The 2015-2016 Thomas O. Enders Memorial Lecture on U.S.-Canadian Relations with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley on April 28, 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY
“Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan and opportunities for Canada–U.S. climate and energy collaboration”
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to give the 2015-2016 Thomas O. Enders Memorial Lecture on U.S.-Canadian Relations at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); co-hosted by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES).
Nearly a year after Alberta’s historic election where the New Democratic Party swept to power after more than 40 years of Progressive Conservative governments in the province, Premier Rachel Notley is making her first trip to Washington, D.C. Alberta is Canada’s largest producer of oil and gas, the majority of which is exported to the United States. The Notley government has simultaneously taken a leadership role on the environment, while seeking to manage the effects of low oil and gas prices on the provincial economy. Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan is key to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate commitments at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris.
Speaker Introduction by Dr. Christopher Sands, Director, Center for Canadian Studies
Q&A Session moderated by Bob Perciasepe, President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Date
6:00–7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 28 2016
Location
Bergsten Auditorium
Peterson Institute for International Economics
1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Register
The discussion is open to the public and media, with registration. Members of the working press may send an RSVP to starr.lee@jhu.edu.
Media Contacts
Christopher Sands
Director, Center for Canadian Studies
Johns Hopkins SAIS
202.663.7724 office
202.352.3621 mobile
csands@jhu.edu
Stacy A. Anderson
Communications Manager
Johns Hopkins SAIS
202.663.5620 office
202.853.7983 mobile
sande100@jhu.edu
Laura Rehrmann
Director of Communications
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
703.516.0621 office
703.774.5480 mobile
rehrmannL@c2es.org
About the Thomas O. Enders Memorial Lecture
The Thomas O. Enders Memorial Lecture is named for the distinguished diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Canada for President Gerald R. Ford and President James Earl Carter. Enders held a number of other important posts during his foreign service career, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and U.S. Ambassador to Spain. In 1963, while serving as an economist in the Bureau of European Affairs, he encountered the pioneering work on optimal currency areas by Johns Hopkins University Professor of Economics Robert Mundell, a Canadian and future Nobel Laureate in Economics who was the founder of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS. The Thomas and Gaetana Enders Foundation sponsors this annual lecture on U.S.-Canadian relations with a particular focus on economic issues.
For more information, visit @SAISCanada.
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