BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:193@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150211T180000 DTSTAMP:20150211T100435Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/2015-sheikh-abdullah-saleh-kamel-s ymposium-keynote-address/ SUMMARY:2015 Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel Symposium: Keynote Address DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE FOR THE KEYNOTE\nREGISTER HERE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM \n \;\nFEBRUARY 11\, 2015\nINTERCULTURAL CENTER (ICC)\, BUNN AUDITORIU M\, 2D FLOOR\n6:00     WELCOME REMARKS\n\nDr. Osama Abi-Mershed\, Di rector Center for Contemporary Arab Studies\, Georgetown University\n\n6: 15     KEYNOTE ADDRESS\n\nWhen Oil and Water Mix: The Future of the Wat er-Energy Nexus\n\nDr. Peter Gleick\, President and Co-founder\, Pacific I nstitute\n\n7:30     RECEPTION\, ICC Galleria\, 3d Floor\n\n \;\nFEB RUARY 12\, 2015\nLOHRFINK AUDITORIUM\, HARIRI BUILDING\n8:30-9:00      Registration and Breakfast\n\n9:00-9:15     Welcome Address\n\nDr. James Reardon-Anderson\, Dean\, School of Foreign Service\, Georgetown Uni versity\n\n9:15-11:15  PANEL 1: ENVIRONMENTAL &\; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALL ENGES I\n\nPanels 1 and 2 will review the impact of shale oil production on environment and climate\, including its consequences for the managemen t\, sustainability\, and renewal of water and agricultural resources and the potential for environmental degradation\, insecurity and conflict.\n\n Dr. Jeremy Boak\, Director of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Re search at the Colorado School of Mines\n\nDr. Tim Beach\, Professor of Ge ography and the Environment\, University of Texas - Austin\n\nDr. Ziad Mim i\, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering\, Birzeit University\n\nMs. Kate DeAngelis\, Climate and Energy Campaigner at Frie nds of the Earth U.S.\n\n11:30-1:00   PANEL 2: ENVIRONMENTAL &\; SOCI O-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES II\n\nDr. Hussein Amery\, Associate Professor in th e Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado Schoo l of Mines\n\nDr. Mark Giordano\, Director of the Program in Science\, Te chnology and International Affairs\, the Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environme nt and International Affairs\, and Associate Professor of Environment and Energy in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service\n\nDr. Marwa Daoudy\, A ssistant Professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgeto wn University\n\n3:00-4:30    PANEL 3: HUMAN ECOLOGY &\; SOCIAL FACT ORS\n\nPanel 3 will consider the human ecology of shale oil production\, including its impact on health and development\, migrations of labor and c apital\, food security\, and environmental refugees.\n\nDr. Francesca de Chatel\, editor\, researcher\, writer with a focus on water in the Medit erranean Basin\, and author of Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders\, Stories o f People and Water in the Middle East\n\nDr. Karen Rignall\, post-doctora l fellow in the Agricultural Economics department at the University of Ke ntucky\n\nMs. Zahra Babar\, Associate Director for Research at the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University\n\n \ ;\nFEBRUARY 13\, 2015\nLOHRFINK AUDITORIUM\, HARIRI BUILDING\n9:00-9:30     Registration and Breakfast\n\n9:30-11:00   PANEL 4: POLITICAL ECONOM Y OF SHALE OIL\n\nPanel 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 leg al constraints of shale oil extraction.\n\nDr. David Painter\, Associate P rofessor of History at Georgetown University\n\nDr. George Shambaugh\, As sociate Professor of International Affairs and Government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University\n\nDr. Mohamed R amady\, Visiting Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at King Fah d University of Petroleum and Minerals\, Dhahran\, Saudi Arabia\n\n11:15-1 2:45   PANEL 5: POLICY IMPLICATIONS\n\nPanels 5 and 6 will assess the f oreign policy dimensions of shale oil production\, especially as they pert ain to the involvement of the US in the GCC/MENA region. It will consider  connections between energy dependence\, political governance\, and prosp ects for democratization\, as well as the consequences of shale production for regional balances of power\, stabilities\, or vulnerabilities.\n\nMr . Casimir Yost\, Professor at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University\n\nDr. Thomas L. McNaugher is a Senior Visiting Pro fessor in the Security Studies Program of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service\n\nDr. Eckart Woertz\, Senior Research Fellow at the B arcelona Centre for International Affairs\n\n 3:00-3:30    Closing Rem arks\n\n \;\nREGISTER HERE FOR THE KEYNOTE\nREGISTER HERE FOR THE SYM POSIUM\nThe 2015 CCAS International Symposium is supported by a generous g rant from\nSHEIKH ABDULLAH SALEH KAMEL\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/01/Banner-for-Webpage-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Academic Lecture,Lecture LOCATION:Georgetown University\, 37 St NW and O St NW\, Washington\, DC\, U nited States GEO:38.9076729;-77.07161300000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=37 St NW and O St NW\, Wash ington\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgetown Universi ty:geo:38.9076729,-77.07161300000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR