Programme

The  Organisers would like to thank the Advisory Board for their continious support and commitment to the Caspian Oil and Gas onference.

Advisory Board:

Rovnag Abdullayev, President, SOCAR

Academician Khoshbakht Yusifzade, First Vice President, SOCAR

Huseyngulu Baghirov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Azerbaijan

Mukhtar Babaev, Vice-president on Ecology, SOCAR, Azerbaijan

John Roberts, Energy Specialist, Platts

Dr Jennifer Coolidge, Executive Director, CMX Caspian and Gulf Consultants Ltd.

Conference Programme

The main topics of the Caspian Oil and Gas 2010 programme include:

• Azerbaijan in the geopolitical context of the Caspian Region

• Caspian gas as a solution to the long-term Energy Security in Europe

• A new and diversified route to the European market: supplying CNG to Romania and Bulgaria ports across the Black Sea
• Southern Corridor pipelines: a possible alternative to South Stream and Nabucco?
• Cooperation between Caspian states' governments to facilitate gas exports to EU.Bringing Kazakhstani gas to the European consumer
• Enhancement of Azerbaijan's ecological environment. Water purification programs and facilities: what is available on the technology market?

Speakers will include::

• Natik Aliyev, Minister of Industry and Energy, Azerbaijan
• Huseyngulu Baghirov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Azerbaijan
• Heinz Hilbrecht, Director, Security of Supply, Energy Markets and Networks, Directorate‐General for Energy, European Commission
• Rovnag Abdullayev, President, SOCAR
• Khoshbakht Yusifzade, First Vice President, SOCAR
• Elshad Nasirov, Vice-President for Investment and Marketing, SOCAR
• Mukhtar Babayev, Vice-President on Ecology, SOCAR, Azerbaijan
• Kairgeldy Kabyldin, Chairman of the Board, KazMunayGaz
• Yagshigeldy Kakaev, Chairman, State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon, Turkmenistan
• The Rt Hon The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC, Chairman, Anglo-Azerbaijani Society to name but a few

The Conference is also benefiting from a few Special Focuses and Interactive Panel Discussions.