Previous Forum — 2019

The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation
January 11-13, 2019

St. Regis Abu Dhabi on the Corniche, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Agenda at a glance

Saturday, January 12

• Opening remarks
• Scene setter: New energy technologies and new energy geopolitics
• Setting the energy agenda for 2019
• Innovation presentation: The digital transformation of the oil sector
• Meeting Asian energy demand
• Report launch 1: Sovereign investors: A means for economic diversification?
• Report launch 2: Meeting east Asian LNG demand
• Breakout discussion: The geopolitics of peak oil demand
• US foreign energy policy in the Middle East and Asia
• Diversification: Corporate and country strategies for change
• Energy 2050: Energy and geopolitical modeling under deep uncertainty
• Innovation presentation: 5G in the power sector: Making the smart grid smarter
• Power sector fuels of the future: Competition or cooperation?
• Innovation presentation: Smart reactor and the future of SMRS
• Nuclear energy: New actors, new technologies, and new geopolitics
• Night owl: The Trump effect on oil markets (off-the-record)

Sunday, January 13

• An update on Saudi vision 2030 & the oil market
• Innovation presentation: Zero emissions fossil fuels
• Decarbonization of oil and gas
• Belt and road: Energy, environment, economics, and geopolitics
• Report launch 3: From Paris to Beijing: Implementing the Paris agreement in the People’s Republic of China
• Report launch 4: The energy transition: Corporate adaptation strategies
• Report launch 5: Ready for takeoff? Aviation biofuels past, present, and future
• Innovation presentation: Blockchain: Securing the oil and gas supply chain
• 21st century energy security: Risk and reward
• Innovation presentation: The digital transformation of the oilfield
• The future of shale: The US and beyond?
• Looking ahead: The future of the Vienna alliance

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