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The Permanent Oil Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, January 21 & 22, 2009

Posted by Rembrandt on January 5, 2009 - 6:38am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: amsterdam, aspo-netherlands, conference [list all tags]

Worldwide concern is growing over high oil prices, the security of supply of fossil fuels and its impact on many sectors of our society. Such concerns voiced at the oildrum over the past years are becoming part of the mainstream energy discussion. On 21 & 22 January 2009 a major business conference will be held in the Netherlands in which I am involved as an advisor in my role as President of ASPO Netherlands.

I invite you to come and listen to top executives and leaders from many industrial sectors who will explore the effects of high oil prices in their field of expertise or industry. Day 1 is dealing with political and macro economic aspects of changing oil supplies. Day 2 is teaching more about specific economic sectors, like Transport & Infrastructure, Food & Agriculture, Energy Systems and Chemicals & Materials.

There will be many speakers including Maria van der Hoeven (Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs), Matthew Simmons (invited), Peter de Wit (President Shell Netherlands), Kjell Aleklett (ASPO International), Jeremy Tomkinson (CEO The National Non-Food Crops Centre), Jörg Schindler (ASPO Germany) and Ger Bemer (CEO Royal Nedalco). For Conference Agenda and Registration, go to the the Permanent Oil Crisis website.

Under the fold, find the highlights from the program. Come to Amsterdam!

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ASPO VII - final thoughts

Posted by Luis de Sousa on November 1, 2008 - 9:40am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: aspo, conference, original [list all tags]

The first ASPO conference I attended was in 2006, in Pisa, where it was hosted by Ugo Bardi. While I was there, I had the good fortune to meet Dennis Meadows, a man whose work I have known since I was very young, but which now has much more relevance than I first imagined. During his address, he told us an important thing: As events start unfolding and a general awareness of depletion arises, ASPO will loose its raison d'être.
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ASPO VII - second day

Posted by Luis de Sousa on October 31, 2008 - 8:37am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: aspo, biofuel, conference, original, speculation [list all tags]

After a rather gloomy day of forecasts of conventional energy supplies, the second day was more promising: alternative energy was the main dish. Economics and Finance would also be on the table. It was a heavily scheduled day with some Q&A sessions omitted to make room for all the speakers.
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ASPO VII - first day

Posted by Luis de Sousa on October 30, 2008 - 8:11am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: aspo, conference, original [list all tags]

The VII International Conference on Oil and Gas Depletion was the first in many ways: the first after the death of Ali Samsam Bakhtiari; the first after record oil prices; and the first after serious economic difficulties hitting the OECD. Right from the beginning there was a feeling in the air that circumstances had changed and a new era had arrived.
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The Permanent Oil Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, January 21 & 22, 2009

Posted by Rembrandt on October 26, 2008 - 8:55am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: amsterdam, aspo-netherlands, conference [list all tags]

Worldwide concern is growing over high oil prices, the security of supply of fossil fuels and its impact on many sectors of our society. Such concerns voiced at the oildrum over the past years are becoming part of the mainstream energy discussion. On 21 & 22 January 2009 a major business conference will be held in the Netherlands in which I am involved as an advisor in my role as President of ASPO Netherlands.

I invite you to come and listen to top executives and leaders from many industrial sectors who will explore the effects of high oil prices in their field of expertise or industry. Day 1 is dealing with political and macro economic aspects of changing oil supplies. Day 2 is teaching more about specific economic sectors, like Transport & Infrastructure, Food & Agriculture, Energy Systems and Chemicals & Materials.

There will be many speakers including Maria van der Hoeven (Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs), Matthew Simmons (invited), Peter de Wit (President Shell Netherlands), Kjell Aleklett (ASPO International), Jeremy Tomkinson (CEO The National Non-Food Crops Centre), Jörg Schindler (ASPO Germany) and Ger Bemer (CEO Royal Nedalco). For Conference Agenda and Registration, go to the the Permanent Oil Crisis website.

Under the fold, find the highlights from the program. Come to Amsterdam!

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Gloom and Doom - with a smile - the ASPO-USA 4 meeting in Sacramento

Posted by Heading Out on September 23, 2008 - 9:40am
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: aspo-usa, conference, original [list all tags]

The ASPO conference in Sacramento began here Sunday, September 21, just after lunch – with a set of three concurrent sessions. Unfortunately I could only be in one place, and that was tied by structure, so my report on this afternoon is thus a little constrained.

The first track dealt with Reporting the Oil Story, and while the speaker list was strong, including Rob Collier, Bart Anderson of the Energy Bulletin, and Neil King of the WSJ, in the first session – having to sneak through the back of a mass to get to the room may have limited attendance a little. The second part of that track included presentations by Stuart Leavenworth of the Sacramento Bee; Lisa Margonelli of the New America foundation; Tom Whipple, who gives us the Peak Oil Daily News, and Review.

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7th ASPO International Conference: Barcelona

Posted by Chris Vernon on September 22, 2008 - 1:54am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: aspo, barcelona, conference, jérôme guillet, luís de sousa, spain, ugo bardi [list all tags]

On Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st of October, Barcelona, Spain hosts the seventh annual international conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). The programme is under the fold and includes papers from TOD staff Jérôme Guillet, Luís de Sousa and Ugo Bardi.

Most of The Oil Drum: Europe team will be there and we look forward to meeting you.

7th ASPO International Conference: Barcelona

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ESR/SEF (NZ) Conference on "Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate Change"

Posted by Big Gav on June 24, 2008 - 7:11am in The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: conference, new zealand [list all tags]

On Saturday 26 July, the Sustainable Energy Forum and Engineers for Social Responsibility are holding a joint one-day conference at Unitec in Auckland, New Zealand on the theme "Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate Change".

The programme is below. The registration form is available online at http://www.sef.org.nz/conferences/2008_Registration.doc

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Public transport: making the right mobility choices

Posted by Phil Hart on March 25, 2008 - 6:00pm in The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: conference, public transportation [list all tags]

Dedicated members of the TOD audience and public transport fans may be interested to hear the call for papers from UITP, the International Association of Public Transport, for a conference to be held in Vienna in June 2009. The theme for the 58th World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition is Public transport: making the right mobility choices.



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Houston ASPO Day 2 part 1

Posted by Heading Out on October 21, 2007 - 5:00pm
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: conference, conservation, electricity demand, hybrids, natural gas, original, peak oil, scale, texas [list all tags]

This is the fourth segment on the ASPO Conference and follows a report on the Workshop day, the first morning report, and the rest of Thursday. We pick up on Friday morning, which began with a talk by Peter Tertzakian on the impact of resource constraints. He began by showing the rate at which the electric light was adopted into American homes, noting that essentially 100% was not reached until the 1980’s from inception in 1890. Initially the rate of change was very slow. To make a change there has to be a compelling alternative at a cheaper price, and yet as energy consumption has grown there has been a pattern. First the economy grows, then pressure starts to build up, then there is a breaking point, with the introduction of “a magic bullet”, and the cycle restarts. We have reached a point where the cycle has reached the breaking point – and now we look for the magic bullet. He pointed out that this occurred early in Japan in the 1970’s, and that they made the switch and by adding LNG and nuclear they have been able to stabilize oil consumption.

Oil, however, has many attractive properties, so why should we now change from it? From the 1908 arrival of the model T car growth has led us to congestion, urban growth and commuting times that have increased more than 20%. And change is not necessarily productive, after buying fluorescent lights, he now leaves them on longer.

The problem is one of scale, with few realizing not only the size of the current problem but also that to come. In India Tata Motors are about to introduce a car that will cost a Lakh (100,000 rupees or $2,500) which can be anticipated to become an enormous success with their growing middle class, and concurrently a large fuel demand generator. Within the $65 trillion world GDP the largest growth rates are in the developing countries.

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