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By Sara Rajabova

Caspian Center for Energy and Environment (CCEE) of ADA University together with the Azerbaijani state energy company will organize the eighth annual Baku Summer Energy School on July 5-18, 2014.

The two-week certificate program will bring together world-renowned scholars, academicians 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 impacts, 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, TOTAL, Statoil, LUKOIL. The list of the instructors will be complemented by leading experts from world academia such as University of Oxford, Sciences-Po, Princeton University, Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.

Finally, the program gives outstanding recreational opportunities and unique site visits connected to Azerbaijan's oil and gas industry of the past and present, such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the Sangachal oil terminal, Mud Volcanoes, and 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 by the ADA University.
To apply, please visit http://ccee.ada.edu.az/summerschool

The CCEE is a core institution providing policy relevant and academic research, teaching and training, as well as variety of outreach activities in the sphere of energy and environment in the wider Caspian region.

It studies energy and environmental issues in a comprehensive and integrated manner, guiding effective and pragmatic policies to address regional and global energy issues. It strictly adheres to the values of rigorous ethic of objectivity, critical awareness, and civic engagement.