Wednesday, May 9

10:30am

Golf at Harborside International Golf Club & 19th Hole Party - sponsored by NECC
Two 18-hole championship golf courses, designed by Dick Nugent in the links tradition of treeless, wind-swept, English, Scottish, and Irish seaside courses, taking golfers back to where the game began. Golfweek ranks Harborside, America's "Third Best Municipal Golf Course".
(Bus leaves hotel at 10:30 am Tee time is set for noon)

5:30pm

Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates - sponsored by NYMEX
Join industry colleagues and customers in a luxurious Wrigleyville Rooftop bar and restaurant overlooking Wrigley Field as the Cubs square-off against the Pirates.
(Bus leaves hotel at 5:30pm First pitch is at 7:05pm)

Thursday, May 10

8:20am–8:30am

Welcome to GasMart: Ellen Beswick, Publisher and Founder, Intelligence Press, Inc.

8:30am–9:40am

North American Gas Supply, Imports & Infrastructure
Coming off peak prices and facing higher costs, what does the overall supply situation look like for the future: Examining supply underpinnings in the U.S., Canada and LNG availability from abroad. Among the questions to be answered, (1) how long-lived are new CBM and shale developments? (2) What are the prospects for the newly-opened Eastern Gulf of Mexico; (3) How is competition for LNG in the world market shaping up? and (4) Is the pipeline and storage network adequate to deliver supplies where they are needed?

Will Hussey, Sr. Vice President, Origination, ConocoPhillips (slides)
David Slater, Managing Director, Marketing & Structured Products, Nexen Marketing (slides)
Martin Wilde, Director of Marketing, TransCanada (slides)
Stuart E. Nance, Vice President, Marketing, Ultra Petroleum, Moderator

9:40am–10:00am

Coffee Break in the Market Network Center

10:00am–10:40am

Keynote: Ken Snodgrass, Sr. Vice President, Shell Trading Gas and Power/Coral Energy (slides)
Discussing long term supply, focusing on supply procurement for North America, the supply/demand gap and the role of LNG and unconventional gas. Mr. Snodgrass also will address specific issues of interest to the Midwest.

10:40am–11:00am

Coffee Break in the Market Network Center

11:00am–12:00pm

How to Manage Price Risk in a $5-$10 per MMBtu World
Using futures and swaps to manage peaks and valleys and stay within budget. This panel will also take a look at assessing price volatility, market timing, the impact of hedge funds, the big banks, and the move toward electronic trading.

Janelle Scheuer, Director, Commodity Derivatives, Wachovia (slides)
Jerry Afdahl, Energy Derivatives Marketing, Cargill Risk Management (slides)
Tom Saal, Managing Director, Commercial Brokerage Group (slides)
Joe Raia, Sr. Vice President Marketing, New York Merchantile Exchange, Moderator

12:00pm–1:20pm

Lunch in the Market Network Center

1:20pm–2:00pm

Keynote: "Crisis, What Crisis?" Lee Lunde, Sr. Vice President, North American Gas & Power, BP Canada Energy Co. (slides)
Ms. Lunde will speak about contrasting influences on the Natural Gas Industry in North America, with potentially dramatically different outcomes, and how the Midwest market will increasingly be affected by what is happening in Europe and Asia. How tight is the supply/demand balance? She will explore trends, challenges and opportunities and ponder the question, "Crisis, What Crisis?"

2:00pm–2:20pm

Coffee Break in the Market Network Center

2:20pm–3:20pm

Anatomy of a Gas Buyer's Portfolio; Marketing a "Win-Win" to the Purchaser
In 2007, there are a multitude of ways to purchase gas. Energy Merchants and Banks are now able to develop highly structured products tailored to meet the requirements and risk profiles of gas purchasers. This session will take a look at how these suppliers are creating value for the end-user.

Deb McDermid, General Manager, Integrys (slides)
David Duran, Managing Director, Origination, Fortis Energy Marketing and Trading (slides)
Kay Atchison, Director, Origination, PPM Energy (slides)
Jim Chunn, Vice President, Marketing, Shell Trading Gas and Power/Coral Energy, Moderator

3:20pm–3:40pm

Coffee Break in the Market Network Center

3:40pm–4:30pm

Reading the Tea Leaves; Key Market Fundamentals
How you can benefit from a basic knowledge of some of the fundamentals, such as typical weather or pipeline flow patterns, and what happens when those patterns are interrupted.

Porter Bennett, President, Bentek Energy (slides)
Dave Melita, Meteorologist, Weather Insight (slides)
Art Holland, Director Power and Forecasting, Pace Global Energy Services, LLC (slides)
Dexter Steis, Executive Publisher, Intelligence Press, Inc., Moderator

4:30pm–6:00pm

ICE Cocktail Reception in the Market Network Center w/Entertainment - sponsored by IntercontinentalExchange

Friday, May 11

8:30am–9:40am

End Users Speak Out
Be on hand as gas buyers tell their story, including their requirements from suppliers and how demand characteristics differ across various end-user industries.

Tony Adamo, Strategic Sourcing Manager, FMC Corporation (slides)
Paul J. Ciesielski, Manager Natural Gas & Liquids, Mittal Steel USA (slides)
Jack Neale, Energy Procurement Manager, Corn Products International (slides)
Dave Fogg, Materials Manager, Brooks Construction Company (slides)
John Grass, Vice President, Commodity & Trading Risk Mgt., Tyson Foods (slides)
Bill Griffith, Regional Director, BP Gas & Power, Moderator

9:40am–10:00am

Coffee Break in Market Network Center

10:00am–12:00pm

Break-Out Sessions:

Workshop for Gas Purchasers - presented by EnergyUSA-TPC
Val Trinkley, General Manager, EnergyUSA-TPC (slides)
How to develop a successful hedging and risk management strategy.

Managing Energy Risk: Price, Supply, Tariff - LDC Balancing, and Weather
Analyzing Fundamentals: Storage, Rig Counts, Global Warming and Demand Destruction
Technical Indicators: Moving Averages, Implied Volatility, Seasonality and Trends
EnergyUSA-TPC Price Targets for 2007
A Hedgers' Tools: Futures, Fixed Price, Swaps, Basis and Options
Evaluating Performance

ICE Training Workshop - presented by IntercontinentalExchange
Bud Hum, Director, Natural Gas Products Marketing, IntercontinentalExchange (slides)
Learn how to maximize your trading opportunities on the ICE platform using the functionality built into the ICEMaker system. Discover time-saving and profit-maximizing shortcuts and tips.