Global Commodities Forum (24 April 2018)
Session 4: Energy transition and natural gas Moderator: Mr. Ashutosh Shastri, Director, EnerStrat Consulting, United Kingdom Introductory Remarks: • Ms. Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD Speakers: • Mr. Rolf Traeger, Chief, LDC Section, Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD • Dr. Xunpeng (Roc) Shi, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology of Sydney: “Natural Gas in East Asia’s Energy Transition” • Ms. Alexandra Laurent, Statistician, UNCTAD: “Shale gas and the energy mix” • Mr. Alvaro Ríos, Partner and Director, Gas Energy Latin America: “The important role of abundant, more flexible and competitive natural gas in Latin America” • Mr. Pascal De Buck, Managing Director and CEO, Fluxys S.A.: “Natural gas and its infrastructure key in Europe’s energy transition”
