16th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks

Name: 16th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks
Start: 2026-02-04T09:00:00
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Wednesday 04 February 2026
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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:

Megatrends, Resilience, and Change: Welcome and scene setting remarks by the co-hosts and guest organizations.
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.
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.
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.
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

Chair

HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud
Minister of Energy, Saudi Arabia

Welcome and Scene setting by partner organizations

Jassim Alshirawi
Secretary General, IEF
Haitham Al Ghais
Secretary General, OPEC
Fatih Birol
Executive Director, IEA

Invited Guests

Francesco La Camera
Director General, IRENA

Session I: IEA and OPEC Energy Outlooks Comparison

Moderator

Jassim Alshirawi
Secretary General, IEF

Presentations by partner organizations

Ayed Al-Qahtani
Director, Research Division, OPEC
Keisuke Sadamori
Director, Energy Markets and Security, IEA
Christof van Agt Ross
Director of Dialogue, IEF

High-Level Government and Industry Global Perspectives Panel

Moderator

Amrita Sen
Founder and Director of Market Intelligence, Energy Aspects

Speakers

HE Eng Karim Badawi
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Egypt
Charif Souki
Founder, Cheniere and Tellurian
Majid Jafar
Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Petroleum
Bjørn Otto Sverdrup
Chair of the Executive Committee, OGCI

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

Moderator

Carole Nakhle
Founder & CEO, Crystol Energy

Invited Speakers

Amrita Sen
Founder and Director of Market Intelligence, Energy Aspects
Helima Croft
Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
Steven Knell
President and Head, Energy Intelligence
Tom Smeenk
Executive Vice President Growth, VTTI
Tatiana Mitrova
Global Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy

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

Moderator

Robert McNally
Founder and President, Rapidan Energy Group

Invited Speakers

Peter Wood
Chief Energy Adviser, Shell
Joyce Chang
Managing Director, Chair, Global Research Corporate Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan
Ken Koyama
Managing Director, Chief Economist, Strategy Research Unit, IEEJ
Jamie Webster
Partner and Associate Director, Center for Energy Impact, BCG
Yousef Alshammari
President, London College of Energy Economics