With just under six weeks left until the start of the IPI conference, “Oil, Gas and Media”, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from September 17-19, 2012, we invite you to register today for this special event, if you have not done so already.

The two-and-a-half-day conference, to be held at the Kempinski Hotel Badamdar, Baku, will bring together leading energy reporters, business and financial journalists, major players in the oil and gas industry, experts and analysts to explore how public opinion, freedom of information and media relations all intersect with the oil and gas industries.

The latest additions to our roster of top speakers include:

Toyin Akinosho, a former Chevron employee and current publisher of Africa Oil+Gas Report. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Akinosho, a 2007 CNN African Journalist of the Year award winner, will take part in the session titled, “Exploration, Extraction and Safety”, on Tuesday, September 18.

Panellists in this session will discuss why safety and spill-containment technology is not keeping pace with exploration and extraction technology, and ask what journalists can do to hold government regulators and oil companies accountable.

Kashmir Hill, a technology and social media expert at Forbes magazine. Hill, who recently wrote about the Shell oil hoax in the magazine, will moderate the session, “The Use of Social Media by Oil Companies in the Public Opinion Fight”, on Wednesday, September 19.

Check the conference programme here.

Full list of speakers available here.

Trip to Caspian Energy Centre & Film Viewing

In addition to panel sessions, we have also organised a special tour of BP’s Caspian Energy Centre, a world-class oil and gas exhibition located at the Sangachal Terminal, 45 kilometres south of Baku, and a viewing of the film “Crude”, a documentary by awarding-winning director, Joe Berlinger.

Fly Austrian & Save 15%

We have also arranged for a special 15% reduction for all participants who book their flights with Austrian Airlines, and ensured that all registered delegates receive their visas upon arrival at Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

So please sign up now and join us in September for this important event.

Event Summary:

Title: Oil, Gas and Media Conference
Dates: Sep. 17-19, 2012
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan – Kempinski Hotel Badamdar
Host: International Press Institute
Registration rates: IPI Members: 175€ / Non-Members: 225€
Register here: www.ipioilgasmedia2012.com
Working languages: English, Azeri and Russian. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

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Nick Nwolisa
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Programs Development and International Relations
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