Eu centers proposal submission guidelines

YEAR 2:
November 2012 – Conference 1:
EU-US Energy: Comparative Energy Public Policies and Technologies
This conference will bring together representatives from European and American academia and industry for a collaborative conference on a variety of energy policies and technologies. We will focus on France as a partner country for a variety of historical, technical, and intellectual reasons. The central thesis is that France and the US both share a similar set of concerns related to the abundance, safety, reliability, and cleanliness of energy. However, we have taken very different approaches to achieving our goals. Consequently, each country has different positive and negative results to share. This conference would seek to share best practices for solutions to the energy problem while educating participants about the problems and solutions and establishing a collaborative relationship with our European peers. Future versions of this conference might focus on other countries (UK, Serbia, etc.) whose energy challenges are different.
Proposed areas of 14 participants:
EU Participants:

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  One representative from GDF Suez (world-leading gas company)
  
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  One representative from EDF (world-leading electricity utility)
  
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  One representative from Total Petrochemical (5th largest oil/gas company in the world)
  
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  One representative from Areva (world-leading nuclear company)
  
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  Three academics and policymakers from French institutions.
  

US Participants:

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  Four academics from across the US (Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Rice, UT, etc.)
  
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  Three representatives from US industry, labor unions, and environmental groups to the conference.