2006 Dialogue with the Experts
ASPO-USA and its partners and sponsors thank all of you for taking action and making this year's event a great success! Reporting from around the world can be found in our news pages.
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Proceedings are available here
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Note: We are working on a DVD set of the entire conference. We will let you know the timing of this product and conference online video and audio feeds.
2006 Boston World Oil Conference
Time for Action: A Midnight Ride for Peak Oil
Co-Hosted by ASPO-USA and Boston University
ASPO-USA announces our second “Dialogue with the Experts,” a high-level conference to discuss impacts of and responses to a peak in world oil production.
Dates Thursday, October 26 and Friday, October 27, 2006 (plus pre- and post-conference events)
Location Boston University; Boston, Massachusetts
Take Action - Register Now
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Who Should Attend
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Leaders and decision-makers from all sectors;
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Individuals and organizations with investments on the line;
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Individuals and organizations who work in the energy sector;
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Transportation and land planners at all levels and in all sectors;
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Concerned citizens wanting information to help them make a difference.
Purpose
Our experts will provide the most current available information about the evolving peak oil and natural gas challenges. To cover those stories, we're bringing in widely respected speakers from all over the U.S. and Canada plus Europe, the Middle East and even South America. From world-wide industry analyst PFC Energy to a Brazilian cane-to-ethanol grower, you'll hear a broad range of perspectives.
ASPO-USA has partnered with Boston University researchers to explore the critical role that net-energy analysis should play in our policy decisions going forward. In our present mad dash to develop substitute fuels, are we on the right track? Do we have the right scorecard? Attendees will hear first-hand the early results of that partnership and its critical implication for evaluating our options.
At the same time that we continue to address key gaps in essential information and awareness about the looming peak oil issue, it is time to expand our individual and collective focus towards “intelligent responses” to the challenge. What should the Blueprint for Peak Oil Action be? Given what we know today, what best strategies should we as individuals, organizations and a nation pursue from 2007 forward? Every speaker will be engaged in this discussion; and all conference attendees will be asked for their input as well.
Speakers:
Click Here for Our Full List Of Speakers
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Topics Include:
Oil and Gas Depletion
What are the geological and political constraints to our understanding of resource depletion?
Mitigation
What mitigation measures are available and how soon can they be implemented?
Alternative Energy
What are the unconventional petroleum and non-petroleum energy sources, and will they be adequate or available before oil and gas resources begin their decline?
Economics
What are the economic challenges in an environment of decreasing energy supplies?
Transportation
What is the future direction of personal transportation, its limitations, and prospects?
Net Energy
What is net energy (also known as energy return on energy invested) and why is it so critical to intelligent responses to the peak oil dilemma?
Energy Security
What are the limitations to achieving energy security in a world of escalating competition for a finite resource?
Government Policy
What is the direction of energy policy on a local, state, and federal level? Do those policies need some notable tweaks or a massive overhaul?
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For more information
Dick Lawrence: Conference Co-Chair, Local Host Committee Chair, ASPO-USA Co-founder
978-562-6307, richard.lawrence@intel.com
Steve Andrews, ASPO-USA Co-founder
303-759-1998, sbandrews@att.net
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