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Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Hotel Sofitel, Marrakech, Morocco
October 21 -24, 2007
“Africa: Oil and Gas Changes and Opportunities”
Agenda*
Sunday 21 October
15:00 – 17:00 Early Registration
18:00 – 20:00 Welcoming Event – Pool area of the Hotel Sofitel
Monday 22 October
8:00 – 8:45 Registration
8:45 – 9:15 Welcome
Representative of the Government of Morocco (Minister of Energy and Mines)
Tim West, Associate General Counsel, Devon Energy; AIPN President
9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Address
Amina Benkhadra, Director General of ONHYM
9:45 – 10:45 E&P in Morocco
Haddou Jabour, Promotion & Partnership Manager, ONHYM
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 National Oil Companies
Amy Jaffe, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (Rice University)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Unconventional Resources: Technological Developments
Pierre Allix, Project Director, Unconventional Resources, R&D Business
Development, TOTAL E&P
14:45 – 15:30 Unconventional Resources: Oil Shale Developments in Morocco
Hammadi Sellami, Director, ONHYM
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45 Unconventional Resources: Shell's Perspective
A. Murphy, VP Commercial, Shell Unconventional Resources Energy
16:45 – 17:15 Unconventional Resources: Petrobras' Experience
Fernando Cunha, Senior Engineer and Biofuels Manager, Petrobras
18:30 – 23:00 Traditional Moroccan Evening at the Palais Soleiman
*Aipn reserves the right to change the programme and speakers unannounced and at any time.

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
“Africa: Oil and Gas Changes and Opportunities”
Tuesday 23 October
8:30 – 10:30 Strategies, Technologies and Opportunities for Commercializing Reserves -
. Pipelines in Africa - transporting hydrocarbons; transcending boundaries;
transfusing benefits - John Downer, Senior Project Manager, Penspen
. Energy Challenges, Commercialization Strategies and Technology -
Russell Bellis, Director, ExxonMobil International Ltd.
. GTL - Enrico Ganter, Group Strategy Manager, Sasol Chevron
. Petrochemicals - Kevin Price, Corporate Counsel, Methanex Corporation
. LNG - David Davies, Director, Commercial and Negotiations, Marathon Oil
Company
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 New Libyan Gas EPSA
Ahmed Gaddah, NOC Libya
11:30 – 12:00 Model Contract: The LNG Sale Agreement
Steven Miles, Partner, Baker Botts LLP
12:00-12:30 Commitments to a Downstream Project when bidding for New Acreage:
Realities and Challenges – Cyril Vock, Senior Solicitor, Denton Wilde Sapte LLP
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Governance & Transparency – new milestones or mirage?
Moderator: Tim Martin, Vice President & Special Counsel, Nexen Inc.
Why is EITI Relevant to Contracts & Agreements?
Anwar Ravat, Program Manager, EITI, The World Bank
What Issues Remain to be Tackled?
Alexandra Wrage, President, Trace International
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Corporate Social Responsibility – is it all just a lot of spin?
Moderator: TBC
Is the Global Compact Applicable to your Agreement?
Gavin Power, Global Compact Office, UN (invited)
Will the Equator Principles Impact on your Project Financing?
Representative from ABN AMRO (invited)
19:30 – 22:30 Traditional Moroccan evening at the Comptoir Beldi

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
“Africa: Oil and Gas Changes and Opportunities”
Wednesday 24 October
8:30 – 9:15 Results of Survey on: “Do Contractual Devices Work to Protect Against Risks
Associated with Expropriation?”
Mustafa Erkan, Student, University of Exeter/Center for Energy Economics at the
University of Texas
9:15 – 10:00 The Impact of International Investment Treaties on Oil and Gas Contracts:
An African Perspective
Walid Benhamida, Tunisia
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Lies and Lessons: Arbitration of African Upstream Projects
John Bowman, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
11:15 – 12:00 Reality Distorted: Arbitration African State Contracts – A Practitioners Tale
Matthew Weiniger, Partner, Litigation and Arbitration, Herbert Smith
12:00 – 12:15 Concluding remarks and Updates on Upcoming AIPN Conferences
14:00 AIPN Golf Tournament (Optional activity at additional fee)
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Registration details for this conference:
http://www.aipn.org/conferences/conferences_details.asp?id=211

Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
ONE-DAY EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR
Hotel Sofitel, Marrakech, Morocco
October 25, 2007
“The Nose of the Camel:
What AIPN forms, papers, conferences and camaraderie can do for you”
This is a separate event from the International conference, with a separate registration fee.
However, when attending both the International Conference AND the Seminar, a discount in
registration fee for the Seminar of October 25 is available. Co-registration is available through this
link http://www.aipn.org/conferences/conferences_details.asp?id=211.
Thursday 25 October
Agenda*:
08:30 – 08:45 Introduction and Welcome
Karen Krug, Deputy Managing Director, Central Asia, Denton Wilde Sapte LLP;
AIPN VP of Education
08:45 – 10:00 Stabilization
Peter Cameron, Professor of International Energy Law and Policy, University of
Dundee
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Confidentiality Agreements
Toufic Nassif, Director, Negotiations, BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd.
Karen Krug, Deputy Managing Director, Central Asia, DentonWilde Sapte LLP;
AIPN VP of Education
12:00 – 01:30 Lunch
01:30 – 02:30 Joint Operating Agreement
Skip Maryan, Special Counsel, International, Thompson & Knight
James Barnes, Partner, Barnes & Cascio LLP
02:30 – 02:45 Break
02:45 – 04:30 Joint Operating Agreement (continued)
04:30 End of the Seminar
Registration details for this conference only:
http://www.aipn.org/conferences/conferences_details.asp?id=250
*Aipn reserves the right to change the programme and speakers unannounced and at any time.