Booking has opened for a controversial new lecture series which will shed light on the current challenges and debates within the energy sector.
Hosted by the University of Aberdeen, Energy Controversies will bring together leading figures from the oil and gas industry alongside academics and experts from all areas of the energy sector.
Aimed at influencing energy and social policy at a local and national level, the series will launch on Thursday 5 February with the first of seven fortnightly public lectures.
An alternative energy panel discussion session bringing together key opinion formers and influencers from opposing strands of the energy debate will also take place as part of the series.
Attendance to the series is free and online registration is now live at www.abdn.ac.uk/energycontroversies .
Highly topical issues to be covered include the exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves and their decline as an energy source, the impact of the changing political climate on the energy industry, and the concern surrounding the environmental impact of our continued use of fossil fuels.
Dr Jim Buckee, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Talisman and Dr Peter Jackson Senior Director for Oil Industry Activity at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, will be amongst the lecture speakers, alongside leading academics from the University of Aberdeen, providing their unique insights into critical issues high on the energy agenda.
The alternative energy panel discussion session will invite members of the public to air their views and pose questions to experts representing the key areas of the alternative energy sector. Chaired by former BBC Scotland Environment Correspondent Louise Batchelor, the session will feature speakers including Professor Ian Fells Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at the University of Newcastle; Professor Ian Bryden from University of Edinburgh Institute for Energy Systems, and leading biofuels expert Almuth Ernsting.
Energy Controversies will begin on Thursday 5February with a lecture by Peter Smith, Professor of Soils & Global Change at the University of Aberdeen and author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, entitled Global warming: The View of the IPCC.
For full details of the lecture series programme and to book a free place visit www.abdn.ac.uk/energycontroversies or telephone the University of Aberdeen Events Office on 01224 273874.