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Mr. Jeffrey S Dunn

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:25:25 -0700

Jeffrey S. Dunn is the Legislative Analyst for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the nation's largest Metropolitan Planning Organization comprised of 189 member cities in 6 counties throughout Southern California, encompassing a jurisdiction of over 19 million residents. Mr. Dunn maintains state and federal legislative tracking and oversight responsibilities on a broad range of regional issues, including surface transportation, rail, aviation, housing, land-use planning, design-build/public-private partnerships, Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), and the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. Mr. Dunn is also the SCAG lead legislative staff for federal climate change legislation, state and federal greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) regulation, and SB 375 implementation - landmark state legislation to integrate California's transportation and land-use planning efforts to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the automobile and light truck sector by reducing vehicle miles travelled. Mr. Dunn's legislative career began as a legislative correspondent for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, providing direct support to the Communications Subcommittee on issues related to cellular and satellite communications, cable television regulation, and FCC authority and oversight.

Mr. Dunn followed his Hill experience by becoming the Legislative Analyst for the Los Angeles County Superior Court, covering a wide range of state legislative issues affecting court civil and criminal operations, trial court funding and budget, juvenile and family law and courthouse security.

Immediately prior to his tenure at SCAG, Mr. Dunn served in a variety of capacities on the staff of the 2004 Wesley Clark Presidential Campaign handling fundraising, media/press, and field staff organization throughout the primary campaign. Mr. Dunn also served as a standing member of west coast advance for 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry. Mr. Dunn is a long-time resident of Santa Monica, California.

Mr. Bengt Söderbergh

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:02 -0700

Bengt Soderbergh, Sweden, has a Master of Science in Business and Economics with International Specialization, including Russian language studies, and a Master of Science in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering from Uppsala University. Bengt Soderbergh has been working with Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group (UHDSG) since August 2004.

Since January 2006 Bengt Soderbergh is a PhD student at the Global Energy Systems Group at Uppsala University, and his research project is about the potential peak of global natural gas production and its implications for the energy security of the European Union. The project is done in collaboration with the Energy Delta Research Center of the University of Groningen and the Energy Delta Institute, Groningen. Bengt Soderbergh's research work is primarily focused on Russian natural gas production, global natural gas production, Canadian oil sands and short- and medium-term global oil production outlooks.

Mr. Hannes Kunz

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:19:24 -0700

Hannes Kunz holds Masters degrees in Law and Economics from the University of Zurich, and a PhD in Economics from St. Gallen University. He worked as a senior manager in a number of industries and as a partner in international management consulting companies with assignments in Europe, the Americas and in Asia.

Today, Hannes is as an independent management consultant supporting international companies and President of the Institute for Integrated Economic Research, an independent non-profit research institution founded in 2007. The key focus of his work is on the integration of macroeconomic theory with resource-based views.

Mr. Rick Munroe

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:16:24 -0700

National Farmers Union of Canada. Rick Munroe and his wife farm on Howe Island, which is one of the picturesque "Thousand Islands" near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He has been researching energy security issues for Canada's National Farmers Union for several years.

Dr. Tom Konrad

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:14:00 -0700

Tom Konrad is a regulatory consultant and financial analyst specializing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. In his consulting role, he testifies on behalf of clients before public utilities commissions and state legislatures to promote clean energy. He writes as a freelancer as well as for AltEnergyStocks.com. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University, where he wrote his thesis on Complex Dynamics, a branch of chaos theory. His study of chaos theory led to his conviction that knowing the limits of our ability to predict is much more important than predictions themselves.

Tom is a runner and a woodworker. He has completed two marathons in under four hours, and builds furniture in his spare time. He is currently planning a move from Colorado to Connecticut.

Dr. Feng Lianyong

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:10:38 -0700

Dr. Feng graduated and obtained his Bachelor's degree from University of Petroleum (East China) In 1988, with Management Engineering as his major. He continued his study and got his Master's degree three years later at the same university and has been teaching there for several years. Mr. Feng obtained his Doctor's degree on 10, October, 1997 from the Moscow Petroleum University, Russia. From August 1997 to July 1999, he served in Kazakhstan for the crude oil transportation and distribution. From October 2000 to September 2003, he worked in the headquarter of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). In September 2003, Dr Feng started his teaching and research career at China University of Petroleum, Beijing. He teaches the courses “International Petroleum Economics”, “Energy Economics” and “Peak oil” to undergraduates and graduate students. Dr Feng ever published more than forty articles and monographs.

Mr. Randy Udall

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:51:55 -0700

Randy Udall is a consulting energy analyst and one of the nation's leading activists in promoting energy sustainability. He is the former Director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in western Colorado. During his tenure, CORE's partnerships with individuals, governments and utilities led to Colorado's first solar energy incentive program, the world's first Renewable Energy Mitigation Program which has raised $6 million, the world's stiffest carbon tax, and some of the most progressive green power purchasing programs in the country. Udall is a Co-Founder of ASPO-USA and was one of the peak oil experts interviewed by the National Petroleum Council when they researched their 2007 report on the Hard Truths about Energy. He writes and speaks widely on why "energy is an IQ test Americans tend to fail." Extended Biography

Dr. Michael Webber

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:46:53 -0700

Michael Webber is the Associate Director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy in the Jackson School of Geosciences, Fellow of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he trains a new generation of energy leaders through research and education. Prior to joining UT Austin, Michael was a principal investigator for analytical studies of policy issues relevant to energy, innovation, the U.S. industrial base, and national security at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he was a Senior Scientist at Pranalytica, a startup making high-fidelity sensors for homeland security, industrial and environmental monitoring applications. Michael has published more than a dozen peer-reviewed scientific articles; been awarded two patents; and given dozens of lectures, speeches, and invited talks in the U.S. and Europe, including briefings for members of Parliament, senior decision makers in Government, and executives in the private sector.

Mr. Edward Warner

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:46:24 -0700

Mr. Edward M. Warner earned a Bachelor's degree in geology from Colorado State University and a Master's degree in geology from UCLA. Ed was chief scientist and partner in Jonah Field, one of the largest natural gas development projects in the U.S. He maintains a close relationship with Colorado State University, serving as a faculty affiliate in Geosciences, sits on the Development Council, the President's Capital Campaign Task Force and the Geosciences Advisory Committee. His active association with the university began with yearly funding of a graduate teaching assistantship, seminars, discussions, and field trips he took with the university's Geology Club. Ed has funded two endowed chairs in the Geosciences Department, a spatial analysis laboratory, graduate teaching assistantships, and a research assistantship. His funding will further allow for the creation of an innovative community-based conservation institute, the Center for Collaborative Conservation, college-wide research grants, and further endowments to the Department of Geosciences and what is now known as the Warner College of Natural Resources.

Mr. David Wann

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:45:53 -0700

David Wann is a master gardener and holds a Master's degree in environmental science. He is the author of 10 books including Simple Prosperity and Deep Design, and is a co-author of the best seller, Affluenza. He has written for YES! Sierra, Utne Reader, Terrain, and many other magazines. He also has produced many award-winning documentaries, including Designing a Great Neighborhood and Building Livable Communities, for then-Vice President Al Gore's office. He lives in a co-housing community in Golden, Colorado, where he continues to coordinate a community garden and orchard.

Mr. Richard Vodra

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:45:12 -0700

Richard (Dick) Vodra, JD, CFP, has been a financial planning practitioner in Northern Virginia since 1985. He is a graduate of the College of Wooster and the Yale Law School. He is an active member of the Financial Planning Association. He has been following the Peak Oil and Global Climate Change issues carefully since 2002, and has been an ASPO member since 2006.

Ms. Heidi VanGenderen

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:44:43 -0700

Heidi VanGenderen is a third generation Colorado native who served as the state's first gubernatorial climate advisor. She has worked on energy and climate issues in the non-profit, public, academic and private sectors and recently completed a Chevening Fellowship on Finance and Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy in Edinburgh and London. She currently serves as team leader for the Worldwatch Institute’s natural gas and sustainable energy initiative which will build coalition support for and document the efficacy of expanded use of natural gas, energy efficiency and renewable energy as a means of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and to move forward from primary reliance on coal.

Mr. Jeff Vail

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:44:07 -0700

Jeff Vail works in the trial department of the law firm of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP in Denver, Colorado and is a contributor to The Oil Drum website. He is a former Air Force intelligence officer and Department of the Interior counter-terrorism analyst where he specialized in energy infrastructure protection. Jeff has spoken extensively on energy and infrastructure security to audiences including the FBI's Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee, the Interagency Forum on Infrastructure Protection, the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law.

Ms. Gail E Tverberg

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:42:57 -0700

Gail Tverberg is a writer, consultant, and speaker on peak oil-related subjects. She writes as "Gail the Actuary" on The Oil Drum; many of her articles are also published on the Energy Bulletin. Ms. Tverberg is known for her writing on the expected financial impacts of peak oil; her peak oil educational materials; her writing for actuarial and insurance audiences; and her many investigative articles. Some of these include "The US Grid: Will It Be Our Undoing?"; "The Path from Petroleum Shortages to Electricity Shortages"; "Hawaii: Peak Oil Canary in a Coal Mine"; and "The Disconnect Between Reserves and Production".

Mr. Allen Stevens

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:41:55 -0700

At Stifel Nicolaus, we believe in doing business face to face. We want to understand your unique financial objectives so that we can develop a strategy specific to your needs and long-term financial goals. Whether you want to plan for retirement, save for your children's college education, reduce your tax bills, or increase your income to meet monthly expenses, you can expect personalized, professional service and advice.

Mr. Chris Skrebowski

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:41:22 -0700

Chris Skrebowski is the editor of the Petroleum Review since June 1997. This publication is a monthly magazine published by the Energy Institute in London. He is also a member of ODAC. Skrebowski is the author of the important Oilfields Megaprojects Report for the Petroleum Review.

Mr. Matt Simmons

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:40:49 -0700

Matthew Simmons is Chairman of Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment banking firm. The firm has completed approximately 600 investment banking projects for its worldwide energy clients at a combined dollar value in excess of $65 billion.

Mr. David Shields

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:40:09 -0700

David Shields is a journalist and private consultant on energy matters in Mexico. He is the editor of Energia a Debate (www.energiaadebate.com.mx) and the author of PEMEX, Un Futuro Incierto (Pemex: An Uncertain Future).

Dr. Paul Sears

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:39:41 -0700

Paul was born in the UK, and did a bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences and a Ph.D. in chemistry at Cambridge University. After a post-doctoral studentship in chemistry at the University of Western Ontario, he worked at the Institute for Aerospace Studies and then the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto, doing teaching and energy-related research. He joined the Canadian public service in 1982, doing research first in coal liquefaction, then in heavy oil upgrading and then in the integration of community energy systems. In his present post he is pursuing the ways in which ideas from the technology sector can be integrated into energy policy.

Mr. Carlos Rossi

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:38:01 -0700

A Caracas based economist (educated in the USA/England) with a decade in hydrocarbon specialization both in the public sector (PDVSA E&P) and now as the principal economist in the Venezuelan Hydrocarbon Association AVHI. AVHI is the institutional chamber that represents the privately owned national and international oil companies that operate in Venezuela.

Mr. Mike Rodgers

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:37:32 -0700

Michael Rodgers is a PFC Energy Partner and a senior member of the firm's Upstream practice. During his 28-year career, Michael developed expertise in geotechnical and economic risk assessment in numerous basins of South America, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian sub-Continent, and Southeast Asia. At PFC Energy his focus is commercial risk assessment, expected value analysis, project economics and portfolio analysis. In addition, he directs the Global Deepwater Competition Service.

Mr. Adam Robinson

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:36:56 -0700

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Mr. Bill Ritter

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:36:24 -0700

Bill Ritter, Jr. was elected as Colorado's 41st governor in 2006 -- the first Colorado-born governor in more than 35 years. Governor Ritter has tackled some of the state's biggest challenges. Understanding the vital links between energy and the economy, he has an established reputation as a national and international leader in promoting sustainable practices, building a New Energy Economy that is establishing hundreds of new companies and creating thousands of new jobs. He also spearheaded an aggressive business development agenda that is focused on knowledge-based industries of the future, such as energy, aerospace, biosciences, information technology and tourism.

Mr. Simon Ratcliffe

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:35:55 -0700

Until recently Simon was a senior strategic planner and management consultant with over 20 years analytical and transformational experience in both the private and public sectors focused on energy. He spearheaded the establishment of ASPO in South Africa based on his research into peak oil and climate change. He has just moved to the UK to take up and Energy Advisor position with the Department for International Development.

Mr. Scott Pugh

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:35:24 -0700

Scott Pugh, a former nuclear submarine commanding officer who also served as dean of mathematics and science at the US Naval Academy. Since retiring from the Navy as a Captain in 2005 he has worked with Amory Lovins as Rocky Mountain Institute's Military Principal to implement the strategies outlined in "Winning the Oil Endgame" and serves on the Defense Science Board DoD Energy Strategy Task Force. He has served as the executive secretary of a White House Electric Grid Vulnerability Task Force and is a member of the Federal Smart Grid Task Force. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

Mr. Kevin Phillips

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:34:54 -0700

Kevin Phillips became nationally known in 1969 for his first book, The Emerging Republican Majority, which was described as "the political bible of the Nixon era." In 1982, the Wall Street Journal identified him as "the man who predicted the Emerging Republican Majority, invented the Sun Belt and named the New Right." Since 1969, he has written 13 other books, including five national bestsellers.

Mr. Thomas A Petrie

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:34:19 -0700

Thomas A. Petrie was a co-founder of Petrie Parkman & Co., a Denver and Houston based energy investment banking firm that merged with Merrill Lynch in December 2006. With this transaction, he became a Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of its Executive Client Coverage Group. He was a former Managing Director and Senior Oil Analyst of The First Boston Corporation.

Mr. Pat Murphy

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:33:50 -0700

Pat Murphy is the Executive Director of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions and the author of the new book Plan C - Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change. He was the co-writer and co-producer of his organization's award-winning documentary film, "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" (2006). Pat lectures widely across the country on energy, Peak Oil, geopolitics, and lifestyle solutions.

Mr. David J Murphy

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:33:19 -0700

David is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, largely focused on the interplay between energy and economics. In addition to academic work, David contributes to The Oil Drum: Net Energy and is an independent consultant within the energy field. David has published in peer-reviewed journals; his recent articles analyze the minimum EROI for sustainable societies and review recent work within Energy Return on Investment (EROI) analysis. David's current research involves the spatial distribution of the EROI from corn-based ethanol, the influence of the Urban Heat Island on electricity demand, the EROI from unconventional natural gas, and the energy-GDP relation from a thermodynamic perspective. David also has a Master's degree in Environmental Science.

Dr. Marcio R Mello - Keynote

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:26:30 -0700

Dr. Marcio Rocha Mello, Ph.D., petroleum geologist with expertise in petroleum exploration, petroleum systems and petroleum geochemistry. Dr. Mello worked for 24 years in PETROBRAS, where he developed highly specialized studies about petroleum systems for all of the sedimentary basins of Brazil, Africa and the whole Latin America.

Dr. Vincent Matthews

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:25:51 -0700

VINCE MATTHEWS became State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey in 2004. He received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geology from the University of Georgia, a Ph. D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.

Dr. Brian Maschhoff

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:25:18 -0700

Contributor to The Oil Drum.

Dr. Chris Martenson

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:24:45 -0700

Dr. Chris Martenson runs a popular website and seminar series devoted to exploring the interdependence of the "Three E's"--the economy, energy and environment, with a primary focus on the economy. His main body of work, the Crash Course, is a rigorously researched online video presentation exploring the systemic factors that led to our current crisis and charting a course for a dramatically different future. Chris's background as a scientist informs his work. As he describes, "I gather data, I develop hypotheses, and I continually seek to accept or reject my hypotheses based on the evidence at hand. I let the data tell me the story." His vision is to create a future of true prosperity that can result from living within our natural and economic budgets.

Ms. Lisa Margonelli

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:23:47 -0700

Lisa Margonelli writes about the global culture and economy of energy. Her book about the oil supply chain, Oil On the Brain: Petroleum's Long Strange Trip to Your Tank, was published by Nan Talese/Doubleday in 2007. Recognized as one of the 25 Notable Books of 2007 by the American Library Association, Oil On the Brain also won a 2008 Northern California Book Award for general nonfiction.

Mr. Peter Maass

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:23:12 -0700

Peter Maass is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and author of "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil," which is being published in September by Alfred A. Knopf. For "Crude World," which looks at oil's impact on the countries that possess it, Maass conducted research throughout the world's petroleum regions, interviewing Saudi geologists, Russian billionaires, Texas executives, Nigerian warlords, Iraqi oilmen and Venezuelan politicians, among others. In 2005 Maass wrote "The Breaking Point," a cover story for The New York Times Magazine that featured Matthew Simmons and examined the argument for peak oil. Maass is also the author of the award-winning "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War," which chronicled the war in Bosnia and was published by Knopf in 1996.

Mr. Ray Leonard

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:22:00 -0700

Mr. Ray Leonard is the President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Hyperdynamics Corporation. Mr. Leonard most recently served as the Vice President of Eurasia & Exploration for the newly formed Kuwait Energy Company, the first private Arab Oil Company with significant funding and influential support. Leonard was responsible for company-wide exploration plus production in the former Soviet Union. He negotiated and completed purchases of companies in Russia, Ukraine and Latvia to form the Eurasia Division, comprising a substantial portion of Kuwait Energy's reserves. Previously, Leonard served as Senior Vice President of International Exploration & Production for the Hungarian national company MOL PLC, where he was responsible for all upstream activities outside Central Europe.

Hon. Richard D. Lamm

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:21:13 -0700

Richard D. Lamm is Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver, and the former three-term Governor of Colorado. (1975-1987) He is both a lawyer (Berkeley, 1961) and a Certified Public Accountant. He joined the faculty of the University of Denver in 1969 and has, except for his years as Governor, been associated with the University ever since.

Dr. Chuck Kutscher

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:20:34 -0700

Dr. Chuck Kutscher is a Principal Engineer and Manager of the Thermal Systems Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado where he leads research on parabolic trough solar collector systems and geothermal power. He is a Past Chair and Fellow of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). He was General Chair of the SOLAR 2006 national solar energy conference held in Denver, which brought climate and energy experts together to address the climate change crisis and led to the publication of the ASES report, "Tackling Climate Change in the U.S". He is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he developed and taught a course entitled “Climate Change Solutions.” He also writes a monthly column about climate change for SOLAR TODAY magazine. He has given many invited presentations around the country on climate change and renewable energy.

Mr. Rembrandt Koppelaar

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:19:56 -0700

Contributor to The Oil Drum.

Mr. Steven Kopits

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:19:18 -0700

Steven is the Managing Director of Douglas Westwood LLC (USA), our New York affiliate. He has more than 20 years experience in strategic management consulting and investment banking. He has raised capital for oil and gas technologies companies, assisted oil majors in acquisition and disposal projects, and assisted power companies with plant acquisition and divestiture due diligence. Steven most recently worked for the investment bank of Dahlman Rose & Co. and earlier for New Jersey power developer LS Power. He worked in Central Europe for many years, including as a Director for Financial Advisory Services at Deloitte & Touche and as a Senior Consultant to the Barents Group, a KPMG subsidiary.

Mr. Byron W King

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:18:33 -0700

Byron King is the resident energy and natural resource expert at Agora Financial, LLC. A geologist by training, he worked for the former Gulf Oil Company and has followed oil industry developments for over 30 years. Byron’s career path also took him into the U.S. Navy, both active duty and reserve. In the 1990s and 2000s Byron engaged in a vigorous private law practice. For the past five years Byron has been writing about energy and natural resource issues for an international audience. Currently, Byron writes and edits two major publications, Outstanding Investments and Energy and Scarcity Investor. Byron holds degrees from Harvard, the U.S. Naval War College and the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Eric Janszen

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:16:49 -0700

More than twenty years in executive management roles in product marketing, product management, sales, CEO and Venture Capital management roles in the high tech industry. Currently Founder and President of iTulip, Inc., the global online economics and financial markets community founded in 1998 with more than ten million visitors from 78 countries that Gill Griffeth of CNBC calls "...the place to go for a contrary view of the markets" and The New York Times credits for accurate forecasts of future economic developments.

Dr. Robert Hirsch

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:15:31 -0700

Dr. Hirsch has been involved in the analysis of maximum world oil production and its mitigation for the past five years. His background includes 15 years in the oil industry -- Upstream, midstream and downstream, research and research management in industry, government and the non-profit sectors.

Mr. John Hickenlooper

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:14:57 -0700

Hickenlooper was born in Narberth, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Wesleyan University where he received a B.A. in English in 1974 and a master's degree in geology in 1980. His wife, Helen Thorpe, is a writer whose work has been published in The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, George, and Texas Monthly. They currently live in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood.

Mr. Richard Heinberg

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:14:03 -0700

Author of nine books, including The Party's Over, Peak Everything, and the newly released Blackout, Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world's most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, Mr. Heinberg exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future.

Mr. Nate Hagens

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:12:47 -0700

Nate Hagens is completing his Ph.D. in Natural Resources with a specialization in Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute. Formerly, Nate received an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago and had a career at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Sanctuary Asset Management. Nate's research focuses on 'net energy' and environmental externalities on the energy supply side, and the evolutionary drivers of human conspicuous consumption on the demand side. Nate is also an editor of The Oil Drum.

Mr. Daniel Gomez

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:12:08 -0700

Daniel Gomez is a self-taught writer and as a journalist he has been writing about new information technologies since 1997, his background is in philosophy and since 2003 he is editing, along with Pedro Prieto the Crisis Energtica website, the leading source in Spanish for oil depletion in the WWW. In 2004 he also co-founded the Association for the Study of Energy Resources (AEREN - ASPO Spain), of which he is the president.

Mr. Jeremy J Gilbert

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:11:27 -0700

Jeremy is the recently retired Chief Petroleum Engineer from British Petroleum (BP) where he was responsible for the company's worldwide petroleum engineering performance and associated research and development program. He joined BP in 1964.

Ms. RoseAnne Franco

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:45 -0700

RoseAnne Franco is a Senior Analyst in PFC Energy's Markets & Country Strategies Group, having joined the firm in 2002. As part of the firm's Latin America consulting practice, she assesses above ground risk for international oil and gas projects and advises companies on forming country entry strategies and engaging National Oil Companies.

Mr. Ken Eklund

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:11 -0700

Ken Eklund is Writerguy, a game designer and writer focusing on serious "alternate reality" experiences. He created WORLD WITHOUT OIL, the massively collaborative online "historical pre-enactment" of a global oil crisis, for ITVS in 2007 (see worldwithoutoil.org), and RUBY'S BEQUEST, a collaborative exploration into the future of our systems for caring, with Institute For The Future in 2009. WORLD WITHOUT OIL broke new ground as the first alternate reality game to confront and attempt to solve a serious and timely real-world problem, and has received awards and recognition internationally as a key innovation to effect serious change. Ken's career spans twenty years and over two dozen electronic game titles plus more than a dozen educational Internet projects. He has helped develop game designs and narratives as commercial entertainment, for universities and non-profits, and for clients in the private sector. His passion is to help games, especially online social games, realize their potential to affect people artistically and promote the public good.

Mr. Peter A Dea

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:09:07 -0700

Peter A. Dea is President, CEO and Founder of Cirque Resources LP, an exploration and production company. Mr. Dea was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Western Gas Resources, Inc., Denver, Colorado from 2001 through 2006, until their merger with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. He was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Barrett Resources Corporation until the sale of Barrett in August 2001. He had held several other geologic and executive positions at Barrett since 1993 including Executive Vice President - Exploration. Prior to joining Barrett, Mr. Dea held various management and geologic positions for Exxon Company USA. Mr. Dea has 26 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. In addition to receiving geology degrees from the University of Montana, MS, and Western State College, BA, Mr. Dea also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Mr. Dave Cohen

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:08:36 -0700

Known for his work on The Oil Drum and now for the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas-USA, Cohen believes there is an instinctual basis for our love of suburbia, one that may be hard to break through even as the cheap oil which has made suburbia possible disappears. He plans to do more research and to write about the topic in the future.

Dr. Susan Capalbo

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:50:37 -0700

Susan Capalbo is currently Department Head and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University. She leads a department that includes over 25 faculty throughout the State, and a nationally ranked Ph.D. program in applied economics with a focus on environmental and resource issues in the West. She received her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California-Davis and was until recently the Director of Special Research Projects in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Creativity and Technology Transfer and a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. She was the founding Director of the DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (Big Sky Partnership) from 2003-2007 and provided the direction and leadership for a $20+ million partnership among industry, academics, and the government.

Jeffrey J. Brown

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:50:00 -0700

Jeffrey J. Brown graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Geophysics. He is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and he is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in the State of Texas. Since the early Eighties, he has worked as an exploration geoscientist, primarily in Texas, but with some exploration work in Australia and in other basins in the United States, and he has found several commercial oil and gas fields. He is currently managing an aggressive exploration program looking for "leftover" oil and gas fields in West Central Texas.

Dr. Jason Bradford

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:46:31 -0700

Dr. Jason Bradford's work has spanned academia, non-profit activism, and business. He is currently a Managing Partner of Farmland LP, a private equity fund that acquires conventional farmland, converts it to organic farmland, and promotes the development of local food systems. He is an advisor and board member of the Post Carbon Institute, a regular contributor to The Oil Drum, and hosts the radio program "The Reality Report" which appears on Energy Bulletin.

Arthur E Berman

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:00:30 -0700

Arthur E. Berman is a geological consultant with thirty-one years of experience in petroleum exploration and production. He is specialist in prospect and play evaluation, reserve assessment, risk evaluation, subsurface geological and geophysical interpretation, and database management.

Albert Bartlett

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:59:25 -0700

Al Bartlett is a retired Professor of Physics. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder in September 1950. His B.A. degree in physics is from Colgate University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in physics are from Harvard University. In 1978 he was national president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1969 and 1970 he was the elected Chair of the four-campus Faculty Council of the University of Colorado.

Terry Backer

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:58:49 -0700

Terry Backer has served as a State Representative for Stratford since 1993. Terry serves currently as Assistant Majority Leader, as well as on the Energy and Technology Committee, Appropriations Committee where he is the sub committee on Conservation and Development's House Chairman and on the environment committee. In passed years Terry has served as Vice Chair of the Appropriation Committee, Chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee, the labor Committee, Regulation Review and many working groups.

Kjell Aleklett

ASPO-USA Conference Videos — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:57:41 -0700

Kjell Aleklett is Professor of Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden, and leader of Global Energy Systems research and the Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and worked as a post-doctoral staff scientist, 1977-85, at the Natural Science Laboratory at Studsvik, Sweden. In 1986 he was appointed as associated professor at Uppsala University and later as full professor. In 1978-79 and again in 1983, he was invited to work with Nobel Prize winner Glenn T. Seaborg, Lawrence Berkley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. His interest in the global energy situation started in 1995 and has since then grown dramatically.