The Center for Energy Finance Education and Research (CEFER) hosted an annual energy conference each spring from 2001-2005.  The topics have included:  Risk Management; Real Options; Deregulation; and International and an analysis of the Enron/Anderson situation.  The participants in these conferences have included industry practitioners, representatives from CEFER Trustee companies, UT faculty & staff, and McCombs School MBA and PhD students.

2005:  "THE FUTURE OF OIL PRICES"
February 17-18, 2005 in Houston, Texas

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  • Robert G. Phillips, Enterprise Products Partners
       (presentation not available, as per speaker)
  • Scott Tinker, UT Bureau of Economic Geology
  • Steve Leppard, BP Europe
       (send email request directly to Steve at Steve.Leppard@uk.bp.com)
  • Ehud I. Ronn, University of Texas CEFER
  • Vincent Kaminski, Rice University
  • Matthew R. Simmons, Simmons & Company International
  • Mark Borer, Duke Energy Field Services
  • Timothy Murray, Wells Fargo Energy Group

2004: "THE FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS DEMAND, SUPPLY, AND PRICES"
Scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2004, 1:00pm - 5:00pm

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  • Steve Beasley, El Paso Corporation
  • Britt Dearman, Apache Corporation
  • Vince Kaminski, Rice University
  • Ed Kelly, Wood Mackenzie Global Consultants
  • Greg Rizzo, Duke Energy
  • Andy Weissman, Energy Ventures Group
  • Ehud I. Ronn, University of Texas

2003: "THE FUTURE OF ENERGY TRADING"
February 21, 2003
The conference was composed of two panel discussions covering the topics of the energy trading market and regulation of energy trading. Each panel was represented by professional practitioners from Mirant, Duke Energy, El Paso, ConocoPhillips, Citadel, Spectrum Risk Decisions, the Texas Public Utilities Commission, Apache Corp, and Teknecon Energy Risk Advisors.

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2002: "ENRON/ANDERSEN: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONCLUSIONS"
February 22, 2002
The conference included two panel discussions with representatives from Enron and Duke Energy NA Trading & Marketing as panelists, as well as accounting representatives from KPMG and the University of Texas at Austin CFO office. Co-hosted by the UT Department of Accounting.

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2001: "THE ENERGY INDUSTRY: CURRENT ISSUES"
February 23, 2001
The conference was composed of a series of four discussion panels with topics spanning the current issues in the energy industry. Each panel was represented by  professional practitioners of the energy industry, including Conoco, El Paso Energy, Enron, Mirant (formerly Southern Energy), and Reliant Energy. Keynote speakers at the conference included Mark Smith from BMO Nesbitt Burns and Mark Jacobs from Goldman Sachs.

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