Speaker Invitation - 4TH ESCP EUROPE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN THE USA

With the present letter, we would like to invite you to participate as a keynote speaker at the 4th ESCP Europe Energy Management Seminar in the USA. ESCP Europe the world’s oldest Business School which is ranked consistently within the top 10 Business School in Europe has a leading graduate study program in Energy Management that attracts future industry executives from all over the world.This year’s seminar which takes place under the auspices and with the cooperation of the US-based International Association for Energy Economics (www.iaee.org), brings our top graduate students to Washington DC and Houston for a combined lecturing and field-trip experience.Our group will be comprised of 27 students (17 from our full time MSc (MEM) and 10 from our Executive Master (EMEM)). Please note that the current class of MEM and EMEM students is truly multicultural and diverse, verifying the international dimension of all ESCP Europe master programmes. Our MEM students have 2 years of experience and are 25 years old on average whereas our EMEM students have at least 10 years of experience and are 35 years old on average. Our MEMs and EMEMs represent over 15 nationalities.

We would be honoured if you would accept our invitation to give a 60min lecture (including discussion) to our students about the U.S.-China relations on Monday 18th or Tuesday 19th June, ideally between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m at the  Washington Plaza hotel.

In anticipation of your positive response, we remain at your disposal to discuss further details.

Best regards,

Georgia Makridou

 

 

About ESCP Europe

Established in 1819, ESCP Europe is the first business school in the world. Its mission is to develop the next generation of transnational business leaders, preparing them to embrace the opportunities offered by cultural diversity.

With its six urban campuses in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Turin and Warsaw, ESCP Europe's true European Identity enables the provision of a unique style of cross-cultural business education and a Global Perspective on international management issues.

Through a combination of innovative pedagogy, cross-campus programmes and a research-active faculty, ESCP Europe is an essential contributor to the development of the transnational management culture so essential in today’s global business environment.

Our network of 120 partner universities extends the School’s reach from European to worldwide. Triple-crown accredited (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB), ESCP Europe welcomes 4,600 students and 5,000 executives from 100 different nationalities every year, offering them a wide range of general management and specialised programmes (Bachelor, Master, MBA, PhD and Executive Education).

The School's 50,000-strong alumni network counts members from 150 nationalities. Together with its long-standing relationships with national and multinational companies, this network allows ESCP Europe to provide unique career opportunities on an international scale.

The aspiration of ESCP Europe is the credo of Europe: to remain faithful to its humanistic values while at the same time anticipating the new ways of the world.

 

About the RCEM

Few would dispute the assertion that we are entering a new energy era: global demand for oil booms as supplies dwindle; price volatility and geopolitical instability are increasingly common, as are globalisation and market deregulation; and all the while environmental concerns grow. Both collectively and individually these factors call for a significant restructuring of the energy sector to improve efficiency and develop new sustainable energy sources.
The challenge is primarily technological but also managerial. Considering the amount of capital needed to boost energy supplies and promote the necessary technological innovations in a world of high uncertainty, expertise in project management, supply chain, finance, human resource and organisational management are of the utmost importance for decision making and forming policy.

Bringing together the expertise of its faculty and its many external international associates, the objective of the Research Centre for Energy Management (RCEM) at ESCP Europe Business School is to cooperate with, and possibly assist, key industry players to facilitatethe integration of managerial and technological skills.

The results of RCEM's research will become available to the public through publications, workshops and conferences, educational programmes and other public outreach activities. Research at RCEM will be enhanced through direct cooperation with government agencies, and academic and industry associates from across the globe.

Ralph Winnie, Jr. Featured in Sputnik News; Trump-Kim Summit Analysis

Trump-Kim Summit May Change DPRK-US Relations ‘Equities’, Analysts Say

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore could prove a total failure or succeed in changing the basic "equities" of Pyongyang’s relations with the United States and the wider world, analysts told Sputnik.

Trump and Kim on Tuesday signed a joint statement pledging to work toward the "denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula and the United States promised to provide Pyongyang with security guarantees.

Trump’s US critics including Democratic leaders in Congress Senator Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi criticized Trump for ending the regular joint US military exercises with South Korea and allegedly getting nothing in return.
TRUMP, KIM BROKE 65 YEAR US DEADLOCK WITH NORTH KOREA
However, retired United Kingdom diplomat Jonathan Clarke, a former official of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Trump had introduced a new momentum into US-North Korea relations, ending a 65 year deadlock since the Korean War armistice agreement in 1953.
"The summit has introduced an entirely new dynamic into the 70-plus year negotiations on the peninsula," Clarke said. "This may prove a total bust, as many are predicting, or could give us all a chance to look at the equities in a different way."

Clarke pointed out that the government of South Korea under President Moon Jae-in had supported the holding of the summit and had welcomed its outcome.
"The South Koreans seem reasonably happy, which is significant," which is significant.
However, the Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which has increased security ties with the US since Trump took office, appeared alarmed about the uncertainties that the Trump-Kim talks might introduce into US security policies towards Northeast Asia, Clarke acknowledged.

Clarke emphasized that it was far too soon to see what the consequences from and reactions to the Singapore summit would be.
 
"As for what will actually happen, as the FCO wisdom goes, ‘time will tell,’" he concluded.

TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT HAILED AS HISTORIC, BUT CAUTION STILL REQUIRED

Eurasia Center Vice President Ralph Winnie agreed the Singapore meeting was historic in nature, but he too emphasized the importance of vigilance and caution in carefully monitoring its consequences.

"I think the summit was historic. We have got commitments from both sides… [However] It is too early to talk about future and we have to be very cautious," he said.

US policymakers, intelligence officials and military commanders could not afford to be complacent about assessing possible North Korean moves following the summit, Winnie cautioned.
"I think we have to see what the North Korean will do. I think we should monitor the situation. No questions that the US side should be very vigilant," Winnie said.
Winnie also expressed optimism that Trump had not scrapped the regular South Korea-US military exercises without getting significant concessions in return from Kim Jong-un.

"I think Kim will give us some plan in exchange for the US not engaging wartime exercises," he said.

The Singapore summit should be seen as the beginning of what could prove to be long and possibly complex course of negotiations and in potential increased engaged on both sides, Winnie assessed.
"The process has started, but certainly it is a long way to go," he concluded.
Trump and Kim in their agreement pledged to re-start US-North Korean relations for the sake of mutual prosperity, pursue the demilitarization and denuclearization of the entire Korean peninsula and work together to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula.

They also agreed to cooperate on recovering the remains of prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action during the 1950-53 Korean War.

Ralph Winnie, Jr. Featured in Sputnik News; Trump-Kim Summit Analysis

Opinion 07:44 13.06.2018

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore could prove a total failure or succeed in changing the basic "equities" of Pyongyang’s relations with the United States and the wider world, analysts told Sputnik.

Trump and Kim on Tuesday signed a joint statement pledging to work toward the "denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula and the United States promised to provide Pyongyang with security guarantees.

Trump’s US critics including Democratic leaders in Congress Senator Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi criticized Trump for ending the regular joint US military exercises with South Korea and allegedly getting nothing in return.

TRUMP, KIM BROKE 65 YEAR US DEADLOCK WITH NORTH KOREA

However, retired United Kingdom diplomat Jonathan Clarke, a former official of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Trump had introduced a new momentum into US-North Korea relations, ending a 65 year deadlock since the Korean War armistice agreement in 1953.

"The summit has introduced an entirely new dynamic into the 70-plus year negotiations on the peninsula," Clarke said. "This may prove a total bust, as many are predicting, or could give us all a chance to look at the equities in a different way."

Clarke pointed out that the government of South Korea under President Moon Jae-in had supported the holding of the summit and had welcomed its outcome.

"The South Koreans seem reasonably happy, which is significant," which is significant.

However, the Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which has increased security ties with the US since Trump took office, appeared alarmed about the uncertainties that the Trump-Kim talks might introduce into US security policies towards Northeast Asia, Clarke acknowledged.

"Tokyo is petrified, but that is entirely predictable," he said.

Clarke emphasized that it was far too soon to see what the consequences from and reactions to the Singapore summit would be.

"As for what will actually happen, as the FCO wisdom goes, ‘time will tell,’" he concluded.

TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT HAILED AS HISTORIC, BUT CAUTION STILL REQUIRED

Eurasia Center Vice President Ralph Winnie agreed the Singapore meeting was historic in nature, but he too emphasized the importance of vigilance and caution in carefully monitoring its consequences.

"I think the summit was historic. We have got commitments from both sides… [However] It is too early to talk about future and we have to be very cautious," he said.

US policymakers, intelligence officials and military commanders could not afford to be complacent about assessing possible North Korean moves following the summit, Winnie cautioned.

"I think we have to see what the North Korean will do. I think we should monitor the situation. No questions that the US side should be very vigilant," Winnie said.

Winnie also expressed optimism that Trump had not scrapped the regular South Korea-US military exercises without getting significant concessions in return from Kim Jong-un.

"I think Kim will give us some plan in exchange for the US not engaging wartime exercises," he said.

The Singapore summit should be seen as the beginning of what could prove to be long and possibly complex course of negotiations and in potential increased engaged on both sides, Winnie assessed.

"The process has started, but certainly it is a long way to go," he concluded.

Trump and Kim in their agreement pledged to re-start US-North Korean relations for the sake of mutual prosperity, pursue the demilitarization and denuclearization of the entire Korean peninsula and work together to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula.

They also agreed to cooperate on recovering the remains of prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action during the 1950-53 Korean War.

On June 2nd, 2018 Ralph E. Winnie, Jr. was invited to a private screening at the National Museum of American History-Won't You Be My Neighbor