Please join the Houston Chapter of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) on Thursday, September 11, for our first monthly meeting of the season.

Amy Myers Jaffe will speak on the Geopolitics of European Energy Security. 

Ms. Jaffe is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies and Associate Director of the Energy Forum at the Baker Institute for Public Policy of Rice University. 

REGISTRATION: You are encouraged to RSVP via the on-line system at http://iaeehoustonsept2008.eventbrite.com/--using the electronic system expedites your security screening at the Federal Reserve. You may pre-pay for your registration with a credit card, or you may indicate that you will pay via cash or check at the door. If you are registering or purchasing tickets for your colleagues, please provide the name of each person in your party to expedite entry through security. Registration closes 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

MEMBERSHIP: To join the Houston Chapter of the IAEE/USAEE, please visit http://iaeehoumembership2008.eventbrite.com/. Annual dues are $25. Chapter membership entitles you to the members' discounted registration rate, the right to vote on Chapter business and to elect officers, and the satisfaction of joining Houston's premier professional and educational forum for energy economics.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

AMY MYERS JAFFE, a Princeton University graduate in Arabic studies, is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and associate director of the Rice University Energy Program, a multidisciplinary program that includes activities addressing energy science and technology policy and research on the following topics: emerging energy technologies, environmental implications of energy production and use, and sustainable strategies for fulfilling the world's energy needs. Jaffe leads the Baker Institute Energy Forum, a multifaceted program that promotes original, forward-looking discussion and research on the energy-related challenges that face society in the 21st century. The mission of the Energy Forum is to promote the development of informed and realistic public policy choices in the energy arena by educating policymakers and the public about important trends - both regional and global - that shape the nature of global energy markets and include the quantity and security of vital supplies needed to fuel world economic growth and prosperity. Jaffe's energy programs support projects in 13 departments and five centers at Rice University.

LOCATION: The meeting will take place at the Federal Reserve Bank located at 1801 Allen Parkway in Houston, TX. For directions, please use following the link: http://www.dallasfed.org/fed/direct_hou.pdf. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for networking. Lunch is served at 12:00 noon in the Brazos Room. The talk will be followed by a brief Q&A session.