5 international aspo conference

The Fifth International Conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO-5) was held on July 18-18 2006 in San Rossore (near Pisa) in Italy. Over 250 people attended the 25 talks presented by international experts and discussed the numerous poster presentation. The conference was also attended by more than 30 media representatives from all over the world and by numerous media teams.

The objective of the ASPO-5 conference was to raise the awareness of the impending peak of oil extraction and the general phenomenon of depletion of all mineral resources. The experts who convened at the conference gave a strong warning that the depletion of mineral resources, and of oil in particular, will have an important effect on the structure of society and on the economy. It is necessary to develop geological and economical models describing depletion and political action is needed in order to reduce the impact of depletion.

The organizers of the conference would like to thank all the attendees, as well as the conference staff for making the event possible, stimulating and enjoyable.

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• Introduction to the Conference by Colin Campbell

• Conference program
  
  
• Acknowledgements

• Conference summary and comments by Ugo Bardi

• ASPO-5 Conference and Beyond . A comment by Louis Arnoux

• Comments by Rob Hopkins to some of the ASPO-5 presentations

• Comments by Paul Metz
  

• Live comments and transcripts from ASPO-5 at www.oilposter.org
  

• Video of the closing speeches of ASPO-5 by Kjell Aleklett and Colin Campbell (recorded by Pietro Cambi)

• Speakers' Presentations

• Abstracts of the poster session

• Abstracts of the presentations

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The Organizing Committee

• Ugo Bardi (chairman)
  
  
• Kjell Aleklett
  
  
• Roger Bentley
  
  
• Colin Campbell
  
  
• Peter Gerling
  
  
• Jean Laherrere
  
  
• Rui Rosa
  
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  Local Organizing Committee
  
  
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  Media Contact: Toufic el Asmar (Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.)
• (Please address all queries relative to media coverage of the Conference to Mr. El Asmar)