8:00 – 9:00 | Registration & Networking

9:00 – 9:05 | Welcome remarks from the S&P Global Commodity Insights team

9:05 – 9:45 | Crude – Dated Brent Technical Update

Topics:

• Dated Brent market update
• Dated Brent methodology update

Speakers:
Emma Kettley, Associate Editorial Director, Crude & Fuel Oil
Sam Angell, Manager, Price Reporting, Crude Oil

9:45 – 10:05 | Dubai/Atlantic Basin crude methodology update

Topics:

• Dubai methodology evolution
• Platts crude assessments in emerging areas

Speaker:
John Morley, Global Director, Crude & Fuel Oil Markets

10:05 – 10:45 | How are sanctions reshaping global flows of key energy commodities?

Topics:

• EU/G7 sanctions
• U.S. administration tariffs
• Geopolitical tensions

Moderator:
Gary Clark, Associate Editorial Director, EMEA Clean Refined Products

Panellists:

• Nikolaos Aidinis Antonopoulos, Managing Editor, EMEA Freight Markets
• Jan Kedzior, Clean Refined Oil Products
• Emma Kettley, Crude
• Sakshi Jalan, LNG

10:45 – 11:00 | Break

11:00 – 11:30 | West African Refined Products: Market and Benchmark evolutions

Topics:

• Gasoline and diesel supply & demand trends
• New Platts WAF assessments
• Establishing WAF as a market reference

Speaker:
Matthew Tracey-Cook, Senior Price Reporter, Light Ends

11:30 – 11:55 | Evolving European LNG benchmark usage and risk management tools

Topics:

• Growing industry integration
• Recent methodology developments

Speakers:
Aly Blakeway, Manager, Atlantic LNG
Roudy Dirani, Manager, Natural Gas LNG

11:55 – 12:20 | Platts Freight Update: Supply, Demand, Geopolitics and Regulations

Topics:

• Global fleet fundamentals
• Spot market updates: dry, wet, and container freight
• Geopolitical disruptions & supply chain challenges
• Environmental regulations and trade-flow impacts

Speaker:
Alec Kubekov, Associate Price Reporter

12:20 – 13:00 | Alternative Marine Fuels – compliance systems heading into 2026

Topics:

• IMO fallout and potential ramifications
• FuelEU status & compliance options
• Role of abatement in compliance surplus
• Bio-bunkers: regulatory & market drivers
• Bio-LNG pooling developments
• Global compliance systems outlook

Moderator:
Desmond Wong, Senior Editor

Speakers:
Chris To, Lead Specialist, Alternative Marine Fuels
Usama Khalid, Price Reporter, Biofuels & Feedstocks

*Agenda is subject to change.