U.S. Competitiveness Amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast [Welcome]

Bankoff, Joseph R.; Bras, Rafael L.

Title:

U.S. Competitiveness Amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast [Welcome]

dc.contributor.author	Bankoff, Joseph R.
dc.contributor.author	Bras, Rafael L.
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of International Affairs	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. Office of the Provost	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-04-22T17:36:39Z
dc.date.available	2014-04-22T17:36:39Z
dc.date.issued	2014-04-16
dc.description	Presented at the 2014 Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum: U.S. Competitiveness Amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast, April 16, 2014, in the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center.	en_US
dc.description	Joseph R. Bankoff is the Chair and Professor of the Practice, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Joseph R. Bankoff was appointed chair of The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in August 2012. Bankoff’s professional experience ranges across law and policy, economic development, government legislation, fiscal planning, and global issues. He has been involved with the Nunn School’s Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum since its inception. Bankoff’s work with Georgia Tech spans nearly two decades beginning with his role as partner in the law firm of King & Spalding where he founded the firm’s intellectual property practice group. He served as co- chair of the external advisory board to the College of Computing, and as a member of the board of the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT), and as an advisor in the preparation of the 2010 Georgia Tech Strategic Plan. Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty, Bankoff was, for six years, the President & CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center, one of the nation’s four largest performing arts centers. He spearheaded development of a new amphitheater and created a comprehensive strategic and financial plan encompassing the Center’s four artistic divisions, a new governance structure, a new campus master plan, and greatly expanded the Center’s arts education outreach. Prior to that Bankoff was a partner for 30 years at King & Spalding LLP, working in the areas of technology and communication disputes trying major lawsuits in patent, copyright, trade secret, media and technology-related matters. Repeatedly recognized as one of Atlanta’s top lawyers, Bankoff was selected by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in his practice area and as one of “The Best Lawyers in America.” As Television Counsel to the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), he negotiated television rights agreements for the 1996 Olympic Games in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, the Arab States Broadcasting Union, Latin and South America. He also represented the Sydney Olympic Committee in its U.S. TV agreement. Bankoff received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Purdue University. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois. In 1992, he was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich, Germany.	en_US
dc.description	Rafael L. Bras is the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Rafael L. Bras is a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He holds the K. Harrison Brown Family Chair. Prior to becoming provost, Bras was distinguished professor and dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering of the University of California, Irvine (UCI). For 32 years prior to joining UCI, he was a professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is past chair of the MIT faculty, former head of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and former director of MIT’s Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory. He currently serves on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.	en_US
dc.description	Runtime: 07:33 minutes	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Joseph R. Bankoff and Rafael Bras deliver the welcome address to the Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum 2014. The Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum brings together noted academic, government, and private sector experts on technology, public policy, and international affairs to address issues of immediate importance to the nation.	en_US
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dc.format.extent	07:33 minutes
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51626
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Sam Nunn Policy Forum
dc.subject	Energy policy	en_US
dc.subject	Natural gas	en_US
dc.title	U.S. Competitiveness Amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast [Welcome]	en_US
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dc.type.genre	Lecture
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