An Update on ASPO-USA's Conference Sept. 21-23: Are You Going?

* ASPO-USA is holding its conference September 21-23 in Sacramento, CA, at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento. The website is here: http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/matrix.cfm

* Hotel Rooms at Special Conference Rate are selling out. ASPO-USA increased its block to accommodate but rooms are going fast.

* Special guest Bob Hirsch will provide Summary and Response for Monday. Monday's sessions:

-Oil: Once Cheap, Never Easy
-Pipedreams: Oil & Gas Delivery Bottlenecks
-Economic Impacts of $100 Oil: Energy is the Original Currency
-4 Billion New Consumers: What Asian Growth Means For East, West, And The World

More notes on events and updated schedule on lunch speakers below the fold. Make your plans to come to Sacramento today!

* New Closing Session: Our Energy Challenge: A Dialogue with Conference Speakers: By popular demand the 2008 Peak Oil Conference will close with an interactive panel discussion. Conference speakers will form our panel and respond to your questions.

* Networking Events Galore!

* Monday Keynote Lunch

The Shifting Playing field. Big Oil and Resource Nationalism
- Jim Buckee retired CEO, Talisman Energy
- Introduction by Jeremy Gilbert

*Tuesday Keynote Lunch
- The Power of Flight: The Future of Aviation
- Michael Boyd, President, The Boyd Group Inc.