Gulf Research Center and Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies

Conference on

Energy Security: Potential for EU-GCC Cooperation

Manama, Bahrain

November 9-10, 2010

The Conference on Energy Security: Potential for EU-GCC Cooperation will be held on November 09-10, 2010 at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel in Manama, Bahrain.

This high-level international conference is organized by the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (BCSIES) and The Gulf Research Center Foundation (GRCF).

The conference is one of the concluding events of SECURE, a research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme with the objective of building a comprehensive framework that covers the issues related to security of supply inside and outside the EU.

The conference will bring together some 150 energy security policy experts, among them Ministers of Oil & Gas / Energy from the region, representatives of the European Union to the Gulf Cooperation Council, Academics, CEOs of the major Oil corporations, civil servants and diplomats in the region.

The objective of the conference is to create a platform for discussion and dialogue on past, current and future energy security problems and solutions. The current and emerging energy and greenhouse gas challenges will also be addressed.

The conference will consist of six plenary sessions, introduced by a short presentation of SECURE research outcomes, followed by a panel of discussants composed of energy security policy experts from different backgrounds.

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