New Energy, New Geopolitics: Balancing Stability and Leverage

CSIS invites you to join us for the Special Advisory Board Meeting in conjunction with the Report Rollout of: "New Energy, New Geopolitics: Balancing Stability and Leverage"

April 10, 2014
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW

This report is the result of a year-long exploration by the CSIS Energy and National Security Program and the Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies on how shale gas and tight oil in the United States are impacting energy, geopolitical, and national security dynamics around the world, with the intention of providing policymakers a structured way to consider the potential risks and rewards of these new shale gas and tight oil resources.

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Registration

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Multimedia Presentation: New Energy, New Geopolitics

Sarah Ladislaw
Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS

Maren Leed
Senior Adviser, Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, CSIS

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Global Energy Dynamics - Outlooks for the Future

Fatih Birol
Chief Economist
International Energy Agency

Download Birol's presentation; Global Energy Dynamics

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Geopolitical and National Security Impacts

Jon Alterman
Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and
Director, Middle East Program, CSIS

Heather Conley
Senior Fellow and Director, Europe Program, CSIS

Christopher Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

Andrew Kuchins
Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Remarks by:

Daniel Poneman
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Dialogue with:

Zbigniew Brzezinski
Counselor and Trustee, CSIS

John Hess
CEO, Hess Corporation; and Trustee, CSIS

Moderated by:

John Hamre
President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair, CSIS
______________________________________________

Registration for this event is now closed.

*Space is very limited and the event is on the record*