Jamestown Events: Caspian Energy Exports & the Black Sea Corridor

Caspian Energy Exports & the Black Sea Corridor

Friday, July 28, 2006

Location:

The Grand Ballroom
Willard Hotel
14th & Pennsylvania

Agenda:

09:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m. Coffee and Registration

09:15 a.m. – 09:20 a.m. Opening Remarks
Glen E. Howard
President, Jamestown
Foundation

09:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introduction
Ambassador Steven Mann
Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for South & Central Asian Affairs
U.S. State Department

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Keynote Address
Traian Basescu
President of Romania
"Romania: An Energy Gateway to Western Europe"

10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Questions and Answers

CASPIAN ENERGY & THE BLACK SEA CORRIDOR

10:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Matt Bryza
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia
U.S. State Department

Richard Ennis
Managing Director, Head of Natural Resources, ING Capital LLC
"Romania’s Role in Black Sea Oil Transport"

Edward C. Chow
International Energy Consultant
"Conditions & Opportunities for Caspian Energy Exports to Europe"

Vladimir Socor
Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation
Overview and Conclusions: "The Changing Geopolitics of Eurasian Energy"

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Questions and Answers

Closing Remarks

RSVP by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 27, 2006
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