Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.4 — The Role of Natural Gas: Resources and Technologies (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Katsumi Kuroda, Senior Vice President, Energy Business, Mitsubishi Corporation Naske Afezolli, Head of Gas and Power, EGL Lucian Stancu, Deputy General Manager, Romgaz Aleksander Kovacevic, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies October 1, 2009 KATSUMI […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session I — Executive Roundtable: Global Energy Future (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Fred Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Tom Cwikla, Senior Vice President, Hunt Oil Company Selahattin Hakman, President, Sabanci Energy Group Helmut Konuk, Deputy Chairman and General Manager, Botas Steven Mann, Senior Counselor, International Affairs, ExxonMobil Mariana Gheorghe, […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.5 — Managing Risk in Energy Finance and Services (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Werner Weihs-Raabl, Head of Infrastructure, Finance and Public Sector, Erste Bank Bratislav Ceperkovic, Executive Manager, Electric Power Industry of Serbia Lado Gurgenidze, Executive Chairman and CEO, People’s Bank of Georgia; Former Prime Minister, Georgia Victor Ionescu, Director General, […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.1 — Primary Electricity: Aligning Incentives and Constraints (Transcript)

By Peter Cassata

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Adrian Baicusi, General Director, Transelectrica Halil Alis, Acting General Manager, Teias Pompiliu Budulan, General Director, Hidroelectrica Bogomil Manchev, CEO, Risk Engineering October 1, 2009 (Note:  Mr. Manchev’s remarks are delivered via translator.) BOGOMIL MANCHEV:  (In progress) – power […]

BSEEF: Luncheon Keynote Address Transcript

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, DG TREN, European Commission

Transcript: Senator Lugar – Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO

Transcript from the September 28, 2009 event “Senator Richard Lugar: Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO.”

BSEEF: Welcome Dinner Transcript

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, Prsident and CEO, Atlantic Council Ambassador Richard Morningstar, U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni S.p.A.

Ward, Kip: 9/29/2009 — Transcript

Back to General Ward Event Page Speakers: Damon Wilson, Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Atlantic Council Ambassador Mary Yates, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor on Strategic Planning, National Security Council General William "Kip" Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command Dr. Nancy J. Walker, Director, Michael Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council […]

First Annual Members’ Conference – Afghanistan-Pakistan: Is the Obama Plan Working?

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Afghanistan-Pakistan: Is the Obama Plan Working?” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff, USN (Ret.), Former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Mr. David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Dr. Harlan Ullman, Founder, The Killowen Group; Senior Advisor, Atlantic Council Moderated by […]

First Annual Members’ Conference – United States and International Law

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “United States and International Law” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Ms. Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director, American Society of International Law Hon. John Bellinger, III, Former Legal Advisor, Department of State Moderated by Dr. Frances Burwell, Vice President, Atlantic Council