Middle East Expert Heads List of Dallas Luncheon Speakers

The Middle East dominates the world's energy scene, the world's politics, the world's media focus -- and in Dallas, the Middle East will again be in the spotlight.

Amy Myers Jaffe, well-known oil specialist and Wallace Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, will discuss the challenges facing OPEC in the coming years during her address to the All-Convention Luncheon.

The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 19, at the Dallas Convention Center.

The luncheon also provides the setting for recognition of Mike Fillipow as AAPG's Earth Sciences Teacher of the Year.

Jaffe was principal author of the Baker Institute's first eight energy studies that covered energy policy and trends in the Middle East, Caspian Basin, China and Japan, as well as emerging technologies in the nuclear and natural gas sectors.

The All-Convention kicks off the annual meeting's slate of division luncheons, all of which will be held at the Dallas Convention Center.

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