Oil Price Trends and Fluctuations: An Alternative Approach to the Global Petroleum Market

Panellist:

Blas Regnault Marcano (PhD), Sociologist. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela

Blas has an M.A. in public policies (Laval University, Quebec, Canada) with an emphasis on Education; PhD in Development Studies (International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University of Rotterdam). Twenty-five years as a Lecturer and Researcher in Sociology and Political Economy, advising and evaluating educational, social, and economic policies in Venezuela and Latin America for public institutions, multilateral organisations, and national and multinational private companies. Experienced in constructing conventional and unconventional impact indicators for results-based management, focusing on social and economic inclusion rights.

Moderator:

Francisco Monaldi (PhD), Fellow n Latin American Energy Policy & Director, Latin American Energy Policy Programme, Centre for Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Energy Policy, Rice University

Francisco is also a fellow at the Center for the United States and Mexico, a lecturer in energy management at the Jones Graduate of School of Business, and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice University. He is a member of the International Faculty at IESA School of Management in Venezuela and Panama, where he was a professor and the founding director of the Center for Energy and the Environment. He is a nonresident fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. He is a member of the International Advisory Council of Global Americans, the Venezuela Solutions Group of the Atlantic Council, and the Education Advisory Board of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.

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