Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 2, 2007|Volume 36, Number 9

‘The Future of Energy’ conference
to assess issues of next 25 years

“The Future of Energy” is the focus of a conference being held on Friday, Nov. 9, in the Yale Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St.

The event will explore the policy, business and regulatory challenges facing the energy sector over the next 25 years.

“‘The Future of Energy’ asks what improvements we can make and how best to make them in the context of business constraints and policy goals,” says Law School student Ilya Podolyako, president of the Yale Law & Business Society, which is co-sponsoring the event with the Yale Environmental Law Association, and Yale School of Management Energy Club.

Noting that the conference will bring together legal scholars, executives from energy companies, and regulatory experts from both the public and private sectors, Podolyako adds, “It’s an opportunity to discuss the extremely pressing topic of sustainable energy use with individuals capable of turning any consensus reached into reality.”

The conference will focus on the United States’ energy outlook, notes Bryan Townsend, a Law School student who is chairing the conference. “Although this necessarily relates to the world’s outlook, we will emphasize how international law and developments throughout the world in turn impact Americans,” he says.

Among other things, the conference will explore the relationship between international law and the shift of accessible hydrocarbon reserves to unstable or developing nations; the types of incentives the current regulatory regime creates for renewable energy sources, both at the regional and national levels; and the economic prospects of both traditional and alternative energy producers over the next 12 to 18 years.

“We hope the conference will clearly indicate the importance of energy law to the future of our country and world,” says Townsend.

The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is free to all members of the Yale community. For more information or to register, visit the website at www.yalefutureofenergy.org, or send e-mail to bryan.townsend@yale.edu.

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