Vince,

 I understand you'll be speaking at the CEFER conference. Gary Taylor, the 
head of marketing in the Weather Deriv. group, would like to know if you plan 
on mentioning weather derivatives at all and that if you do, he has numerous 
existing slides and presentations that might be useful to you.

Joe

 -----Original Message-----
From:  Angela Dorsey  [mailto:Angela.Dorsey@bus.utexas.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 9:06 PM
To: Angela Dorsey 
Cc: Ehud Ronn ; Sheridan Titman (E-mail) 
Subject: Invitation to 2001 Energy Finance Conference - The University of 
Texas at Austin

Colleagues and Friends of the Center for Energy Finance Education and
Research (CEFER):

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.

On behalf of the University of Texas Finance Department and CEFER, we
would
like to cordially invite you to attend our:

2001 Energy Finance Conference
Austin, Texas
February 22 - 23, 2001
Hosted by the University of Texas Finance Department
Center for Energy Finance Education and Research

Dr. Ehud I. Ronn and Dr. Sheridan Titman are currently in the process of
finalizing the details of the conference agenda.  We have listed the
agenda
outline below to assist you in your travel planning.  Each conference
session will be composed of a panel discussion between 3 - 4 guest
speakers
on the designated topic.

As supporters of the Center for Energy Finance Education and Research,
representatives of our trustee corporations (Enron, El Paso, Reliant,
Conoco, and Southern) will have the $500 conference fee waived.
The conference package includes Thursday evening's cocktails &
dinner and hotel/UT shuttle service, as well as Friday's conference
meals,
session materials and shuttle service.  Travel to Austin and hotel
reservations are each participant's responsibility.

A limited number of hotel rooms are being tentatively held at the
Radisson
Hotel on Town Lake under the group name "University of Texas Finance
Department" for the nights of Thursday, 2/22/01 and Friday, 2/23/01 (the
latter evening for those who choose to stay in Austin after the
Conference's conclusion).  To guarantee room reservations, you will need
to
contact the Radisson Hotel at (512) 478-9611 no later than Monday,
January
22nd, and make your reservations with a credit card.  Please let me know
when you have made those arrangements so that I can make sure the
Radisson
gives you the special room rate of $129/night.

Please RSVP your interest in attending this conference NO LATER THAN
JANUARY 22nd to angela.dorsey@bus.utexas.edu, or (512) 232-7386, as
seating
availability is limited.  Please feel free to extend this invitation to
your colleagues who might be interested in attending this Conference.

Center for Energy Finance Education and Research
PROGRAM OF THE 2001 ENERGY FINANCE CONFERENCE
February 22 - 23, 2001

Thursday, Feb 22:

3:00 p.m. Reserved rooms at the Radisson Hotel available for
check-in
5:30 p.m. Bus will pick up guests at the Radisson for transport to
UT Club*
6:00 p.m. Cocktails, UT Club 9th Floor
7:00 p.m. Dinner, UT Club
8:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker
9:00 p.m. Bus will transport guests back to hotel

Friday, Feb 23:

7:45 a.m. Bus will pick up at the Radisson for transport to UT

8:30 a.m. Session 1 - REAL OPTIONS
  Panelists:  Jim Dyer, UT (Chair)
    Sheridan Titman, UT
    John McCormack, Stern Stewart & Co.

10:00 a.m. Coffee Break

10:15 a.m. Session 2 - DEREGULATION
  Panelists:  David Eaton, UT (Chair)
    David Spence, UT
    Jeff Sandefer, Sandefer Capital
Partners/UT
    Peter Nance, Teknecon Energy Risk
Advisors

11:45 a.m. Catered Lunch & Keynote Speaker

1:30 p.m. Guest Tour - EDS Financial Trading & Technology Center

2:00 p.m. Session 3 - RISK MANAGEMENT
  Panelists:  Keith Brown, UT (Chair)
    Vince Kaminski, Enron
    Alexander Eydeland, Southern Co.
    Ehud I. Ronn, UT

3:30 p.m. Snack Break

3:45 p.m. Session 4 - GLOBALIZATION OF THE ENERGY BUSINESS
  Panelists:  Laura Starks, UT (Chair)
    Bob Goldman, Conoco
    Ray Hill, Southern Co.

5:15 p.m. Wrap-Up

5:30 p.m. Bus picks up for transport to airport/dinner

6:30 p.m. Working dinner for senior officers of Energy Finance
Center
Trustees


*We have made arrangements to provide shuttle service between the
Radisson
hotel and UT during the conference. However, if you choose to stay at an
alternative hotel, then transportation to conference events
will become your responsibility.

**************
Angela Dorsey
Assistant Director
Center for Energy Finance Education & Research
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Finance, CBA 6.222
Austin, TX 78712
angela.dorsey@bus.utexas.edu
**************