World's preeminent energy conference to focus
on 'Moving Ahead: Energy strategies for a complex
world.' Learn more at www.ceraweek.com
HOUSTON, Feb. 17,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The leader of the world's
largest asset manager will be among the speakers at the 43rd annual
CERAWeek by S&P Global, March
10-14 in Houston.
Laurence D. Fink, Founder,
Chairman and CEO of BlackRock will join the world's top energy
industry leaders, experts, government officials and policymakers,
as well as leaders from the technology, financial and industrial
communities addressing this year's conference.
In addition to being the world's largest asset manager,
Blackrock is also one of the world's largest energy investors with
more than $325 billion invested
globally—including $135 billion in
Texas alone.
"We are pleased to welcome Larry
Fink to CERAWeek," said Daniel
Yergin, conference chair and Vice Chairman of S&P
Global. "The substantial amount of investment required to meet the
world's growing energy needs and scale new technologies for the
future presents numerous challenges. As leader of the world's
largest asset manager, his deep knowledge and insights on the role
of investment in the global energy system, and his highly attuned
sense of market signals will be an important contribution to the
critical dialogues taking place at this year's conference and to
understanding how the energy landscape will evolve."
CERAWeek 2025: Moving Ahead: Energy strategies for a complex
world will examine an era of multifaceted change—in policy,
technology and geopolitics—that is reshaping the global energy
landscape. The conference will explore a multitude of factors, and
the underlying issues and linkages between them, that have profound
implications for markets, investment, supply chains, geopolitics
and competitive strategies.
The CERAWeek 2025 conference program will explore key themes
related to:
- New Policies and Shifting Regulations
- Oil and Gas
- Power Grid and Electrification
- Renewables and Low-Carbon Fuels
- Geopolitics
- Trade and Supply Chains
- The Capital Transition
- Business Strategies
- Mobility and Transportation
- Mining and Minerals
- AI and Digital
- Managing Emissions
- Technology and Innovation
- Climate and Sustainability
The week-long event will also include the CERAWeek Innovation
Agora, serving as the center of technology and innovation
programming at the conference. Featuring a community of,
technologists, startup entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and
investors, thought leaders, policymakers and corporate innovators,
the Innovation Agora will showcase transformational technology
platforms in energy and adjacent industries ranging across AI,
decarbonization, low carbon fuels, cybersecurity, hydrogen,
nuclear, mining and minerals, mobility, automation, and more. The
2025 program will also feature "Agora Hubs"—dedicated areas focused
on climate, carbon and new energies.
Additional CERAWeek 2025 speakers will include (partial
list):
- H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid –
Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation, African
Union
- Shaikh Nawaf Al-Sabah – Deputy
Chairman and CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
- Hon. Tom Alweendo – Minister of Mines and Energy, Ministry of
Mines and Energy, The Republic of Namibia
- Murray Auchincloss – CEO, bp plc
- Alan Armstrong – President and
CEO, The Williams Companies
- Christian Bruch – President and
CEO, Siemens Energy
- Jim Fitterling – Chair and CEO,
Dow
- Jack Fusco – President and CEO,
Cheniere Energy
- Richard Haas – Senior Counselor,
Centerview Partners; President Emeritus, Council on Foreign
Relations
- Harold Hamm – Executive
Chairman, Continental Resources
- Russell Hardy – CEO, Vitol
- John Hess – CEO, Hess
Corporation
- Vicki Hollub – President and
CEO, Oxy
- Richard Holtum – CEO,
Trafigura
- Josu Jon Imaz – CEO, Repsol
- Ditte Juul Jørgensen – Director-General for Energy, European
Commission
- John Ketchum – Chairman,
President and CEO, NextEra Energy
- Markus Krebber – CEO, RWE
AG
- Sanjiv Lamba – CEO and Member of
the Board of Directors, Linde
- Ryan Lance – Chairman and CEO,
ConocoPhillips
- Amin Nasser – President and CEO,
Saudi Aramco
- Meg O'Neill – CEO and Managing
Director, Woodside Energy
- Anders Opedal – President and
CEO, Equinor
- John Pettigrew – CEO, National
Grid
- Pedro J. Pizarro – President and
CEO, Edison International
- Marcel van Poecke – Chairman of Energy, The Carlyle Group
- Maria Pope – President and CEO,
Portland General Electric
- Ruth Porat – President and Chief
Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google
- Patrick Pouyanné – Chairman of the Board and CEO,
TotalEnergies
- H.E. the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd AC – Former Australian Prime
Minister, Australian Ambassador to the
United States
- Wael Sawan – CEO, Shell
- Lorenzo Simonelli – Chairman and
CEO, Baker Hughes
- Hon. Danielle Smith – Premier of
Alberta, Government of
Alberta
- Dong Sub Kim – President and
CEO, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC)
- Tengku Muhammad Taufik –
President and Group Chief Executive Officer, PETRONAS
- Ernie Thrasher – CEO, Xcoal
Energy and Resources
- Torbjön Törnqvist – Co-founder and Chairman, Gunvor SA
- Olu Verheijen – Special Adviser
on Energy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Office of the President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Maarten Wetselaar – CEO,
Moeve
- Mike Wirth – Chairman of the
Board and CEO, Chevron Corporation
Visit www.ceraweek.com for a complete list of speakers and the
most up-to-date program information (subject to change).
Registration Information
CERAWeek by S&P Global 2025 will be held March 10-14 at the Hilton Americas—Houston.
Further information and delegate registration is available at
www.ceraweek.com.
Media Accreditation
Media registration is now open. Members of the media interested
in covering CERAWeek 2025 are required to apply for
accreditation.
Applications are subject to approval and can be submitted at the
following link:
https://reg.spglobal.com/flow/spglobal/cw25/mediareg/login
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