The public is invited to attend tonight’s “Energy Business and Policy Roundtable” in the Burden Auditorium at Harvard Business School, though the school warns that seating is limited and attendees are urged to register in advance at www.gazpromtour.com.
Doors are to open at 5 p.m. for a reception with hors d’oeuvres; the roundtable is set to run from 6 to 7:30.
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Featured speakers will be Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom; Alain Belda, chairman and CEO of Alcoa Inc.; Sig Cornelius, president of Global Gas, Conoco-Phillips; and Robert Franklin, VP of new business development at Exxon Mobil Gas and Power Marketing.
A recent World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement between Russia and the United States has paved the way for increased trade between the two nations.
That is an especially attractive prospect at a time when the United States is seeking to reduce its reliance on energy from the Middle East, roundtable organizers note, as Gazprom, Russia’s largest company and the world’s largest supplier of natural gas, controls more than 20 percent of the world’s known natural gas reserves.
