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 Tuesday 7 October 2008
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Registration |
Wednesday 8 October 2008| 08:00 – 18:30 | Registration | 09:00 – 10:50
| Opening Plenary Session
Welcome speech from Daniel Paccoud, Managing director of french gas association
Opening of the conference
George Verberg, Chairman of the IGRC Policy Commitee
Host speech Jean-François Cirelli, Vice-Chairman and President of GDF SUEZ
Keynote speaker Mrs. Vlada V. Rusakova, Member of Gazprom Management Committee Head of Strategic Development Department
Streamlining science and technology management in OAO Gazprom (TR)
CEO’s roundtable
How R&D shapes 21st Century gas companies?
Session chairman: Bob Catell, Chairman, National Grid (US)
- Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ
- Bernhard Reutersberg, Chairman of the Board of Management E.ON Ruhrgas AG
- Mark Dodson, CEO of Northwest Natural
- Tadaaki Maeda, Executice vice-president of Tokyo Gas | | 10:50 – 11:15 | Coffee-Break | | 11:15 – 12:45 | Oral Presentations
A. R&D - is technology key to the changing gas market?
Session chairman: Marc Florette of GDF SUEZ
1. Pierre Bartholomeus of Gasunie Engineering & Technology
R&D Management in the gas industry
(in a liberalised and/or deregulated market)
2. Alison J. Wood and Samuel Bernstein of National Grid*
Aligning the R&D agenda with all the stakeholders (customers, regulators and energy companies)
3. Martin Searle of BAXI and EHI
R&D views of the boiler manufacturers
4. Gilles Cochevelou of TOTAL
Role and structure of R&D within the gas industry C. LNG - What comes next ?
Session chairman: Ho Sook Wah of Petronas
1. Susan Walther of Mustang Engineering
New generation LNG Processes for LNG FPSO
2. Jean-Luc Colonna of GDF SUEZ
LNG arbitrage and technology
3. Wiveka Elion of Shell Global Solutions
New Development across the LNG value chain D. Underground storage technology - how to use it in the new era?
Session chairman: Gilles Kimmerlin of GDF SUEZ
1. Jacques Grappe of Géostock
UGS technology improvement
2. Hermann Spreckels of E.on Ruhrgas
Intelligent UGS (iUGS)
3. Sergey A. Khan of Gazprom
Small and large scale gas storage | | 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch | | 14:00 – 16:30 | Poster session
Innovations exhibit
including coffee break
| | 14:00 – 16:30 | Workshop : Pipeline Integrity
Session chairman: Gerald Linke of E.ON
Ruhrgas / Organised by E.ON Ruhrgas | | 16:30 – 18:30 | Oral Presentations
B. Next generation appliances - is there a gap between marketing and technology?
Session chairman: Stéphane Brunet of Natural Gas Technologies Centre
1. Takashi Tanaka of Tokyo Gas
Value added service, new service for the residential market
2. Jean-Pierre Roncato of GDF SUEZ
Price drivers influence on new technologies for the gas market
3. Jean Schweitzer of Danish Gas Technology Center
Implementation of new technology into the gas market
4. Martin Orrill of British Gas New Energy
Dreams of a gas marketer E. Pipeline integrity - what are the new challenges for asset management?
Session chairman: George Tenley of PRCI
1. David Batte of Macaw Engineering LTD
Addressing the Issues of Ageing Pipeline Assets
2. Daniel Ersoy of Gas Technology Institute
Inspection and Integrity Options for Challenging Network Assessment Situations
3. Mures Zarea of GDF SUEZ
Protecting Pipelines against external interference
4. Gerald Linke of E.ON Ruhrgas AG
PIMS (pipeline Integrity Management Systems) – A Key-Figure for Cost Efficient and Reliable Transport
F. Gas quality - how to balance conflicting issues?
Session chairman: Terry Williams of Advantica 1. Klaus Altfeld of E.ON Ruhrgas
Modelling of gas flow in pipelines tracking gas quality
2. Antoni Julià of Gas Natural
New types of gases in natural gas pipelines systems
3. Ted Williams of American Gas Association
U. S. Gas Interchangeability Appliance Testing: Activities and Status
4. Howard Levinsky of Gasunie Engineering & Technology
/ University Groningen
Gas quality and interchangeability ( towards harmonised specifications) | | 18:30 – 22:30 | Conference dinner, Speech Marcel Kramer,
Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, President Gas Infrastructure Europe and Presdident of the Royal Dutch Gas Association (KVGN). |
Thursday 9 October 2008| | | | 08:00 – 18:30 | Registration | 08:30 – 10:00
09:00 – 12:30
10:00 – 12:30
| Workshop Bio gases
Session chairman: Friedrich Wolf of E.ON Ruhrgas
Bio-methane Director, E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH/
Managing Director, E.ON Bioerdgas GmbH /
Organised by Gasunie Engineering & Technology and E.ON Ruhrgas
Poster session
Innovations exhibit
including coffee break
Workshop NaturalHy: Hydrogen – does it have a future in natural gas networks?
Session Chairman: Dave Pinchbeck of GERG / Organised by
the NaturalHy consortium | | 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | | 14:00 – 16:00 | Oral Presentations
G. Residential market – is there a future for natural gas?
Session chairman: Peter Hinstrup of DGC
1. Kunihiro Nishizaki of Tokyo Gas
Fuel Cells, PEM CHP Systems for residential applications, SOFC systems
2. Ekkehard Laqua of Bosch Thermotechnik
Gas driven heat pumps: a challenge for the future
3. Shuji Washio of Osaka Gas
Development of Cogeneration System for Residential Applications
4. Norio Uedono of Osaka Gas
Hydrogen fueled PEFC Cogeneration for Multi-unit housing complex K. E&P: Fit for the future ?
Session chairman: Sergey Rassokhin of Gazprom
1. Manoelle Lepoutre of Total
E&P new technical challenges for future Gas
2. Holger Hueneke of GDF SUEZ-PEG
Technological challenges for the development of gas resources
3.Koichiro Ikeda of Osaka Gas
Promotion of Utilization of Unused Natural Gas, Environmentally-friendly Gas to Liquids
4. Vladimir Gordeev of Gazprom
Production Resources and Prospects for Development of the New Gas Region - Yamal Peninsula (TR)
5. Kaplan Basniev of Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Future Natural Gas Resourses: Gas Hydrates (TR) I. Sustainable energy - is natural gas the bridge to sustainability?
Session chairman: Isamu Yasuda of Tokyo Gas
1. Joep Huijsmans of Shell Hydrogen
Hydrogen economy and relation with natural gas
2. Martin Seifert of SVGW
Biomass/Biogas, the potential for Europe, members to provide information on their countries
3. Friedrich Wolf of Bio Erdgas GmbH
Bio natural gas, production transportation and utilisation
4. Bob Evans of National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Hybrid natural gas and renewable energy systems and the transition to the hydrogen economy | | 16:00 – 18:30 | Poster session
Innovations exhibit
including coffee break |
16:30 – 18:30
18:30 – 19:00
| Workshop CO2 Capture and Storage:
Opportunities for the gas industry ?
Session chairman: Jean-Paul Reich of GDF SUEZ
Keynote speaker: Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of International Energy Agency
The latest analysis of the outlook for natural gas markets over the medium to longer term | | 19:00 – 22:30 | Gala Dinner
Speech Jean-François Cirelli, Vice-Chairman and President of GDF SUEZ |
Friday 10 October 2008| 08:00 – 13:00 | Registration | | 09:00 – 11:00 | Oral Presentations
H. Climate change - what can the gas industry offer?
Session chairman: Christian Beckervordersandforth of E.ON Ruhrgas
1. Per G Kristensen of Danish Gas Technology Center
Emissions and emission reduction notably of Nox and unburned
Hydrocarbons
2. François Kalaydjian of IFP
CO2 capture and sequestration (underground storage of CO2)
3. Junichi Fujino of National Institute of Environmental Studies
Design of Low-Carbon Society towards Sustainable Development
4. Stefan Lechtenböhmer of Wuppertal Institute and Gretta Akopova of VNIIGAZ
CH4 emission on the Gazprom system L. Gas and electricity networks - what are the options for intelligent energy management?
Session chairman: Samuel Bernstein of National Grid
1. Mannes Wolters of Kiwa, Gastec Technology BV / Twente University
Smart Gas Distributed Grids
2. Tsuomu Tokumoto of Tokyo Gas
Regional energy network including CHPs, renewables, energy storages to enhance efficiency and security
3. Phillippe Buchet of GDF SUEZ
Diagnostics and controls for industrial gas applications 4. Wim van Gemert of Gasunie Engineering & Technology
/ Hanze University Groningen
Energy management for the consumer - meeting national energy savings targets M. Next generation of gas transmission and distribution - what is it?
Session chairman: José Lanziani of Tecgas Argentina
1. Marcelo Gomes of Petrobras Transporte S.A.
Gas Pipelines - Reducing CAPEX & OPEX Expenditures
2. Christophe Renier of GDF SUEZ
High strength steel for gas pipelines - Past and challenge for the future
3. Seita Shimizu of Tokyo Gas
Strategic value of no-dig lining methods for aged pipes and how we can diffuse them | | 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee-break | 11.30 – 13.00
11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.30
12.30 – 12.50
12.50 – 13.00 | Closing Plenary Session
Chairman George Verberg, Chairman of the IGRC Policy Commitee
Keynote speaker: Mr. Olivier Appert, CEO of Institut Français du Pétrole
The future of natural gas in the global energy context
Speaker : Christian Beckervordersandforth, Chairman of IGRC TPC Wrap up of conference and Dan Dolenc prize
Presentation of IGRC2011
Closure |
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Final programme
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The Programme Committee reserves the right to change the programme. |
