The 13th AGM was held in Cannes, France, on June, 10-11, 2010 and was focused on «Natural Gas- the Energy of the 21st Century». The AGM was hosted by Total S.A. and co-sponsored by the banks Crédit Agricole CIB and Société Générale. The forum brought together over 300 participants representing 84 companies and organizations - members of the EBC. The EBC President Dr. A. Miller gave a press-conference and participated as a key speaker at the afternoon conference. These two events were broadly covered by the global and European media. The main idea of the forum was that natural gas, being the accessible and ecologically clean energy source, will be the energy of the future