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Forum 2009 Speakers and Topics

Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University	Opening Remarks
Dr. David Leebron, President, Rice University	Welcoming Address
Steve Knowles, President, Mustang Engineering, L.L.P.	Morning Keynote Speaker "E&C Market and Opportunities; Past, Present & Future"
Dr. Michael J. Economides Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Houston	"Energy Geopolitics: How Misguided Policies Interfere with Global Markets and Undermine Future Supplies"
Todd E. Alexander, Chadbourne & Parke LLP	"Recent Energy and Finance Developments in the EPC Market"
Robert M. Finley, Director of Engineering, Aramco Services Company	"Saudi Aramco Mega Projects – Overview and Outlook"
Luc J. Messier, Senior Vice President, Project Development and Procurement, ConocoPhillips	Afternoon Keynote Speaker "Managing Owner-Supplier Relationships Through the Economic Cycles"
Thomas L. Griffiths, Executive Vice President Risk Mgt & Business Development, Black & Veatch Corporation	“Planning & Uncertainty”
Mark Embree, Professor Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University	“Educating Engineering Leaders at Rice University”
Dr. David (Dave) Adkins, PMP, PE, Senior Partner & Director Technology, Business Management Consultants	"Managing Troubled Projects"
Andre Dufour, Senior Vice President, SNC - Lavalin Investment	Banquet Speaker “E&C Investment in Capital Projects”

Forum 2008 Speakers and Topics

Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University	Opening Remarks
Dr. David Leebron, President, Rice University	Welcoming Address
Mr. Yutaka Yamada, President & CEO, Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan	Morning Keynote: Global Toyo Program - A Japanese E&C Company’s Response to Changes in Diversified Market
Mr. John Elliott, Director - Refining and Coking,, Foster Wheeler	Heavy Oil Upgrading Environment - Market & Technology
Mr. Rob Donnell, Vice-President, Baker & O’Brien, Inc. and Mr. Ashok Pasricha, Export-Import Bank of USA	Project Finance for Non-Finance Technical Managers
Dr. Peter Hartley, Director of Shell Center for Sustainability, Baker Institute, Rice University	Increasing Role of of NOC's in the Energy Industry
Mr. Edward L. Pagano, Former President, WorleyParsons Group Inc.	Afternoon Keynote: Owner/Contractor Relationship in Unprecedented Times
Mr. Greg Lee, Senior Vice President, Fluor Corporation	Cracking the Code - Major Advancements in Managing Project Change
Shaikh Azhar Ali, Managing Director & CEO, DESCON Engineering Ltd.	Growing Pains - Challenges Faced by Third World E&C Companies
Mr. Joe Munisteri, President, Joe G. Munisteri Company	The Canadian Oil Sands - a Non Conventional Hydrocarbon
Mr. Will Rowley, Director of Analytical Services, Infield Systems Ltd.	Global Supply/Demand Imbalances in the Offshore E&C Sector: Implications on Expenditures, Scheduling and Production

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Forum 2007 Speakers and Topics

Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University and Founding Director of the Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum	Welcome &  Reflections on Tens Years of Forum
Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of Engineering, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University	Opening Address
Martinus Brandal, President & CEO, Aker Kvaerner ASA	An Active Industry Approach to Global Climate Challenge
Michael Feigin, Managing Director, Global Construction Industry Practice, Marsh USA, Inc.	The New Reality of Risk: The Shrinking World
Dr. Katherine B. Ensor, Professor & Chair of Statistics, Rice University School of Engineering	Enterprise Risk Management in Complex Systems
Paul Hamilton, President, Shell Global Solutions (USA), Inc.	Shell: Security & Sustainability
Dr. Daslav Brkic, Vice President, Onshore Business and Technology Development, Snamprogetti S.p.A.	Optimizing Risk By Adopting New Convertible Contracts
Claire Lawrie, Accenture	The Role of National Oil Companies - NOC's
Jerry Oliver, Senior Vice President, Project Development for the FutureGen Industrial Alliance	FutureGen: The Right Project at the Right Time
Dr. Charles H. Thornton, ACE Mentor Program	Banquet: ACE Mentor Program - A Blueprint for the Future

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Forum 2006 Speakers and Topics

Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani- Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University	Welcome
Morning Theme:  "Strategies for a Turbulent, Resource Constrained World" The E&C Contracting world wrestles now with more demands than it can meet and deploying resources to most effectively serve owners' needs, outsourcing overseas and using multiple project offices. Two Keynote speakers address the same morning theme, each from his particular perspective.
Neil Bruce, COO, AMEC plc- Natural Resources	Keynote:  Challenges of Delivering on Tomorrow's Contracts
Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University	Keynote: Conflict & Diplomacy in The Middle East: Impact on Business
Peter Okundaye, President, Phil H. Nugent Nigeria Ltd.	Significance of Events & Policy Shifts in Nigeria
Mariano Gurfinkel, Associate Head, University of Texas Center for Energy Economics	Shifts in Energy Policy and Opportunities in North America
Afternoon Theme: "Delivering on Tomorrow's Contracts" The final step: We choose where to work, choose how to best marshal our resources to meet the needs of our customers, but what about building for the future with the most valuable resource of all, in shorter supply today than for decades - PEOPLE?
Sallie Keller-McNulty, Dean of George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University	Introduction
Dr. Leebron, President, Rice University	We Reach Out, Adapt for Tomorrow's Needs
Claire Markwardt, Partner, Accenture Energy Practice	Drive for Local Content in Developing Nations
Gordon Quan, Managing Partner of Quan, Burdette & Perez	Immigration Challenges in Addressing Personnel Needs
C. Skip Alvarado, Vice President, Upstream Energy & Chemicals, Fluor Corporation	Energy Industry's People Resource Issue: Attracting, Developing and Retaining People in Today's Market
Ken Arnold, Senior Executive Vice President, AMEC Paragon and Stephen L. Klineberg, Professor of Sociology, Rice University	No Longer Are We All Young White Guys: E&C Personnel Availability in the Twenty-First Century Arnold's Presentation Klineberg Presentation

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Forum 2005 Speakers and Topics

Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University	Welcome
Dr. David W. Leebron, President, Rice University	Opening Address
Ms. Amy Myers Jaffe, Baker Institute, Rice University	Mid East Democracy & $100/bbl Oil
Mr. Alessandro Lanza, Chief Economist, ENI	Oil Pricing Outlook
Mr. J.P. Chevriere, President, Transmar Consulting	Building An LNG Future: The Issue of Technical Resources
Mr. Ben Ball, President, Ball & Associates	Uncertainty, Risk & "Expected" Profits or "What Can I Really Expect?"
Mr. Pierre Dufour, Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee; Air Liquide Group, and President/CEO American Air Liquide	Growing Demands of the Industrial Gas Industry
Mr. William N. (Bill) Dudley, Director & Executive Vice President, Bechtel Corporation; President, Bechtel's Petroleum & Chemical Global Business Unit; President, Bechtel's Pipeline Global Business Unit; President, Oil, Gas and Chemicals Global Business Unit	Keynote: E&C Industry Can Meet the Growing Demands
Mr. Ed Cloutier, President, American Executive Management	State of the E&C Industry
Mr. Mark Stevens, Group Executive - Project Risk, Fluor	Maintaining E&C Risks & Rewards in Balance: a Primer on How to Support Our Clients over the Long Haul
Mr. Dan Godfrey, Shell Fellow	Factors Influencing Contracting Relationships

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Forum 2004 Speakers and Topics