Program
Wednesday, November 5
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Registration | Perth Convention Exhibition Centre |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Welcome Reception | Perth Convention Exhibition Centre Foyer, Ballroom 2 |
Thursday, November 6
| 7:00 - 17:00 | Registration | |
| 7:15 - 8.15 | Student Breakfast Meeting (all students welcome to attend) | Meeting Room 11 |
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Welcome and Introduction
| Main Auditorium |
PLENARY SESSION 1 - | |
Speaker | Topic |
Fereidun Fesharaki | The Asia Pacific Oil Market in a global context |
| Robert K Dixon (The Global Environment Facility, World Bank; formerly White House National Security Council, Washington) | Towards a post-Kyoto agreement: perspectives from the major economies process |
| Sam Van Vacto (Economic Insight Inc., Portland, Oregon) | Implications of the financial crisis on energy markets |
PLENARY SESSION 2 | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Fereidun Fesharaki (Senior Fellow, East-West Center and Chairman, FACTS Global Energy) | Globalization of LNG Markets: East Versus West prices and flows |
| Ian Cronshaw (Head, Energy Diversification Unit, International Energy Agency, Paris) | Optimizing investments and ensuring security in a high-priced gas environment |
| Tilak Doshi (Executive Director Energy, Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre, UAE) | LNG trade: the future is flexible |
LUNCH - Riverview Room 4
12.30 to 14:00
PLENARY SESSION 3 | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Perry Sioshansi (President, Menlo Energy Economics, USA) | Escalating infrastructure costs: what's behind recent increases? |
| Jim Mitchell (Managing Director, Synergy, Perth) | Caught in the crossfire – delivering customer expectations in a highly regulated and rapidly changing market |
| Lyndon Rowe (Chairman, W.A. Economic Regulation Authority, Perth) | Ensuring only economically efficient costs are passed on to consumers - the Regulator's challenge |
PLENARY SESSION 4 | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Regina Betz (Co-Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), The University of New South Wales, Sydney) | Emissions trading: Designing and implementing an effective, efficient and equitable greenhouse gas trading scheme: Lessons learnt from the European Union |
| Roger Dargaville (School of Earth Sciences, Melbourne University and formerly International Energy Agency, Paris) | Energy technology futures: scenarios and strategies to 2050 |
| Peter Newman (Professor, Curtin University of Technology, Perth)
| Transitioning away from oil |
Conference dinner
19:00 – 23:00
Frasers Restaurant
Kings Park, Perth
Coaches will take delegates from the PCEC and Conference hotels to Frasers. Coach pickup is at 18:40. For the return journey, the first coach will depart from Frasers at 22:30, the second at 23:00 . For those staying elsewhere in Perth, Frasers is only a short taxi ride from the CBD.
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Friday 7 November
| 7:15 - 17:00 | Registration |
| 7:30 - 8.30 | IAEE Affiliates breakfast meeting (by invitation) Meeting Room 11 |
Concurrent Sessions | |
| 8:30 - 10:15 | Sessions 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 10:45 - 12:30 | Sessions 5, 6, 7 & 8 |
LUNCH - Riverview Room 4 | |
Concurrent Sessions | |
| 13:45 - 15:30 | Sessions 9, 10, 11 & 12 |
8:30 - 10:15 - | |
1. Oil Price Volatility | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Sam Van Vactor, Economic Insight Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA | Asia and the Price of Oil |
| Bjorn Brochmann Point Carbon, Oslo, Norway | Peak Oil and the Increased Oil Price |
| Eric Tham, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore | Financialisation of Oil Markets: speculative, fundamentals, and other factors |
| Brantley Liddle Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Sidney Lung Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia | Why Fuel Prices Differ Revisited: Does Fuel Demand Explain Fuel Taxes in OECD Countries? |
| Sunghee Choi Korea Energy Economics Institute, South Korea | Does Investor’s Sentiment Cause Price? A Case Study of NYMEX Petroleum Futures Markets |
2. Asset Valuation | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Shmuel Oren University of California, Berkeley, USA Younghoen Lee Constellation Energy, USA | An Equilibrium Pricing Model for Weather Derivatives |
| Fernando Camacho The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Flavio Menezes The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. | Price Regulation and Investment:A Real Options Approach |
| Masahiro Ishii Daito Bunka University, Itabashi-city, Tokyo, Japan Koichiro Tezuka University of Fukui, Fukui-city, Japan | A Study on an Asset Valuation Framework for Electricity Markets |
| Nikhar Shah NMIMS, Mumbai, India | Use of CER Derivatives (Futures) as Delivery Risk Mitigation Tool to Increase Financial Feasibility of CDM Project |
| Mohammad Hassani Islamic Azad University of Iran, Birjand, Iran Afsaneh Dabbaghi Iran Transportation Organization | Iran’s Oil Revenues Fluctuations: Analysis of External and Internal Factors |
| Nuzulul Haq Bachrudji Medco E&P Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Adrian Eri, Genting Oil and Gas Ltd., Jakarta, Indonesia | The Economics of Undeveloped Reserve in Indonesia in the Current Uncertain Oil Price |
3. The Econometrics of Oil and Gas Markets | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Svetlana Maslyuk Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Russell Smyth Monash University, Melbourne, Australia | Structural Breaks and Cointegration between Crude Oil Spot And Futures Prices |
| John Simpson Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | Do the Major Oil Companies anticipate OPEC Production Allocations? |
| Huei-Chu Liao TamKang University, Tamshui, Taiwan Hui-Chu Tseng Transworld Institute of Technologies, Taiwan Ching-Ming Li Transworld Institute of Technologies, Taiwan | Crude Oil Price Convergence |
| Kengo Suzuki University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Yohji Uchiyama University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan | Analysis of Japanese Energy Security against Simultaneous Price Shock of Imported Fossil Fuels |
| Joi Surya Dharma Petronas Carigali Indonesia Operations, Jakarta, Indonesia | Indonesia is Progressing Towards Gas Development: Analysis using Porter’s Five Force Model of Competition |
| Hiroaki Suenaga Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | Co-variability of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Futures Prices: Has the Relationship Changed over Time |
4. The Economics of Climate Change | |
Speaker | Topic |
Shoufu Lin | Analysis on Environmental Impact of China based on STIRPAT Model |
Olivier Bahn | Stochastic Control and Dynamic Games for the Optimal Timing of GHG Emission Abatement |
| Alain Haurie University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland | Modelling Technology-Orientated Strategic Cooperation on Climate Change Mitigation between the EU, India and China |
| Mona Chitnis University of Surrey, UK Lester Hunt University of Surrey, UK
| UK Household Energy Expenditure and CO2 Emissions |
| Geoff Glazier Manager Pilbara Business, Horizon Power, Perth, Australia | Reducing CO2 Emissions through Efficient Electricity Transmission: The Pilbara Case Study |
10:45 -12.30
5. Energy Modelling | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Hengyun Ma College of Economics and Management, Henan Agricultural University China and Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Les Oxley Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand John Gibson Department of Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand
| Energy Market Integration In China |
| Reiner Kümmel University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Jörg Schmid University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Dietmar Lindenberger Institute of Energy Economics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany | Why Production Theory and the Second Law of Thermodynamics Support High Energy Taxes |
| Mayurachat Watcharejyothin Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand Ram M. Shrestha Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand | Macroeconomic and Environmental Implications of Power Trade in Thailand: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis |
| Luky Yusgiantoro Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA Carol Dahl Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA | Developing a Dynamic Techno-Economic Gas Network Model for the Indonesian Natural Gas Market |
| Paul Graham CSIRO, Energy Transformed Flagship, Newcastle, Australia Luke Reedman CSIRO, Energy Technology, Newcastle, Australia | Estimating the Expected Supply, Demand and Price Responses of the Australian Road Transport Sector to Peak Oil |
| Mansur Masih King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Sahlawi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Lurion De Mello Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia | What Drives CO2 Emissions: Income or Electricity Generation? Evidence from Saudi Arabia |
6. Energy and Development | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Roger Lawrey Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei | Energy Pricing in Brunei |
| Prasoon Agarwal Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India | Energy Security and its Linkages with Energy Access and Food Security |
| Jaruwan Chontanawat King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand | The Causal Relationship between Electricity Consumption and GDP in Asia Developing Countries |
| Shuddhasattwa Rafiq Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | Energy Consumption and Income in Six Asian Developing Countries: A Multivariate Cointegration Analysis |
| Vishal Jaunky University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius | Divergence of Electric Power Consumption: Evidence from the SAPP |
| Yuan-ming Alvin Yao Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies, Taipei, Taiwan | China’s Institution-driven Energy Diplomacy Seeking for a Harmonious World |
| Helen Cabalu Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Cristina Alfonso Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines Chassty Manuhutu Visiting Fellow, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | Regional Cooperation in Energy Security in Asia |
7. Renewables in Australia and New Zealand | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Hiroaki Suenaga Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Michael Lampard Australia Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Canberra, Australia | Investigating the NPV of Wind Power in Western Australia: A Stochastic Approach |
| Liam Wagner The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Luke Reedman CSIRO Energy Technology, Newcastle, Australia | Estimating Grid Impacts from the deployment of Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles: Results for South-East Queensland |
| Zaida Contreras Castro The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | Valuation Framework of Distributed Generation in Australia |
| Deepak Sivaraman University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | Should you buy a Solar Tracker? An American and an Australian Perspective |
| Michael Parker Transpower New Zealand Ltd, Wellington, NZ | Delivering a 90% renewables generation by 2025 target |
8. Resource Economics | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Graham Davis Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA Arturo Vasquez Cordano Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA | Resource Booms and the Poor |
| Harry Bloch Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | The Price Boom and Productivity Bust in Australian Energy Production |
| Sophie Méritet Dauphine University, Paris, France | Concentration Movement in the European Electricity and Natural Gas Markets |
| Jo Voola University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia | Internalizing Externalities in a Carbon Constrained World |
| Nir Becker Tel-Hai College, Israel David Soloveitchik Energy and Economic Models, Jerusalem, Israel Moshe Olshansky Residex Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia | Incorporating Environmental Externalities into the Capacity Expansion Planning: the Case of Israel |
| Diderik Lund University of Oslo, Norway | Rent Taxation for Non-Renewable Resources – A Critical Review of the Literature |
| Chia-Hao Hsu Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, Taipei, Taiwan Shan-Shan Li Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, Taipei, Taiwan Jeffrey Fang Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, Taipei, Taiwan | An Exploratory Bibliometric Analysis of Energy and Economics Journals Publishing Papers on Energy Policy |
13:45 - 15:30
9. Electricity Industry Economics | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Stephen Poletti University of Auckland, New Zealand Julian Wright National University of Singapore, Singapore | Market Power and Security of Supply in the Electricity Industry |
| Youngho Chang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Benjamin Tang National University of Singapore, Singapore | Electricity Demand and the Rebound from Generation Efficiency Gains |
| Carlo Bollino University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy Paolo Polinori University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy | Italian Consumers’ WTP for Green Electricity |
| Yoshikuni Sato Central Institute of Electric Power Industry, Tokyo, Japan | Antitrust Laws and Exclusionary Conducts in Retail Electricity Markets |
| Fernando Camacho The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Flavio Menezes The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | The Contamination Problem in Energy Regulation |
| Motokazu Ishizaka Kyoto Gakuen University, Kyoto, Japan Koichiro Tezuka University of Fukui, Fukui-city, Japan Masahiro Ishii Daito Bunka University, Itabashiku, Tokyo, Japan | The Effects of the Regulatory Reform on Market Risk in the Japanese Electricity Industry |
10. Energy and Climate Change Policy in Asia | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Thanh Nhan Nguyen Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement, Nogent-sur-Marne, France Ha-Duong Minh Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement, Nogent-sur-Marne, France | CO2 Emissions Mitigation Potential in Vietnam’s Power Sector |
| Jun Li Ecole des Mines de Paris, Paris, France | An Economic Analysis of Mitigating CO2 Emission from Building Sector in China |
Baiding Hu | Firm Level Energy Fuel Efficiency in China’s Energy Sector |
| Makoto Tamura Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Response to Climate Change: Japan’s Case |
| Fu-Kuang Ko Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taipei, Taiwan Chung-Han Lin Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taipei, Taiwan Hsin-Mei Chiu Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taipei, Taiwan Pei-Ying Tseng Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taipei, Taiwan Bo-Yan Zheng Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taipei, Taiwan | Long-term CO2 Reduction Target and Scenarios of Power Sector in Taiwan |
| Satoru Komatsu Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan Taro Ohdoko Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan Shinji Kaneko Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan Latdaphone Banchongphanith, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan Tomoyo Toyota Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan Chunxiao Chen Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan | Accounting for Preference Heterogeneity in Power Supply and Air Quality Improvements in China |
11. Renewables in Asia | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Yu Nagai The University of Tokyo, Japan Hiromi Yamamoto The University of Tokyo, Japan Kenji Yamaji The University of Tokyo, Japan | Evaluation of the Potential for Distributed Generation and Effective Use of Sewage and Wastes in Kanto Region of Japan |
| Dora Marinova Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | Renewable Energy Technologies of Asia: Analysis of US Patent Data |
| Hiromi Yamamoto The University of Tokyo, Japan Kenji Yamaji The University of Tokyo, Japan | Evaluation of ASEAN Biomass Potential using an ASEAN Biomass Model |
| Amzad Hossain Murdoch University, Perth, Australia Dora Marinova Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | Transforming Poverty into Self-Reliance: Renewable Energy Perspectives for Bangladesh |
| Yoshihiro Yamamoto EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Japan | Public-Private Partnerships in Waste Biomass Utilization in Rural Areas |
| Rokiah Alavi International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia | Renewable Energy Products and Technologies, Exports and Trade Barriers |
12. Energy Security | |
Speaker | Topic |
| Iain Grant Dalhousie University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada Jose Marroquin Tata Consultancy Services, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Energy, Security, and Geopolitics: Could Someone Please Tell Us What We Mean? |
| Ian Cronshaw International Energy Agency, Paris, France | Impacts of Globalising Gas Markets on Security of Supply) |
| Lynne Chester Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia | The (Default) Strategy Determining Australia’s Security of Energy Supply |
| N Sligar Sligar and Associates, Sydney, Australia | Energy Security in a Carbon Constrained Economy |
| Ravindra Bagia University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Deepak Sharma University of Technology, Sydney, Australia | Environmental Policies v. Energy Security in Australia |
| T Koljonen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland H Ronde VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland T Ekholm VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland S Syri VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland I Savolainen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland | Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation and Energy Security |
| Dr Bhupendra Kumar Singh Consultant(Energy Security),Ministry of External Affairs, India | Energy Security and India- China Cooperation |
PLENARY SESSION 5 | ||
| Satoshi Baba (Director/General Manager, Tokyo Gas Australia Pty Ltd., Perth) | LNG in Japan: Challenges of Tokyo Gas in the current market | |
| James P Dorian (International Energy Economist, Washington) | Growing Chinese coal use: Dramatic resource and environmental implications | |
| Makoto Takada (Senior Coordinator, Nuclear Energy Group, Institute of Energy Economics, Tokyo) | Outlook for the nuclear power plant market in Asia | |
Farewell Reception
18.00 to 20:00
Perth Convention Exhibition Centre: Summer Garden