energy conference organized by the information and insights company ihs in houston texas . the conference provides a platform for discussion on a range of energy related topics ; ceraweek 2014 featured sessions on the world economic outlook geopolitics energy policy and regulation climate change and technological innovation among other topics . the conference features prominent speakers from energy policy technology and financial industries and is chaired by pulitzer prize winner daniel yergin who is also the vice chairman of ihs and co founder of cambridge energy research associates . 1 the 35th annual ceraweek conference was held from february 22nd through 26th 2016 . contents 1 speakers and attendees 2 ceraweek s energy innovation pioneers 3 media coverage 4 references speakers and attendees edit ceraweek attracts executives government officials and thought leaders from the energy policy technology and financial industries to houston each year ; in 2014 there were over 2 800 delegates and more than 220 speakers . 2 recent speakers at ceraweek have included president bill clinton president george w. bush henry kissinger former us secretary of state nizar al adsani chairman and managing director kuwait petroleum corporation vagit alekperov president & ceo lukoil ben bernanke former chairman of the us federal reserve bob dudley chief executive bp khalid al falih chief executive saudi aramco bill gates co chair gates foundation john hess chairman and ceo hess corporation 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 emilio lozoya ceo pemex helge lund president and ceo statoil christophe de margerie chairman & 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 baosen zheng managing director & group head state grid corporation of china jiping zhou president china national petroleum co. ceraweek s energy innovation pioneers edit 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 . 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 2014 ceraweek recognized 24 pioneers . 3 media coverage edit 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 . 4 references edit ihs ceraweek . retrieved 17 november 2014 . an energy conference you don t want to miss . retrieved 17 november 2014 . picarro named 2012 energy innovation pioneer by ihs cera . 2012 05 12 . retrieved 17 november 2014 . ihs ceraweek 2014 . 2013 08 13 . retrieved 17 november 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ceraweek & oldid 706885128 categories conferences in the united statesbusiness conferencesenergy organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 february 2016 at 21 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view