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Feb. 24, 2020 (hosted by the Center for Climate and Security and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute)
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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ENERGY SYMPOSIUM
CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
APRIL 25, 2019
Keynote Speaker: Jack Goldstone – Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, Mason ; Senior Fellow, Mercatus Center; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center.
Panel I – Belt and Road Initiative and Energy
Moderator: Rich Kauzlarich, Schar School, Mason
- Robert Sutter – Professor of Practice of international Affairs, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University. China’s Belt and Road – an Overview
- Ed Chow – Senior Associate, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies. China’s Energy Focus – Where does Belt and Road Fit in?
- Geoffrey Lyon – International Energy Consultant; formerly U.S. Department of Energy, and Energy Attaché at US Embassies Moscow and Beijing. Russia/China – Impact on US Energy Priorities
Panel II — Belt and Road: Global to Regional Perspectives
Moderator: Rich Kauzlarich, Schar School, Mason
- Andrew Small, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund. View from Europe and South Asia
- Scott Morris, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development. Belt and Road and Multilateral Development Banks
- Alan Ahn – Global America Business Institute. Korean Perspective on Belt and Road
Panel III – From Green Belt and Road Initiative to Water
Moderator: Paul Houser, College of Science, Mason
- Lihuan Zhou, Associate, World Resources Institute, Sustainable Finance Center. China’s Green Belt and Road
- Omid Shokri Kalehsar, Senior Energy Security Analyst and Visiting Research Scholar, Schar, School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. Water, Environment, and Energy – a View from Iran and Turkey
- Hong Zhang – PhD Candidate, Schar School of Policy and Government. China’s Shifting Infrastructure Priorities
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ENERGY SYMPOSIUM
THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS
APRIL 26, 2018
Panel I: Wind Energy Panel Discussion 8:45am – 10:00am
- Jim Bennett – Chief of Office of Renewable Energy Programs Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, US Department of Interior
- Darryl Francois – Department of Interior, Chief of Engineering and Technical Review, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, US Department of Interior
- Remy Pangle – Associate Director and Director of Education and Outreach, Center for Wind Energy, James Madison University
Panel II: Energy-Water Panel Discussion 10:20am – 12noon
- Efghan Nifitiyev – Director, Caspian Policy Center
- Mariya Pak – Consultant World Bank, Central Asia Water Issues
- Dr. Robert Domaingue – Renewable Energy Officer, Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, US Department of State
- Paul Bubbosh – EVPP Adjunct Professor – Former Director of Energy Security Division, US Department of Energy
Keynote Speaker
Ambassador (ret) Mary Warlick – former Acting Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, Bureau of Energy Resources, US Department of State
Student Faculty Engagement 1:20pm – 2:20pm
- GMU Housing Conservation Project
- Joel Hicks, – PhD Student, Schar School of Policy and Government and Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Energy Science and Policy
- Mason Green Roof Project
- Various George Mason University Students
- Hydropower Micro-turbine Project
- Jennifer Sklarew, Lead Principal Investigator and Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
- Heather Nortz, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, GMU
- Zoe Waide, Volgenau School of Engineering, GMU
Panel III : Mason Energy-Water Research Opportunities 2:40pm – 4:00pm
- Joel Hicks – Ph.D Student, Schar School of Policy and Government and Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Energy Science and Policy
- Massimiliano Albanese – Associate Professor, Department of information Sciences, George Mason University
- Behzad Esmaeli – Assistant Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University
