New Directions for U.S. Energy Policy
A Hamilton Project Forum at Stanford University
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. energy system is benefiting from an unprecedented increase in North American supplies of natural gas and petroleum. These changes are strengthening our economy and altering the relationships between our energy choices and health, climate change, and national security. At the same time, there is tremendous hope that innovation in the energy sector will identify new solutions to these problems. On June 13th, The Hamilton Project at Brookings will host an event at Stanford University to explore how best to manage these opportunities while achieving our long-term energy and environmental goals.
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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will give welcoming remarks, followed by an overview of the event by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin. Participants include, among others: former Chevron Chairman and CEO David J. O'Reilly, Duke Energy CEO James E. Rogers, former Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Vinod Khosla, Farallon Capital Management Senior Managing Member Thomas F. Steyer, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Director of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University Sally M. Benson, and Hoover Institution Distinguished Fellow George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Treasury, and State.
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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| Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer |
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| 9:10 a.m. |
Introduction and Roadmap of Event |
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| Robert E. Rubin Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations Former U.S. Treasury Secretary |
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| 9:20 a.m. |
Overview of the Energy Landscape |
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| David J. O'Reilly Former Chairman and CEO Chevron Corporation |
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| 9:50 a.m. |
Roundtable: The Future for U.S. Natural Gas |
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| Author: Lucas Davis Assistant Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy University of California, Berkeley |
Author: Chris Knittel Professor of Energy Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Author: Michael Levi Senior Fellow Council on Foreign Relations |
Discussant: Barry Smitherman Chairman Railroad Commission of Texas |
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| Discussant: Kathleen McGinty Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Strategic Growth, Weston Solutions, Inc. Former Dir., White House Council on Environmental Quality |
Moderator: Michael Greenstone Director, The Hamilton Project 3M Professor of Environmental Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Roundtable: Investing in Clean Energy Innovation |
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| Sally M. Benson Director Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University |
Kenneth A. Hersh Co-Founder and CEO NGP Energy Capital Management |
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| Vinod Khosla Khosla Ventures Former Chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems |
James E. Rogers Chairman, President and CEO Duke Energy |
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| Moderator: Hemant Taneja Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners Co-Founder, Advanced Energy Economy |
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Moderated Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities for America's Energy Future |
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| Hon. Jennifer Granholm Host of "The War Room," Current TV Distinguished Practitioner of Law and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Former Michigan Governor |
Admiral (ret.) Gary Roughead Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow Hoover Institution Former Chief of Naval Operations |
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| George P. Shultz Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow Hoover Institution Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Treasury, and State |
Thomas F. Steyer Senior Managing Member Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. Co-Chair, Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs |
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| Moderator: Roger C. Altman Founder and Chairman Evercore Partners |
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SOURCE The Hamilton Project at Brookings
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