Meeting the Energy Challenge: Improving Communication Among Consumers, Academia, NGOs, Oil Companies, and Government

摘要

This manuscript is intended to set the stage for a panel discussion, "Meeting the Energy Challenge: Improving Communication among Consumers, Academia, NGOs, Oil Companies, and Government", scheduled for Monday, May 4th, 2009. The panel will be composed of representative from each one of these entities, namely Consumers, Academia, NGOs, Oil Companies and Government to discuss how to meet the energy challenge. The panelists are as follows: 1. Marvin Odum, President of Shell Oil Company and Executive Vice President for the Americas for Shell Exploration & Production (Confirmed) 2. The Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senate (invited) 3. The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. House of Representatives (invited) 4. John Holdren, Presidential Science Advisor (invited) 5. Governor John Engler, President of National Association of Manufacturers (invited) 6. Governor Bill Graves, President of American Trucking Associations (invited) 7. Dr. Henry Lee, Harvard Kennedy School (invited) 8. Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future (invited) And the moderators: 9. David Holt, Executive Director, Consumer Energy Alliance 10. Sandeep Khurana, Advisor, Devon Energy Corporation.