Recent Events
SPRING 2011
6th Annual
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ENERGY SYMPOSIUM 2011
Shaping the future of energy through finance, policy & science
April 1, 2011
Low Memorial Library, Columbia University
*Registration required
Please click here for registration and agenda.
THE OCEAN, GREEN SHIPPING AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
April 28-29, 2011
Institut Océanographique de Paris, France
The symposium aims to foster a global view of the ocean as an ecological system, a transportation system and a source of energy. These three aspects of the ocean are becoming more and more integrated and raise global governance issues, which this symposium seeks to address.
Please note that attendance is free of charge, however registration is required and is subject to seating availability.
Full program and registration information: http://www.events.chairefdd.org
Fall 2010
SIPA and CEMTPP proudly present:
Leaders in Global Energy:
Dr. Fatih Birol: Critical Factors Shaping the Future Global Energy Landscape
Date: December 1, 2010
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Location: 1501 IAB
Dr. Fatih Birol is Chief Economist with the International Energy Agency in Paris, with responsibility for the organization’s economic analysis of energy and climate change policy.
Dr. Birol oversees the annual World Energy Outlook which is the flagship publication of the IEA and is recognized as the most authoritative source for energy analysis and projections. He is also responsible for the IEA Energy Business Council which provides policymakers with a business perspective on energy market issues. Learn more about Dr. Birol here.
RSVP required, Register for this Event
For further information regarding this event, please contact JoAnn Crawford by sending email to jac12@columbia.edu .
The Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy in cooperation with NYMAR and The Transportation Committee of the New York State Bar Association, International Section proudly present the first roundtable discussion of the CEMTPP Marine Transportation Lecture Series:
Port Financing in the Post-Financial Crisis
Funding the infrastructures that support globalization
Please join us for this insightful discussion on the direction of port financing following the recent financial crisis. The roundtable will consist of port specialists in academia, practitioners, and notably a keynote address by recently appointed head of maritime affairs in the United States, Administrator Matsuda. Topics covered will include infrastructure development, globalization, sustainability, and security- all areas that extend into sectors beyond the conventional maritime industry.
Keynote Address: David T. Matsuda, Administrator, Maritime Administration (MARAD), US Department of Transportation
Moderator: Dr. Albert Bressand, Aristotle Onassis Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs, Executive Director CEMTPP, Columbia University
- Dr. Athanasios Pallis, Assistant Professor and the Jean Monnet Chair on European Port Policy at University of the Aegean, Greece; Marine Transportation Research Scholar CEMTPP.
- Dr. Thomas H. Wakeman III, Deputy Director, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Lou Venech, General Manager, Transportation Policy & Planning, Planning Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
(To download the power point presentations from this event, click here and here.)
Date: November 12, 2010
Time: 1-3pm
Location: 702 Hamilton Hall (seating is limited), Columbia University
The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment Columbia Law School/The Earth Institute & the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy with support from Vale and Ontario, Canada proudly present:
Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development: The challenges of implementation regulating, negotiating, monitoring, and adjudicating a sustainable framework for FDI in the extractive industries
Dates: October 27-28, 2010
Registration is required, please click here to register. For more information and to download the program, please click here.
The Resource Curse - Origins, Channels and Possible Ways Forward
Date: Wednesday, October 20
Time: 1-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 405
Rafael R. Pertusier is a member of the Brazilian Association for Energy Studies and Economist at Petrobras. Pertusier will discuss why, contrary to the most seminal and broad meaning of economic theory – the allocation of scarce resources – abundance might not be the best path to economic development.
CEO of ENI, Paolo Scaroni
Date: October 18, 2010
Time: 2:30-4:00pm
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room
Join the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy in welcoming the CEO of ENI, Paolo Scaroni for this discussion on the future of the energy sector and the key role of technology and new producers.
ENI is an integrated oil and gas company present in 77 countries, producing 1.7 million barrels a day. ENI is currently Italy's largest industrial company with a market capitalization of 87.7 billion euros.
Mr. Scaroni has been Chief Executive Officer of ENI since June 2005 and is a graduate from Columbia University's Business School.
US Climate Change Policy in the Context of Congressional Paralysis
Date: Monday, October 11
Time: 7:00– 9:00 pm
Location: Room 104
Jerome L. Greene Hall, Columbia Law School
Please join us for this panel discussion examining US climate change policy. Click here for further information on the topic and the panelists.
RSVP required, please email: energy@columbia.edu
Marine Transportation Lecture Series:
Ship Registries and Flagging with Brad Berman, Executive Director, Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry
Date: Tuesday September 21, 2010
Location: Lerner Hall, rm 569
Time: 9:50-10:50am
Please join us for this interesting discussion with Brad Berman on the politics and issues surrounding the registry and flagging of ships. The Liberian Registry – the second largest in the world – includes well over 3100 ships of more than 96 million gross tons, which represents 10 percent of the world’s ocean going fleet.
Spring 2010
US Climate and Energy Policy
Date: May 10, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: 1501 IAB
Please join this talk with Congressman Steve Israel, US Representative of NY 2nd district, in this discussion on progressive energy and climate policy.
As a leader in Congress on progressive energy and climate policy, Congressman Israel has notably championed the passage of PACE (Property Assess Clean Energy) bond legislation and co-founded the 49-member Sustainable Energy & Environment Caucus in 2009. In his presentation, Israel will discuss these efforts, as well as the current "state of play" regarding Energy and Climage policy in the current 111th US Congress.
Expanding Role of Russian Oil Companies in the International Market and TNK-BP's International Strategy
Date: May 6th
Time: 12-1pm
Location: 1401 IAB
Please join Stan Miroshnik, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, for his insights into TNK-BP's development.
Before joining TNK-BP in February, 2010, Stan Miroshnik was an Executive Director and head of the Russia and CIS energy practice at Morgan Stanley. His previous role involved strategic, corporate finance, and M&A advisory for Russia’s major oil and gas companies. In his nine years with Morgan Stanley Mr. Miroshnik had a diverse worldwide experience (New York, Moscow, and London), acquiring broad expertise in various sectors with a focus on energy and natural resources. Within the scope of his activity at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Miroshnik has successfully advised on many of major financing and strategic transactions in the sector. Stan Miroshnik graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in Molecular Biology and in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business.
Mexican Secretary of Energy Visits Columbia University
Date: April 29
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Lindsay Rodgers Room, 7th Floor, IAB
Please join us next Thursday for a talk with Dr. Georgina Kessel Martinez, Mexican Secretary of Energy and Columbia alum, on the topic of energy and climate change. Dean John Coatsworth will deliver the opening remarks.
Georgina Kessel has had extensive experience in the public sector, particularly the energy sector. Among other positions, at the start of her professional career, she worked at Petróleos Mexicanos, where she was Director General of Sectoral Economic Analysis of the then Energy, Mining and Parastate Industry Secretariat. In 1994, she was appointed first president of the Energy Regulating Commission. She also served as director of the current Investment Unit of the Finance and Public Credit Ministry, where she was responsible for reviewing the investment projects of the public sector in general and Petróleos Mexicanos, the Federal Electricity Commission and Luz y Fuerza del Centro.
Georgina Kessel obtained a BA in Economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. In academia, she has been a professor and researcher at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Within this sphere, she undertook several research projects linked to the energy sector and other branches of the economy.
A Discussion on Alternative Investment Regimes for Direct Foreign & Domestic Investments in Russian Subsoil: A yet-to-be-implemented concept
Date: April 19, 2010
Time: 1:00-2:00pm
Location: 1401 IAB
Dr. Andrey Konoplyanik, Consultant to the board of Gazprombank and professor at the Russian State Oil & Gas University, will be joining us for this interesting perspective on investments in Russian energy.
Hot Topics in the Latin America Oil and Gas Agenda: Venezuela's electricity crisis, Mexico's oil production stabilization, Petrobras capitalization, Colombia's surge in oil production
Date: April 16th, 2010
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: 404 IAB
Please join SIPA alumna Luisa Palacios, head of the Latin American Energy Practice of Medley Global Advisors for this informative discussion on current hot topics in energy in Latin America.
THE 2010 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ENERGY SYMPOSIUM:
2030: An Energy Odyssey
Date:
April 9, 2010
Time: 8:30-3:30, Cocktail Reception to follow
Location: Low Library Rotunda
The day's events will be centered around three panel discussions: energy development, energy policy and security, and energy market outlook. Please click here to register and for more information.
Marine Transportation Lecture Series: ConocoPhillips’ Marine Transportation Strategy
Speaker: Peter Wallace
Date: April 6th
Time: 11:00 am
Location: 418 IAB, Columbia University
Please join us for a look into ConocoPhillips’ marine transport strategy with Peter Wallace, Risk Manager of the Marine Transport Division of ConocoPhillips.
Marine Transportation Lecture Series: Ship Registries and Flagging
Date: March 26, 2010
Time: 1:00
Room: 901 IAB
Please join Clay Maitland, an owner and managing partner of International Registries, Inc. which administers the Marshall Islands Ship Registry – now the third largest registry in the world- for this informative discussion on ship registries.
SINOPEC comes to Columbia University
Date: March 12, 2010
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Room: 1401 IAB
Students, there is an opportunity to meet and speak with one of China's largest petroleum company China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). For those of you with an interest in Chinese energy policy, operations, decision making, please join us for this unprecedented opportunity.
Canada's Oil Sands: Questions, Challenges, and Opportunities
Please join Ralph Klein (Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Executive Professor of Public Policy, University of Alberta, Former Premier, Province of Alberta) and Jonathan Baron (Principal, Baron Communications LLC, Consultant, Securing America's Future Energy) in this informative panel discussion on Canada's oil sands. This panel will be moderated by Professor David Nissen. This event is sponsored by CEMTPP, Canadian Ministry, and the NY Energy Forum.
Please register for this event by visiting www.nyenergyforum.org/app/ starting Feb. 23.
5:30 p.m. Registration
6:00-7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
7:30 p.m. Post-event reception
Date: Monday, March 8
Time: 5-7:30 pm
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room 1
The Future of Ukrainian Energy Development
Come hear Sergei Yermilov-former Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, Head of National Agency of Ukraine on Ensuring of Efficient Use of Energy Resources- and Igor Yushko -former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Chairman of the Board of the Bank, Sberbank- speak on the future of Ukrainian Energy Development. This event is cosponsored with the Harriman Institute.
Date: March 4, 2010
Time: 12:00
Location: Faculty House, Garden Room 2
Solar Thermal Technology: The Present and the Future
Arnold J. Goldman is the Chairman and Founder of both BrightSource Energy Inc. and BrightSource Industries (Israel), Ltd. (BSII). He holds a B.S. in Engineering from UCLA and a MSEE from the University of Southern California. Mr. Goldman was the founder of Luz International, Ltd. and served as its CEO. Luz International, Ltd. designed, constructed, financed, and operated the world’s nine largest Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS) which, at the time, generated 90 percent of the world’s solar electricity. Mr. Goldman also co-founded Electric Fuel Ltd., an electric battery/fuel cell company listed today as Aerotech on the NASDAQ. He was the VP of Engineering and co-founder of Lexitron, the first word processing company in the US. Lexitron was bought by Raytheon in 1977. Mr. Goldman is the recipient of two international awards for his contribution to solar energy development. He holds numerous patents for his inventions and innovations.
Sponsored by Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy and CEMTPP
Date: March 4, Thursday
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: Room 227 MUDD
CEMTPP Marine Transportation Lecture Series: Marine Transportation: An Oil Company Perspective
Please join Jack Buono, Manager of Global Marine Transportation at ExxonMobil, as he discusses strategies and trends in marine transport.
Date: Mar. 2, 2010
Time: 11:00-12:50
Location: Garden Room 1, Faculty House
CEMTPP Marine Transportation Lecture Series: The Skull and Crossbones Flies Again: 21st Century Piracy
Join Prof. Neil Quartaro as he discusses the implications of piracy on marine transportation.
Date: Feb. 19, 2010
Time: 1:00pm
Location: 908 IAB
Natural Gas--Fuel of the Future, the Past or Transition?
Join Gordon Shearer, CEO of Hess LNG, in this discussion on the LNG business strategy of Hess.
Date: Feb. 5, 2010
Time: 12:10-1:10 PM
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room 3
Caspian Energy Export: The Phase Two Perspective and Implications for Eurasian and US Energy Security
Date: Feb. 1, 2010
Time: 12-1PM
Location: Faculty House, Garden Room 2
Please join Dr. Brenda Schaffer, for a discussion on Caspian energy exports and their implications for US and Eurasian energy security.
Dr. Brenda Shaffer is a faculty member in the School of Political Science and Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa. She served in 2008-09 as the President of the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). She is also a visiting professor at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Dr. Shaffer previously served as the Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the Caucasus, Central Asia, the link between culture and foreign policy, and energy and politics. Dr. Shaffer takes a special interest in Caspian energy issues, ethnic politics in Iran, and the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict. Her most recent publication is the book Energy Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009). Dr. Shaffer is also the author of Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity (MIT Press, 2002).
Dynamics and Recent Movements in the Oil Markets
Please join
Ibrahim Al-Naimi , president and CEO of Saudi Petroleum International Incorporation, for this discussion on the dynamics of oil markets. A reception will follow.
Date: Jan. 27, 2010
Time: 7:30 (
Hors d'œuvre ), 7:45-8:45 (Talk)
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room 1
Ibrahim Khalid Al-Naimi was appointed President and CEO of Saudi Petroleum International Inc., New York, in March 2008 and has 28 years of experience in various organizations within Saudi Aramco. He began his Aramco career in 1980 right after graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals. In 1999, he became manager of Oil Terminal Operations and Engineering Consulting department. In 2001, Mr. Al-Naimi became the manager of Riyadh Refinery, one of the most complex refineries in the world. In 2004, he became manager of the biggest refinery in Saudi Arabia - Ras Tanura Refinery. With an operating budget of $207 million, Ras Tanura Refinery supplies 40-50% of the kingdom's energy demand.
Mr. Al-Naimi has undertaken many executive leadership programs during his Aramco career, the most recent at Columbia University's Senior Executive Program in 2002.
SPII is a subsidary of Saudi Aramco. Headquartered in New York City, it provides marketing support services to Saudi Aramco in the Western Hemisphere and arranges the scheduling, loading, storage, transportation and delivery of nearly 1 million barelles of crude oil sold by Saudi Aramco to refiners in North America. SPII handles 10-15% of the foreign crude oil imports to the United States.
Fall 2009
CEMTPP Presents a Marine Transportation Student Information Session
Please join Professor Roy NERSESSIAN and Professor Neil QUARTARO in this brief information session to help students choose classes and learn more about marine transportation careers and its importance in the energy field.
Date: December 7
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: 253, International Affairs Building
The Potential for Energy Cooperation with Russia; the Future of Natural Resource Development and Management in the Arctic
Please join our guest speaker, Louis Skyner, Senior Legal Counsel at Petroleum GEO (www.pgs.com) for this discussion examining Russian energy cooperation and the future of natural resource development and management in the Arctic. This event is cosponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Tea and cookies will be served.
Date: Dec. 3
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: 1219, International Affairs Building
2009 World Energy Outlook
Drawing on the results of the new World Energy Outlook 2009, Ambassador Richard Jones (Deputy Executive Director of the IEA) will provide a comprehensive update of energy demand and supply projections and their implications for energy security and the environment. This latest analysis from the IEA takes into account the dramatic economic downturn that has now hit all parts of the world as well as revised expectations about energy prices, which have ridden a veritable roller-coaster over the past year. Please join us for this very special presentation on Monday. Lunch will be served.
Date: Nov. 30
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Location:
Faculty House, Presidential Room 1, 3rd Floor
Caspian Energy: Risk Framework for Energy Security and Policy
Please join Boyko Nitzov, Director of the Eurasian Energy Center at the Atlantic Council, in this discussion on Caspian energy issues.
Date: Nov. 20
Time: 12:00-2:00 PM
Location: 1401, International Affairs Building
Student Inside Scoop: CEMTPP
CEMTPP is hosting a second-year student led panel discussion on choosing CEMTPP courses. We will have a diverse panel who will address not only class selections but career advisory from a various perspectives such as consulting, operations, finance, research, and more. This will help students streamline classes that are in their best interest for preparing for specific careers. We encourage first year students to attend for this informative discussion.
Date: Nov 13
Time: 12:10-1:10 PM
Location: 403, International Affairs Building
The Oil Curse and Brazil
Featuring:
Rafael Pertusier, Brazilian Economist
Please join CEMTPP for discussion and refreshments.
Date: Oct. 23
Time: 12:00-2:00 PM
Location: Room 403, International Affairs Building
Petrobras' Business Plan
Please join the Center for Energy at SIPA for this unprecedented visit by Petrobras to Columbia University and learn more about their recent business developments.
Date: Oct. 16, 2009
Time: 3:10-5:00 pm
Location: Room 403, International Affairs Building
A panel discussion: The Obama Administration’s Road to Copenhagen: Views from the trenches
Panelists:
Jody FREEMAN, Counselor for Energy and Climate Change The White House
Lorie SCHMIDT, Senior Counsel US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee
Taiya SMITH, Senior Associate, China Program Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Stephen EULE, Vice President, Climate and Technology US Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy
Moderators:
Prof. Albert BRESSAND, Executive Director, CEMTPP
Prof. Michael GERRARD, Director, Center for Climate Change Law
Date: October 5, 2009
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Location: Room 104, Jerome L. Greene Hall, Columbia Law School
435 West 116th St.
Space is limited. RSVP to: energy@columbia.edu | See flyer
Co-sponsored by The Center For Climate Change Law At Columbia University
An Evening with the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation, and Public Policy
CEMTPP invites students and faculty for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres to meet and discuss the IEMP concentration at SIPA.
Date: October 2, 2009
Time: 5:00-9:00 pm
Location: Room 1501, International Affairs Building
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy
Political Economy of (Non-) Diversification in Russia and Other Resource-Rich Transition Economies
Please join the Harriman Institute in welcoming Sergei Guriev, Morgan Stanley Professor of Economics and Rector of the New Economic School in Moscow.
Date: September 24, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Garden Room 1, Faculty House
Co-sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Energy, Marine Tranportation and Public Policy
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