CERAWeek

CERAWeek is an annual conference for the energy industry held in Houston, Texas. Organized by S&P Global, the event gathers executives, government officials, and leaders from the energy, technology, and financial sectors. It was founded in 1983 by Daniel Yergin and James Rosenfield as the executive conference for their firm, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).^[2]

CERAWeek by S&P Global

Date	Annually, since 1983[1]
Location	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Website	ceraweek.com

The conference program addresses topics such as energy markets, geopolitics, climate change, and technological innovation. It consists of two main, concurrent programs: the Executive Conference and the Innovation Agora, the latter of which was introduced in 2017 to focus on emerging technologies. The event has been described by the Financial Times as "the Davos of energy,"^[3] by Politico as the "industry’s Super Bowl,"^[4] and by CNBC as "the world’s preeminent energy conference."^[5]

Speakers and Attendees

CERAWeek attracts executives, government officials and thought leaders from the energy, policy, technology, and financial industries to Houston each year.^[6] In 2019, there were over 5,500 delegates from over 1,000 organizations representing 85 countries.^[7] These include over 650 CEOs and Chairmen, over 1,400 C-Suite executives and over 90 ministers and government representatives. Participants encompass all regions and industry segments: oil, natural gas, electric power, coal, nuclear and renewables; as well as technology, finance, mobility and more. Speakers at CERAWeek have, over the years, included:

• President Bill Clinton
• President George W. Bush
• Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau
• Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
• Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State
• Nizar Al-Adsani, chairman and managing director, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
• Vagit Alekperov, president and CEO, LUKOIL
• Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve
• Bob Dudley, former chief executive, BP
• Khalid Al-Falih, chief executive, Saudi Aramco
• Bill Gates, co-chair, Gates Foundation
• John Hess, chairman and CEO, Hess Corporation
• Berat Albayrak, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey
• Hon. John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado
• Walter Isaacson, CEO, Aspen Institute
• Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO, General Electric
• Joe Kaeser, CEO, Siemens
• Hon. John Kasich, Governor of Ohio
• Fred Krupp, president, Environmental Defense Fund
• Ryan Lance, CEO, ConocoPhillips
• Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
• Bernard Looney, CEO, BP
• Emilio Lozoya, CEO, Pemex
• Helge Lund, president and CEO, Statoil
• Christophe de Margerie, chairman and CEO, Total
• Gina McCarthy, administrator, US EPA
• Ernie Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy
• Admiral Mike Mullen, former chairman, US Joint Chiefs
• Ali Naimi, Minister of Petroleum, Saudi Arabia
• Marvin Odum, president, Shell Oil
• Igor Sechin, executive chairman, Rosneft
• Jeffery Smisek, president and CEO, United Airlines
• Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil
• Peter Voser, chief executive officer, Royal Dutch Shell
• John Watson, chairman and CEO, Chevron
• Andrew Wheeler, administrator, US EPA
• Baosen Zheng, managing director and group head, State Grid Corporation of China
• Jiping Zhou, president, China National Petroleum Co.

CERAWeek’s Energy Innovation Pioneers

Each year at CERAWeek, the Energy Innovation Pioneer program recognizes companies and entrepreneurs whose technologies and business plans have the potential to transform the energy industry's future. Companies are selected based on several criteria, including the feasibility of their plan and scalability of their technology, and are presented at an Energy Insight Breakfast session during the conference. In 2019, CERAWeek recognized 8 pioneers. In 2014, CERAWeek recognized 24 pioneers.^[8]

Media Coverage

CERAWeek has been widely covered by the media, including the following news outlets: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, and Forbes.^[9]