CERAWeek Podcast with Atul Arya

Follow the money in the world of energy and investing in this CERAWeek Conversation. Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Chief Executive, Petroleum & Petrochemicals, Mubadala Investment Company, and Marcel van Poecke, Head of Carlyle International Energy Fund, Carlyle International Energy Partners, share inside perspective on how private equity and sovereign wealth funds are strategizing for the future. They assess the market adjustments to energy investments, new opportunities to deploy capital, and the changing criteria for valuing energy assets.

Analysts and industry investors discuss the COVID-19 shock and other major forces that are emerging for next generation biofuels, with a focus on Europe and the Americas. Shailesh Sahay, Senior Regulatory Counsel, POET, Fernanda Delgado, Professor and Researcher, FGV Energia and Christoph Berg, Managing Director, Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit, examine advanced technologies, carbon intensity improvements, and policy support affecting next generation biofuels.

Jason Zander, Executive Vice President of Microsoft, speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the future of the digital world: 5G, quantum computing, industrial IoT, and the digital transformations and cloud services that are changing the business of energy.

Experts from industry look at the role of CCUS in meeting long-term emission targets. Cindy Yeilding, Senior Vice President, BP America, Jon Christopher Knudsen, Vice President, Global Business Development, Aker Solutions, and Scott Willis, Vice President, Commercial Development, Occidental Petroleum, examine the current state of CCUS technologies, prospects for decarbonizing heavy-emitting sectors, and the impact of carbon pricing on accelerating CCUS uptake.

Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment, a public interest research organization based in New Delhi, connects the crises of climate change, COVID-19 and global poverty and examines a new economic agenda that emphasizes the environment and the well-being of society.

Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the financial adjustments the company made due to the market shock and examines Shell's ambition to be net carbon zero by 2050. He explores future business areas in a lower carbon economy and explains how Shell translates its climate goals to investors and society.

Canada is the world's fourth largest oil producer and is committed to achieving net carbon zero emissions by 2050. In a CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Senior Vice President Carlos Pascual, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Seamus O'Regan examines how the two come together into a cohesive energy policy. He explores the effects of the pandemic on Canada's energy transition, the role of government in supporting industry, and the path forward for critical infrastructure projects.

Houston is one of the largest, most vibrant and diverse cities in the United States, and the home of CERAWeek by IHS Markit for nearly four decades. In this CERAWeek Conversation, Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the transformative events of the past six months on the city: COVID-19 and an agenda for racial equity and inclusion. Mayor Turner also discusses Houston's future as the world's energy capital and shares lessons for leadership.

The cloud and the technologies that power it have become synonymous with the modern economy, enabling connectivity, e-commerce, and digitalization. In this CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, Andy Jassy, Chief Executive of Amazon Web Services, explains how the cloud is continually changing the nature of business and explores breakthroughs in energy industry operations and COVID-19 research that cloud services can enable. He discusses Amazon's ambitious climate targets and describes how its culture of innovators and builders positions the company still in the early stages of a dynamically growing venture.

Leading experts in energy and technology discuss the next wave of digital transformation across industry. They take stock of COVID-19's accelerating effect on digitalization in energy and explore the gains to be further realized in strategic collaborations, value chain efficiency, and business integration. Join Jud Jacobs, IHS Markit Executive Director, Upstream, Technology, and Energy as he leads a discussion with Ahmed Hashmi, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Upstream, BP plc. and Peter Terwiesch, President Industrial Automation & Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd.