ASPO-5, the Fifth International Conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) will be held in San Rossore (Pisa), Italy, on July 18-19 2006. The main objective of the conference is to raise the awareness of the  impending peak of oil extraction and the general phenomenon of depletion of all mineral resources. The conference will also examine the need for political action to reduce the impact of depletion, such as the "depletion protocol" proposed by Colin Campbell.

Speakers:

Colin Campbell: The Age of Oil in Perspective

Kjell Aleklett: A world addicted to Oil, it is time to Sober up

Richard Heinberg: The Oil Depletion Protocol

Chris Skrebowski: the Emerging Reality

Robert Hirsch: Mitigation of Peak Oil - More Numbers

Jean Laherrere: Uncertainty on data and forecasts

Peter Gerling: Coal - the prime energy of the future?

Marek Kolodzej: The North American Natural Gas Crisis

Dennis Meadows: Peak oil and the limits to growth

Mamdouh G. Salameh: Peak Oil and the Rising Crude Oil Prices

Luca Barillaro: New financial products: their impact on energy markets

Jeremy Leggett: Peak oil, climate change, and the daunting arithmetic of carbon fuels.

Paul Metz: Peak Oil and Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR

Robert Hopkins: Plan B - enabling relocalisation as a response to peak oil

Folke Gunther: Oil depletion and food depletion

Marcello Colitti: The New Priority of the Oil Companies

Terence Ward: Iran and the US - Confrontation, Oil Disruption and the Impact

ASPO-5 website:  http://www.aspoitalia.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=46

Contact:  Ugo Bardi, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it