16th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks

The 16th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks convenes senior decision-makers, analysts, and industry leaders at a pivotal moment. Diverging scenarios, new market realities, and rapidly evolving energy-security and climate policies make enhanced dialogue on outlooks—and the underlying data and assumptions—more important than ever. This year's theme, Megatrends, Resilience, and Change, explores how markets, policies, and technologies can align to deliver secure, sustainable, and affordable energy.

The Symposium will be chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy, Saudi Arabia, and be co-hosted by Jassim Alshirawi, Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.

The symposium will be structured into five key sessions:

1. Megatrends, Resilience, and Change: Welcome and scene setting remarks by the co-hosts and guest organizations.
2. Key Findings of the IEF Comparative Outlook Report: Presentation and comparison of key findings from the IEA, OPEC, and EIA outlooks, and how they relate to other outlooks and real-world market and policy dynamics.
3. High-Level Government and Industry Global Perspectives: Senior government and industry representatives discuss energy-policy priorities in relation to outlook projections and specific demand drivers.
4. Medium-Term Outlooks: Navigating Headwinds with Resilience: How medium-term scenarios frame the challenges of the new global risk environment and the balance between security, sustainability, and affordability in diverse regional contexts.
5. Long Term Perspectives: Aligning Energy Security with Transitions: Relating long-term scenarios to specific energy demand drivers and exploring the interaction between global energy outlooks and the energy investment and technology advances required.

The annual IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks is part of a wider joint program of work agreed upon by the three organizations and endorsed by Energy Ministers at the 12th International Energy Forum (Cancún, March 2010) as part of the Cancún Declaration.

Speakers

Welcome and Scene setting by partner organizations

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  Jassim Alshirawi
  Secretary General, IEF

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  Haitham Al Ghais
  Secretary General, OPEC

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  H.E. Fatih Birol
  Executive Director, IEA

Invited Guests

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  Tristan Abbey
  Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration

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  Francesco La Camera
  Director General, IRENA

Session I: IEA and OPEC Energy Outlooks Comparison

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  Jassim Alshirawi
  Secretary General, IEF

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  Keisuke Sadamori
  Director, Energy Markets and Security, IEA

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  Ayed Al-Qahtani
  Director, Research Division, OPEC

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  Christof van Agt Ross
  Director of Dialogue, IEF

High-Level Government and Industry Global Perspectives Panel

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  Bjørn Otto Sverdrup
  Chair of the Executive Committee, OGCI

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  Majid Jafar
  Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Petroleum

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  Dick Richelle
  CEO, Vopak

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  NJ Ayuk
  Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber

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  Charif Souki
  Founder, Cheniere and Tellurian

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  Andrew Drummond
  Executive Vice President Strategy, Woodside Energy

Session II: Medium-Term Outlooks: Navigating Headwinds with Resilience

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  Carole Nakhle
  Founder & CEO, Crystol Energy

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  Cosmin Ghita
  CEO, Nuclearelectrica

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  Amrita Sen
  Founder and Director of Market Intelligence, Energy Aspects

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  Helen Currie
  Chief Economist, ConocoPhillips Company

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  Tatiana Mitrova
  Global Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy

Session III: Long Term Perspectives on Aligning Energy Security with Transitions

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  Robert McNally
  Founder and President, Rapidan Energy Group

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  Helima Croft
  Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

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  Ken Koyama
  Managing Director, Chief Economist, Strategy Research Unit, IEEJ

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  Peter Wood
  Chief Energy Adviser, Shell

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  Joyce Chang
  Managing Director, Chair, Global Research Corporate Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan

Summary of Findings and Closing Remarks

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  Jassim Alshirawi
  Secretary General, IEF

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  Haitham Al Ghais
  Secretary General, OPEC

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  H.E. Fatih Birol
  Executive Director, IEA

Key Documents

• Draft Agenda