Highlights:
• The EU and its vision for an energy strategy in Europe
• Key determinates of oil prices and their impact on the world economy and energy supplies
• Identifying the opportunities in alternative energy
• Strategic hedging: balancing risk and reward in the oil industry
• Volatile USD exchange rates influencing oil prices
• Risk mitigation and management: how to reduce corporate risk?

Speakes:
• General Manager, Global Oil Markets Analysis, Shell International
• Oil Market Analyst, IEA
• Secretary General, European Petroleum Industry Association
• Head of Ministry Department, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
• Managing Director, PVM Oil Associates GmbH
• Senior Commodity Analyst, Commerzbank AG
• Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Centre for Global Energy Studies
• Chief Analyst, Bremer Landesbank
• Senior Sales Trader, Bayern LB
• Correspondent and Journalist, Vienna Diplomatic Academy & Defence Academy
• Chart Analyst, Oil Market Report
• Oil Expert, World Bank Consultant
• Deputy Director, MEES
• Director EU Affairs, OGP
• Oil Analyst, Deutsche Bank AG
• North Sea Department, Statoil (Invited)
• Managing Director, “Fuels of the Future“ Competence Network
• Analyst, FACTS Global Energy
• Professor for Petroleum Engineering, University of Leoben

Conference: The Future of Oil 25-26 September 2007 Pre-Conference Workshop: Technical Analysis of Oil Futures 24 September 2007