re : invitation to speak at power 2000 emma , mergers and acquisitions are not my cup of tea . chairing stream 1 on day 1 seems to be a better match . vince " emma wolfin " on 12 / 15 / 99 10 : 51 : 34 am to : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect cc : subject : re : invitation to speak at power 2000 hi vince thanks for getting back to me quickly ! as it happens , all of the sessions you suggested are already taken ! so , would you be interested in chairing either stream 1 on day 1 of the conference - " pricing and trading in the us power market " or stream 3 on day 2 of the conference - " latest developments in the us energy industry " . for your information , the people presenting on day 1 in stream 1 include : - spyros maragos , dynegy on volatility - sanjeev khanna , pg & e on correlation - gary morsches , southern on optimising information to accurately price and trade electricity - blake johnson , stanford university on modelling power prices - craig pirrong , olin school of business , washington university on building the optimal forward curve on day 2 , stream 3 , there are only 3 talks in that stream , as after lunch we will be breaking for plenary sessions and the industry briefing sessions too . but the people who will be speaking in that stream are : - venu nagali , stanford university on real options - ram challa , sithe energies ( he was formerly at bankers trust ) on generation assets i have the slot on mergers and acquisitions in stream 3 on day 2 as still available but i ' m not sure if that session is your area of speciality ? let me know . thanks vince and very much looking forward to working with you again . emma - - - - - original message - - - - - from : vince j kaminski to : emma wolfin cc : vince j kaminski date : wednesday , december 15 , 1999 11 : 36 am subject : re : invitation to speak at power 2000 > > > emma , > > it ' s your choice . i can chair the session of day 2 or speak on one of these > topics . > please , let me know what works for you . > > possible presentations : > > evaluating the effectiveness of insurance as a risk management tool > > or > > applying real option theory to value power plants > > or > > overcoming the difficulties of accurately estimating volatility > > > vince > > > > > > " emma wolfin " on 12 / 14 / 99 04 : 08 : 03 pm > > to : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect > cc : > subject : invitation to speak at power 2000 > > > > > hi vince > > it is my great pleasure to invite you to speak at power 2000 which will be > in houston on 9 & 10 may 2000 . > > would you be interested in chairing one of the streams on day 2 of the > conference ? or making a full presentation on one of the days ? please let me > know which talks interest you . obviously , some of the talks are no longer > available but i would like to give you a choice as much as possible . please > could you get back to me asap on 212 925 1864 ext 151 or by return email . > > i very much hope you can make the dates as i ' m very keen to have you > participate at power . not to flatter you unnecessarily , but i know that a > lot of people come to our conferences to hear what you have to say . > > best regards > > emma > > > > >