Keynote
KEYNOTE
• Wholesale gas price signals key to achieve “physical balance"
- Supply to Europe ramped up rapidly (diverted from other regions)
- Gas prices causing significant demand reduction
• Tight LNG supply driving correlation of gas indices globally
- Additional LNG demand from Europe results in tight market
- Gas price indices globally increasingly ‘converging
PANEL DISCUSSION
• A look at the past 12 months price trends: Opportunities and struggles for the front office
• From an operational perspective: What has the tightness of prices revealed? Best practices around collateral management, risk management and settlement
• Technology: What can be done to unburden other departments?
• Price caps and governments intervention: What impact for the markets? How do we restore confidence in trading?
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Do we see a shift back to fossil due to the price situation?
How can security of supply be maintained in the context of sanctions on Russian gas?
- Does Europe have any alternatives to reliance on Russian gas?
- Is LNG the solution?
- Does gas still have a role to play in the energy transition?
• What might some of the long term implications be for energy markets from current high gas prices?
PANEL DISCUSSION
• What does the reshuffling of crude oil trade flows in the wake of the war on Ukraine look like?
• Oil prices: What do we forecast for the months to come?
• What crudes are the best replacements for the western refining complex?
• How is energy security impacting decisions on crude sourcing?
• What role does China play in the new crude order?
• How are oil players integrating ESG requirements into the development strategies?
PANEL DISCUSSION
• Risk management in the context of high price volatility
• Are today’s trading tools adapted to current market conditions?
• What tools are available for a more accurate, real-time evaluation of exposures, allowing for better cash management?
PANEL DISCUSSION
• End-to-end digitalisation: What are the obstacles? The solutions?
• Documentation standardisation: What are the initiatives currently?
• Increasing demands around ESG criteria: How can this be part of your workflow?
PRESENTATION
How do you train yourself to look at everything in a chart? How do you fight biases and behavioural pitfalls in chart interpretation and analysis? In this session, you’ll learn the routine that will help you overcome these challenges, and will give you the competitive advantage you’re looking for!