CERAWeek Podcast with Atul Arya

Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the financial adjustments the company made due to the market shock and examines Shell's ambition to be net carbon zero by 2050. He explores future business areas in a lower carbon economy and explains how Shell translates its climate goals to investors and society.

Canada is the world's fourth largest oil producer and is committed to achieving net carbon zero emissions by 2050. In a CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Senior Vice President Carlos Pascual, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Seamus O'Regan examines how the two come together into a cohesive energy policy. He explores the effects of the pandemic on Canada's energy transition, the role of government in supporting industry, and the path forward for critical infrastructure projects.

Houston is one of the largest, most vibrant and diverse cities in the United States, and the home of CERAWeek by IHS Markit for nearly four decades. In this CERAWeek Conversation, Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin about the transformative events of the past six months on the city: COVID-19 and an agenda for racial equity and inclusion. Mayor Turner also discusses Houston's future as the world's energy capital and shares lessons for leadership.

The cloud and the technologies that power it have become synonymous with the modern economy, enabling connectivity, e-commerce, and digitalization. In this CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, Andy Jassy, Chief Executive of Amazon Web Services, explains how the cloud is continually changing the nature of business and explores breakthroughs in energy industry operations and COVID-19 research that cloud services can enable. He discusses Amazon's ambitious climate targets and describes how its culture of innovators and builders positions the company still in the early stages of a dynamically growing venture.

Leading experts in energy and technology discuss the next wave of digital transformation across industry. They take stock of COVID-19's accelerating effect on digitalization in energy and explore the gains to be further realized in strategic collaborations, value chain efficiency, and business integration. Join Jud Jacobs, IHS Markit Executive Director, Upstream, Technology, and Energy as he leads a discussion with Ahmed Hashmi, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Upstream, BP plc. and Peter Terwiesch, President Industrial Automation & Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd.

David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, discusses with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin his views on the global economy, U.S.-China relations, prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine, and the key attributes of leadership.

OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo shares inside perspective on the historic months of 2020 for the organization. In a CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Senior Vice President Carlos Pascual, Barkindo examines the international dialogue that led to global supply cuts, assures of OPEC's cooperation with U.S. shale producers, and explores the opportunities for improved governance structures in energy, climate change, and geopolitics post-COVID.

While the story of the past 50 years has been of the digital revolution, innovations in the 21st Century will be defined by the convergence of biology and engineering, according to Susan Hockfield, President Emerita of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In a CERAWeek Conversation with author and Tulane University professor of history Walter Isaacson, Hockfield explores how the nexus of biology and engineering and innovations modeled after the genius of nature can lead to advances in life sciences, energy, and the human condition.

Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin H. Nasser shares insights with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin on the first six months as a publicly listed company, preparation and responses to COVID-19, operationalizing the rapid ramp-up in oil production, and lessons learned from the U.S. shale experience. With an eye to the future, Nasser explores the priority initiatives the company is investing in and Aramco's role in the energy transition.

In this episode, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers discusses the tough public policy issues of our time: opening our economies safely, structuring a just recovery, and redefining international engagement to support equitable growth.