The KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum

The KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum is an annual political and strategic conference for the petroleum and energy sector of the Republic of Kazakhsta and the Caspian region. Conferences are held in Astana, Kazakhstan.The forum unites heads of government agencies from various countries, the worlds's major multi-national energy corporations, and world energy industry experts to confer about significant industry issues for Eurasia, the geopolitics of Eurasian energy and the world. The forum agenda includes plenary discussion panels, round tables, sessions, thematic seminars and the KAZENERGY youth forum. Topics also include sustainable development, new technologies, technological innovation, nuclear energy, renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal, energy efficiency and ecological safety.
The Republic of Kazakhstan's western oil field, next to the Caspian Sea, contains an estimated 10 billion or more reserves that are recoverable. This number is significant, per oil industry standards that deem a one billion barrel field as a "supergiant". Timur Kulibayev, the Chairman of Kazenergy believes that Kazakhstan can be one of the top-5 largest oil suppliers in the world. Annually, about 1000 delegates from about 40 countries attend the KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum in Astana. The first KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum started at 2006.
Organization
The forum is founded by the KAZENERGY Association, which unites over 50 major businesses and organizations in the petroleum, natural gas and energy business involved in energy extraction, transportation, servicing, geophysical science, uranium-production, as well as other transnational companies. Chevron Corporation, an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries, is a "gold" sponsor of the forum.
A significant challenge of the association is to promote the creation of favorable conditions for the dynamic and sustainable development of the fuel and energy sector for the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Previous forums
I KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum
The I KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum , passed in 2006, drew attention to the overall theme "The oil and gas industry and energy industry" to maintain the ecological balance, the creation of a petrochemical cluster, issues of local Kazakhstan content and creating energy infrastructure for alternative sources of energy. More than 200 delegates participated.
II KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum
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The II KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum was devoted to discussion of issues of oil and gas industry and energy industry, including a review of analytical data, the formulation of proposals and recommendations, the coordination of common approaches to effective legal mechanisms and practical tools of key economic sectors, as well as discussions about the role of national companies to provide economic competitiveness.
III KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum
The III KAZENERGY Eurasian forum , held in 2008 focused attention on the urgent and complex processes and trends that are manifested most acutely and on a large scale during this period, affecting the energy interests of both Kazakhstan and the entire world community.
IV KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum
The IV KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum within the "Kazakhstan Energy Week" focused on the crucial subject, which became the defining topic for all the discussions that took place this year - "Global Challenges and Strategic Alliances."
V KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum
Lessons from the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, how to reduce risks associated with technogenic character, as well as investment opportunities in the Caspian region were the main topics of the program of the V KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum .
Speakers from the 5th annual forum included:
* Mark W. Albers - Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil
* Mirek Topolánek - Former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and former President of the European Council
* Dr. Randall Gossen - President, World Petroleum Council
* Selim Kuneralp - Chairman, Energy Charter Conference
* Noé van Hulst - Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF)
* Stephan Kohler - Chief Executive, German Energy Agency (DENA)
* Professor Nasir El Bassam - Director, International Research Centre for Renewable Energy (IFEED)
* Morfis Kyriakos - Team Leader, INOGATE Technical Secretariat
* Daniel Stein - Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, U.S. Department of State
* Mark W. Albers - Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil<ref name="kazakhstanlive"/>
* Harry Brekelmans - Executive Vice-president of Shell in Russia and Caspian Region, Royal Dutch Shell
* Nick Maden - Senior Vice President responsible for International Exploration at Statoil
* Didier Holleaux - Senior Vice-President, GDF SUEZ E&P
* Chris Finlayson - Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe&Central Asia, BG Group plc
* Scott E. Davis - Managing Director Eurasia Strategic Business Unit, Chevron Corporation
* Professor Stephen Russell Moore - Regional Vice President, Middle East & Central Asia, Mubadala
* Cristiano Tortelli - Regional Executive Europe and CIS, GE Energy
* Slav Slavov - Regional Manager, Europe & Central Asia, World Energy Council (WEC)
* Teruaki Masumoto - Former Executive Vice President Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Chairman of WEC Japanese Member Committee
* Alessandro Clerici - Adviser to the President of ABB, Honorable Chairman of WEC - Italian Member Committee
* Riccardo Puliti - Managing Director in charge of the energy and natural resources sectors at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
* Randall L. Beatty - INPRO Group Leader, Nuclear Energy Department, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
* Andreas Thomas - Senior Vice President Business Development/Managing Director
* MoonHee Park - Director, Daesung Institute for Clean Energy, Professor, Department of Informational Statistics, Hoseo University, South Korea
* Dr.Andrey Konoplyanik - Consultant to the Board, Gazprombank, Adviser to the Board, GPB Neftegas Services B.V., Professor, Russian State Oil & Gas University n.a.acad.Gubkin
* David Merkel - Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
* John M. Roberts - Energy Security Specialist, Platts
* Peter Taylor - Manager, Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative (Caspian Sea - Black Sea - Central Eurasia)

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