Day I – March 22, 2010

09:30 – 11:30

Inaugural Ceremony

Session Moderated by Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI, India

Welcome Address by President, FICCI, India

Special Address by Mr. B.C. Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Ltd., India

Address by:

Mr. R.S. Sharma, CMD, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation of India Ltd., India

Datuk Dr. Abdul Rahim Hashim, President, International Gas Union

Amb. Andre Mernier, Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat, Belgium

Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, France

Theme Presentation by Mr. Vipul Tuli, Principal, Mckinsey & Company, India

Address by Mr. S. Sundareshan, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), India

Keynote Address by Shri Jitin Prasada, Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, India

Keynote Address by H.E. Mr. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar

Inaugural Address by Shri Murli Deora, Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, India

Vote of Thanks

11:30 – 11:45

Inaugural of Exhibition

11:45 – 12:00

Tea Break

12:00 – 13:45

SESSION I – GAS SOURCING

Chair: Address by Mr. S. Sundareshan, Secretary, MoPNG, India

Presentations:

• Global supply / demand position of natural gas –  a global perspective

• Mr. David Morrison, Chairman, Wood Mackenzie, UK

• Potential import sources & equity participation possibilities for meeting India’s gas supply needs

• Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, USA

• Meeting India’s gas supply needs from LNG

• Mr. Prosad Dasgupta, Managing Director, Petronet LNG Ltd., India

• Meeting India’s gas supply needs - Domestic Producer’s Perspectives

• Mr. P.M.S. Prasad, President & CEO-Petroleum Businesses, Reliance Industries Ltd., India

• Implications of demand and Supply on LNG Pricing

• Mr. Jonty Rushforth, Sr. Asia LNG Editor, Platts, Singapore

13:45 – 14:45

LUNCH

14:45 – 16:15

SESSION II – GAS TRANSPORTATION

Chair: Mr. B.C. Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Ltd., India

Presentations:

• Developing the Integrated Transmission Network in India

• Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Ltd., India

• Technical Challenges - Pipeline Transport of Gas From Middle East/ Central Asia to India

• Mr. Adolf H. Feizlmayr, Senior Partner, ILF, Germany

• System Design and Implementation for Effective Gas Network Management

• Mr. Thomas Clarke, Sales & Technology Manager - Asia, GL Industrial Services, Malaysia

• Gas Transmission challenges for emerging markets

• Dr. Anthony Barker, Vice President, BG India, India

• Technical challenges in gas transportation through Deep Sea Pipeline

• Mr. Milind Baride, Chairman, Saipem India Projects Ltd., India

16:15 – 16:30

TEA BREAK

16:30 – 18:00

SESSION III – GAS DISTRIBUTION

Chair: Mr. R. S. Pandey, Former Secretary, MoPNG, India

Presentations:

· Economic case for City Gas Distribution projects in India
– Mr. Anish De, Managing Director, Mercados Energy
Markets International, India

· Rolling out city gas distribution projects in India
– Mr. B.S. Negi, Member, Petroleum & Natural Gas
Regulatory Board, India

· Management of excess supply in a country supply – demand mismatch
– Dr. Julian Lee, Senior Energy Analyst, Center for Global Energy Research, UK

· Need for a Consistent Approach to Gas pricing for the Consumer Market
– Mr. Robin Chatterjee, Chairman, IBCL, UK

Day II – March 23, 2010

09:30 – 11:30

SESSION IV – INCREASING RANGE OF APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL GAS – OPPORTUNITIES

Chair: Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Presentations by:

• Use of Gas for Domestic Heating and cooling market 

• Mr. Siho Ryu, Kogas, South Korea

• Distributed Power generation for localised needs

• Prof. Colin Besant, Executive Director, Turbo Genset, UK

• Natural Gas: Fuelling Sustainability in Power Sector

• Mr. Rakesh Sarin, Managing Director, Wartsila India, India

• Importance of Standards and Safety for gas appliance market

• SBGI

• Experience of providing services to the world’s largest transportation fleet on CNG

• Mr. Rajesh Vedvyas, Managing Director, Indraprastha Gas Ltd., India

• R & D based gas utilisation in industrial / domestic markets

• Mr. Alain QUINQUENEAU, GdfSuez Energy International, France

09:30 – 11:30
(PARALLEL WITH SESSION IV)

MASTER CLASS: STRUCTURING & NEGOTIATION OF LNG CONTRACTS
A special class room style workshop to impart training through intensive discussions and real life case studies. Limited Participation, open for registered delegates only on ’first come first served’ basis.

11:30 – 11:45

TEA BREAK

11:45 – 13:15

SESSION V – REGULATORY & LEGAL ISSUES

Chair & Keynote Address on Regulation of Transportation and Distribution business – Justification and Extent – Mr. L. Mansingh, Chairman, PNGRB, India

Presentations by:

· India’s Approach to Gas Industry Regulation – Regulatory Board Bill
– Mr. S. P. Singh, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd., India

· Regulation of Gas Transit in the Energy Charter Constituents
– Ms. Thea Khitarishvili, Senior Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat, Belgium

· International Legal Issues Involved in Gas Transit across State Boundaries
– Mr. Paul Griffin, Partner and Mr. Richard Nelson, Partner Herbert Smith LLP, UK

· Success of regulation in the downstream gas sector – International experience
– Ms. Ieda Gomes, Head (New Ventures & INGL), BP Gas – Asia & Middle East, UK

· Characteristics and Values of Independent regulator
– Mr. Mac Cessna, Manager - Global Regulatory, Exxon Mobil

13:15 – 14:15

LUNCH

14:15 – 15:45

SESSION VI – ALTERNATE GAS SOURCES AND GAS FINANCING

Chair: Mr. R.K. Goel, Director (Finance), GAIL (India) Ltd., India

Presentations:

• Development of Coal Based Methane (CBM) Industry in India

• Mr. Y.K. Modi, Chairman, GEECL, India

• Latest Developments in Gas-to-Liquid – GTL

•  Lurgi, India

• Floating Regasification Terminal – Latest Development and Possible Application in India

• Mr. Conn Fagan, Business Development Manager - LNG, DNV, Denmark

• Innovative Models of Financing Gas Projects

• Mr. Alex Cull, Partner & Mr. Nick Prowse, Partner, Norton Rose, UK

• Shale Gas

• Mr. Greg Leveille, President (Global LNG & Asia Pacific Commercial), Conoco Phillips, USA

15:45 – 17:00

SPECIAL SESSION
“THE DIRECTION OF INDIAN GAS INDUSTRY – IS IT ON COURSE?”

Chair: Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India

Panel of Discussants:

• Mr. H.S. Brahma, Secretary, Ministry of Power

• Mr. Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Steel

• Mr. S. Sundareshan, Secretary, MoPNG

• Mr. R.S. Sharma, CMD, NTPC Ltd.

• Dr. U.S. Awasthi, CMD, IFFCO

• Mr. B.C. Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Ltd.

Vote of Thanks by Mr. R.K. Goel, Director (Finance), GAIL