{"295291":{"#nid":"295291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sam Nunn Policy Forum Welcomes U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz for Discussion of Natural Gas Landscape","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe shale boom in North America and expansion of the liquefied natural gas trade are shaping a new era in energy. The profound changes afforded by natural gas were the focus of the\u0026nbsp;2014\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/sam-nunn-forum\/2014\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;keynoted by\u0026nbsp;U.S. Secretary of Energy\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EErnest Moniz.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresentations by\u0026nbsp;noted academic, government, and private-sector experts on technology, public policy, and international affairs encompassed technological, market, and political innovations in the U.S. gas and oil sectors. The presentations also served to disprove popular beliefs regarding America\u2019s dependency on imported energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite optimism towards tapping these natural domestic resources and becoming a net exporter, concerns remain about problems of scale and profitability of untapped resources, the management of ecological risks and network interdependence, and foreign sales driving prices too high for domestic customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticular attention was devoted to exploring the intersection of the digital and energy revolutions. Also explored were the implications for U.S. leadership in promoting energy security and spurring economic competitiveness at the global, national, and state levels. Drawing on the insight of outstanding panelists, the forum highlighted technological innovations and novel public-private-academic partnerships underway in Georgia and across the Southeast region aimed at redressing critical infrastructure, policy, and consumer challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVideos from the forum U.S. Competitiveness amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast may be accessed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMo0MYdPYJKfuYprCg0v3zw\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2014 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/sam-nunn-forum\/2014\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESam Nunn Policy Forum\u003C\/a\u003E, with keynote speaker U.S. secretary of energy \u003Cstrong\u003EErnest Moniz\u003C\/strong\u003E, brought together noted academic, government, and private-sector experts on technology, public policy, and international affairs to address this year\u0027s topic: \u201cU.S. Competitiveness amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2014 Sam Nunn Policy Forum, with keynote speaker U.S. secretary of energy Ernest Moniz, brought together noted academic, government, and private-sector experts on technology, public policy, and international affairs."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-05-06 11:24:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:22","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"295281":{"id":"295281","type":"image","title":"2014 Nunn Policy Forum","body":null,"created":"1449244514","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:14","changed":"1475894995","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:55","alt":"2014 Nunn Policy Forum","file":{"fid":"199377","name":"nunnforum.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nunnforum_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nunnforum_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":35570,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nunnforum_0.jpg?itok=0zPlqVcC"}}},"media_ids":["295281"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}