Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON) invites you to an academic seminar “The US Contemporary Energy and Environmental Agenda”. The Seminar provides a platform for discussion in an open academic atmosphere with the insights of representatives of energy business as well as from international public organizations. The language of the Seminar is English. The Seminar is open to public participation (subject to registration).

To register, please, inform the Organizing Committee about your participation at least two days in advance by e-mail: energetika@unecon.ru.

Preliminary Programme:

Chair: Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director of the Center for Energy & Climate, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

9:00 – 9:10 EST: Welcoming remarks: Dmitry Vasilenko, Vice-rector for International Relations, UNECON

9:10 – 9:30 EST: Prof. Amy Myers Jaffe, Research Professor and Managing Director of the Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School at Tufts University

9:30 – 9:40 EST Q&A

9:40– 10:00 EST Prof. Manfred Hafner, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS-Europe) at Johns Hopkins University /Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po Paris.

10:00– 10.10 EST Q&A

10:10 –10.50 EST Open Discussion

10:50 EST Closing remarks