US-Japan Joint Seminar

"Current Political Situation in the Middle East and Oil Supply"

co-organized by Japan Petroleum Energy Center and James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

 


November 30, 2006 14:00-17:30
Tokyo Prince Hotel, 2nd floor "Magnolia Hall"

-Program-

Opening Addresses
Mr. Mitsuali Takahagi, Japan Petroleum Energy Center
Mr. Yoshiyuki Iwai, Director of Natural Resources and Fuel Dept. Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI

Presentation
"Current Political Situation in the Middle East and Oil Supply" *Summary *Questions
Mr. Masahisa Naito, Chairman and CEO, IEEJ

Presentation by video
"Recent Situation in the Middle East and the US Middle East Policy" *Summary
Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Presentation
"Recent Middle East Oil Situation -With Particular Focus on Oil Supply from Iraq" *Summary
Ms. Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Coffee Break

US-Japan Discussion
"Mid to Long Term Forecast of the Demand, Supply and Price of Oil and Natural Gas"

Panelist:
Dr. Peter R. Hartley, Dean and Professor, the Faculty of Economics, Rice University *Presentation file
Dr. Hiroyuki Ishida, Senior Economist, International Analysis Group, Strategy and Industry Research Unit, IEEJ *Presentation file
Moderator:
Mr. Tomoyuki Kudo, President, Japan Petroleum Energy Center