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The World Energy Outlook 2007 Insights on China and India Presentation: Fatih Birol Chief Economist and Head of the Economic Analysis Division International Energy Agency Discussants: David L. Goldwyn President of Goldwyn International Strategies

Event Description:

The World Energy Outlook (WEO 2007) presents the International Energy Agency’s view to 2030 of key trends in energy demand, imports, coal use and greenhouse gas emissions.

This new edition of the authoritative World Energy Outlook provides detailed insight into the energy futures of emerging giants of the world economy, China and India. WEO 2007 explores the challenge of transforming living standards for billions in these rapidly growing economies while globally achieving a more secure, lower-carbon energy system. With extensive statistics, detailed projections, analysis and advice, WEO 2007 equips policymakers and the public to cooperatively shape a better energy future.

The World Energy Outlook (WEO) series is widely recognized as the most authoritative source for world energy information and medium to long-term energy projections and analysis. In recent years, the World Energy Outlook has received a number of honors for analytical excellence.

Biographies:

Dr. Fatih Birol is Chief Economist and Head of the Economic Analysis Division of the Paris-based International Energy Agency. He is organizer and director of the World Energy Outlook series, the IEA’s flagship publication. He worked for six years in the Secretariat of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, before joining the IEA in 1995. In October 2006, he was made a Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Académique by the French Government in recognition of his distinguished services to the field of energy economics. In March 2007 he was presented with the Golden Honour Medal of the Austrian Republic in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the understanding of global energy issues, first at OPEC and now at the IEA.

David L. Goldwyn is President of Goldwyn International Strategies LLC, an international energy consulting firm. He is a Senior Fellow in the Energy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and served on the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) Task Force on Energy Security and CFR Center for Preventive Action Task Forces on Angola, Venezuela and Bolivia. Goldwyn served as Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, Counselor to the Secretary of Energy, and national security deputy to Ambassador Bill Richardson, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations under President Bill Clinton. Goldwyn served in the Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the State Department under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Clinton, acting as Chief of Staff from 1993-1997. Goldwyn first served in the government as an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the State Department from 1991 to 1992.