Keynote Conference Day One - 22 November 2022
08:00 - 08:30
SEATING OF PARTICIPANTS
08:30 - 08:50
DISPLAY OF A DOCUMENTARY ON MINING AND ENERGY SECTORS IN MAURITANIA
08:50 - 08:55
WELCOME FROM THE ORGANISER
08:55 - 09:00
OPENING OF MAURITANIDES 2021 BY THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES
OPENING CEREMONY
09:00 - 09:10
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MINING INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MAURITANIA
Mohamed Vall Telmidy
CEO, SNIM, Mauritania
09:10 - 09:20
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TRANSITIONING TO NEW ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND NEEDS
Gordon Birrell
EVP Production & Operations, BP International, United Kingdom
09:20 - 09:30
KEYNOTE GOVERNMENT ADDRESS: LEVERAGING ON NATURAL RESOURCES TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY AND DRIVE ENERGY TRANSITION
H.E Abdesselam Ould Mohamed Saleh
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
09:30 - 10:30
INAUGURATION AND VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION STANDS
His Excellency Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani
President, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
HIGH LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION
Session Chairman:
Ousmane Mamadou Kane
Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Productive Sectors
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
11:00 - 12:15
OPENING HIGH - LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION: GAS, GREEN HYDROGEN & MINING: THE CHALLENGES OF INDUSTRALIZATION IN AFRICA AND MAURITANIA
Moderator:
Aziz Rabbah
Former Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development, Kingdom of Morocco
Panellists:
HE Abdessalam Mohamed Saleh
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
HE Aissatou Sophie Gladima
Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Senegal
HE Oumar Sarr
Minister, Ministry of Mines and Geology, Senegal
J. Paul Rollinson
President & Chief Executive Officer, Kinross Gold Corporation, Canada
Mohamed Vall Telmidy
CEO, SNIM, Mauritania
Aissata Lam
Director General, Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM), Mauritania
12:15 - 12:30
SIGNING OF AGREEMENTS WITH ENERGY AND MINING PARTNERS
12:30 - 14:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS
Session Chairperson:
Alexandra Gazendam
Director - Europe
EPCM
14:30 - 14:45
PRESENTATION: MONETIZATION OF MAURITANIA OIL & GAS RESOURCES IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION CONTEXT
Moustapha Bechir
General Director of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
14:45 - 15:00
PRESENTATION: OIL & GAS PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT UPDATES IN MAURITANIA
Tourad Abdel Baghi
General Director, Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), Mauritania
15:00 - 15:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OIL & GAS SECTORS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUB-REGIONAL COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
Panellists:
Tourad Abdel Baghi
General Director, Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), Mauritania
Adama Diallo
CEO, Petrosen Holding, Senegal
Amina Ben Khadra
CEO, ONHYM, Morocco
Mouncef Said
Deputy CEO, ETAP, Tunisia
Fethi Arabi
Vice President, SONATRACH, Algeria
Baboucarr Njie
CEO, GNPC, Gambia
Amadou Doumbouya
CEO, SONAP, Guinea
15:45 - 16:15
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
MAURITANIA AS LEADING MINING, ENERGY & RENEWABLE INVESTMENT FRONTIER IN AFRICA
Session Chairman:
Mohamed Saleck Heyine
Director General, SNIM
Mauritania
16:15 - 16:25
PRESENTATION: UPDATES ON THE GTA PROJECT
Rahman Rahmanov
VP Projects, Mauritania, Senegal & Angola, BP International, United Kingdom
16:25 - 16:35
PRESENTATION: EVALUATION OF MIOCENE PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IN NORTH AFRICA
Salah El-Ekhfifi
Exploration Geologist, National Oil Corporation, Libya
16:35 - 16:45
PRESENTATION: IS ENERGY TRANSITION & PUSH TO NET-ZERO AN ANSWER TO COUNTRY’S NEEDS?
Margaret Mutschler
Development Director for Africa, CWP Global, United States
16:45 - 17:30
CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION: ADVANCING ENERGY SECTORS IN MAURITANIA & AFRICA
Moderator:
Sid’Ahmed Bouh
Director, Institutional Services, The Maghreb Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade, Tunisia
Panellists:
James Josling
Regional President, Africa, CWP Global, United States
Ismail Sid Ahmed
VP & Country Manager, Mauritania, Kosmos Energy, Mauritania
Tarik Hamane
Vice President Global Hydrogen Development & General Manager North Africa Subsidiaries, Total Eren, France
Mohamed Limam
VP & Head of Country, Mauritania, BP International, Mauritania
Dr. Habib Troudi
Exploration Studies & Promotion Department Manager, The Tunisian Petroleum Activities Company (ETAP, Tunisia
Tarik Berair
Business Development Manager, Technip Energies, France
M. Brahim Ould Abdallahi
Director of Electricity and Energy Management, Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
17:30 - 17:45
SUMMARY OF THE DAY
17:45
END OF CONFERENCE DAY 1
20:00 - 22:00
MAURITANIDES NETWORKING RECEPTION & GALA DINNER