Regional Shale Gas Workshop Hotel Opera, , 24-25 May, 2012

THURSDAY, MAY 24

8:30 Registration 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks:  John Hurley, Vice President, CRDF Global  U.S. Amb. John Tefft  Dariusz Górczyński, Deputy Chief of Mission of Poland  Volodymyr Semynozhenko, Chairman of the State Agency on Science, and Informatization of Ukraine 10:00 Keynote: The Importance of Shale Gas for Ukrainian Energy Security  Edward Stavitsky, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine 10:40 Coffee Break 11:10 Shale Gas Extraction Challenges and Lessons Learned – The Polish Perspective  Moderator: Mariusz Kawnik, Head of International Affairs Division, Department of Oil and Gas, Ministry of Economy  Katarzyna Kacperczyk, Department of Political Economics MFA of Poland  Marta Wągrodzka, Head of Hydrcarbons Division, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Poland  Adam Czyzewski, Chief Economist, PKN Orlen S.A.  Pawel Poprawa, Energy Studies Institute, Poland Questions and discussion 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Economic Issues in Shale Gas Development  Moderator: Mykhailo Dobkin, Governor of (invited)  Andrzej Sikora, Chairman of the Energy Studies Institute, Poland  Vince Scopa, Fusion Group UA  Iryna Lendel, Cleveland State University, USA  Aviezer Tucker, Univ of Texas at Austin, USA Questions and discussion 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 Developing a Native Shale Gas Technology Workforce  Moderator: Mykhailo Zgurovsky, KPI  Thomas Murphy, Marcellus Center for Outreach & Research, Pennsylvania State University, USA  Stanisław Nagy, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland  Sergiy Panchenko, Ukrnaukageocenter  Graham Tiley, Shell Exploration & Production LLC Questions and discussion 17:30 Summary and Announcements 17:45 Transportation to Reception 18:00 Reception at Polish Embassy

FRIDAY, MAY 25

8:30 Registration 9:00 Announcements 9:10 Regulatory and Environmental Issues in Shale Gas Development Part I  Moderator: Sean Ruthe, U.S. Department of State  Volodymyr Ignashchenko, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine  Donald Hertzmark, IRG Questions and discussion 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 Regulatory and Environmental Issues in Shale Gas Development PART II  Moderator: Antoni Falkowski, Adviser to the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Poland  Oleksander U. Lukin, Institute of Geological Science, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine  Vitaliy Radchenko, CMS Cameron McKenna  David Neslin, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLC Questions and discussion 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Encouraging Investment in Shale Gas  Moderator: Jorge Zukoski, President, Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine  Jonathon R. Kelafant, Senior Vice President, Advanced Resources International  Brent Lockhart, Chevron Global Exploration New Ventures Questions and discussion 14:30 Recommendations (All Moderators) 15:30 Coffee Break 16:00 Closing session  John Hurley, Vice President, CRDF Global  Borys Grynyov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Agency on Science, Innovation and Informatization of Ukraine Closing discussion 17:00 Workshop ends