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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

INTERCULTURAL CENTER (ICC), BUNN AUDITORIUM, 2D FLOOR

6:00     WELCOME REMARKS

Dr. 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, President and Co-founder, Pacific Institute

7:30     RECEPTION, ICC Galleria, 3d Floor

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

LOHRFINK AUDITORIUM, HARIRI BUILDING

8:30-9:00     Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:15     Welcome Address

Dr. James Reardon-Anderson, Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

9:15-11:15  PANEL 1: ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES I

Panels 1 and 2 will review the impact of shale oil production on environment and climate, including its consequences for the management, sustainability, and renewal of water and agricultural resources and the potential for environmental degradation, insecurity and conflict.

Dr. Jeremy Boak, Director of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research at the Colorado School of Mines

Dr. Tim Beach, Professor of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas – 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   PANEL 2: ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES II

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 in 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    PANEL 3: HUMAN ECOLOGY & SOCIAL FACTORS

Panel 3 will consider the human ecology of shale oil production, including its impact on health and development, migrations of labor and capital, food security, and environmental refugees.

Dr. Francesca de Chatel, editor, researcher, writer with a focus on water in the Mediterranean Basin, and author of Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders, Stories of People and Water in the Middle East

Dr. Karen Rignall, post-doctoral 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

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

LOHRFINK AUDITORIUM, HARIRI BUILDING

9:00-9:30     Registration and Breakfast

9:30-11:00   PANEL 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SHALE OIL

Panel 4 will examine the political economy of shale oil production and its impact on energy demands and supplies, oil prices and financial markets. The panel will also address domestic economic and legal constraints of shale oil extraction.

Dr. David Painter, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University

Dr. George Shambaugh, Associate Professor of International Affairs and Government in 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   PANEL 5: POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Panels 5 and 6 will assess the foreign policy dimensions of shale oil production, especially as they pertain to the involvement of the US in the GCC/MENA region. It will consider connections between energy dependence, political governance, and prospects for democratization, as well as the consequences of shale production for regional balances of power, stabilities, or vulnerabilities.

Mr. Casimir Yost, Professor at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University

Dr. Thomas L. McNaugher is a Senior Visiting Professor in the Security Studies Program of 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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