The following represents a preliminary agenda, which will be adjusted as we receive presenters' confirmations.

Morning Session: Summary Presentations

7:00-8:00:	Registration and breakfast
8:00-8:30:	Opening and welcome address by Arezki Daoud, Publisher and Editor of The North Africa Journal
8:30-9:00:	Keynote Speaker
9:00-10:30:	Plenary Session 1: North Africa's Oil and Gas Industry Development and Outlook
10:30-11:00	Refreshment Break
11:00-12:30	Plenary Session 2: Coping with the Security Factor in North Africa's Petroleum Sector: Risk Assessment and Outlook

12:30 to 1:30 PM: Networking Lunch

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Afternoon session: Concurrent Breakout Tracks

The afternoon section will have two concurent tracks. Each track will have three sessions. The first track will focus on general and specialized industry developments, from legislative and fiscal issues, to exploration, production, transport and refining issues as they relate to North Africa, in particular Algeria and Libya. The second track will focus on security analysis, risk management, human resources issues, government policy in relations to security.

1:30 to 3:00 PM: Two presentations within the two following tracks

Track 1: Industry focus

Track 2: Security focus

Presentation 1 State of oil and gas reserves and outlook in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Current and assessment of upcoming investments needs in the upstream and downstream sectors. Special focus on investments in following sector: Exploration Production Transportation and pipelines Refining Objectives: This discussion will help international companies and other key players assess the opportunity in terms of growth as the Maghreb region expands its production capabilities and strengthens its global market reach. Target audience: This discussion is more relevant to executives in international companies that seek to balance their investment portfolio and assess whether the region could be a good source of investment. Broad emphasis will be given to the region's exploration programs, production and refining capacity, and transport capacities and needs, with the region's expansion plans in mind. Presentation 3 Partnering in North Africa: How to work with... i. Foreign companies ii. National monopolies iii. Governments iv. Power players Legislative agenda and fiscal regime development in North Africa Objectives: This session will provide insights and analysis on how to navigate the partnership landscape in the Maghreb region. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the main players to consider and how to approach them and deal with them, including the powerful national monopolies, government entities, foreign corporations already active in the energy sector and other power players that can impact your company's presence in this fast growing region. Navigating the partnership landscape will also require an understanding of the legislative and fiscal regimes in the main oil and gas countries. Target audience: This session is more suitable for executives who are seeking to identify the power centers in North Africa's oil and gas sectors and help them assess the best ways to approach them and negotiate with them. Executives in charge of monitoring fiscal regimes and the legal environments are also primary audiences for this session

Presentation 2 Inventory of main security threats in North Africa that could affect the oil and gas sector. Insurgent groups: their profiles, demands, and tactics- How much of a threat are they? Analysis and review of each country's security threats including regional geopolitical risks. Objectives: This session will provide an inventory of threats that are either affecting or with potential impact on the energy sector in North Africa's Maghreb region. An analysis of the regional and coutry-specific threats will include a review of homegrown organizations and those of international reach. The presenters will attempt to assess how much of a threat each group represents and what is their future. Target audience: This session is more suitable for executives in charge of security and business continuity. Government analysts and academia are also welcomed and encouraged to attend this session. Presentation 4 Government security response: approaches and policies in combating threats Objectives: North African governments have developed advanced tactics to reduce risks for investors involved in the energy sector. This session will provide with an analysis what has been done and is being developed from a strategic and tactical standpoint in dealing with security threats, including the development of legal instruments. Target audience: This session is targeted to senior executives who are interested in learning what North African governments are doing to provide an acceptable level of security. Government analysts and academia are also encouraged to attend this session.

Track 1: Industry focus

Track 2: Security focus

Presentation 5 Oil and gas export and integration of North Africa petroleum industry into global trade Objectives: This session will focus on North Africa's oil and gas industry capacity to integrate itself into the global energy market. The discussion will concentrate on what are the approaches used by North African governments and business partners to penetrate international markets, in particular Western Europe, North America and Asia. How are they coping with international regulation and establishing their presence abroad. Target audience: The integration of the North African oil and gas industry into the global trading sector will determine the sustainability in longer-term growth of the region's petroleum sector. Such sustainability is critical to international investors, companies that are active in the regions and nations that depend on the region's secured supply. This session is suitable for all executives involved in international trade in commodities and petroleum, economists, and analysts who follow the market for global banks, financial institutions, oil corporations, etc. Government experts will find this session particularly interesting, in that it relates to securing energy supplies to their respective domestic markets'

Presentation 6 Oil companies' security posture: A Case Study Objectives: In this discussion an international company active in the region will be used as a case study, showcasing its security posture and how it manages risk. Target audience: This session is targeted to executives in charge of security and risk management. Government analysts and academia are encouraged to attend.

5:00 to 5:30 PM: Keynote address

5:30 to 7:00 PM: Conference Reception

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Note: Although we expect this program to remain fairly unchanged, the conference organizers reserve the right to make adjustments to it based on experts recommendations relative to the best topics of the moment. The above agenda has been designed in August 2007 and events shaping the region in the subsequent months could also shape the agenda as necessary.