Subject: Symposium on the Political Ecologies of Shale Oil in the Middle East, US, and China (Feb 11-13)
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2015 Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel International Symposium

** An Energy Revolution?
Political Ecologies of Shale Oil
in the Middle East, US and China
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RSVP for Opening Keynote Feb 11 (http://georgetown.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9f4655709a061a5f3ffe3924a&id=73c9f2cc05&e=e4faa976e9)
RSVP for the Conference Feb 12-13 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-an-energy-revolution-the-political-ecologies-of-shale-oil-in-the-middle-east-us-and-china-tickets-15540695639)
FEBRUARY 11
ICC AUDITORIUM

6:00 pm

** WELCOMING REMARKS:
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Dr. Osama Abi-Mershed (https://sfs.georgetown.edu/Osama-Abi-Mershed) , Director, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
6:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

"When Oil and Water Mix: The Future of the Water-Energy Nexus"
Dr. Peter Gleick (http://pacinst.org/about-us/staff-and-board/dr-peter-h-gleick/) , President and Co-founder, Pacific Institute (http://pacinst.org/about-us/staff-and-board/dr-peter-h-gleick/)

7:30 pm    RECEPTION, ICC Galleria, 3rd Floor

** FEBRUARY 12
LOHRFINK AUDITORIUM
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8:30-9:00 am
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

9:00-9:15 am
WELCOME ADDRESS
Dr. James Reardon-Anderson, Interim Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

9:15-11:15 am
ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES I (http://ccas.georgetown.edu/environmental-and-socio-economic-challenges-1)
Dr. Jeremy Boak, Director of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research at the Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Tim Beach, C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair and Professor at the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Ziad Mimi, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Birzeit University
Ms. Kate DeAngelis, Climate and Energy Campaigner at Friends of the Earth U.S.

11:30-1:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES II (http://ccas.georgetown.edu/environmental-and-socio-economic-challenges-2)
Dr. Hussein Amery, Associate Professor in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Mark Giordano, Director of the Program in Science, Technology and International Affairs, the Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environment and International Affairs and Associate Professor of Environment and Energy at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service
Dr. Marwa Daoudy, Assistant Professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University

3:00-4:30 pm
HUMAN ECOLOGY & SOCIAL FACTORS (http://ccas.georgetown.edu/human-ecology-and-social-factors)
Dr. Francesca de Chatel, Author of Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders, Stories of People and Water in the Middle East
Dr. Karen Rignall, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Agricultural Economics Department at the University of Kentucky
Ms. Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research at the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar

FEBRUARY 13
LOHRFINK AUDITORIUM

9:00-9:30
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:30-11:00 am

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SHALE OIL (https://ccas.georgetown.edu/political-economy-of-shale-oil)
Dr. David Painter, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University
Dr. George Shambaugh, Associate Professor of International Affairs and Government at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
Dr. Mohamed Ramady, Visiting Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

11:15-12:45
POLICY IMPLICATIONS (https://ccas.georgetown.edu/policy-implications-of-shale-oil-1)
Mr. Casimir Yost, Senior Associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University
Dr. Thomas L. McNaugher, Visiting Professor and Director of Studies in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service
Dr. Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

3:00-3:30
CLOSING REMARKS

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The 2015 CCAS International Symposium is supported by a generous grant from
Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel

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