Dear Colleagues,

The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and the Burren Energy plc are hosting a conference on Hydrocarbon Wealth and Development in Resource Rich Economies, which will take place on June 10, 2005 at the Faculty of Agriculture, The Madjeski Theatre, The University of Reading, Reading, UK.

Among the participants we are expecting diplomats, academics, specialists and businessmen who are working with resource rich economies.

Please see below draft of the conference programme.

Sponsored by

Burren Energy Plc

HYDROCARBON WEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

IN RESOURCE RICH ECONOMIES

			Supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Offie

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

10 June, 2005

9.30-10.00 a.m.                       Registration & Coffee

10.00-10.15 a.m.                     Welcome. Professor Gordon Marshall, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Reading

                                                Opening Remarks. Representative of Foreign and Commonwealth Office

10:35-11.30 p.m.                     States and Mineral Resources

Chair:                                       Mr Finian O’Sullivan, Chief Executive, Burren Energy plc

H.E. Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy, Venezuelan Ambassador, UK "Venezuela: energy realities and perspectives"

Andrew Levi, Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Head – designate of Economic Department, British Embassy Moscow, “International Energy Priorities: Russia and the UK”.

10:35-12.30 p.m.                                 The Instruments of Managing Hydrocarbon Wealth and Economies

Chair:                             Dr Steven Fries, Deputy Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Professor Alex Kemp, University of Aberdeen, “UK experience”

Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, The University of Reading “Caspian experience”

12.30- 2.00 p.m.                      Lunch

2.00-3.35 p.m.                         The Impact of Operating Companies

Chair:                                       Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, The University of Reading.

The Rt Hon The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC, “Mineral

resources and role of the government”

Brian Lavers C.B.E., Chairman, Burren Energy plc, “Oil and Gas Development in the Caspian Sea Region”

Tom Quigley, Business Unit Leader, Mediterranean Gas, Power & Renewables, BP “BP´s Experience in Resource - Rich Developing Economies”

Dr John Spokes, Director, Foster Wheeler, “Building a Local Skill Base”

<TBC>, BG Group

3.35-4.05 p.m.                         Coffee Break

4.05-5:40 p.m.                         Development in Resource Rich Countries 

                                                Chair:   Brian Lavers, C.B.E. Chairman, Burren Energy plc

Dr Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Director, Trade Division, Economic Commission for Europe, UN “Trade and development in resource rich economies”

Calliope Webber, Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department
World Bank Group. “Access to Energy, Gas Flaring Reduction,

and Domestic Market Development”

Dr Chris Waters, Deputy Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, The University of Reading. “Governance and Development

in Resource Rich Countries”

5.40-6.00 p.m.                         Concluding Remarks.

Andrew Levi, Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Head – designate of Economic Department,

British Embassy Moscow.

and Dr Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Director, The Centre

for Euro-Asian Studies, The University of Reading

6.00 p.m.                                 End of Conference: Informal Drinks hosted by

                                                Pro-Vice-Chancellor

                                                Professor Tony Downes

For further details please contact Mrs. Kate Tetlow. [log in to unmask]

Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8233

Fax: +44 (0)118 975 0236

Yelena Kalyuzhnova