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SUMMARY:Kozmetsky Forum on Global Challenges in Carbon Footprint
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin and the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance at St. Edward’s University host a series of Forums on Global Investment\, Finance\, Emerging Markets and Geopolitical Risk. Our next Forum on global challenges in carbon footprint will be moderated by John Bretz and will feature Dr. Dhabia M. Al-Mohannadi. \nTo mitigate the risks of global climate change\, the world has undertaken an unprecedented effort to transition its energy supply towards low carbon energy sources. This journey requires an effective energy transformation that accounts for sustainable economic growth\, affordability\, accessibility\, and security. When coupled with the need to reduce emissions\, the challenges ahead of energy transition are immense. This talk will look into sustainable energy transition for hydrocarbon including the role of renewable energy and carbon capture utilization and storage technology. \nDr. Al-Mohannadi’s work focuses on the systematic design of sustainable industrial parks under carbon dioxide limits\, resource management\, and climate policies evaluation. Her work deals with multidisciplinary problems that involves different decision-making processes\, engineering and economics. Her research leads to developing analytical tools that can assess flexibility\, robustness\, reliability of process systems at the design and operational level. \nResearch Interests \nProcess system engineering\nProcess integration\, modeling and optimization\nSustainable design and operation of eco-industrial parks\nCarbon dioxide mitigation and natural resource management\nInter-disciplinary approaches to decision-making and problem solving\nStrategic planning and techno-economic modeling \nExperience \n\n2018-Current — Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University at Qatar\nJune 2018 — Visiting graduate student at Imperial College of London\n2015-2018 — Visiting Scholar at Texas A&M University at Qatar\n2013-2018 — Graduate Fellow\, Qatar Research Leadership program (QRLP)\, Qatar Foundation\n\n \nAbout the Moderator: John is the former Country Manager for Anadarko Mozambique Lda\, and led in-country operations and administration in Maputo\, Mozambique for development of Mozambique’s first onshore greenfield US $20B+ world scale Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) development.  He previously served as Vice President Anadarko Energy Services Company leading the crude\, natural gas liquids and natural gas marketing and operations teams.  In addition\, he served as various  VPs for commodity marketing activities for Anadarko and was involved in operations for Anadarko midstream activities and ownership development.\nJohn has also held numerous managerial\, operations and engineering roles and responsibilities for Duke Energy\, Union Pacific Resources\, Chevron and others.  John has a MBA and Chemical Engineering degree both from Tulane University and is on the Advisory Board of the Austin Texas World Affairs council\, the Board of the Tulane University Business School Energy Institute\, member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and former Chairman of the Board of the World Affairs Council of Houston Texas. \n  \nThe Kozmetsky Forums will be held on Zoom during the fall of 2021. \n 
URL:https://wacaustin.org/event/kozmetsky-forum-on-qatar/
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CATEGORIES:Austin Center for Global Trade,educational,Global Trade
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline for Texas CEO Meeting with Japanese CEOs
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin invites you to apply by October 8th for the web-based online CEO Business Meetings during the SME New Value Creation Exhibition in December. \nTarget Industries: \nAI/IoT; CleanTech – Renewables\, Sustainability\, Contruction\, Building Materials (including Energy Efficiency); Disaster Prevention/Mitigation; Equipment Maintenance;  and new material related industries. \nIntended for: Decision-makers (CEOs\, Directors\, GMs\, etc.) in above companies who are: \nSeeking to increase added value through technological collaboration. \nInvolved in manufacturing of equipment\, devices\, parts or materials\, and would like to have business meetings with Japanese corporate decision-makers. \nConsidering technical collaboration or joint development with Japanese companies\, and/or OEM in the above industries. \nApply to express your interest in joining this CEO network enhancing opportunity on/before 8 October 2021:  https://krs.bz/smrj/m?f=286 \n 
URL:https://wacaustin.org/event/application-deadline-for-texas-ceo-meet-with-japanese-ceos/
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CATEGORIES:Asia,Austin Center for Global Trade,Business
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