Digital twinning allows asset managers to conduct real-time analysis under various conditions by integrating and synchronizing a multitude of network components onto a digital platform. John Hague, Executive Vice President, Operations, Aspen Technology, explains the rapid growth in demand for the technology, how companies are using digital replicas in their operations today, and the next frontiers of digital twin technology.
Aug 20, 2020•36 min
H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Group CEO, ADNOC, and UAE Minister of Industry & Advanced Technology, shares insights on the current oil market dynamics and the UAE’s vision for its future economy. In this CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, H.E. Dr. Al Jaber discusses the UAE’s investments to add value to its domestic industries, its initiatives to advance next-generation technologies, and the competitive edge that the Emirates holds in the low-carbon future.
Aug 18, 2020•28 min
Bill Vass, AWS Vice President of Engineering, examines the cutting-edge data science technologies that are transforming the energy industry – the cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning – and explores trends for the future as both tech and energy continue to rapidly evolve.
Aug 13, 2020•31 min
Ecopetrol has been a key pillar of Colombia’s growth and development into a modern, robust, and dynamic economy. Amid the changing landscape from COVID-19, the market downturn, and the energy transition, Chief Executive Felipe Bayón shares how Ecopetrol is positioning itself for the future. He explores the financial resilience, diversified portfolio, technology focus, and inclusive development of unconventionals that will continue to strengthen both company and country.
Aug 12, 2020•27 min
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are proliferating in power grids around the world as customers seek greater control over the cost and environmental footprint of their electricity use. In this CERAWeek Conversation, power industry leaders examine the technologies and business models that are driving the market for DERs. Lior Handelsman, Founder & VP Marketing, Product Strategy, SolarEdge Technologies, and Surya Panditi, President & CEO, Enel X, look at the issues of rapid uptake, digi...
Aug 12, 2020•36 min
How will major power players respond to a future that demands greater energy but lower emissions? In this CERAWeek Conversation industry executives discuss the path to decarbonize the power sector. Ralph Izzo, Chairman & CEO, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), and H.E. Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), address the debate over carbon pricing, concerns about nuclear, the gains from energy efficiency and the impact of COVID-19 on regio...
Aug 06, 2020•38 min
Upstream oil and gas faces unprecedented headwinds: the COVID market downturn, the role of hydrocarbons in the energy transition, and investor demands for stronger returns. In this CERAWeek Conversation, industry executives make the case for upstream investment in the current environment. Timothy E. Perry, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Oil and Gas, Credit Suisse, Adif Zulkifli, Executive Vice President and CEO, Upstream, PETRONAS, and Tomás García Blanco, Executive Managing Director of...
Jul 30, 2020•28 min
Can the energy transition be accelerated? Executives from the world’s leading oil and gas companies explore the issue in this CERAWeek Conversation. Ahmad Al Khowaiter, Chief Technology Officer, Saudi Aramco, and Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Executive Vice President, ENGIE, examine the technologies and decarbonization strategies that can have the greatest impact in lowering emissions and achieving a low carbon future.
Jul 30, 2020•41 min
Follow the money in the world of energy and investing in this CERAWeek Conversation. Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Chief Executive, Petroleum & Petrochemicals, Mubadala Investment Company, and Marcel van Poecke, Head of Carlyle International Energy Fund, Carlyle International Energy Partners, share inside perspective on how private equity and sovereign wealth funds are strategizing for the future. They assess the market adjustments to energy investments, new opportunities to deploy capital, and the cha...
Jul 30, 2020•32 min
Analysts and industry investors discuss the COVID-19 shock and other major forces that are emerging for next generation biofuels, with a focus on Europe and the Americas. Shailesh Sahay, Senior Regulatory Counsel, POET, Fernanda Delgado, Professor and Researcher, FGV Energia and Christoph Berg, Managing Director, Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit, examine advanced technologies, carbon intensity improvements, and policy support affecting next generation biofuels.
Jul 29, 2020•40 min
Jason Zander, Executive Vice President of Microsoft, speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the future of the digital world: 5G, quantum computing, industrial IoT, and the digital transformations and cloud services that are changing the business of energy.
Jul 29, 2020•44 min
Experts from industry look at the role of CCUS in meeting long-term emission targets. Cindy Yeilding, Senior Vice President, BP America, Jon Christopher Knudsen, Vice President, Global Business Development, Aker Solutions, and Scott Willis, Vice President, Commercial Development, Occidental Petroleum, examine the current state of CCUS technologies, prospects for decarbonizing heavy-emitting sectors, and the impact of carbon pricing on accelerating CCUS uptake.
Jul 29, 2020•42 min
Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment, a public interest research organization based in New Delhi, connects the crises of climate change, COVID-19 and global poverty and examines a new economic agenda that emphasizes the environment and the well-being of society.
Jul 29, 2020•34 min
Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the financial adjustments the company made due to the market shock and examines Shell’s ambition to be net carbon zero by 2050. He explores future business areas in a lower carbon economy and explains how Shell translates its climate goals to investors and society.
Jul 16, 2020•49 min
Canada is the world’s fourth largest oil producer and is committed to achieving net carbon zero emissions by 2050. In a CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Senior Vice President Carlos Pascual, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Seamus O’Regan examines how the two come together into a cohesive energy policy. He explores the effects of the pandemic on Canada’s energy transition, the role of government in supporting industry, and the path forward for critical infrastructure projects.
Jul 16, 2020•28 min
Houston is one of the largest, most vibrant and diverse cities in the United States, and the home of CERAWeek by IHS Markit for nearly four decades. In this CERAWeek Conversation, Houston’s Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the transformative events of the past six months on the city: COVID-19 and an agenda for racial equity and inclusion. Mayor Turner also discusses Houston’s future as the world’s energy capital and shares lessons for leadership.
Jul 14, 2020•39 min
The cloud and the technologies that power it have become synonymous with the modern economy, enabling connectivity, e-commerce, and digitalization. In this CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, Andy Jassy, Chief Executive of Amazon Web Services, explains how the cloud is continually changing the nature of business and explores breakthroughs in energy industry operations and COVID-19 research that cloud services can enable. He discusses Amazon’s ambitious climate targ...
Jul 14, 2020•37 min
Leading experts in energy and technology discuss the next wave of digital transformation across industry. They take stock of COVID-19’s accelerating effect on digitalization in energy and explore the gains to be further realized in strategic collaborations, value chain efficiency, and business integration. Join Jud Jacobs, IHS Markit Executive Director, Upstream, Technology, and Energy as he leads a discussion with Ahmed Hashmi, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Upstream, BP plc. and Peter T...
Jul 09, 2020•29 min
David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, discusses with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin his views on the global economy, U.S.-China relations, prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine, and the key attributes of leadership.
Jul 09, 2020•33 min
OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo shares inside perspective on the historic months of 2020 for the organization. In a CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Senior Vice President Carlos Pascual, Barkindo examines the international dialogue that led to global supply cuts, assures of OPEC’s cooperation with U.S. shale producers, and explores the opportunities for improved governance structures in energy, climate change, and geopolitics post-COVID.
Jul 09, 2020•29 min
While the story of the past 50 years has been of the digital revolution, innovations in the 21st Century will be defined by the convergence of biology and engineering, according to Susan Hockfield, President Emerita of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In a CERAWeek Conversation with author and Tulane University professor of history Walter Isaacson, Hockfield explores how the nexus of biology and engineering and innovations modeled after the genius of nature can lead to advances in life sci...
Jul 08, 2020•34 min
Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin H. Nasser shares insights with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin on the first six months as a publicly listed company, preparation and responses to COVID-19, operationalizing the rapid ramp-up in oil production, and lessons learned from the U.S. shale experience. With an eye to the future, Nasser explores the priority initiatives the company is investing in and Aramco’s role in the energy transition.
Jul 07, 2020•33 min
In this episode, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers discusses the tough public policy issues of our time: opening our economies safely, structuring a just recovery, and redefining international engagement to support equitable growth.
Jun 17, 2020•30 min
In this episode, Mark Carney, Adviser to Prime Minister, COP 26; U.N. Special Envoy, Climate & Finance discusses the global economy and the energy transition with IHS Markit Chairman and CEO Lance Uggla. Carney reflects on the response by governments to the COVID-19 financial shock, the trajectory of economies towards net zero emissions and approaches that investors should take to prepare for a low carbon future.
Jun 05, 2020•31 min
