This year, the annual Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit took place in Istanbul from November 18-20, 2015. The summit aims to build bridges in a region spanning from Central Asia to Central Europe and the Levant that is marred by centuries of division and conflict, but whose nations and people are bound together by so much. This year included various important leaders including: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, and US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Russia and its Neighbors – Paradigms for Stability
European Energy Security Outlook
Regional Security Outlook: A New Strategy for a Turbulent Middle East?
Thursday November 19, 2015
Opening of the 7th Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit
Plenary Session: Climate Change – The Road to Paris and Beyond
Luncheon: European Climate and Energy Security Priorities
Summit Briefing 1: Global Energy Outlook
Report Rollout: Atlantic Council Black Sea Energy Security Report
Summit Briefing 2: Global Economic Outlook
Plenaries on Geoeconomics and Energy Markets Session 1: Bridge-building Investment and Finance Strategies for Growth
Plenaries on Geoeconomics and Energy Markets Session 2: Global LNG Markets
Friday November 20, 2015
Special Breakfast: Energy Technology Frontiers
Plenaries of Energy Geopolitics and Technology Session 1: Afghanistan’s Energy Potential
Plenaries of Energy Geopolitics and Technology Session 2: The Future of Zero-Carbon Energy
Plenaries of Energy Geopolitics Session 1: The Gulf and Global Energy Supplies
Plenaries of Energy Geopolitics Session 2: The Southern Gas Corridor
Luncheon: Responding to Terror: In Need of a New Strategy?
Plenaries on Energy Geopolitics Session 1: Iraqi Kurdistan Energy Futures
Plenaries on Energy Geopolitics Session 2: Toward a European Energy Union
Iranian Energy Sector Challenges
Atlantic Council Millennium Fellowship Program – Session on Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector in the Twenty-First Century
Special Session: American Foreign and Energy Policy Priorities