Istanbul, Turkey.  Sunday April 21 - Tuesday April 23, 2013

The Crucial China LNG Gas Equation: "Looking Eastwards"

The rapidly growing and quickly evolving energy corridors of Turkey, the UAE, Russia and Australia

Program Outline

Sunday April 21, 2013 - 2.30pm to 8.30pm

Official Forum welcome and opening addresses

Setting the strategic gas outlook in its appropriate current context: "Looking Eastwards"

• Alan Carroll, Executive Chairman, Pacific Rim Forum
• Kenneth Courtis, Founding Partner Themes Investment Management and Themes Investment Partners. Former Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asia
• Nominated senior resource from the International Energy Agency, Switzerland

East Asia’s and China’s Increasingly Recognised Strategic Imperative: Energy Security

Official Opening Reception

Monday April 22 and Tuesday April 23, 2013

Planned session headings / focuses

Session 1

• The New Game Changer: The Emerging Forms of "Unconventional" Gas (Coal Seam Gas and Shale Gas)
• The Four Major Energy Gas Corridors: "Looking Eastwards" – The two old and the two new
• Post Fukushima Implications – The Realistic Likely Outlook
• The Important Upcoming Turkish "Innovation" Initiative – A "New" Suez/Panama Canal Project?

Session 2

• Setting the Current Russia Context / Narrative
• Setting the Current Qatar / UAE Context / Narrative
• Setting the Current Australia Context / Narrative
• Setting the Declining Indonesia / Malaysia Reality

Session 3

• The China Imperative: Its Energy Outlook to 2035
• The India Imperative: Its Energy Outlook to 2035
• China’s “String of Pearls” Energy Security Strategy

Evening Sessions

Monday evening, April 22

• Private Corporate Sponsor Dinners (by Invitation)

Tuesday evening, April 23

• Closing Cocktails and a Special Pacific Rim Forum Farewell Barbeque

Monday April 22 and Tuesday April 23

• Six Focus Group Luncheons (specially facilitated participant interactions)