Main Conference Day One: Tuesday 28th September 2010

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Setting The Agenda For The 2010 Summit

09.20 Keynote Local Content Leaders Panel

In this interactive discussion, a panel of local content leaders from Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago and Norway will divulge details of their local content successes and achievements. This is your unique opportunity to ask NOC, government and IOC about the major challenges they have overcome to get where they are today, and how they have achieved the results that they set out for to drive the success of their local content programmes.

Interactive panellists:

10.00 Local Content Developments And Challenges In LNG – The Brass LNG Experience

• An overview of the Brass LNG Project
• Communicating the local content objectives
• An understanding of the local content initiatives and their execution
• Examine the main challenges involved and steps taken to overcome them
• Exploring the way forward

Z. D. Suleiman
Nigerian Content Coordinator
Brass LNG Limited

11.10 Examine The Key Provisions Of Nigerian Oil And Gas Content Development Law

• Explore pivotal Sections of the Nigerian Local Content Law including:

  I. Consideration to Nigerian Operators
  II. Labour Clauses
  III. Content Plan
  IV. Penalties
  V. NCMB

• Implementation Strategies Adopted

  I. Inauguration of the NCMB
  II. Role of Legal Practitioners

• Review of legislation in other jurisdictions
• Challenges and Recommendations

Olawale Akoni SAN
Managing Partner
Babalakin & Co

11.50 Linking Local Content Policy With Small Scale Enterprise

• Quotas For National Involvement: The Development Of Small Scale Enterprise
• Which Existing Companies Can You Work With And Where Is The Potential For Developing Local Content?
• What Has Been Done And Where Is The Evidence Of These Achievements?

Deirdre White
President & CEO
CDC Development Solutions

13.30 Community Content: The Interface Of Community Investment With Local Content

• Community content: Building relations with key stakeholders
• Local community development and its impact on localcontent
• Investments required to boost local capacity
• Importance of education and local skill programmes

Firsta Jusra Iskandar
Community Development Manager
Medco E&P Indonesia

14.10 Stimulating The Development Of Local Suppliers And The Timor-Leste Economy

• Background into local content in Timor Leste
• Gain insight into case studies of successful supplier development

Sidonio Freitas
TLEC – Manager Legal Compliance & Local Content
Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo Timor – Leste

15.30 Capacity And Capability Building: Bridging Gaps To Attain Local Content Targets

• Understanding the local content targets
• Evaluating the capacity/capability gaps
• Challenges and obstacles to building capacity/capability
• Strategies to bridge Capacity & Capability gaps

Simbi Wabote
General Manager Nigerian Content Development
Shell Exploration and Production Companies, Nigeria

16.10 Local Content Development: Lessons From Experience And Possible Ways Forward

• Hear an overview of local content development policies in high and middle-income countries around the world
• Explore a simple framework for assessing/ranking alternative investment opportunities for local content promotion
• Explore economic considerations including: capital/output ratios, production scale, know-how technology intensity, skill labor intensity, location constraints, physical and legal infrastructure requirements

Gonzalo Pastor
Senior Economist, African department & former IMF mission chief to Angola and Sao Tome e Principe
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

16.50 The Role Of Local Content In The Economic Development Of Resource-Rich Countries

• Hear an overview of key regions that are adopting local content rules
• Explore how government can maximise value from the hydrocarbon sector through non-fiscal instruments, including local procurement, employment, social investment and participation

Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Director, The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
University of Reading

17.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks

17.45 Networking Drinks Reception

18.30 Gala Dinner