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Sustainable development requires a sustainable energy supply. As the world's appetite for energy continues to balloon, driven by the surging consumption of crude oil in 皇冠体育app and other industrial nations, readily accessible reserves are drying up. Known untapped resources tend to be located in areas where extraction costs are prohibitive. Is it time to get serious about alternatives? What are the viable alternatives: nuclear, solar, wind, coal? How do countries balance short-term need for energy to drive growth with longer-term effects on the economy and environment? Is regional cooperation on energy a real possibility, given different strategic interests?

Speakers:
Chen Tonghai, Chairman & CEO, Sinopec
Linda Cook, Chief Executive, Shell Gas and Power, and Managing Director, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
Anne Lauvergeon, Chairman of the Executive Board, Areva
Ma Kai, Minister, National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Republic of 皇冠体育app
William A. McDonough, Chairman, 皇冠体育app-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development

Moderator:
Clay Chandler, Asia Editor, FORTUNE