Key-note Speakers' Profile
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Thomas C. HELLER - Stanford University, USA An expert in international law and legal institutions, Thomas C. Heller has focused his research on the rule of law, international climate control, global energy use, and the interaction of government and nongovernmental organizations in establishing legal structures in the developing world. He has created innovative courses on the role of law in transitional and developing economies, as well as the comparative study of law in developed economies. He directs the law school's Rule of Law Program, as well as the Stanford Program in International Law. Professor Heller has been a visiting professor at the European University Institute, Catholic University of Louvain, and Hong Kong University, and has served as the deputy director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he is now a senior fellow. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1979, he was a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and an attorney-advisor to the governments of Chile and Colombia. Professor Heller is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) at the Woods Institute for the Environment. |
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Kejun JIANG - Energy Research Institute, China Jiang Kejun, got his Ph.D in Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1999. From 1993, Kejun Jiang began the research on climate change relative to energy policy analysis, which focus on energy technology policy assessment, energy supply policy assessment, renewable energy development and energy conservation. At present He is mainly working on policy assessment for energy and environment policy assessment by leading Integrated Policy Assessment Model for China (IPAC) team. Major focus includes energy policy, energy system, energy market analysis, and climate change, local environment policies and international negotiation. Started from 1997, worked with IPCC for Special Report on Emission Scenario and Working Group III Third Assessment Report. He was leader author for IPCC WGIII AR4 Chapter 3, and leader author for GEO-4 Chapter 2. |
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Raymond J. KOPP - Resources for the Future, USA Kopp holds Ph.D. and MA degrees in economics and an undergraduate degree in finance. He has been a member of the RFF research staff since 1977 and has held a variety of management positions within the institution. Kopp's interest in environmental policy began in the late 1970s, when he developed techniques to measure the effect of pollution control regulations on the economic efficiency of steam electric power generation. He then led the first examination of the cost of major U.S. environmental regulations in a full, general equilibrium, dynamic context by using an approach that is now widely accepted as state-of-the-art in cost-benefit analysis. During his career Kopp has specialized in the analysis of environmental and natural resource issues with a focus on Federal regulatory activity. He is an expert in techniques of assigning value to environmental and natural resources that do not have market prices, which is fundamental to cost-benefit analysis and the assessment of damages to natural resources. Kopp's current research interests focus on the design of domestic and international polices to combat climate change. |
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Leonardo MAUGERI - Eni Spa, Italy Among the world's leading energy experts, Leonardo Maugeri is Head of Strategy and Development at Eni. He specialised in international energy economics in Great Britain (London School of Economics) and the United States (Georgetown University, Washington DC). He joined Eni in 1994 and has occupied a number of important positions. Maugeri is also a director of Polimeri Europa SpA (the Eni petrochemical subsidiary), Italgas and the Fondazione Mattei. |
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William D. NORDHAUS - Yale University, USA William D. Nordhaus is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA . He completed his undergraduate work at Yale University and received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA . He has been on the faculty of Yale University since 1967 and has been Full Professor of Economics since 1973 and also is Professor in Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is on the research staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has been a member and senior advisor of the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C. since 1972. Professor Nordhaus is current or past editor of several scientific journals and has served on the Executive Committees of the American Economic Association and the Eastern Economic Association. He serves on the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Experts. From 1977 to 1979, he was a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. From 1986 to 1988, he served as the Provost of Yale University. He has served on several committees of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of many books and his research has focused on economic growth and natural resources, the economics of climate change, as well as the resource constraints on economic growth. |
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Richard G. RICHELS - Electric Power Research Institute, USA Dr. Richard Richels directs Global Climate Change Research at Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). In previous assignments, he directed EPRI's energy analysis, environmental risk, and utility planning research activities. He has served on a number of national and international advisory panels, including committees of the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Research Council. He served as an expert witness at the Department of Energy's hearings on the National Energy Strategy and testified at Congressional hearings on priorities in global climate change research. |
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Adam E. SIEMINSKI - Deutsche Bank, USA Adam Sieminski is the Chief Energy Economist for Deutsche Bank, working with the Bank's global commodities research and trading units. Drawing on extensive industry, government and academic sources, Mr. Sieminski forecasts energy market trends and writes on a variety of topics involving energy economics, climate change, politics and commodity prices. From 1998 to 2005 he served as the energy strategist for Deutsche Bank's global oil & gas equity team. Mr. Sieminski was the senior energy analyst for NatWest Securities in the US during 1988-1997, covering the major US international integrated oil companies. He received both his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and a masters in Public Administration from Cornell University. He has been president of the US Association for Energy Economics and the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts. He is a member of the US National Petroleum Council, an advisory group to the US Secretary of Energy, and helped author the NPC's Global Oil and Gas Study: The Hard Truths. He also acts as a senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington and is an advisory board member of the Global Energy and Environment Initiative at Johns Hopkins / SAIS. He is a member of the London, New York and Washington investment professional societies, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. |
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Domenico SINISCALCO - Morgan Stanley, Italy Domenico Siniscalco developed a successful academic career at a number of universities including the University of Cambridge, the Catholic University of Louvain, The Johns Hopkins University and, most recently, Turin University, where he was a full professor of Economics. He has also served on the boards of several research foundations and non-profit organizations in Italy and abroad, including the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (Beijer Institute). In April 2006, Domenico Siniscalco was appointed chairman of Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto for economic research. He joined Morgan Stanley in April 2006 as a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley International Limited and from December 2007 he is also Country Head for Italy. From July 2001 to September 2005, he served in the Italian government, first as Director General of the Treasury, then as Economy and Finance Minister. Prior to his appointment as Director General of the Treasury, he served as an independent director on the boards of several Italian listed companies, including Telecom Italia and ENI. Domenico Siniscalco is author of a number of academic books and more than 70 papers on industrial economics, privatisation, energy and environmental economics. Prof. Siniscalco has a Law Degree from Turin University and a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. |
