ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Senators John Cornyn (Texas) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) will participate in a special policy dialogue during the 35th IHS CERAWeek, February 22-26 at the Hilton Americas—Houston. Senator Cornyn, the Senate Majority Whip and Senator Murkowski, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will join Daniel Yergin, IHS vice chairman and conference chair, for a discussion on the U.S. and global energy future, Friday, February 26.
“We are honored to be joined by Senators Cornyn and Murkowski at IHS CERAWeek 2016,” said Yergin of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight. “Their experience and leadership on important energy issues and other public policy issues will provide key insights at a transformative time, both in the United States and the broader energy world.”
IHS CERAWeek is recognized as a leading forum offering insight into the energy future. Chaired by Daniel Yergin, IHS CERAWeek 2016, Energy Transition: Strategies for a New World, will mark the event’s 35th anniversary and will convene more than 2,800 delegates from more than 50 countries and more than 300 speakers to provide fresh insights and critically important dialogue on the most urgent issues and realities to be faced in energy markets, technologies and geopolitics.
Senators Cornyn and Murkowski will join a distinguished group of speakers that will include U.S. Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz; the CEOs of ConocoPhillips, GE, Royal Dutch Shell and Siemens; the President of Mexico; distinguished energy ministers; the Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and leaders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy Information Administration and the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Key themes to be explored at IHS CERAWeek 2016 will include responses to volatility and uncertainty in a time of low oil prices; what’s ahead for markets, investment, costs and technology; the environmental agenda, including climate policy and responses to the COP 21 climate conference in Paris; changing structure of the electric power industry; prospects for renewables; emerging competitive strategies and industry structure; and regulatory policy and geopolitics.
Featured speakers at IHS CERAWeek 2016 include:
(A complete list of speakers and conference program information are available at www.ceraweek.com)
(Alphabetical order)
Registration Information
IHS CERAWeek 2016 will be held February 22-26 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, Texas. Further information and delegate registration is available at www.ceraweek.com.
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