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Past Event
Seminar

Energy, Security, and the Long War of the 21st Century

Open to the Public

James Woolsey will speak about the potential transformations proceeding from innovations in energy, including the growth of alternatives to conventional petroleum, and the impact of these and other developments on national security. He puts special emphasis on homeland defense and how we can make our society and economy more resilient.

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James Woolsey will speak about the potential transformations proceeding from innovations in energy, including the growth of alternatives to conventional petroleum, and the impact of these and other developments on national security. He puts special emphasis on homeland defense and how we can make our society and economy more resilient.

Woolsey specializes in a range of alternative energy and security issues; he currently chairs the Strategic Advisory Group of the Washington, D.C. private equity fund, Paladin Capital Group; is a Senior Executive Advisor to the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton; and is Of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. office of the Boston-based law firm, Goodwin Procter. He previously served in the U.S. Government on five different occasions, where he held Presidential appointments in two Republican and two Democratic administrations, most recently (1993-95) as Director of Central Intelligence. From July 2002 to March 2008 Woolsey was a Vice President and officer of Booz Allen Hamilton.

The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public.