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PROGRAMME

NATO Workshop Emerging Threats to Energy Security and Stability
January 23 to January 25, 2004 - St. George's House, Windsor Castle, UK

1st day: Friday January 23

18.30-20:00   Welcome by Paul Tempest, Director of Windsor Energy Group & Vice President of the British Institute of Energy Economics (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Address : Global Energy Security Overview
Speaker : Michael Smith, Head of Energy Analysis, British Petroleum Plc
Adam Sieminski, Energy Analyst, Deutsche Bank (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Issues :
  • The global economy dependence on oil and gas production from the Gulf
  • Meeting significant capacity shortfalls
  • Addressing Regional instability
  • Combating terrorism in oil producing and transit states
20:00 Address and Welcome Dinner
Speaker : Tedo Japaridze, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia (Energy Workshop Transcript )
2nd day: Saturday January 24

09:00-9:30 Opening Address:  Prospects for the Global Energy Market Political Options
Chair : Sir David Gore Booth, Chairman MEC-Windsor Energy Group, KCMG KCVO, Adviser to the Chairman of HSBC and Former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia & Middle East Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Speaker : Lord Howell of Guildford, Conservative Foreign Affairs spokesman, House of Lords and former Secretary of State for Energy, UK (Energy Workshop Transcript)
09:30-11:00 Roundtable:  National Strategic Energy Interests
Panellists : Tedo Japaridze , Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
Paul Simons, The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities, USA
Dr Evgeny Velikhov, President, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
Ambassador Vafa Guluzade, Former National Security Advisor to President of Azerbaijan and President of Caspian Policy Studies Foundation
Issues :
  • US Strategic Energy Interests and the War on Terrorism
  • Russian Energy Policies
  • Between Washington and Moscow: The Georgian Perspective
11:00-11:30   COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:30 Roundtable:  The Evolving Roles of Multilateral Organizations and the Private sector in Energy Security and Stability
Chair : Robert Priddle, Former Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Speaker : Arne Walther, Secretary General Designate of the International Energy Forum (Riyadh), Norway (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Issues :
  • The International Energy Agency
  • OPEC
  • Major oil companies
  • International Maritime Organisation
12:30-14:00 LUNCH :  The View from Brussels
Speaker : Dr Andrei Konoplianik, Deputy Director Energy Charter Secretariat (Energy Workshop Transcript)
14:00-15:30 Roundtable:  Creating Regional Stability: The MIDDLE EAST
Chair : Ghayth Armanazi, Former Arab league Ambassador to UK
Speakers : Robert Ebel, Director of Energy Program, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, USA (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Dr Herman Franssen, Former Adviser to the Omani Energy Minister and Energy Consultant, USA (Energy Workshop Transcript)
15:30-16:00   COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:30 Roundtable:  THE NORTH AFRICAN CHALLENGE (The Dungeon)
Chair and Speaker : Oliver Miles, Chairman MEC Int. & Former UK Ambassador to Libya (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Speaker : Francis Perrin, Editor, Arab Oil and Gas, France
17:30-18:00   AMBASSADORS' TEA (ST. GEORGE'S HOUSE)
    Welcome by Sir David Gore-Booth, Chairman MEC-Windsor Energy Group, KCMG KCVO, Adviser to the Chairman of HSBC and Former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia & Middle East Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK
18:00-19:00   Ambassadors' briefing
Energy Security and International partnerships
    Paul Tempest, Director of Windsor Energy Group
19:30   AMBASSADORS' DINNER (Vicar's Hall)
3'rd day: Sunday 25 January

08:30-10:00 Roundtable:  Emerging Regional Threats: south east asia/Central Asia/The Caspian Sea
Chair and Speaker : Sir David Logan, Former British Ambassador to Turkey (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Speakers : Kunio Katakura, Professor and Former Japanese Ambassador to the UAE, Iraq and Egypt
Tatsuo Masuda, Vice President, Japan National Oil Corporation, Japan (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Dr. Rafael Khakimov, Counsel to the President of Tatarstan, Russia
Issues :
  • The View from the Caspian Sea and Central Asia
  • The Turkish Perspective
  • Security Issues for Asia-Pacific Markets
10:00-10:30   COFFEE BREAK
10:30-12:00 Roundtable:  Emerging Threats to Energy Pipelines and Shipping
Chair and Speaker : John Flynn, Adviser to Chevron and Former UK Ambassador to Venezuela and Angola (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Speakers : Patrick Adamson, Chairman MTI International and Crisis Manager, V.Ships (presentation) (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Charles Trelawny, International Maritime Organization, London (Energy Workshop Transcript)
John Davidson, Rubicon International, UK (Energy Workshop Transcript)
Charles Trelawny, IMO, London
Tatsuo Masuda, Vice President, Japan National Oil Corporation, Japan
Issues :
  • Sea Lane Security in Asia
  • Private/Public Sector Security in Iraq
  • Keeping the Malacca Straits Open
10:00-10:30   Review of Lessons to be Applied and Closing Remarks
  Paul Tempest, Director of WEG & Vice President of the British Institute of Energy Economics
12:30-14:00   LUNCH