As per e-mail and Conference website at http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/

2008 Sacramento Peak Oil Conference, September 21-23, 2008.
Hyatt Regency Sacramento, California
ASPO-USA is A Non-profit, Non-partisan Research & Public Education Initiative Addressing America’s Peak Oil Energy Challenge.

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Agenda Spotlight: Sunday afternoon, Sept. 21

On Sunday you will be able to choose from the following concurrent sessions:

- Reporting the Peak Oil Story
National journalists Neil King (Wall Street Journal) and Bart Anderson (Energy Bulletin), Rob Collier, Stuart Leavenworth, Lisa Margonelli, and Tom Whipple

- Investing in the new Energy Economy
Investment specialists Rick Schechter, Jim Puplava, Jim Hansen and Atticus Lowe

- Tracking the Public Data
Nate Hagens, Kyle Saunders, Jeff Vail, Euan Mearns, Robert Rapier, and Gail Tverberg of The Oil Drum

- Scenarios Planning for State and Local Government
Connecticut State Representative Terry Backer, Bryn Davidson, Dan Bednarz, John Kaufmann, and Dick Lawrence

The day will conclude with a social reception and an evening presentation on “The Oil Story in Iran and Iraq” by Peter Wells.

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Two Full Days of Plenary Sessions, on Monday, Sept. 22 and Tuesday, Sept. 23
will each be followed by social receptions and evening presentations.

Monday, Sept. 22 Demand, Meet Supply
Presentations will include “Petroleum 101″, and “Alaskan Oil: Prudoe Bay Discovery and Outlook for North Slope Oil”; a “Peak Oil Global Overview - An American Wakeup Call”; extent and aging of Global Energy Infrastructure;and the economic impacts of $100 and €70 Crude Oil.

Our luncheon presentation will feature Jim Buckee on “Big Oil & Resource Nationalism”, and a surprise evening presentation (Hint: The words “Exponential” and “growth” will be mentioned.)

Tuesday, Sept. 23 Where Now? Choices for the Long Haul
Presentations will address Natural Gas and Coal as Liquid Fuels Substitutes; Fossil Fuel Limits on IPCC Scenarios; and the costs of renewable energy vs. coal.

Our luncheon and afternoon sessions will focus on the Future of Aviation and Ground Transportation, Sustainable Mobility, and the Transition of Fuels to Flows as the future becomes electric.