Henry Kissinger to Deliver Keynote Address at CERAWeek 2011

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will join a list of distinguished speakers at the 30th annual IHS CERAWeek energy conference, which will be held March 7-11 in Houston. Kissinger will deliver a keynote address Thursday, March 10, at 7:00 p.m. CT.

CERAWeek is the world's leading annual energy conference, bringing together industry leaders, senior officials, financial executives and leading experts across the energy spectrum. It offers a unique forum for a high level dialogue and interaction, and a source of strategic insight into the energy future.

A leader in the formation of the modern international energy system, Kissinger was a founder of the International Energy Agency in 1974. His address at CERAWeek will kick off a special focus on the energy agenda for the next 30 years, looking at the future of the global international system and the implications for the energy industry.

Chaired by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) Chairman and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize, Daniel Yergin, CERAWeek 2011 Leading the Way: Energy Strategies for a World of Change will convene an international group of industry, policy and financial leaders-along with leading researchers from IHS CERA- to explore the implications for strategies and investment in an era of persistent change.

Speakers:

CERAWeek 2011 will feature addresses from a number of prominent leaders, including:

• Vagit Alekperov, president and chief executive officer, LUKOIL
• Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Microsoft Corporation
• José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, minister of petroleum, Angola
• Gregory Boyce, chairman and chief executive officer, Peabody Energy Corporation
• Robert Dudley, chief executive, BP plc
• Ditlev Engel, president and chief executive officer, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
• Andrew Gould, chairman and chief executive officer, Schlumberger Ltd.
• Christophe de Margerie, chairman and chief executive officer, Total
• Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of the management committee; director general of Gazprom Export, Gazprom
• Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot professor of public policy, Harvard University
• John Rowe, chairman and chief executive officer, Exelon Corporation
• Jeffery Smisek, president and chief executive officer, United Continental Holdings, Inc.
• Jing Ulrich, managing director and chairman of China equities and commodities, J.P. Morgan
• Jon Wellinghoff, chairman, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Youcef Yousfi, minister of energy and mines, Algeria

Other distinguished speakers include:

• Khalid Al Buainain, senior vice president of refining, marketing and international, Saudi Aramco
• Michael Ahearn, chairman of the board, First Solar, Inc.
• Farouk Hussain Al-Zanki, deputy chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Michael Allman, president and chief executive officer, Southern California Gas Company
• Ayman Asfari, group chief executive, Petrofac Services, Ltd.
• Bruce Bilger, senior advisor, Lazard
• Charles Davidson, chairman and chief executive officer, Noble Energy Inc.
• Charles Ebinger, senior fellow and director, Energy Security Initiative, Brookings Institution
• Howard Gatiss, chief executive officer, Coal Marketing Company
• Lewis Hay III, chairman and chief executive officer, NextEra Energy, Inc.
• John Hess, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Hess Corporation
• Philippe Joubert, president, power sector, Alstom
• Patrick Kennedy, chief executive officer and founder, OSIsoft
• Jacek Krawiec, president and chief executive officer, PKN Orlen S.A.
• Maurizio La Noce, executive director, Mubadala Energy; chief executive officer, Mubadala Oil and Gas
• Bruce March, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Imperial Oil Limited
• Tom Mitchell, president and chief executive officer, Ontario Power Generation
• David Mohler, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Duke Energy Corporation
• Ernest Moniz, director, MIT Energy Initiative; Cecil and Ida Green professor of physics and engineering systems, MIT
• Scott O'Malia, commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Marvin Romanow, president and chief executive officer, Nexen, Inc.
• Lee Schipper, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University
• Stacy Schusterman, chairman and chief executive officer, Samson Investment Company
• Scott Sheffield, chairman and chief executive officer, Pioneer Natural Resources Company
• Paul Smith, chief executive officer and senior managing director, Tenaska Capital Management, LLC
• Charles Stanley, president and chief executive officer, QEP Resources, Inc.
• Chris Weston, president and chief executive officer, Direct Energy

Registration
The conference will be held March 7-11, 2011, at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, Texas. Further information and delegate registration is available at www.ceraweek.com.