NEW ORLEANS - The 43rd annual global energy conference, CERAWeek 2025, is taking place March 10-14 in Houston, Texas. Organized by S&P Global, the conference brings industry leaders, government officials, policymakers, and experts together from energy sectors from around the world. The theme for this year's conference is "Moving Ahead: Energy strategies for a complex world."
Chaired by Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global and author of The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations, the conference will explore a multitude of factors that have profound implications for markets, investment, supply chains, geopolitics and competitive strategies.
"When it comes to charting pathways to the energy future, change is proving to be the one constant," said Yergin. "New governments and regulatory shifts, the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, technology advances, continued fragmentation of the global economic order, geopolitical rivalry and persistent conflict—these are just some of the factors with the potential to challenge assumptions and impact plans. Successfully navigating this evolving landscape and meeting the world's need for secure, reliable and affordable energy will require keen insights and innovative strategies. This will be the focus of the world's energy leaders at CERAWeek 2025 in Houston."
CERAWeek 2025 convenes over 450 C-Suite executives, 80 ministers and top officials, and 325 media representatives, with more than 10,000 participants from over 2,050 companies across 80 countries for dialogue on the agenda ahead as the world enters a new era of energy transition.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright will deliver a plenary address outlining his priorities for strengthening global energy security. The U.S. Interior Secretary, Doug Burgum, who oversees the agency responsible for managing nearly one-fifth of the lands and waters of the U.S., will also deliver a plenary address as well as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.
Another prominent speaker will be Laurence D. Fink, the chairman and CEO of BlackRock. Besides being the world's largest asset manager, Blackrock is also one of the world's largest energy investors with more than $325 billion invested globally, including $135 billion in Texas alone.
There will also be a CERAWeek Innovation Agora. The word "agora" was used in ancient Greece to refer to a public open space used for assemblies and markets. According to S&P Global, the Innovation Agora, first established in 2017, serves as a "marketplace for ideas, dialogue, and collaboration among a diverse community of technologists, startup entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, thought leaders, policymakers, and corporate innovators."
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL), along with Louisiana Economic Development and GNO, Inc., will host the Louisiana Future Energy House, a dedicated space within the Innovation Agora for showcasing technologies, innovations, and visions for the future of energy. They will be joined by FUEL’s Proof-of-Concept awardees – ApplicaRAD Inc., Cavendish Energy, Codegig., Encore CO2, and Louisiana Tech University with BB&M LLC and Grambling State University.
The Agora's programming encompasses a wide array of topics at the intersection of energy and technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), digitalization, hydrogen, carbon management, advanced materials, and the future of mobility. Through various session formats, such as interactive discussions, deep-dive presentations, and showcases, the Agora facilitates the exchange of insights and solutions addressing the most pressing challenges in energy and environmental sustainability. The 2025 program will also feature "Agora Hubs"—dedicated areas focused on climate, carbon and new energies.
Participation in the Innovation Agora requires a dedicated pass, priced at $3,000, which grants access exclusively to Agora sessions and activities. For those interested in attending both the Executive Conference and the Innovation Agora, an Executive Conference pass is available at $10,500.
The CERAWeek 2025 conference program will explore key themes related to:
- New Policies and Shifting Regulations – How will shifts in energy, climate and trade policies test investment approaches worldwide—and how will the new administration in Washington redefine the outlook?
- Oil and Gas – How to navigate both short-term and long-term market uncertainties amid a changing demand outlook, shifting policies and a rebalancing of global supply.
- Power, Grid and Electrification – What policies, mix of natural gas and renewables, technologies and systems will be needed to meet a coming demand surge from the electrification of the energy system and emergence of AI?
- Renewables and Low-Carbon Fuels – How is the policy outlook changing for wind, solar and biofuels, as well as for hydrogen and other low-carbon fuels and how could it impact deployment going forward?
- Geopolitics – How to navigate geopolitical competition that is making energy markets, trade flows, investment decisions, technology choices and energy transition more complicated.
- Trade and Supply Chains – How will an increasingly fragmented global trade system impact energy flows and economic growth?
- The Capital Transition – How to mobilize capital to meet current energy needs and move towards a lower emissions energy system amid policy risks, trade tensions and geopolitical disruptions while delivering returns to stakeholders.
- Business Strategies – How are companies evaluating, adapting and pursuing diverse strategies and business models to support the needs of today's energy system while positioning themselves for the future?
- Mobility and Transportation – How will energy, power, automotive and technology company strategies adapt amid shifts in government policies and consumer demand?
- Minerals and Mining – How to reconcile growing demand for critical minerals for the energy transition with persistent challenges such as long lead times, regulatory hurdles, trade tensions and local issues of access.
- AI and Digital – How can AI and other digital technologies transform the ways energy is produced, managed and consumed? How can the power sector meet surging electricity needs from datacenters and energy transition demand?
- Managing Emissions – How can industry, policymakers and capital providers align strategies to accelerate and expand decarbonization technologies while maintaining competitiveness and growth?
- Technology and Innovation – What models of innovation are advancing the development, deployment and scaling of key technologies across the energy landscape?
- Climate and Sustainability – How will post-COP29 strategies evolve within a polarized political and economic landscape and a new administration in Washington?
Besides the plenary session speakers, CERAWeek 2025 speakers will also include the following speakers (partial list):
- H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid – Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation, African Union
- Shaikh Nawaf Al-Sabah – Deputy Chairman and CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
- Hon. Tom Alweendo – Minister of Mines and Energy, Ministry of Mines and Energy, The Republic of Namibia
- Murray Auchincloss – CEO, bp plc
- Alan Armstrong – President and CEO, The Williams Companies
- Christian Bruch – President and CEO, Siemens Energy
- Jim Fitterling – Chair and CEO, Dow
- Jack Fusco – President and CEO, Cheniere Energy
- Richard Haas – Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners; President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
- Harold Hamm – Executive Chairman, Continental Resources
- Russell Hardy – CEO, Vitol
- John Hess – CEO, Hess Corporation
- Vicki Hollub – President and CEO, Oxy
- Richard Holtum – CEO, Trafigura
- Josu Jon Imaz – CEO, Repsol
- Ditte Juul Jørgensen – Director-General for Energy, European Commission
- John Ketchum – Chairman, President and CEO, NextEra Energy
- Scott Kirby – CEO, United Airlines
- Markus Krebber – CEO, RWE AG
- Sanjiv Lamba – CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, Linde
- Ryan Lance – Chairman and CEO, ConocoPhillips
- Amin Nasser – President and CEO, Saudi Aramco
- Meg O'Neill – CEO and Managing Director, Woodside Energy
- Anders Opedal – President and CEO, Equinor
- John Pettigrew – CEO, National Grid
- Pedro J. Pizarro – President and CEO, Edison International
- Marcel van Poecke – Chairman of Energy, The Carlyle Group
- Maria Pope – President and CEO, Portland General Electric
- Ruth Porat – President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google
- Patrick Pouyanné – Chairman of the Board and CEO, TotalEnergies
- H.E. the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd AC – Former Australian Prime Minister, Australian Ambassador to the United States
- Wael Sawan – CEO, Shell
- Lorenzo Simonelli – Chairman and CEO, Baker Hughes
- Hon. Danielle Smith – Premier of Alberta, Government of Alberta
- Michael Smith – Founder, Chairman and CEO, Freeport LNG
- Dong Sub Kim – President and CEO, Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC)
- Tengku Muhammad Taufik – President and Group Chief Executive Officer, PETRONAS
- Ernie Thrasher – CEO, Xcoal Energy and Resources
- Torbjön Törnqvist – Co-founder and Chairman, Gunvor SA
- Olu Verheijen – Special Adviser on Energy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Maarten Wetselaar – CEO, Moeve
- Mike Wirth – Chairman of the Board and CEO, Chevron Corporation
