Rob Klein Nagelvoort received his degree in Radiation Physics from Delft Technical University, Nuclear Reactor Institute in 1969. During military service he developed a night vision system and soon after joined the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in The Hague. After various jobs in refining technology Rob joined the LNG and Gas technology group in 1974. Subsequent work included the design and servicing of LNG and Gas Extraction plants in Brunei, Malaysia, Australia, Oman, Nigeria, Russia and Scotland. Postings took him to Malaysia, Exploration and Production and Australia. Following his experience of more than 30 years in gas/LNG technology and implementation, Rob became VP of Gas Technology for Shell worldwide. His current job covers the development and licensing of LNG technologies, Treating Technologies and Natural Gas schemes in general. Rob holds several patents on gas liquefaction and processing and is member of the series of LNG conferences and the International Gas Union.

Captain Mark K. Lane, Vice President of Operations at Excelerate Energy, LLC, is a Master Mariner licensed by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to command ships of unlimited size and unlimited horsepower on any waters of the world. Captain Lane has been sailing as a licensed merchant officer since 1979 accumulating over four thousand days of documented sea time. He was ‘Master-in-Command’ of LNG carriers, Panamax bulk carriers, offshore supply vessels and large private yachts and has completed voyages around-the-world including passages into the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf along with passages across the four oceans of the world with numerous transits through some of the most heavily trafficked confined waters in the world, such as the Singapore Strait, Captain Lane graduated from Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) in 1979, with a BSc in Nautical Science and completed a minor concentration of study in Business Administration and Transportation. Before coming to Excelerate Energy, Captain Lane had provided professional services to firms such as BG LNG Services, Tidewater Marine, and law firms in Florida, Louisiana and New York.

Ed Lehotsky oversees the project teams from design through start of commercial operation of Cheniere’s LNG Terminals. He focuses on the technical design, management, and execution aspects of Cheniere Energy’s LNG EPC Department. He is the primary negotiator of the major EPC contracts, and provides the technical liaison with lenders and investors. Before joining Cheniere in 2003, Mr. Lehotsky had 25 years of experience at a major EPC company. Mr. Lehotsky managed all aspects of engineering, procurement, and construction of LNG and other petrochemical projects, domestically and internationally.

Roy has been Technical Manager of the Snøhvit project for StatoilHydro (Hammerfest LNG) since 2006. In this capacity he oversees all engineering disciplines, including subsea, laboratory, purchase, technical safety and maintenance management. In his previous capcity as Production Manager, he established the operation organisation Hammerfest LNG, and prepared the site for start-up. Having been with Statoil since 1990, other positions Roy has held include Platform Manager Troll A and Assistant Area Manager for the Mongstad refinery. He has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering.

Calogero Migliore has more than 20 years of experience in operations, technology and project management in the oil and gas industry. He joined the LNG Technology Group at Repsol in 2005, and became the LNG Technology Manager in 2007. In this capacity, he is responsible for Repsol’s Technology portfolio in the LNG value chain, developing activities in R&D, and providing technology support to the engineering projects under development (liquefaction and regas), as well as to Repsol’s LNG operating assets. Calogero is a Chemical Engineer and holds a M.Sc. in Gas Engineering and Management. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) in the UK, and also collaborates with the International Gas Union (IGU).

Mr. Ahmed Shehata joined ELNG in 2004 as Operations Director. Previous to this, Mr Shehata worked in the Production Division of ADGAS for almost 24 years. ELNG is keen in implementing the sustainable development approach in all its operations. ELNG has settled a new world record by using a rapid commercialisation process which has lead to a move from EPC award to first LNG in around 4 years as shown on the BG Capital and cost comparison. The ELNG plant, located at Idku, is an innovative structure that allows third parties to invest in future LNG production trains at the site.

Steve heads Douglas-Westwood’s oil and gas team and his experience with Douglas-Westwood since 2002 includes managing many commercial due-diligence studies for investment banks and private equity firms, lead author and joint author of several of the firm’s published market studies and participation in DWL’s industry-leading research in regions such as Russia, Asia Pacific and Middle East and technology areas including oilfield services, drilling markets, field development, floating production and subsea processing. Authorship and joint-authorship of published studies includes The World FLNG Market Report, The World Deepwater Market Report, The Subsea Processing Gamechanger Report, The World LNG & GTL Report and The World Floating Production Report.

Mr. Pokorny is Managing Director of the Gate Terminal. He is responsible for the further construction and development of the Gate terminal, the first LNG import terminal in the Netherlands, at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. He has extensive experience with managing large scale projects in the energy-related sector. Before joining Gate terminal he was Concession and Project Director of Elyo East London Energy, part of Suez Energy Services and General Manager of Fabricom GTI International Operations.

After graduation at the Technical University Munich as PhD in Applied Physics, Dr Heinz Bauer joined Linde Engineering 28 years ago. He worked in different positions in process design as well as sales and marketing. His focus has been on all kind of cryogenic gas processing including cracked gases, synthesis gas, refinery off-gases and of course natural gas. Heinz has contributed with many papers to international conferences and is co-author of the book 'Industrial Gases Processing'. He holds several patents in the area of cryogenic gas processing. Presently he is responsible as Vice President for technology of LNG & gas processing plants.

Mark Elliott graduated from Leeds University and has 20 years experience in operations, project management and business development of hydrocarbon gas projects during start up in Latin America, USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Mark is currently the global process technology manager for Weatherford’s Pipeline and Specialty Services Division and heads up their R&D projects in the process industry.

Andrew Woodhead graduated from Coventry Polytechnic and has more than 19 years of experience in operational and business development aspects of process and pipeline services; he has been involved in many LNG projects including Damietta LNG, Yemen LNG and Darwin LNG. Andrew is currently Business Development Manager for North Africa within Weatherford’s Pipeline & Specialty Services Division.

Kevin has over 30 years in the design and application of actuators and control valve design. His initial design involved the development of a new range of Hytork Actuators in the late 1980s with additional inventions in the area of control accessories. More recently Kevin developed the tortuous path FlexStream® rotary control ball valve. In 2006, Kevin accepted and moved to Houston to take up his current role as Control Valve Product Manager for Mogas Industries, Inc. after the company acquired the Evola torturous path technology. Kevin is now responsible for the continuous development and market development of the FlexStream® product utilizing the very latest CFD and FEA analysis tools and the Mogas global operations based in the United Kingdom, China and Australia. Kevin’s career span covers Hytork Actuators, Lynk Valves, Siebe Foxboro, Emerson Process Management, Severn Glocon and Evola. He earned his HND (Higher National Degree) in 1982 from Gloscat University, United Kingdom.