This panel of energy think tank, public policy, academic, and NGO experts will put the U.S.- Canada energy relationship into a broader context, weighing energy security and environmental concerns, and describing new methods and policies that could help us to achieve both.

David Goldwyn spent 18 months at the U.S. State Department leading U.S. energy diplomacy around the world. He visited the Canadian oil sands during his tenure, hosted an international meeting on shale gas governance, and is a recognized expert on energy security. He will explain how the U.S.-Canada energy relationship fits into the larger U.S. government international energy picture, as well as shed some light on how the State Department approaches vital cross- border energy issues, such as...

The United States and Canada both possess immense energy resources, including vast new reserves of unconventional hydrocarbons. Exploiting them together poses special challenges and opportunities. This bi-national panel of energy executives from the oil sands, pipeline, hydroelectric, and shale gas sectors will describe what their companies are doing to assure production while attending to environmental concerns.

Stephen Kelly, Associate Director of the Center for Canadian Studies David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada “The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship”

Welcome Geneen Auditorium Stephen Kelly, Associate Director of the Center for Canadian Studies Peter Lange, Provost, Welcoming Remarks