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Day One, Monday 17 November 2008
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8.30am | Registration and welcome coffee
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9am | Opening remarks from the Chair
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| AUSTRALIAN GAS INTHE GLOBAL CONTEXT |
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9.10am | International keynote address: The global outlook for gas and opportunities for the Australian market to capitalise on increasing demand
- Outlook for global gas demand and areas of strategic importance to Australia
- Evaluating growing markets and Australia’s ability to capitalise
- Regional LNG dynamics: where will the competition come from?
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9.50am | Panel discussion: Evaluating the long term buying strength, appetite and sustainability of the region’s major LNG consumers
- Economic outlook for the major regional consumers and forecast growth areas
- Overview of short and long term gas demand, supply and prices – will global supply meet future demands?
- What are the region’s key buying trends and growth drivers?
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| | Dr Robert Dixon , Head, Energy Technololgy Policy Division , International Energy Agency
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10.30am | Examining growth and demand for gas across Asia-Pacific
- Examining the outlook for pricing and demand in 2009 and beyond
- Gas demand and supply to 2013
- Maximising the opportunities and addressing the challenges
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11am | Morning coffee
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| CAPITALISING ON GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES |
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11.30am | Keynote address: Creating fast growth opportunities amidst high demand for Australian gas
- Evaluating the mergers and acquisitions trend of the global oil & gas industry
- Gas industry outlook in the short and long term- growth, investment trends and gas demand forecasts
- How is the global consolidation trend going to impact exploration, oil & gas companies and projects in Australia?
- Exploring joint ventures and strategic partnerships in Australia – where are the emerging opportunities?
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12pm | Examining the potential of Origin’s gas reserves
- Analysing Origin’s reserves and expanding into new frontiers
- Exploration and production outlook
- Developing major projects and reaping the rewards
- Unlocking the potential of CSG
- Quantifying the export potential of Origin’s gas reserves
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12.30pm | Panel discussion: QLD in focus -exploring the latest developments and industry impact
- Forecasting international & domestic demand and the role of QLD gas reserves
- Global markets and the Australian context: how is QLD positioned to meet growing demand?
- Examining plans for an LNG plant in QLD
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1.10pm | Speednetworking
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1.40pm | Networking lunch
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2.40pm | Roundtable discussions
- Roundtable 1: Quantefying the potential of Gas to Liquids
Dr Duncan Seddon, Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Roundtable 2: Exploring some of the key challenges facing
the LNG industry Arthur Dixon, Chair, Australian Centre for Natural Gas Management
- Roundtable 4:Technology developments: discovering the big developments on the industries horizon
Robert Dixon, Senior Coordinator Energy Security & Climate
Change, TheWhite House, Head Energy Technology Policy
Division, International Energy Agency
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3.10pm | Afternoon Tea
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3.40pm | Driving project development to capitalise on booming demand
- An outlook for exploration and development around Australia: where are the emerging opportunities?
- Examining the latest market projections and forecasts
- Exploring growth areas and challenges
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| EXPANDING INTO NEW FRONTIERS |
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4.10pm | Panel discussion: Driving growth: deciding where to go next
- Where to next on the Australasian E&P scene?
- Project updates and developments
- Diversifying your portfolio to ensure growth
- Is there enough being done to encourage sustainable exploration?
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5pm | End of day one and networking drinks
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Day Two, Tuesday 18 November 2008
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8.30am | Registration and welcome coffee
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9am | Opening remarks from the Chair
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| PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & GROWTH STRATEGIES |
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9.10am | Assessing the growth potential and development challenges of the PNG project
- Examining the prospects of the PNG project: development opportunities
- Quantifying the challenges that lay ahead and reaping the rewards
- Oil Search’s outlook for gas demand and forecast for growth areas
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9.40am | Browse Basin: becoming a major player in the LNG
industry
- An overview of the Browse Basin project: project challenges
- Exploring the trend towards JV and strategic partnerships
- Project funding strategies and challenges
- Analysing growth potential
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| EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL OF CSG |
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10.10am | Developing the CSG industry and moving into the LNG
export market
- Looking at the Gladstone project: a world class LNG facility
- Analysing the developments needed to drive growth in the booming CSG sector
- Diversifying production to maximise growth potential
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10.40am | Morning tea
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11.10am | Entering the most exciting period in the history of
Australia’s energy sector
- Development growth in CSG and the impending carbon pricing
- Access to CSG at close proximity to existing power infrastructure, water and consumer markets.
- Positioning to maximise the potential of the coal seam gas
- Forecasting growth, demand growth and additional opportunities to maximise profiteering
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11.40am | Unlocking the potential of Australia’s gas industry: vertical Integration & investment climate
- Examining the potential of CSG
- Forecasting domestic demand: challenges and opportunities
- Analysing the importance of NSW gas reserves
- Eastern Star’s strategies moving forward
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| TECHNOLOGY & INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
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12.10pm | The role of R&D in supporting the Australian gas industry
- The year ahead: technology developments and priorities for 2009
- Overcoming the technical challenges of gas recovery
- Gas conversion and processing updates
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12.40pm | Q&A
Q&A sessions will become an integral part of the same
dialogue which takes place through the course of the day’s
proceedings; a way to share your views and get your questions
answered.
 Q&A sessions will become an integral part of the same dialogue which takes place through the course of the day’s proceedings; a way to share your views and get your questions answered.
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1pm | Networking Lunch
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2pm | A national outlook for pipeline infrastructure
- Evaluating the state of pipeline infrastructure in Australia
- Areas of need and plans for future development
- Quantifying the challenges to servicing a growing industry
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2.30pm | Panel discussion: Developing a coordinated infrastructure plan to support
the natural gas industry
- Examining the outlook for gas pipeline infrastructure
- Developing key infrastructure projects
- Quantifying future developments to support the gas industry
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| | Dr Robert Dixon , Head, Energy Technololgy Policy Division , International Energy Agency
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3.10pm | Afternoon break
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| INVESTMENT & FINANCING |
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3.40pm | Presentation: Assessing private equity investments in the oil and gas industry and its current popularity with investment funds
- Surveying key issues and value drivers from the investors’ perspectives- what are some of the strategies for oil and gas companies in accessing funds
- Surveying creative financing structures and successful case studies
- The HNW perspective on oil and gas investment
- What are the pros and cons of private equities in financing oil and gas projects?
- Development of direct investment funds for oil and gas projects
- What is the appetite of natural resource/ commodity funds for junior oil & gas projects?
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4.10pm | Panel discussion: Raising capital to drive project development
- Bond, equity and currency market outlook – where will the finance come from?
- Managing and raising capital: an assessment of the investment and financing structures
- The capital-structure decision- debt or equity?
- Evaluating options by determining needs and long-terms goals
- Overview of the commercial and non-commercial risks in the source of capital
- Evaluating risk mitigation options and performing real cost analysis
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5pm | End of day two and close of conference
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