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13 - 15 May 2025
In person & on-demand recordingsOkura, Amsterdam

Dr Melinda Crane
Senior Political Analyst - DW TV at Event Host
Speaker

Profile

Dr. Melinda Crane has given speeches and moderated events and discussions for a wide range of international organizations and firms. She is a frequent guest and commentator on German television and radio and regularly analyzes US policy for the news broadcaster n-tv. An experienced TV anchor, she is senior political analyst at DW TV and also hosts the DW talk show “To the Point”. In 2014 she was awarded the Steuben-Schurz Media Award for her service to transatlantic understanding.Dr. Crane studied history and political science at Brown University and law at Harvard. She wrote her dissertation on the political economy of development assistance at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.As International Affairs Consultant to the discussion show “Sabine Christiansen” she produced interviews with Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and George Bush, among others.Her journalistic experience includes work for the “New York Times Magazine,” ”The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine,” “The Boston Globe,” the “Christian Science Monitor” and German newspapers and magazines.

Agenda Sessions

  • Chair's welcome and opening remarks

    09:00
  • Opening Address: What are the main challenges affecting world gas markets in a net zero future?

    09:10
  • Guest speaker: Macro-economics, geopolitics and energy markets - forever linked? Framing natural gas and low carbon energy markets of the future

    10:00
  • Solo: Planning for natural gas’s challenging future: managing volatility coming out of the energy transition

    11:30
  • Chair’s opening remarks

    16:40
  • Chair’s closing remarks

    18:05
  • Chair's welcome and opening remarks

    09:10
  • Guest speaker: Deep dive into China’s energy/carbon markets: analysing supply and demand and the limitations for gas taking a greater portion of China’s power market

    09:15
  • Net Zero top down vs bottom up solutions to climate change: gas in the sustainable economy

    11:20
  • Chair's opening remarks

    14:10
  • Chair’s Round Up

    15:35