owner/Contractor Relations |
| Dr. Peter Hartley- Chair, Dept of Economics, Rice University | A Global Economic Model of the Gas Market |
| Terry Wood- Director of Engineering & Tech, BP Chemicals | Owner’s view of the Current State of the E & C Industry |
Forum 2003 Speakers and Topics
| Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani– Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University |
Welcome |
| Dr. David W. Leebron- President, Rice University | Opening Address |
| Randy Harl CEO, Kellogg, Brown & Root | The Future of the E & C Business |
| Don Cruver Managing Partner, Cruver & Associates | Risk & Reward in E & C Contracting |
| Keiji Fukumoto Chief Representative, JBIC | Finance and Role of Japanese Credit Agency |
| Jim O’Sullivan Senior Vice President, Marketing, Technip Offshore, Inc. | LNG Importation into the US – View Toward 2010 |
| Vineet Majmudar S&B Engineers | Industry Outlook – A Survey of Industry Executives |
| Dr. Malcolm Gillis President, Rice University and Environmental Issues | Global Warming |
| Matt Simmons President, Simmons Company International | E & C Industry Future |
| Stephen Klineberg Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University | Demographic Trends |
| Tsuyoshi Okada Chief Technology Officer, JGC Corporation | Technical Impact on Future E/C Works |
| J. P. Chevriere President, Transmar Consulting | E & C Industry at the Crossroads |