17th Annual Meet Alaska Conference slated for Jan. 28

Conference provides insight into future of Alaska’s oil and gas industry, speakers include CEOs of Phillips, Nabors

The Alaska Support Industry Alliance

Business people throughout the state are invited to attend Alaska’s only one-day conference focused solely on the oil and gas industry. With the theme “Keeping Alaska’s Oil Patch Open for Business,” Meet Alaska 2000 is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 28, at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel.

Conference delegates can expect to hear global industry leaders and national government officials talk about Alaska’s energy development and factors that will affect the industry in the new millennium.

Confirmed speakers

Confirmed speakers for Meet Alaska 2000 are as follows:

• Dick Olver, group managing director and CEO, Exploration & Production, BP Amoco PLC

• Richard Rabinow, president, Exxon Pipeline Company

• Jim Mulva, chairman/CEO/president, Phillips Petroleum Company

• Robert Allison, jr., chairman and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum Company

• Gene Isenberg, chairman and CEO, Nabors Industries

• Thomas Robinson, director of research, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

• Ann Louise Hittle, director-world oil, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

• Tony Knowles, governor, state of Alaska

• Mark Hamilton, president, University of Alaska

The conference agenda will also include comments by the following:

• Jim Branch, Alaska manager, Exxon (USA) Company

• Richard Campbell, president, BP Exploration (Alaska)

• Bob Malone, president, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

• Kevin Meyers, president, ARCO Alaska Inc.

With petroleum production generating over three-fourths of the state’s unrestricted revenue, oil and gas activity impacts Alaska businesses in every sector of commerce. Attendees will glean important information on the factors impacting future oil and gas exploration, development and production, and ultimately, their own businesses.

The conference is hosted by the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, a statewide non-profit trade organization representing 350 businesses, organizations and individuals who provide products and services to oil and gas enterprises. In 1984, The Alliance organized the state’s first oil and gas conference.

Now in its 17th year, Meet Alaska remains a unique forum for business people to hear of trends, technological advancements and forecasts for the Alaska and global oil and gas industry. The conference is also designed to allow delegates to meet with industry executives and other decision-makers, and to discuss business opportunities and plans with current and potential customers.

The conference program is slated for 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with an informal hosted reception immediately following from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Registration cost is $185 for Alliance members; $195 per non-member. Call The Alliance at (907) 563-2226 to obtain a registration form.