The Houston Chapter of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) invites you to join us on Thursday, April 8 for our monthly meeting.

Iran's nuclear aspirations are shifting geopolitical relations inside the Middle East and beyond and adding a war premium back into the price of oil. Amy Myers Jaffe will discuss the changing geopolitics of oil in light of the Iranian issue, including changes to Saudi oil strategy, US-China relations and possible scenarios that could impact oil markets. Ms. Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for  Energy Studies, is chairing a Congressionally funded task force on US policy options towards the Iranian nuclear challenge and the recent expansion of nuclear programs throughout the Middle East.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Amy Myers Jaffe, a Princeton University graduate in Arabic studies, is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies and director of the Energy Forum at the Baker Institute, as well as associate director of the Rice Energy Program. Jaffe’s research focuses on oil geopolitics, strategic energy policy including energy science policy, and energy economics. Jaffe was formerly senior editor and Middle East analyst for Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. She is widely published and served as co-editor of “Energy in the Caspian Region: Present and Future” (Palgrave, 2002) and “Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040” (Cambridge University Press, 2006), and as co-author of “Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold” (with Mahmoud A. El-Gamal; Cambridge University Press, 2010). Jaffe also contributed to Foreign Policy’s “21 Solutions to Save the World” (May/June 2007). She served as a member of the reconstruction and economy working group of the Baker/Hamilton Iraq Study Group, as project director for the Baker Institute/Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Strategic Energy Policy, and as a principal adviser to USAID’s project on “Options for Developing a Long Term Sustainable Iraqi Oil Industry.” She currently serves as a strategic adviser to the American Automobile Association (AAA) of the United States and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Jaffe was among the Key Women in Energy-Americas honorees in the Pathfinders/Trailblazers category (2004), the honoree for Esquire’s annual 100 Best and Brightest in the contribution to society category (2005), Elle magazine’s Women for the Environment (2006), and was named to Who’s Who in America (2008).

REGISTRATION:

 Be sure to provide the name of each person in your party with how you would like it to appear on his/her name tag (please email all additional attendee names to houston.iaee@gmail.com). The Chapter has a 48 hour cancellation policy. Registration closes 24 hours prior to the meeting. All walk-ups will be assessed a $10 surcharge.

LOCATION:

The meeting will take place at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for networking. Lunch will be served at noon. If you have any special dietary requirements, please be sure to list them when registering. The presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A session.

MEMBERSHIP:

To join the Houston Chapter, please visit http://iaeehoumembership2009.eventbrite.com/. Annual dues are $25 and entitle you to the members' discounted registration rate, the right to vote on Chapter business, elect officers and the satisfaction of joining Houston's premier professional and educational forum for energy economics. Membership in the Houston chapter is separate from  USAEE membership.