When

Wed, June 12, 2013
8:30 am - 5 pm
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

James A. Baker III Hall

The past several decades have been characterized by episodes affecting financial markets and energy markets that have resulted in dramatic change. These events have created challenges for energy companies as the investment climate evolves. The conference "Energy Market Globalization: Investment and Commodity Price Cycles and the Role of Geopolitics" is the capstone for a study on the interaction of the oil investment cycle and the general business cycle that includes consideration of how the global economy and capital investments are influenced by oil prices. We will be discussing recently completed research on geopolitical and structural drivers of oil price, relationships between commodity prices and macroeconomic indicators, and outlooks for oil supply and demand. The conference will feature top energy and financial industry leaders, policymakers and industry commentators.

 

Conference Agenda

8:30 am Registration and Coffee

9:00 am Welcome and Study Design
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

9:15 am Keynote Address -- "Crisis and Reconstruction in a World of Diffused Economic Power"
Edgard H. Habib, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Chevron Corporation

10:00 am "Emerging Relationships Between Commodities and Currencies"
Daniel P. Ahn, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund

10:45 am Coffee Break

11:15 am "A Structural Approach to Understanding Oil Prices"
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Noon Lunch

1:00 pm "Geopolitical Developments in the Middle East"
Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, Founding Director, Baker Institute

1:45 pm "Supply, Demand and Oil Price Cycles: The Medium-term View"
Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Statistics, and Chair of Islamic Economics, Finance and Management, Rice University

2:30 pm Coffee Break

3:00 pm Discussion: Geopolitical Interactions and Market Impacts
Moderator: Michael Levi, Ph.D., David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director, Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations

"The Oil Price Cycle and Geopolitics: Dire Implications for OPEC?"
Amy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director for Energy and Sustainability, University of California, Davis

"U.S. Energy Policy and the Impacts on Energy Markets"
Charles D. McConnell, Former Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

"Asia Energy Security and Post-Peak Oil Geopolitics"
Greg Priddy, Director, Global Energy and Natural Resources, Eurasia Group

4:30 pm Closing Remarks
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

Reception to Follow

 

 
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When

Wed, June 12, 2013
8:30 am - 5 pm
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

James A. Baker III Hall