A retrospective discussion on the lessons learned during last year's hurricane season and policies that are being put in place or should be put in place to minimize the impact of future severe storms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Distinguished presenters will include:

WILLIAM E. KING
Managing Partner, Houston office of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP,
Board Member, Governor Perry's Task Force on Evacuation, Transportation, and Logistics, and Chair, HCAG Task Force

KENNY LANG
Vice President, Gulf of Mexico Production, BP

CHRIS C. OYNES
Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

PHILIP BEDIENT
Herman and George R. Brown Professor of Civil Engineering, Rice University