2018: The Year of the Bull or the Bear for the Oil & Gas Markets?
The ESCP Europe Energy Society in collaboration with Smart Global, the Energy Management Centre (EMC) and ESCP Europe hosted two roundtable discussions on "2018: The year of the Bull or the Bear for the oil & gas markets?" held in tandem with the ESCP Europe Energy Trading Challenge 2018.
The event took place on 22 and 23 February at ESCP Europe's London Campus, the discussions brought together world-class academics, top industry experts, and young talent from across the globe.
Truly outstanding panelists discussed the latest on:
- Is the recent rally going to hold with the OPEC agreement?
- Opportunities and challenges in the current oil price environment: the producer’s perspective
- Is there a natural cap on oil prices? The role of fracking in the US
- Is the revival of the refining business going to continue and for how long?
- Is gas the bridge to a renewable future?
- LNG: the next big thing in commodity trading?
- Routes to a career in the energy trading industry
Industry Round Table I
2018: The year of the Bull or the Bear for oil and gas?
When: 22 February
Start time: 4.30 pm
End time: 7.00 pm
Location: ESCP Europe's London Campus
Opening remarks:
Prof. Dr Simon Mercado, UK Director, ESCP Europe
Chair:
Kostas Andriosopoulos, Executive Director, EMC at ESCP Europe
Speakers:
Benjamin Faure, EMEA Oil Derivatives & Energy Structured Senior Originator, Engie
Gary Middleditch, Head of Trading, SOCAR
Robin Bieber, Former Director, PVM Oil Associates
Elena Giannakopoulou, Head of Energy Economics, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Ashutosh Shastri, Founder, EnerStrat Consulting
Industry Round Table II
"Routes to a career in the energy trading industry"
When: 23 February
Start time: 5.00 pm
End time: 7.00 pm
Location: ESCP Europe's London Campus
Chair:
Martin Read, Managing Director, Smart Global Trading
Speakers:
Spyros Gkinis, Global Head of Commodities Trading, BNP Paribas
Nick F. Frydas, Senior Energy Specialist, IFC
Hans-Arild Bredesen, CEO, Nordpool Consulting
David Fereres, Fuel Broking Manager, Libra Fearnley Energy
George Kokotis, Senior Portfolio Manager, Cheniere