2012 Duke Powering the World: Energy in Emerging
Markets Workshop
The Fuqua School of Business – HCA Auditorium
February 22, 2012
1 Tower View Drive ● Durham NC-27708 ● Phone 919.660.7700 ● Fax 919.684.2818
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2012 Schedule of Events
8:30 – 9:00
Registration – Breeden Hallway
9:00 – 9:15
Opening and Welcome
Christina Yagjian – Workshop Coordinator, MBA Energy Club
9:20 – 10:05
Opening Keynote Discussion
Louis Edozien, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited
Dan Vermeer, Director, Duke Center for Energy Development and Global Environment
(Moderator)
10:10 – 11:10
Panel: Development, Energy Access & the Environment: A Nexus of Opportunity
 Myles Elledge, RTI International
 Donald Hubbard, AES
 Dana Kenney, DAI
 Davida Wood, World Resources Institute
 Billy Pizer, Associate Professor, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, and
Faculty Fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (Moderator)
11:10 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15
Simulation: How Will YOU Power It?
Using the Chevron “Energyville” simulation, participants will be asked to form teams of four or
five to play this energy game. Prizes will be given to the team that most successfully meets
demand for their city’s 5.9 million people while balancing environmental and municipal security
issues.
12:15 – 12:30
Closing Remarks
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SPEAKER PROFILES
Keynote Speaker
Louis Edozien - Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited
Louis Edozien is the Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services of the Niger Delta
Power Holding Company Limited. He is responsible for technical issues related to construction,
investment recovery, operation and management of $9 billion government-funded gas,
generation (4,770 MW), transmission and distribution assets. Mr. Edozien is also the Director of
Elinex Nigeria Limited where he provides technical management and financial advisory services
to companies operating in heavy industry. Mr. Edozien, served as a Power Sector Consultant to
the Africa Finance Corporation, a private sector-led investment bank and development finance
institution created to help mobilize and channel required capital towards driving Africa’s
economic development. He has also served as a Consultant for the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). Mr. Edozien earned his Master’s in Electrical
Engineering from Stanford University in 1983, and a degree in applied mathematics, and social
studies at Harvard University in 1981.
Panelists
Myles F. Elledge - RTI
Myles Elledge has 20 years of experience in international development policy and planning. He
has worked in the U.S.A. and in 17 developing countries on issues of economic and social
development as well as environmental health. He has experience leading interdisciplinary
studies and strategic program evaluations to improve public sector management and access to
basic services, with such clients as the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Asian
Development Bank, the World Bank, and Japanese foreign aid agencies.
Donald Hubbard - AES
Donald Hubbard is the Managing Director of the AES LNG/Gas Program and is currently
assessing the LNG/Gas strategy for markets served by AES. Previously, Mr. Hubbard was the
Chief Financial Officer and a Project Developer for AES Africa Power Company BV, where he was
responsible for managing investment opportunities in Africa, strategic planning in concert with
the President and COO and managing APCO’s financing activities. Mr. Hubbard is an
experienced international financial and project development advisor with 22 years of advisory
experience for businesses conducting operations in various aspects of the power industry and
other infrastructure related industries in Europe, Africa, China and the United States. Mr.
Hubbard holds a law degree and a B.S. with an engineering focus from the U.S. Naval Academy
and served approximately 8 years in the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Teams.
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Dana Kenney – DAI
Dana Kenney is an energy and climate change expert with more than 20 years of experience in
policy analysis, project implementation, and capacity building in developing countries and the
United States. Ms. Kenney is well versed in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies
and policies to support both urban and rural development, with a focus on stakeholder
engagement. Before joining DAI, she led efforts to achieve the City of Chicago's building retrofit
goals under the Chicago Climate Action Plan, and provided oversight of the city's electric utility
franchise agreement. For the prior 10 years, Ms. Kenney developed strategies and programs for
the U.S. Agency for International Development and managed a multimillion dollar portfolio of
energy, water, and environment programs supporting policy, legal, and regulatory reforms;
enterprise commercialization; and rural development. Earlier in her career, she worked in the
electric utility industry after serving as an energy management expert for local government and
private consulting firms.
Davida Wood - World Resources Institute
Davida Wood is a Project Manager with the Electricity Governance Initiative at the World
Resources Institute. Prior to joining WRI, Davida was with USAID’s Office of Infrastructure and
Engineering, where she developed and managed a portfolio of projects at the nexus of
democratization and energy sector governance. This suite of projects focused on improving
transparency, accountability and public participation in energy sector institutions as well as
building the capacity of civil society to effectively participate in sector decision making
processes. Originally from South Africa, her interest in environmental governance stems from
work with a network of civil society organizations participating in the development of natural
resource legislation to meet the needs of the new South Africa.
Billy Pizer – Sanford School of Public Policy
Billy Pizer is Associate Professor at the Sanford School and Faculty Fellow at the Nicholas
Institute. His current research examines how public policies to promote clean energy can
effectively leverage private sector investments, how environmental regulation and climate
policy can affect production costs and competitiveness, and how the design of market-based
environmental policies can be improved. From 2008 until 2011, he was Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, overseeing
Treasury’s role in the domestic and international environment and energy agenda of the United
States. Prior to that, he was a researcher at Resources for the Future for more than a decade.
Dan Vermeer – Fuqua School of Business
Daniel Vermeer directs Duke University's Center for Energy, Development, and the Global
Environment (EDGE), a dynamic initiative focused on accelerating progress toward a sustainable
energy system that can meet the global demand for energy, resources, and improved quality of
life. Dr. Vermeer joined Duke from The Coca-Cola Company, where he led the Global Water
Initiative, an industry-leading effort to formulate and implement a comprehensive approach to
protecting the quality and availability of the company's primary ingredient. He is the founder
and chief architect of the Global Water Challenge, a multi-partner organization for innovative
water and sanitation initiatives, co-author of the CEO Water Mandate (signed by more than 50
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Fortune 500 companies), and lead contributor to several policy documents issued through the
World Economic Forum, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the United
Nations Foundation.
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DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
The Fuqua School of Business is located at One Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708. The
building entrance is across the street from the Visitor Parking Lot, which is on Science Drive
between Towerview Drive and NC-751. Please let us know if you will be driving to the workshop
and we will provide you with a parking pass.
From Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Take I-40 West to Exit 279B (Durham Expressway/NC-147). Continue on NC-147 and take the
Chapel Hill Street Exit. Turn right at Chapel Hill Street, which becomes Duke University Road.
Follow Duke University Road to the end and make a right onto Cameron Boulevard. Go to the
first traffic light and turn right onto Science Drive. Pass a parking lot and the R. David Thomas
Center on your left. You will then see a visitor parking lot on your right. Turn right into the
parking lot.
Note: The Duke MBA Energy Club offers shuttles to and from the airport. Please contact Christina
Yagjian for more information: christina.yagjian@fuqua.duke.edu.
From Atlanta and southern points
Take I-85 North to Durham, Exit 173. Make a right onto U.S. 15/501 South. Continue on 15/501
South until you reach NC 751/Duke University. Turn left onto NC 751. Proceed up the hill to the
third traffic light. At the light, make a left onto Science Drive. Pass a parking lot and the R. David
Thomas Center on your left. You will then see a visitor parking lot on your right. Turn right into
the parking lot.
From Washington, DC and northern points
From I-95 South, go through Richmond to Petersburg, VA. Follow the signs to I-85 South
(Durham). Upon entering the Durham city limits, exit left onto 15/501 South (Duke University/
Chapel Hill). Take the NC 751/Duke University Exit. Turn left at NC 751. Proceed up the hill to the
third traffic light. At the light, make a left onto Science Drive. Pass a parking lot and the R. David
Thomas Center on your left. You will then see a visitor parking lot on your right. Turn right into
the parking lot.
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