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Energy
and environmental security are at the forefront of U.S. national agenda.
From new policies on climate change to evolving energy markets to the
United States’ approach to regional conflict, energy and the environment
are at the heart of U.S. economic and national security policies. This
symposium features government officials, military personnel and national
security experts from the United States and other countries to discuss
America’s new approaches to some of the world’s most pressing
problems.
The list of major issues to be addressed will include:
• Global energy and environmental security tradeoffs;
• The U.S. Department of Defense’s emerging energy agenda;
• Regional energy and environmental flashpoints;
• U.S. and international nuclear energy;
• Renewable energy, and
• Trends in emerging petroleum and natural gas markets.
0900-0930
Opening/Welcome
Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski, Senior Vice President, National Defense
University
0945-1130
Panel 1: Global Energy security: economy, availability, climate
Energy security
involves more than the supply of energy, including cost, predictability
of cost, reliability of supplies, and energy and environmental policies
at home and abroad. For the most part, at least in the near term, these
above-ground factors have more impact on energy security than the resource
itself. This panel examines international energy security writ large.
It focuses on price, availability, and climate change as the key drives
for energy security and their impact on national security.
Moderator:
Dr. Thersa Sabonis-Helf, Professor, National War
College
Panelists:
• Dr. Jan Kalicki, Counselor for International
Strategy, Chevron Corporation
• Dr. Richard Andres, Senior Fellow, Institute
for National Strategic Studies
• Dr. Paul Werbos, Program Director, National
Science Foundation - Presentation
• Mr. Robert Bryce, Managing Editor, Energy
Tribune and author of "Gusher of Lies: Dangerous Delusions of Energy
Independence" - Paper
1145-1300
Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, CNA Corporation
1315-1500
Panel 2: The Defense Department, Leader or Laggard on the U.S. Energy
Agenda?
The
U.S. military is the largest consumer of fossil fuels in the world,
spending billions every year. Increasingly the Department of Defense
has taken major steps to change its tactics, techniques, and technology
to account for energy costs and risks incurred with the energy-related
supply chain. For both operational considerations and Congressional
mandates, efforts are underway to greatly reduce energy consumption
both in the support infrastructure and in the operational environments.
This panel examines the steps that the Department is taking and the
vision behind its actions.
Moderator:
Dr. Richard Andres, Senior Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies
Panelists:
• Mr. Michael Aimone, former Assistant Deputy
Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, U.S. Air
Force, currently VP, Strategy Development, National Security Global
Business, Battelle
• Mr. Geoffrey Prosch, former Principal Deputy
and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment),
currently Director of Federal Government Relations, Johnson Controls,
Inc. - Presentation
• Mr. David M. King, Director, Energy Policy, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force -
Presentation
• Mr. Paul Bollinger, Vice President, Strategic
Energy Programs, Science Applications International Corporation -
Presentation
1515-1700
Panel 3: Emerging regional energy security issues
Energy has become a major source of international tension.
This panel examines regional and global security issues and options.
According to one of our panelists, Professor James Russell, "It
is in the energy sector that strategic planners now find it easiest
to imagine major states reconsidering their reluctance to use force
against one another." While the oil fields of the Middle East have
been the focus of much attention in recent decades, tensions over energy
supplies, transit routes, pollution, and ownership of offshore fields
pose challenges in many regions.
Moderator:
Dr. Eugene Rumer, Director of Research,
Institute for National Strategic Studies
Panelists:
• Dr. Jean François Seznec, Visiting Associate
Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
(Middle East) - Presentation
• Mr. David Pumphrey, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow,
Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies,
(China) (invited) - Presentation
• Dr. Maureen Crandall, Professor of Economics,
Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University
(Central Asia) - Presentation
• General Lamine Cissé, Former Chief
of Defense, Senegal (Africa) - Paper
Day 2
0830-0855 Library Special Collections tour
0900-1045
Panel 4: (Track 1) The emerging petroleum and natural gas economy
Petroleum products,
primarily gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuels, and to a limited extent
compressed natural gas power the world's transportation systems. This
panel focuses on trends in the petroleum and natural gas markets and
whether the current international energy economy is sustainable and
how or whether changes in supply, policy, or use will affect this sector.
All military forces are critically dependent upon petroleum fuels for
deployment, operational mobility, and sustainment.
Moderator:
Colonel Mace Carpenter, USAF,
CJCS Chair, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Panelists:
• Mr. Frank Verrastro, Director and Senior
Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic &
International Studies - Presentation
• Mr. Adam Sieminski, Chief Energy Economist,
Deutsche Bank - Presentation
• Dr. Richard Jones, Deputy Executive Director,
International Energy Agency - Presentation
0900-1045
Panel 4: (Track 2) Energy Grid Security
The national energy
system is only as secure and reliable as the distribution system. America’s
electrical energy is distributed through a complex grid of power generation
plants, transformers, and trunk and local lines. Overseeing this system
is a complex mosaic of federal, state, local, and international government
agencies and commercial companies. Even without consideration of national
security issues, this is a daunting challenge as has been demonstrated
time an again through storm-related and occasionally human generated
emergencies.
Moderator:
Mr. Riley Repko,
Senior Advisor, Cyber Operations and Transformation, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Panelists:
•
Dr. Richard Andres, Senior Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies
• Mr. Tim Roxey, Critical Infrastructure Protection Manager, North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) - Presentation
• Mr. Scott Pugh, Interagency Programs Officer,
Department of Homeland Security - Presentation
• Mr. Jeffrey Dagle, Chief Electrical Engineer,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Presentation
1100-1215
Panel 5: Arctic and Energy Security (Track 1)
The trend of diminishing
ice coverage in the Arctic offers both opportunity and challenge to
the countries bordering the arctic seas. The potential for locating
and exploiting significant energy petroleum resources is high according
to a study by the U.S. Geologic Survey. The opening of the Arctic to
explore or and recover these resources will have cascading implications
on geopolitical and economic relations, territorial claims related to
exploration and transit, environmental conditions, and military operations
to support and enforce the laws and policies of bordering states.
Moderator:
Mr. Keith Eikenes, Counselor, Defense and Security
Policy, Royal Norwegian Embassy
Panelists:
•
Mr. Dana A. Goward, Director, Assessment, Integration,
and Risk Management, U.S. Coast Guard
• Mr. Alex Greenstein, Bureau of Economic, Energy,
and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Dr. David Houseknecht, Research Geologist,
U.S. Geological Survey
1100-1215 Panel 6: Nuclear power (Track 2)
Nuclear power is one of the most important and contentious issues
in energy security. No new nuclear power facilities have been initiated
in the United States since Three Mile Island. This panel examines arguments
for and against greater use of nuclear power.
Moderator:
Professor Janie Benton,
Department of Energy Faculty Chair, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Panelists:
• Dr. Andrew Orrell, Nuclear Programs,
Sandia National Laboratory - Presentation
• Mr. Christopher Guith, Vice President for
Policy, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Mr. William Tucker, Author, Terrestrial Energy
- Presentation
1230-1345
Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Admiral John B. Nathman, USN (Ret),
former Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet
Forces - Presentation
1400-1545
Panel 7: Renewable/Alternative Energy
The
Obama administration has made strong statements concerning renewable
and alternative energy sources and the Department of Defense has made
some notable efforts with the use of solar power. As the world attempts
to wean itself off of fossil fuel based energy, renewable sources of
energy have attracted increasingly large investments. This panel examines
trends in renewable energy and its potential for supplementing and eventually
replacing fossil fuels.
Moderator:
Ms. Judi Greenwald,
Vice President, Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Panelists:
• Mr. Steven Cuevas, Director, Public Affairs for Strategic Renewable Projects, Areva, Inc.
• Dr. Jonathan Trent, Bioengineering Research
Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center- Presentation
• Dr. Kenneth P. Green, Resident Scholar,
American Enterprise Institute
• Mr. Jim Presswood, Federal Energy Policy Director,
National Resources Defense Council
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