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LDC Gas Forum Southeast Press Releases

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The LDC Gas Forum Southeast occurs March 21-23, 2022

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The LDC Gas Forum Southeast occurs March 21-23, 2022 at the Westin Harbor Golf Resort & Spa

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

The LDC Gas Forum Southeast occurs April 6-8, 2020
Four-hundred natural gas market decision-makers meet to analyze and discuss plans to buy, sell and transport natural gas in the Southeast U.S. market

Tuesday, April 4, 2019

The LDC Gas Forum Southeast occurs April 15-17, 2019
Hundreds of industry decision-makers meet to analyze and discuss plans to buy, sell and transport natural gas in the U.S. Southeast market

Thursday, March 29, 2018

The LDC Gas Forum Southeast occurs April 9-11, 2018
Industry decision makers meet to buy, sell, transport and analyze natural gas for the Southeast market

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2022 Southeast Attendee List

Agenda – 2021

Monday, June 07

Start Time	End Time	Information
7:15 AM	8:15 AM	Networking with the Industry: Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM	8:30 AM	Welcome & Overview Speaker: Ms. Christy Coleman, Vice President, LDC Gas Forums
8:30 AM	9:00 AM	Opening Keynote: Why Natural Gas Still Matters Click here for details. Echols, an 11-year elected regulator in Georgia, talks about why natural gas is a superior fuel for generating electricity. He explains why states that are banning methane are making a huge mistake and hurting both ratepayers and resiliency. Echols is all-in on RNG and will explain why the time is right for gas companies to make the investments needed to harness RNG and its many sources. Finally, Echols shares his personal experience in driving a CNG Honda for his first two years in office and the range anxiety he suffered from it. Speaker: Mr. Tim Echols, Vice-Chair, Georgia Public Service Commission
9:00 AM	9:30 AM	Presentation: An Update from APGA on the Issues and Challenges Facing the Direct Use of Natural Gas Click here for details. This presentation will address the legislative and regulatory issues the direct use of natural gas is facing at the local, state and federal level as well as the impact of Storm Uri on public gas systems. Speaker: Mr. Dave Schryver, President & CEO, American Public Gas Association
9:30 AM	10:00 AM	Presentation: Natural Gas - The Swiss Army Knife of Energy Click here for details. Following the Texas Power Grid crash in February, we saw a Texas-sized shoot out of finger pointing. There is a disconnect in the narrative on energy: reality vs. aspiration, resilience vs. fragility. This presentation provides a factual account of what led up to the power grid failures and the reality of why natural gas is the only practical solution to avoid recurrence. Speaker: Ms. Suzanne Ogle, President and CEO, Southern Gas Association
10:00 AM	10:15 AM	Q&A
10:15 AM	10:45 AM	Networking Break
10:45 AM	11:45 AM	Panel: It Ain't Easy Being Green Click here for details. Investor-owned utilities are under increasing pressure by investors to be more environmentally-friendly, sustainable, and ‘green’. Electric utilities offer ‘renewable’ solar and wind products to rate-payers; however most natural gas utilities aren’t offering similar products. Environmentally sensitive PUCs and environment groups are looking to LDCs to provide a ‘green’ solution. This session provides insights to regulatory and legislative drivers behind renewable natural gas and outlines solutions LDCs can implement to offer renewable products to end-users or reduce CO2 emissions. Different types of RNG will be explained, domestic/global demand overviews provided, supply outlook and price-points discussed, and ways LDCs can participate in the RNG market. Speakers: David Tucker, President, Innova Energy Services   Mr. David McCullough, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. David Cox, Founder & CFO, RNG Coalition - (Speaking Virtually)
11:45 AM	12:00 PM	Board Buses & Depart for Optional Afternoon Networking Activity (Topgolf)
12:00 PM	4:45 PM	Topgolf
4:45 PM	6:15 PM	Monday Evening Attendee Welcome Reception (Located in the Bourbon Bar in InterContinental Hotel Lobby Bar)

Tuesday, June 08

Start Time	End Time	Information
7:30 AM	8:45 AM	APGA Breakfast (Located in the Southern Art Restaurant in the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel)
7:30 AM	8:45 AM	Networking with the Industry: Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM	9:00 AM	Welcome & Overview Speaker: Ms. Christy Coleman, Vice President, LDC Gas Forums
9:00 AM	10:00 AM	Opening Keynote: Natural Gas: Where do we go from here? Speaker: Mr. Orlando Alvarez, Chairman and President of BP America, BP Energy Company - (Speaking Virtually)
10:00 AM	10:40 AM	Presentation: Can’t Keep a Good Man Down- The Resilience of US Natural Gas Supply and Things to Watch in 2021 Click here for details. Expectations coming into winter of last year were for US natural gas supply to see declines through the winter and into 1H 2021 as reduced activity in the basins took its toll. The reality turned out to be yet another testament to how robust natural gas production truly is in the US. We will walk through some of the factors that lead to the stickiness of production along with key themes to watch going forward that will influence the rate of future growth. Speaker: Mr. Matthew Henderson, Trader/Asset Manager, East, ConocoPhillips
10:40 AM	11:10 AM	Networking Break
11:10 AM	12:30 PM	Panel: Emerging Opportunities and Threats for End Users Click here for details. This panel will identify practical realities of the latest opportunities and threats facing end users of natural gas, including accommodating increasing share of renewables, resiliency concerns and solutions and local municipal natural gas bans. The discussion will include perspectives from various industry value chain segments, including end user, utility, marketer as well as industry association. Moderator: Mr. Cleve Hogarth, Principal, Cleveland Advisory LLC Speakers: Mr. PJ Zonsius, Vice President of Retail Gas, Gas South LLC   Mr. Kevin McCrackin, Vice President, CNG/LNG/RNG, Marlin Gas Services   Mr. Stephen Loftin, Principal, Loftin Public Affairs/Natural Gas Association of Georgia
12:30 PM	2:00 PM	Keynote Lunch: Enlightened Energy Click here for details. Discussion of market fundamentals including supply/demand dynamics, recent past performance, inter-basin supply competition, demand projections (domestic, export), evolving flow patterns, domestic and global price implications, as well as policy and public influences. Will include particular focus on expectations for post-Pandemic demand recovery. Impact of weather will be addressed including long-range forecasting and hurricane activity. Also discussion on use of new technologies to streamline transactions across the value chain. Speaker: Mr. Jim Reddinger, CEO, Stabilis Energy
2:00 PM	3:15 PM	Panel: Supply Demand & Market Fundamentals - Are We Out Of The Woods Yet? Click here for details. Discussion of market fundamentals including supply/demand dynamics, recent past performance, inter-basin supply competition, demand projections (domestic, export), evolving flow patterns, domestic and global price implications, as well as policy and public influences. Will include particular focus on expectations for post-Pandemic demand recovery. Impact of weather will be addressed including long-range forecasting and hurricane activity. Also discussion on use of new technologies to streamline transactions across the value chain. Moderator: Mr. James Alston, Sr. Vice President, Sales, Natural Gas Intelligence Speaker: Mr. Dan Leonard, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Company, an IBM Business - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. James Fowler, Energy Market Development Manager, ICIS   Mr. Sam Andrus, Executive Director, North American Gas, IHS Markit - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. Jay Bhatty, CEO & Founder, NatGasHub.com
3:15 PM	3:45 PM	Networking Break
3:45 PM	5:15 PM	Panel: New Business Applications Complementing The Traditional Natural Gas Value Chain Click here for details. ESG and low carbon footprint requirements are demanding creativity in delivery of energy to markets. This panel explores novel new business applications and technologies that offer to complement the traditional natural gas value chain. The range of business and cost-saving applications to be explored includes non-pipeline alternatives (NPAs), micro-LNG, peak-shaving LNG, CNG, pipeline energy recovery (PERTM), and we will even explore GreenERTM Hydrogen as it relates to the natural gas business. Includes case studies and relevant metrics. Moderator: Mr. Sam Centanni, Originator, East Region, ConocoPhillips Speakers: Mr. Michael Swartzell, VP of Structured Products & Risk, Gas South   Mr. Zachary Shaaban, Sr. BD & Sales Representative, CenterPoint Energy - Mobile Energy Solutions   Mr. Scott Shields, Partner, New Energy Development Company LLC   Mr. Seong Oh, Business Development Manager, Chart Industries, Inc.
5:15 PM	7:15 PM	Cocktail Reception hosted by the Sponsors

Wednesday, June 09

Start Time	End Time	Information
7:30 AM	8:30 AM	Networking with the Industry: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM	8:45 AM	Welcome & Overview Speaker: Ms. Christy Coleman, Vice President, LDC Gas Forums
8:45 AM	10:15 AM	Panel: What is GreenER LNG & Hydrogen? Real World Application Click here for details. Executives from New Energy Development Company LLC (New EnergyTM), CB&I Storage Solutions, a business unit of McDermott International, and Greenville Utilities Commission will review the utility’s supply history and 20-year expansion plan. New EnergyTM, CB&I, and Greenville Utilities will highlight their gas and LNG supply, infrastructure plan, and their deployment of associated LNG applications and technologies. Discussions will include the utilization of patent pending New EnergyTM GreenERTM LNG engineering design, also applicable to green hydrogen. •New EnergyTM will discuss the application of its newly patent pending designs and GreenERTM LNG & hydrogen configurations which provide its clients low cost, safe, and reliable energy solutions. New EnergyTM will also review its recently finalized engineering designs introducing two planned 50-MW GreenERTM hydrogen production facilities. (https://www.newenergydev.com/hydrogenlngarticles). •CB&I Storage Solutions, a business unit of McDermott, will discuss its successful history in peak shaving LNG and leading role in hydrogen, as well as its strategic EPC partnership with New EnergyTM. •Greenville Utilities Commission, a client of New EnergyTM, will discuss its distinguished energy history, interesting LNG supply plan evolution, and its 20-year forward LNG plan to meet its growing natural gas customer and volume base. •Together, these executives will discuss the evolution of Greenville Utilities ESG efforts, New EnergyTM patent pending GreenERTM LNG design, and CB&I’s Storage Solutions EPC project delivery model. Each executive will share how they will help ensure Greenville Utilities Commission -- and other gas utilities and pipelines -- can safely and effectively meet their energy and ESG goals. Moderator: Mr. Scott Shields, Partner, New Energy Development Company LLC Speakers: Mr. Thomas Quine, Vice President-Business Development, New Energy Development Company, LLC   Mr. Mark Butts, Vice President Engineering, CB&I Storage Solutions   Mr. Anthony Miller, Director of Gas Systems, Greenville Utilities Commission - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. Francis Tyson, Gas Systems Engineer, Greenville Utilities Commission - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. Freddie Martin, Natural Gas Supply Officer, Greenville Utilities Commission - (Speaking Virtually)
10:15 AM	10:45 AM	Networking Break
10:45 AM	12:00 PM	Panel: Gas Buyers' - Expectations and Solutions Click here for details. Panel of Gas Buyer's from market regions across the continent share perspectives on purchasing expectations, solution alternatives, as well as outlooks on market conditions and policy implications. 1.Do you see current commodity pricing continuing at current levels? Are you employing hedging strategies to lock in current prices? 2.Did the President’s Day Weekend weather events result in any changes to your company’s gas purchasing strategy or risk management process? 3.With many oil & gas producers struggling in the current environment, have you made changes to your gas supplier line up? 4.Has increasing difficulty in completing pipeline expansion projects affected your strategy around supply sourcing? 5.What expectations does your company have for suppliers (producers/marketers) to develop new product offerings incorporating a lower carbon footprint (e.g. carbon offsets, carbon capture, RNG, etc.) Are the renewable percentage targets being imposed by various lawmakers practically achievable? What will the price impact be on ratepayers? 6.Considering renewables and ESG policies, how are these affecting your purchasing strategies? 7.Have your company’s greenhouse gas emission goals affected your natural gas purchasing strategy? 8.Does your company plan to make purchases of renewable natural gas? If so, is there a specific strategy regarding management of the price premium? 9.Does your company plan to make purchases of low methane emission intensity geologic production? If so, what is your strategy regarding certification? 10.Are you concerned with the legislative push in some states for 100% renewable energy in the near future? 11.Do you anticipate local lawmakers adopting bans on new nat gas connections? If so, how will your company respond? Moderator: Mr. Gerald Wellman, Vice President, Sales, Symmetry Energy Solutions Speakers: Mr. Kenneth Yagelski, Managing Director Gas Supply, Southern Company Gas - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. Carlos Cardona, Energy Director, Argos Cement - (Speaking Virtually)   Mr. Brian Bender, Sr. Director; Global Purchasing, J.M. Huber Corporation   Mr. Eric Schiffer, Director, DTE Gas Company - (Speaking Virtually)

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Swapcard – Digital Event Platform

The LDC Gas Forums now have an all-new Digital Event Platform that brings the networking and content right to your fingertips! Available to all LDC Gas Forum Southeast On-Demand attendees, the Digital Event Platform will feature both a mobile app and a desktop version that will allow you to connect with other other attendees, watch on-demand content from the in-person events and experience new livestreamed content during the live broadcast of the Natural Gas Forum On-Demand.

Here are just a few features of the Swapcard digital event platform:

• Search, view, and chat with other attendees! You can choose to video or text chat through the app, or set a time to meet during the LDC Gas Forum Southeast On-Demand.
• Access the recordings of all the sessions from the LDC Gas Forum Southeast, so you can catch any content that you missed.
• Watch livestreamed content during the live broadcast, June 7-9, and continue to connect with other attendees!
• View videos, tech talks, and product brochures, plus chat or set up meetings with our sponsoring companies.
• And so much more!

Click here to watch this quick video for an overview of the Swapcard digital event platform and learn how to build your profile, create your own agenda, network with other attendees, and more!

Click here to watch this quick video for an overview of the Swapcard digital event platform from an Exhibitor/Virtual Booth perspective. Learn how to admin your virtual booths & more!
 
A couple other helpful links:
– Where to find your meetings in SwapCard
– Swapcard Guide for Exhibitors

Important: Please be aware that it takes about 30 minutes after you register for the Forum to get access to Swapcard.

FAQ’s

• When will I get access to the LDC Gas Forum Southeast Swapcard digital event platform? All attendees, sponsors and exhibitors will receive an email with login credentials prior to the start of the event. 
  *Please Note: The email will come from hello@swapcard.com so make sure you add that email address to your whitelist!
• Who do I contact if I’m experiencing issues with logging in? You will receive an email with login instructions prior to the start of the event. If you do not receive this or experience any other login related issues, please contact support@swapcard.com.
• How do I edit my profile? You can edit your personal profile through the upper right-hand corner of your screen (click on My Profile) or on the left side of your screen next to your photo (click on Edit). You’ll also have the ability to edit your visibility to other attendees through the Attendees tab.
  *Please Note: Your profile information is transferred directly from your LDC Gas Forum Southeast On-Demand registration. As a result, you will not be able to update certain profile details yourself in the event platform.
• What time zone is the event in? The LDC Gas Forum Southeast is taking place live in Atlanta. Times are in CST unless listed otherwise.
• How do I customize my available meeting times? You can customize your meeting availability in the “My Schedule” tab. You will have the opportunity to set which time slots you are available for other attendees to request a meeting with you. You can also choose to not display all empty slots and make yourself unavailable all day.
• How do I network with other attendees? Click on the Attendees tile to view all LDC Gas Forum Southeast On-Demand attendees and then click on a profile that you’d like to connect with! Once you’re in their profile, you’ll be able to request a time to schedule a “face-to-face” meeting.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Melissa Helms at 713-343-1883 or MHelms@accessintel.com
Molly Missimer at 936-443-7083 or mmissimer@accessintel.com
Christy Coleman at ccoleman@accessintel.com

2021 Southeast Attendee List

2021 Southeast Attendee List

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