Agenda

Agenda for Energy Risk Global

Energy Risk Global 2021

Sessions are made available for on-demand viewing shortly after they finish live.

All agenda times in CT (Central Time) / +6hrs for BST (British Summer Time)

08:5509:00

Chair’s opening remarks - Day 1

13:30 - 13:35

Stella Farrington

Head of content

Energy Risk

Stella Farrington has been writing about energy markets for 20 years, working at Futures World News and Dow Jones Newswires before moving to Energy Risk in 2004. She spent eight years as the editor of Energy Risk and the last six as a writer, before moving into her current role as Energy Risk’s head of content.

09:0010:00

Looking at 2050: barriers, challenges and financial risks and opportunities

09:00 - 10:00

  • What are the greatest challenges that the industry is facing with the 2050 time frame in mind?

  • Are the markets up to speed with the Net-Zero requirements?

  • Is portfolio diversification the way to go?

  • What is the impact of investors' decisions in reshaping company policies and business models and the global approach to the energy transition?

Jorge Blazquez

Senior Advisor for energy transition and system analysis

BP

Jorge is a senior economist specialised in energy transitions. Currently, he works at BP and is research associate at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies in the UK. Previously, he worked both in the private and public sector. He holds a doctorate degree in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 

Nick Stansbury

Head of climate solutions

Legal & General Investment Management

Nick joined in 2013 as a Fund Manager in LGIM’s Global Equity team, focused on energy and natural resources. Prior to joining LGIM he was an Investment Director for Developed Asia and Global Emerging Markets at Standard Life Investments. He previously worked for an emerging market focused hedge fund investing in equities, convertible bonds and distressed debt. He has also worked in a corporate advisory role and as a software developer. Nick has a law degree (LLB.) and a Master’s in jurisprudence (MJur.), focused on securities law, from the University of Durham.

David Johnston

Managing director, head of energy & commodities

Lloyds Banking Group

David has been structuring, arranging and financing natural resources and energy projects for the past two decades throughout Australia, Asia, America, Africa and Europe.

David recently joined Lloyds Banking Group and has previously worked with ANZ & HBOS in Sydney and CBA in Sydney, Brisbane & London.

David holds qualifications from the University of Queensland & University of Oxford.

Terence Thompson

Chief Science Officer

The Climate Service

Dr. Terence Thompson is leading the development of the TCS software platform building on his experience integrating science, big data, statistics, and software development. Thompson has led advanced climate analysis in industry for over 20 years. He joined The Climate Service from the consultancy LMI where, as a Senior Fellow, he led the climate program. His work there focused on the application of climate data to climate-change adaptation for both government and private sectors. At LMI, he pioneered techniques to address large-scale climate-data access and computing, create value-added products and services, and link to quantitative decision-making processes.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Thompson spent 12 years applying artificial intelligence techniques to defense-related problems, including underwater and space surveillance. At Gould Electronics, he established and led the Intelligent Systems Laboratory.

Thompson is former Vice President of Energy and Environment at Metron Aviation (a subsidiary of Airbus), where he led analysis of the environmental impacts of air transport, including climate, air quality, and noise. He served as principal investigator for many NASA and FAA environmental studies and tool-development efforts over the past 20 years, and served as the project lead on an ongoing study for the Environmentally Responsible Aviation project for NASA. Dr. Thompson holds a doctorate and masters in biophysics from the University of Rochester Medical School.

10:1010:45

Networking break

10:10 - 10:45

10:4510:55

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:11 - 11:12

11:0012:00

The new kids on the block: what new energies are coming to make a breakthrough

10:55 - 11:55

  • CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)

  • According to the Bank of America, hydrogen power could generate trillions of dollars for the economy: How can green and blue hydrogen be a reality and how soon are we going to see results?

  • Floating offshore wind

  • Marine solar

William Zobel

Executive Director

California Hydrogen Business Council

Bil  Zobel serves as Executive Director of the California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC), a non-profit trade association that advances the commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cells in California’s energy and transportation sectors to meet the state’s climate, environmental and air quality goals.

As Executive Director, Bill is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day management of CHBC staff and resources and serves as the organization’s champion for the advancement of the hydrogen and fuel cell sectors in California. He works with members, the Policy Director and staff to identify areas where CHBC’s engagement in the legislative and regulatory processes can support the development of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry.

Bill has over 30 years of experience in the energy sector covering a wide range of issues and responsibilities.  Prior to joining the CHBC, Bill was Vice President of Business Development & Marketing for Trillium.  Trillium designs, builds, owns and operates a network of alternative refueling stations across the US serving the CNG/RNG, Electric and Hydrogen vehicle markets. Bill also managed Market Development and Strategy for Trillium under the utility umbrella of the Wisconsin Energy Corporation (WEC) and Integrys.  During this period the company realized considerable growth, becoming one of the largest providers of CNG in the US.

Bill managed the Sempra Utilities Natural Gas and Electric Vehicle Clean Transportation program.  Recognized as the premier utility Clean Vehicle program in the country, the Sempra team executed an alternative fuels strategy which focused on customer education & outreach, sound alternative transportation fuel policy, and the demonstration/commercialization of promising natural gas and electric vehicle technologies.

Before entering the alternative fuels market, Bill served as the Director of Environmental and Climate Change Policy for Sempra Energy, and as Director of Strategy and Business Analysis for BP North America where he helped develop BP’s US brand and policy following the acquisitions of Amoco and ARCO.  In his 15 years with ARCO, Bill was instrumental in the development and execution of the nation’s first regional smog trading program, RECLAIM, and worked on the development of nation’s first reformulated gasoline, EC-1.

Bill currently serves on the Board of Directors for NGV America, the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (CNGVC), and the California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership.  Bill was honored to serve on a select group under US Energy Secretary Stephen Chu to develop the National Petroleum Councils “Future Transportation Fuels Study”, published in 2012.  Previously, Bill served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for CalStart, the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), the California Electric Transportation Coalition (CalETC), the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA), the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, and the Moonlight Cultural Foundation.

Vince Kaminski

Professor

Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management

Mr. Vincent Kaminski has spent 14 years working in different positions related to quantitative analysis and risk management in the merchant energy industry. The companies he worked for include Citigroup, Sempra Energy Trading, Reliant Energy, Citadel Investment Group, and Enron (from 1992 to 2002) where he was the head of the quantitative modeling group. Prior to starting a career in the energy industry, Mr. Kaminski was a Vice-President in the Research Department, Bond Portfolio Analysis Group, of Salomon Brothers in New York (from 1986 to 1992).
As of September 15, 2006, Mr. Kaminski has accepted an academic position with Rice University in Houston (Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business) where he is teaching MBA level classes on energy markets, energy risk management and valuation of energy derivatives. Mr. Kaminski is also teaching classes in the executive education program at the Jones school.

Mr. Kaminski holds an M.S. degree in international economics, a Ph.D. degree in theoretical economics from the Main School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw, Poland, and an MBA from Fordham University in New York. He is a recipient of the 1999 James H. McGraw award for Energy Risk Management (Energy Risk Manager of the Year). Mr. Kaminski published a number of papers, and contributed to several books, on energy markets. His recent publications in the risk management and commodity options pricing areas include: Managing Energy Price Risk, Risk Books, London 1999, all three subsequent editions, editor and coauthor; The Challenge of Pricing and Risk Managing Electricity Derivatives, in: The US Power Market, Risk Publications, London 1997, author; and Energy Modeling. Advances in the Management of Uncertainty, London 2005, editor and coauthor.

 

 

Chair: Glenn Labhart

Senior partner

Labhart Risk Advisors

Glenn Labhart has more than 25 years of experience in the design and implementation of

risk management processes and policies and has been a leader in helping the industry define today’s risk environment and plan for the uncertainties of the future.

He is the first energy-industry chief risk officer to receive the Financial Risk Manager of the Year Award from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (“GARP”). Glenn now serves as the Chairman of the Energy Risk Diploma program for GARP.  

In March 2004 Glenn Labhart formed Labhart Risk Advisors Inc., providing expertise in risk management that provides a diverse approach for clients requiring expertise in energy, complex modeling and independent valuation.

Glenn is a frequent lecturer and speaker utilizing his subject matter expertise on a variety of legal matters from his direct experience to provide of industry practices to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, business clients and Dynegy.

From August 1997 to March 2004, Glenn was senior vice president and chief risk officer for Dynegy Inc. During the period at Dynegy, Glenn led the independent valuation of due diligence for all mergers and acquisitions that included European, Australian, Latin American and US based transactions; serving as a Board member for subsidiary companies from Dynegy acquisitions.

Glenn’ s career is supported by a BBA from Abilene Christian University, and the Rice University Executive Management Program, Professional memberships include the United State Energy Economics Association, the International Energy Economics Association, and serves on the Advisory Council for the Master of Energy Business program/University of Tulsa.

12:1012:25

Storytelling Sessions

12:05 - 12:35

Our expert will illustrate a  case study and give practical advice on how to address current challenges facing the industry

Mili Fomicov

Co-director, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment

Imperial College London

 

Mili Fomicov is a researcher at the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College London. Before joining Imperial College, she was a Director and Portfolio Manager in the Multi-Asset Strategies team at BlackRock. Previously, Mili was a Portfolio Manager on J.P. Morgan's CIO team, and managed US and Japan equity funds at Barclays. She started her career at AllianceBernstein in the US. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she received an MBA in Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Statistics

13:0014:00

Networking break

12:45 - 13:45

14:0014:05

End of day 1 – join us for Business and trading on day 2 of Energy Risk Global

13:45 - 14:00

All agenda times in CT (Central Time) / +6hrs for BST (British Summer Time)

08:5509:00

Chair’s opening remarks - Day 2

08:55 - 09:00

Cetin Karakus

Global head of quantitative and analytical solutions

BP

09:0010:00

The next energy trading markets

09:00 - 10:00

  • Automation within short-term trading 

  • Renewable energy trading. Are the new energies a factor that is making trading more complex?

  • COVID pricing asymmetric response.

  • Is a market reform necessary?

  • Regulatory environment

  • Cross-border electricity trading

  • Oil trading: the changing landscape. Hhow are shifting oil flows and benchmarks impacting the trading environment?

Mike Bostan

Market Supervision Committee Secretary

European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)

Mike was appointed coordinator of the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) overall Covid-19 response, following the coronavirus pandemic. He is also secretary of the EFET Market Supervision Committee and coordinator of the training and education programmes. Mike worked previously for the Ministry of Affairs of Romania, the European Union Delegation to the United States and in the energy sector since 2014. He is a trained economist and political scientist and now is finalizing his PhD in European Energy Policies at the University of Maastricht. Mike is a native Romanian and speaks fluently English and French.

François Mantion

Head of Energy & Bulk Trading

ICBC Standard

 

 

Ahmed Mehdi

Visiting Research Fellow

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Ahmed Mehdi is Managing Director at Renaissance Energy Advisors, a leading energy advisory firm which works with trading houses, International Oil Companies (IOCs) and financial institutions across the energy value chain. He also serves as Principal at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the world’s leading pricing agency dedicated to li-ion battery metals. He previously worked as an advisor to BHP Petroleum and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London. He also serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES). He was educated at the University of Oxford (St Antonys College) and University College London (UCL). 

Violeta Sliskovic

Senior Legal Counsel

Uniper Global Commodities SE

Violeta Sliskovic is Senior Legal Counsel at Uniper Global Commodities SE (UGC) in the area of International Law & Global Trading. In this role, she is responsible for energy trading and financial markets regulations (i.e. REMIT, MAR, MiFID, EMIR) and related regulatory, legal and trading compliance aspects. In particular, she is in the lead of algorithmic and automated trading related governance topics.

Prior to joining UGC in 2018, Violeta was holding various positions at a German renewables pioneer ENTEGA AG – her last role as Head of Compliance and Energy Trading Contracts, where she was mainly responsible for the groupwide implementation of energy trading and financial market regulations as well as energy trading / supply contract management. In addition, she worked as Of Counsel at ESCHER Rechtsanwälte, a Frankfurt based law firm specialized on investment protection and international arbitration cases.

Previously she was responsible for the Regulatory and Legal Affairs of the German and Croatian subsidiaries of EconGas / OMV Gas Marketing & Trading with focus on European gas regulations and wholesale trading contracts. She is in the energy industry since 2008.

Furthermore, Violeta is chairing the FinTech WG at European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) and she is appointed Member of ACER´s REMIT Expert Group.

She holds a law degree from University of Tübingen with 1st and 2nd legal state examination, including admission to the German Bar as well as a CCP degree from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Serginio Remmelzwaal

Senior Energy Policy Advisor

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Serginio Remmelzwaal is a Senior Policy Adviser in cross-border electricity trading at the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. He leads work on implementing new electricity trading arrangements over interconnectors as set out in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and leads on international electricity trading negotiations. Serginio works closely with industry, regulators, and other organisations in the sector.

Serginio previously worked for the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. He was educated in Earth Sciences at University College London and the University of Washington and holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Bristol.

10:1011:10

Trading and technology

10:10 - 11:10

  • Is technology the solution to make the markets maximise revenue streams?

  • The adoption of blockchain and distributed ledger technology in the energy sector: hype?

  • How can technology help: efficiency, reporting and price formation

  • Development of ML, AI, IoT, M2M, and other tools

Cetin Karakus

Global head of quantitative and analytical solutions

BP

Monika Mangla

Former Digital transformation strategy & program manager

Chevron

Monika Mangla is passionate about driving business transformation leveraging technology.  She has >25 years’ experience in advising C-suite in digital strategy, governance and finance innovation and has delivered finance transformation at global scale, including leading global finance transformation program at Chevron that aimed to transform finance globally, leveraging SAP S/4HANA and Central Finance. 

Monika received a master’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Charter Financial Analyst (CFA). She started her career with KPMG in economics and statistical advisory and moved to Accenture as Senior Manager supporting both outsourcing and strategic business consulting.  Monika joined Chevon in 2008 as senior advisor in Upstream Finance and has since held a variety of roles in corporate functions and in operations, with time in the Gulf of Mexico, US Deepwater and Thailand. Monika joined Deloitte as a Managing Director in 2022 leading efforts building technology led finance transformation practice.  Currently, Monika is teaching as a guest professor at the University of Houston, School of business and focusing on growing BreaktheTide.org, a non-profit that focuses on empowering underprivileged communities through technology.  She lives in Houston with her family and enjoys reading and traveling in her free time. 

11:1011:20

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:10 - 11:20

11:2011:35

Networking break

11:20 - 11:50

 

 

 

12:0013:00

Investing in energy innovation

12:00 - 13:00

 

  • Where are the top investors putting their money?

  • Which stocks are actually clean and green? 

  • Emerging markets and best opportunities in the energy transition markets

  • Innovative initiatives and big investors. Building ventures for a better energy sector.

 

Peter van Ees

Lead Banker- Renewable energies

ABN-Amro

Pradeep Tagare

Vice President, Corporate Venture Capital

National Grid Partners

Yi Jean Chow

Investment Principal

Clean Energy Venture

Chair: Glenn Labhart

Senior partner

Labhart Risk Advisors

Glenn Labhart has more than 25 years of experience in the design and implementation of

risk management processes and policies and has been a leader in helping the industry define today’s risk environment and plan for the uncertainties of the future.

He is the first energy-industry chief risk officer to receive the Financial Risk Manager of the Year Award from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (“GARP”). Glenn now serves as the Chairman of the Energy Risk Diploma program for GARP.  

In March 2004 Glenn Labhart formed Labhart Risk Advisors Inc., providing expertise in risk management that provides a diverse approach for clients requiring expertise in energy, complex modeling and independent valuation.

Glenn is a frequent lecturer and speaker utilizing his subject matter expertise on a variety of legal matters from his direct experience to provide of industry practices to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, business clients and Dynegy.

From August 1997 to March 2004, Glenn was senior vice president and chief risk officer for Dynegy Inc. During the period at Dynegy, Glenn led the independent valuation of due diligence for all mergers and acquisitions that included European, Australian, Latin American and US based transactions; serving as a Board member for subsidiary companies from Dynegy acquisitions.

Glenn’ s career is supported by a BBA from Abilene Christian University, and the Rice University Executive Management Program, Professional memberships include the United State Energy Economics Association, the International Energy Economics Association, and serves on the Advisory Council for the Master of Energy Business program/University of Tulsa.

Victor Yu

Executive vice president of Americas consulting

KWA Analytics

Victor Yu has over 25 years of experience in energy/commodity trading, risk management, and technology consulting serving clients in the energy, commodity, banking/financial services, and utility sectors.  Currently as EVP of Americas Consulting with KWA Analytics Victor and his team provide advisory services and consulting for companies implementing technology solutions including C/ETRM systems.    

Prior to joining KWA, he was a senior manager with EY's Commodities Markets Technology practice, specializing in trading and risk management technology and applications of newer disruptive technologies such as blockchain.  Before EY Victor worked with ETRM software vendor OpenLink for 13 years where he was the Director of Business Services in the New York City office. 

He has a BS in Applied Economics & Business Management from Cornell University, an MBA in Finance from Fordham University, and certifications as an Energy Risk Professional (ERP) from GARP, Risk Management from NYU, and in Business Analysis and Project Management from Villanova University

13:0013:05

End of day 2 – join us for the future of energy on day 3 of Energy Risk Global

14:10 - 14:15

All agenda times in CT (Central Time) / +6hrs for BST (British Summer Time)

08:5509:00

Chair’s opening remarks - Day 3

08:55 - 09:00

Federico Tondi

Head of technology innovation

Shell

09:0010:00

Networking break

09:00 - 10:00

10:0010:10

Energy Risk awards winners' announcement

11:11 - 11:12

10:2010:35

Storytelling Sessions
Oil Industry’s pivotal moment

11:20 - 11:50

Our expert will illustrate a  case study and give practical advice on how to address current challenges facing the industry

Sunaina Pai Ocalan

Director, corporate strategy

HESS

Sunaina is responsible for keeping the Hess executive team abreast on macro-economic factors, and elements of supply and demand of oil and gas; how costs are trending in the industry, and other macro themes and perspectives.  She is also responsible for competitor intelligence and monitoring strategic trends in the industry.

She has 18 years experience in the oil and gas industry, in various functions – she started her career with Schlumberger, working as an electrical design engineer on the coring tool and the MDT.  After getting her MBA, she switched gears and joined a boutique management consulting firm that got acquired by IHS CERA in Cambridge, MA. Through the acquisition, she was with CERA for 6 years.  In 2012, Ocalan joined Hess as a development plan engineer for the Utica asset.  She had a development role in the Commercial group helping with decisions on Hess’ Bakken asset.  Prior to taking the Corporate Strategy role, she supported all of Hess’ offshore assets and was responsible for decision analysis and economics for GOM, Asia, and Europe.  

Ocalan holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Bombay University, India, a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, PA, and an MBA from Rice University in Houston.

11:0012:00

What’s next: Using technologies and innovation to transform and reshape the global energy system

12:00 - 13:00

Federico Tondi

Head of technology innovation

Shell Agile Hub

Aiman El-Ramly

Chief business officer

ZE PowerGroup Inc

Aiman El-Ramly, MBA, CMC, Chief Business Officer, ZE PowerGroup has been an active member of the energy and commodities industries for 30 years. Aiman has significant understanding of what is needed for corporations to run effectively in complex global markets. ZE PowerGroup is the developer of the ZEMA™ enterprise software for data management. Aiman and his team have been recently expanding ZEMA’s capability to include advanced analytics and machine learning in resolving key industry challenges in trade, risk and operations. He is a frequent presenter, and market expert, in data and data analytics.

Aiman is also the Chief Operating Officer for ZE Power Engineering, ZE’s engineering design firm for utilities. Aiman holds an MBA from Royal Roads University and a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia.

Susan Nash

Director of Innovation & Emerging Science and Technology

AAPG

Milan Poidl

Head of Silicon Valley Innovation Hub

Enel

Milan Poidl launched the Enel Innovation Hub in Silicon Valley in 2017. He is primarily responsible for scouting & matching new technologies to company needs.  To date, the Enel Hubs have evaluated more than 10,000 new technologies; launched 400 pilots and deployed over 95 new solutions through its industrial partnership approach with startups.

Milan holds a B.A. in Environmental Management from UC Santa Barbara as well as Masters Degrees in Business Administration from CU Denver & International Management from Thunderbird.  Throughout his career Milan has worked in technology, consumer products & the energy sector with global multinational corporations focused on consumer centric marketing & innovation.

At Applica Consumer Products, he built the equity of the company’s brand portfolio through new product development and strategic branding.  In 2012, after the sale of Applica to Spectrum Brands, Milan joined Liberty Power to drive product innovation.  He is credited with conceptualizing & launching the company’s retail renewable energy offering, delivering the fastest sales growth rate in company history.   Milan joined Enel in 2014, as Head of Innovation in Peru before assuming his current role in Silicon Valley.

12:0012:05

Close of event, until 2022!

12:00 - 12:05