The Geopolitics of Energy

The seminar will culminate with participants attending the two-day
La Jolla Conference, which in recent years has attracted the ministers of energy of Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia as well as senior industry executives, government officials, independent analysts and NGO representatives. In addition to the La Jolla Conference, seminar attendees will participate in four days of specially designed lectures that will discuss, among other topics: The Global energy picture – where the resources are, how they are being exploited, how the market works, the increasing importance of major new consumer nations, and the role of national energy policies in determining international relations; The Latin American energy scene - production, politics, pricing, environmental, indigenous and social concerns, and regional integration; Biofuels, climate change and renewable energy – the economics, politics and science of climate change, renewable energy and evolving

Course Faculty

Faculty for our courses come from UCSD ,industry representatives, major universities in Latin America and North America, NGOs, and past and current Latin American governments.

Seminar in Spanish
Created for journalists, legislative aides, public and private energy company officials, regulators and opinion leaders.