Summer Energy School due in Baku
By Amina Nazarli
The Caspian Center for Energy and Environment of ADA University in partnership with the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR will organize the 9th Baku Summer Energy School on July 4-17.
The two-week certificate program will bring together world-renowned scholars, practitioners and policy makers to examine and gain a better understanding of global and Caspian energy and environment issues.
Besides the regional pipeline and energy security developments, participants will become acquainted with a wide range of issues such as fundamentals of energy, energy law and economics, environmental issues, management in oil and gas industry, and the strategic outlook of SOCAR.
Baku Summer Energy School provides ample opportunity to meet and network with public and private sector leaders from all over the world. Participants will have a chance to discuss challenging issues with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Energy, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, who will be key speakers along with executives of oil companies such as TAP, BP, Exxon, Petronas, TOTAL, Statoil, LUKOIL. The list of the instructors will be complemented by leading experts from world academia including but not limited to University of Oxford, Sciences-Po, Princeton University and Russian Academy of Sciences.
The program also prides itself on outstanding recreational opportunities and unique site visits it offers associated with Azerbaijan’s oil and gas industry of the past and present, ranging from the Sangachal oil terminal, Mud Volcanoes, to the museums of Azerbaijan’s first oil baron, Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev and the world-renowned Nobel Brothers.
Upon completion of the program, participants will be awarded certificates signed by the Rector of ADA University and the President of SOCAR.
ADA University already cooperates with many universities including in the U.S., UK, France, Italy, Japan, Argentina, Netherlands, China and Lithuania.
Founded by the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry and chartered by a presidential decree, ADA University is dedicated to training innovative global leaders and promoting useful collaborative research on diplomacy, public and international affairs, business, humanities and sciences, information technologies, and system engineering.
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