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     Striking the Right Balance: Energy Security in International Law

  Friday, February 3, 2012

8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Larry Walker Room

Dean Rusk Hall

University of Georgia

School of Law

Athens, Georgia

Presented by:

The Georgia Journal of

International and Comparative Law

Sponsored by:

The Dean Rusk Center & The University of Georgia School of Law

CLE Credits are available.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration & Coffee

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Ambassador C. Donald Johnson, Director, Dean Rusk Center

9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Panel 1: The Nuclear Question: How to Balance Security and Safety After Japan

Panelists:

Dr. Cham Dallas, Head of the College of Public Health's Institute of Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense, University of Georgia

Mr. Art Domby, Troutman Sanders LLP, Partner 

Mr. Cyril Pinel, Nuclear Counselor, Embassy of France

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel 2: A Shift in Balance of Power? National v. Multi-National Legal Regimes Governing Energy Markets

Panelists:

Dr. Peter Evans, Director, Global Strategy and Planning at GE Energy Infrastructure 

Professor Timothy Meyer, Associate Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law 

Professor Susan Sakmar, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. -1:45 p.m. Keynote Address

Commissioner William C. Ostendorff, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Break

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel 3: Going Green: Creating a Legal Framework for Renewable Energy

Professor Elizabeth Burleson, Associate Professor of Law, Pace Law School

Professor Lakshman Guruswamy, Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Security (CEES) & Nicholas Doman, Professor of International Environmental Law at Colorado Law

Mr. Friedo Sielemann, Counselor on Environment and Energy, Deputy Head of Section Economic Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Closing Remarks

Halley Espy, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law