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Strategic Conference

RESPONSIBLY DEVELOPING THE REGION’S RESOURCES FOR A PROSPEROUS AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Guyana’s petroleum sector is growing quickly in popularity and importance among oil and gas companies and investors, offering a multitude of opportunities locally, regionally, and internationally. GBS 2022 will provide the region with an invaluable platform from which to drive investment, growth and prosperity through the following programme:

Summit Day 1 - 4th October 2022

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09:10 09:20

Welcome Address from the Organisers & Introductions to the Summit Themes

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Kerri Gravesande-Bart, Co-Founder/CEO - Strategic Recruitment Solutions Inc.
09:20 09:40

Guyana Keynote Address: “Doing Business in Guyana – Opportunities and Challenges’’

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Timothy Tucker, President - Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry
09:40 10:00

Exploration & Production Keynote Address: “Three Pillars to building a Sustainable Oil and Gas Industry”

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Iman Hill, Executive Director - International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)
10:00 11:00

Panel Discussion: Ensuring Local Prosperity & Sustainability Through Robust Strategic and Investment Partnerships

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Chris Chapwanya, Chief Executive Officer - Sagacity (and) OilNow

H.E. Mark Berman, High Commissioner - High Commision of Canada

Paloma Mohamed Martin, Vice Chancellor - The University of Guyana

Gerry Gouveia Jr., Senior Vice President - Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Angus Young, Executive Vice President – Regional Investment Banking and New Markets - NCB Capital Markets Limited

Lorena Solórzano-Salazar, Chief of Operations & Guyana Country Representative - Inter-American Development Bank
11:15 13:00

Exhibition Inauguration & Delegate Tour

Exhibition Halls
13:00 14:15

Delegate Lunch and Networking
14:20 14:40

Caribbean Ministerial Keynote: “Regional Cooperation and Investment Initiatives being created between Jamaica & Guyana”.

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Senator, The Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce - Government of Jamaica
14:45 15:45

Project Developments & Updates across the Guyana-Suriname Basins

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Recent discoveries leading to over 16 billion barrels of oil are driving major ongoing interests in ...

Bob Fryklund, Chief Upstream Strategist - S&P Global Commodity Insights

Ahmad Shamsul Kamal Zakaria, Country Manager - PETRONAS Suriname Exploration & Production B.V.

Giorgio Martelli, President & Chief Executive - Saipem America
15:45 16:15

Establishing and Succeeding in Business in Guyana: Accessing the right types and scale of capital to support domestic involvement in the Energy Industries

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Richard N. Rambarran, Executive Director - Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Angus Young, Executive Vice President – Regional Investment Banking and New Markets - NCB Capital Markets Limited
16:15 16:45

Coffee Break and Networking
16:45 17:30

National Oil Company Panel Debate: Shaping Upstream Growth in Partnership, Creating Beneficial Working Relationships for the Long-Term

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Regional NOCs in the Caribbean and Latin America have extraordinary opportunities to develop nextgen ...

Carlos Garibaldi, Executive Secretary - Association of Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America & the Caribbean (Arpel)

Mark Loquan, President - The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited

James Browne, Chief Executive Officer - Barbados National Oil Company

John-Laurent Tronche, Senior Oil Leader, Strategic Engagement and Intelligence Group - S&P Global Commodity Insights
17:30 18:30

Exhibition Networking and Business Matching Meetings

Exhibition Halls
18:30 20:30

Day 1 Drinks Reception

Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre - Plaza

Summit Day 2 - 5th October 2022

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09:00 09:10

Welcome Address & Day 1 Recap from our Chair

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Paloma Mohamed Martin, Vice Chancellor - The University of Guyana
09:10 09:30

Investor Keynote Address: Developing Guyana’s Capital Markets to Enable & Accelerate Local Content and Fiscal Inclusion for the Guyanese People

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Steven Gooden, Chief Executive Officer - NCB Capital Markets Limited
09:30 09:45

Economic Keynote Address: Guyana’s Economic Development Plans – Driving Sustainable, Locally- Driven Growth Successfully

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Liam Donnelly, Chief Revenue Officer - Digicel Business Solutions
09:45 10:10

Enhancing Stakeholder Partnership on Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response | Part 1: Intro to the Trade Associations - API, ARPEL, IADC, and IOGP - Overview of each Association/role of TA in OSPPR

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Diana Khatun, Senior Manager Subsea & Wells - International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)

Miguel Moyano, Senior Managing Director - Association of Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America & the Caribbean (Arpel)

Bryan Allen, Senior Specialist - Global Standards Strategy - American Petroleum Institute (API)

Jim Rocco, Senior Director – Government & Industry Affairs – Offshore - International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)

Wafik Beydoun, Director Americas - International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)
10:15 10:45

Enhancing Stakeholder Partnership on Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response | Part 2: Regional Regulators & Policy

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Wafik Beydoun, Director Americas - International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP)

Cedric Nelom, Director - National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname (NIMOS)
10:45 11:15

Coffee Break and Networking
11:20 12:00

Enhancing Stakeholder Partnership on Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response | Part 3: International Operators & Field Producers

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Bryan Allen, Senior Specialist - Global Standards Strategy - American Petroleum Institute (API)

Jim Rocco, Senior Director – Government & Industry Affairs – Offshore - International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)

Jonathan Smith, Vice President HSE - TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V.
12:00 12:45

Enhancing Stakeholder Partnership on Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response | Part 4: Existing Regional Arrangements for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response in the Caribbean

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Miguel Moyano, Senior Managing Director - Association of Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America & the Caribbean (Arpel)

Lukas Rodriguez, Lieutenant Commander - RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe

Ian Sealy, Environmental Director, Interim Support Project (ISP) - Ipieca
12:45 13:45

Delegate Lunch and Networking
13:45 14:10

Project Updates Presentation: The Guyana Gas-to-Energy Project and Pipeline, Latest News & Developments

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

The much-feted Gas-to-Shore pipeline project would be used to bring to land up to 140 million cubic ...

Friedrich Krispin, Gas to Energy Project Manager - ExxonMobil Guyana
14:15 14:45

Panel Discussion: Project Delivery Teams Discussion with Q&A

Friedrich Krispin, Gas to Energy Project Manager - ExxonMobil Guyana

Nicolas Sicard, Area Director Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad - TechnipFMC

Michael Gow, Guyana & Suriname Country Manager - Subsea 7
14:45 15:30

Panel Discussion: Development of Natural Gas Markets in Guyana and Suriname

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Natural Gas extracted through the offshore oil activity activities and brought onshore will provide ...

Gavin Sutcliffe, Managing Director - Energised Advisers Ltd

Turhane M. Doerga, Senior Advisor - Firebird LNG

Joel Bhagwandin, Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics | Financial and Economic Analysis - Spherex Professional Services Inc.

John-Laurent Tronche, Senior Oil Leader, Strategic Engagement and Intelligence Group - S&P Global Commodity Insights
15:30 16:00

Coffee Break and Networking
16:00 16:45

Interactive Discussion with Audience Participation: Local Content Legislation, Implementation, and International Best Practice

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

The session will look at maximising the level, quality, and benefits of participation in the oil and ...

Vishnu Doerga, Chairman - ActionINVEST Caribbean

Paul Cheong, Chairman - Private Sector Commission

Marli Creese, Head, Corporate & Investment Banking - NCB Merchant Bank (Trinidad &Tobago) Limited

Thackwray “Dax” Driver, President & Chief Executive Officer - Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago

Sherida Mormon, Director - Suriname Trade and Industry Association (VSB)
16:45 17:30

Panel Discussion: Providing Practical Tools for Local Content Development

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

This session will look to provide local suppliers with key analytical and practical tools to underst ...

Thackwray “Dax” Driver, President & Chief Executive Officer - Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago

Nicolas C. Odinuwe, Chairman - The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN)

Jemma Langley, Head, Permanent Local Content Committee Secretariat - Ministry of Energy of Trinidad & Tobago

Nicholas Deygoo, Director - Guyana Oil & Gas Support Services Inc.

Lyndell Danzie-Black, Co-Founder - Women's Chamber of Commerce and Industry Guyana
17:30 18:30

Exhibition Networking and Business Matching Meetings

Exhibition Halls

Summit Day 3 - 6th October 2022

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09:15 09:30

Chair’s Remarks & Introductions to Final Morning Session

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Abbigale Loncke, Co-Founder & Chairwoman - Women in Energy
09:30 09:50

Transformation Innovation Keynote: Forging a Bold New Future for the Guianas

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

For oil and gas to contribute to low carbon and green economies, oil must be developed only as an im ...

Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Economic Integration, Innovation and Development - CARICOM Secretariat
09:50 10:40

Panel Discussion: Diversification of Economies to Promote Sustainable Growth and Improve Social Development

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Guyana and Suriname have the opportunity to utilise their energy discoveries to not only build prosp ...

Carlos Garibaldi, Executive Secretary - Association of Oil, Gas & Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America & the Caribbean (Arpel)

Stephen Grell, Managing Director - Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited

Devon Gardner, Head of Technical Programmes - Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

Abbigale Loncke, Co-Founder & Chairwoman - Women in Energy
10:40 11:15

Coffee Break & Business Matching
11:15 12:00

Panel Discussion: The Low Carbon Development Strategy – Guyana as a Major Carbon Sink?

Atlantic Ballroom – Tower 1

Even with its huge and continuing oil and gas discoveries Guyana’s vast forest offers it the opportu ...

Dave A. Abeleven, Managing Director - Energy Authority of Suriname (EAS)

Suresh Narine, Director - The Institute of Applied Science in Guyana (IAST)

Thomas Singh, Director - University of Guyana GREEN Institute (UGGI)
12:15 13:45

Farewell Delegate Lunch and Networking

GBS will facilitate access to everyone involved in the industry

The structure of GBS will ensure that government officials and policy makers, industry leaders and business executives, engineers, technicians, academics, and students all have a part to play in the event.

Driven by two local Guyanese companies in joint venture with a specialist international oil, gas and energy event organiser GBS will deliver local knowledge and understanding combined with an international audience and a global network and marketing reach.

Market intelligence in one place - get unique and valuable information at the GBS summit that you won’t hear anywhere else.

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