Turn to Leading Authorities' economy, trade, alternative energy, and enviornment experts to help understand the trends and implications of today's global market. Hear the challenges and opportunities facing business in the international marketplace and discuss hot issues with leading experts.
Domestic Policy:
John Breaux
Senator John Breaux is a vital voice and force in the American political arena. While in the Senate, Breaux was a beacon of insight on energy issues. He served as co-chair of the Oil and Gas Caucus and was a conferee on energy legislation that was eventually written into the 2005 Energy Bill. He was active in advancing legislation to promote domestic oil and gas production, and was a cosponsor of the Marginal Well Preservation Act, a tax incentive program that encouraged oil production from marginal oil wells. He was also a principal author of the Outer Continental Shelf Land Act.
Nora Brownell
Commissioner Brownell was nominated by President George W. Bush to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Brownell's tenure at the FERC reflects her longstanding and unwavering commitment to fostering competitive markets to serve the public interest. She championed the development of independent transmission organizations for wholesale power, which now represent the electricity market structure serving two-thirds of the U.S. $10 trillion economy. As a leading advocate of responsive and effective independent board governance at RTOs and corporations, Brownell is a strong proponent of FERC policies that promote investment in national energy infrastructure development.
Jeffrey Garten
Jeffrey E. Garten's vast credentials, reputation, and experience make him one of very few business experts placed firmly on the crossroads of economics and foreign policy. The former dean of the Yale School of Management and William S. Beinecke Professor in the Practice of International Trade and Finance, Garten brings a wide range of top-level experience in the private and public sectors. Garten discusses the rising global competition and how companies should react and adjust, stimulating dialog about new trends with an eye toward politics. With real-world experience transcending any single discipline, he focuses on the intersection of the economy and business, policy and politics-- forces that no longer act independently, but must be considered as a whole.
Jeffrey Rosensweig
Dr. Jeffrey Rosensweig is the director of the Global Perspectives Program at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. He is also an international business and finance professor; his research, teaching and consulting focus on business in the global economy. A specialized fiscal forecaster, Rosensweig specializes in financial, macroeconomic, and business estimations and predictions.
Ambassador Nick Burns
Ambassador Nick Burns is one of America's top foreign policy experts and practitioners. Over the course of his 27-year career in the state department, he played a key leadership role in U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East, Europe, and South Asia. Ambassador Burns believes that the more we can diversify our energy sources and depend less on oil, the better off we will be. He discusses why America's future prosperity and security will depend on the decisions we make to secure our energy future. He draws on his experience as the lead U.S. negotiator with energy giants Russia, Iran, India, and Brazil to explain energy's importance for U.S. business and citizens alike.
Erik Peterson
If ever there were an expert in global change, it is Erik Peterson. A senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and director of the Global Strategy Institute, he fascinates audiences with glimpses of the future in areas such as energy trends, technological innovation, population growth, and the economy. An expert in geopolitical and country risk assessment, international trade and finance, international business strategy and global strategic planning, Peterson focuses on the economic and technological futures of different regions in the world, and helps international industries identify various roles in each area.
Jeremy Rifkin
Jeremy Rifkin is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, which examines the economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts of new technologies introduced into the global economy. He is the author of seventeen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. In his speeches, as with his writing, Jeremy Rifkin provides perspective on the current American assumption of the universalism of its values. He shows how the American character of staunch individualism and unfettered expansionism were created and calls to question their value in the new era of globalization where sustainability and collective action may prove more important to us and the world at large.
Daniel Yergin
Dr. Daniel Yergin is chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a highly respected authority on energy policy and international politics and economics. He is also a recipient of the United States Energy Award for "lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding." His new book, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy has received wide attention for its analysis and narrative of how the "world is changing its mind about markets."
Corporate Solutions:
Former chairman and CEO of Texaco, Peter Bijur began his career when he joined their domestic marketing operations in 1966. Bijur draws from his extensive experience and firm convictions on the topics of energy leadership, management, and global business. Bijur has led one of the largest corporations in the world to financial fruition. He addresses the issues that plague corporate America: global competition, resources, leadership, management, and change. In his presentations he explains Americans' tendancies to only think of energy when they get sticker shock at the fuel pump. However, two-thirds of the world's oil is an unstable region of the world. Bijur believes it is time America developed a national security policy.
Daniel Esty
Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University. His most recent book, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, argues that pollution control and natural resource management have become critical elements of marketplace success and explains how leading-edge companies have folded environmental thinking into their core business strategies. Esty speaks from his wealth of experience and boundless research on green business, carbon markets, environmental performance measurements, global change science and policy, industrial environmental management, policy, economics, and law.
Andrew Winston
Andrew Winston is founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and works with leading companies to use environmental thinking to drive growth. He has consulted with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies such as Bank of America, Reuters, Coca-Cola, and IKEA. He is co-author of the bestseller Green to Gold, which highlights what works--and what doesn't--when companies go "green." With a sharp focus on execution, Winston offers a thoughtful, pragmatic, and inspiring road map that companies can use to cope with environmental pressures and responsibilities while sparking innovation that will drive long-term growth.
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