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Programme 

Tuesday 19 February: Conference Day 1


08:00

 NETWORKING BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION hosted by 

 
08:45

CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
  
09:00

SESSION 1: Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Strategy in the Next Five Years – A New Dawn to Boost Investment & Production?

Chair: Alirio Parra, Board Member, CWC Group Limited

  • What are the next steps to Nigeria’s oil & gas production?
  • How are the global economic crisis and uncertain oil prices impacting Nigeria?
  • How can Nigeria continue to attract investment amidst competition from other Sub-Saharan African countries?

Ministerial Address
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Markus Droll, Vice President, Nigeria and Gabon, Shell Upstream International
Wale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive, Oando Plc

Questions & Answers
10:30 NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK hosted by
11:00

SESSION 2: LEADING LIGHTS SESSION hosted by

Chair: Alirio Parra, Board Member, CWC Group Limited

Introductory Remarks: Mark Ward, Chairman/Managing Director, ExxonMobil Companies Nigeria

Leading Lights’ Speaker: Dr Mario Gabriel Budebo, Former Undersecretary for Hydrocarbons, Republic of Mexico

  • What is required to make Nigeria’s oil and gas industry globally competitive?
  • How can countries place themselves in equal footing with other competitive resource holders?
  • Best practices in defining policy options

Questions & Answers
11:45 SESSION 3: Setting Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry in a Domestic & Global Context – What Are the Challenges & Opportunities Ahead?

  • How are the global economic crisis and uncertain oil prices impacting Nigeria?
  • How can Nigeria continue to attract investment amidst competition from other Sub-Saharan African countries?
  • Creating an enabling environment for investment to boost oil and gas production

Keynote Address: Andrew Yakubu, Group Managing Director,NNPC
Osten Olorunsola, Director, Department of Petroleum Resources Babs Omotowa, Managing Director, Nigeria LNG
Dr Bright Okogu, Director General, Budget Office of the Federation

Questions & Answers
13:15 NETWORKING LUNCH hosted by

14:45

SESSION 4: Revamping Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry through Increased Investment – from Upstream to Downstream

Chair: Olayinka Fayomi, Founder, Foreign Investment Networks (FIN)

  • Boosting deepwater production – what is needed to enhance investment in the sector?
  • How can more players enter into deepwater operations?
  • What is the best business model for the refining sector and how can private equity be obtained?

Ministerial Address:
H.E. Olusegun Aganga, Honorable Minister of Trade & Investment, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Tony Ogbuigwe, Group Executive Director – Refining & Petrochemicals, NNPC
Vito Testaguzza, Managing Director, Saipem
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Managing Director/CEO, Access Bank
Marco Caccavale, Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Leader, GE Oil & Gas

Questions & Answers
16:15 NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK hosted by
 
16:45

SESSION 5: Panel Discussion: Gas, Power & Renewables – What has Been Achieved & Where are we Heading?

Chair: Kunle Allen, MD/CEO, Gas Aggregation Company Nigeria Limited

  • What has been achieved so far in terms of investment in the gas and power industries?
  • What is the financing strategy for domestic gas infrastructure?
  • What progress has been made in electricity sector reform?

Dr David Ige, Group Executive Director – Gas & Power, NNPC
Dr Sam Amadi, Chairman/CEO, NERC
Bunmi Obembe, Executive Director – Gas Business & Commercial, Total E&P Nigeria Ltd
Austin Avuru, Managing Director/CEO, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Ltd
Ade Adeola, Executive Director – Origination & Client Coverage, Standard Chartered Bank
Bryan Mckenna, Sales Director, ABB Nigeria
Rumundaka Wonodi, Managing Director/CEO, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc

Questions & Answers

18:15

  END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE

18:30

  EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION hosted by