Energy and Security Conference

Energy and Security: Global Challenges – Regional Perspectives, was a conference held in Prague on October 19-21, 2004. The conference organisers were the Prague Security Studies Institute in partnership with the Program of Atlantic Security Studies and the Association for International AffairsEnergy and Security, Conference Summary, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 15-June-2009. Richard Perle delivered a talk at the conference entitled "The Nature of Terrorism ... And How to Cope with It"Energy and Security, Conference Report, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 15-June-2009.
==Oil Price Analysis==
Giulia Bisconti, the Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Under Secretary for Energy delivered a presentation on "The U.S. Energy Plan and the Challenges of Oil Market". The presentation included a graphic chart entitled Major Events and World Oil Prices 1970–2004. The following incidents were cited as co-inciding with increasing oil prices since 1970:
* Arab Oil Embargo
* Iranian Revolution
* Iran-Iraq War
* Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
* 9/11 Attacks
* Unrest in Venezuela
* Strong Demand Growth
According to the chart, oil price drops co-incided with the following events:
* Saudi's abandon "Swing Producer Role"
* Operation Desert Storm
* Asian Economic Crisis; Iraq Oil-For-Food 
Energy and Security, Conference Report, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 15-June-2009.
==List of Speakers==
Pavel Bem | Fatih Birol | Giulia Bisconti | Jacques Bouchard | Jerzy Buzek | Oldrich Cerny | Judy Dempsey | Robert Eagan | Susan Eisenhower | Joseph Gilben | Patrick Hardouin | Vaclav Havel | Martin Jahn | Hisham Khatib | Kunihide Kobayashi | Anne Korin | William Martin | Nobuya Minami | John Mitchell | Bedrich Moldan | Hiroshi Morimoto | Petr Necas | Jan Nehoda | Richard Perle | Ivan Pilip | Kevin Rosner | Heinz Rothermund | Jan Ruml | Magdalena Vasaryova | Alexandr Vondra | Robert Skinner | Vladimír Schmalz | Karel Schwarzenberg | Alvin Trivelpiece | David Waller | Michael ZantovskyEnergy and Security, Conference Summary, Prague Security Studies Institute, Accessed 15-June-2009
==Participants==
Fawzi Al-Quraishi | Regina Axelrod | Gawdat Bahgat | Margarita M Balmaceda | Pavel Bem | Antonin Berdych | Vaclav Binar | Fatih Birol | Giulia R Bisconti | Mariusz Bocian | Jacques Bouchard | Pavel Bratinka | Jan Bubenik | Viliam Buchert | Jerzy Buzek | William J Cabaniss | Oldrich Cerny | Erika Csekes | Mazin Dabbagh | Henry D Danziger | Andras Deak | Judy Dempsey | Paula J Dobriansky | Jan Dobrovsky | Robert J Eagan | Martin Ehl | Gabriel Eichler | Susan Eisenhower | Cezary Filipowicz | Milena Geussova | Joseph Gilben | Mikhail Gonchar | Ahmet K Han | Patrick Hardouin | Vaclav Havel | Charles B Heck | Kenneth M Hillas | Martin Jahn | Josef Jarab | Tomas Kadlec | Hisham Khatib | Kunhide Kobayashi | Anne Korin | Daniel Kostoval | Andrej Krawkyzk | Daniel Kaiser | Daniel Kumermann | Petr Kypr | Istvan Leko | Vratislav Ludvik | Gal Luft | Jeffrey Manners | Prince Mansour | Petr Mares | William Martin | Pavel Masa | Nobuya Minami | John V Mitchell | Akihisa Mizuno | Bedrich Moldan | Athur De Montalembert | Hiroshi Morimoto | Petr Necas | Jan Nehoda | Tomas Nemecek | Maciej Nowakowski | Frantisek Pazdera | Husinec-Rez | Richard Perle | Ivan Pilip | Roger W Robinson | Kevin Rosner | Heinz Rothermund | Jan Ruml | Vladimir Schmaltz | Jiri Schneider | Karel Schwarzenberg | Robert Skinner | Olga Solarikova | Radek Spicar | Richard Steffens | Christian-Marius Stryken | Dominik Stros | Frantisek Sulc | Pavel Svarc | Tomas Tichy | Oleksandr Todiychuk | Alvin W Trivelpiece | Jan Vacik | Peter Valert | Petr Vancura | Jan Vanous | Magdalena Vasaryova | Lubos Vesely | Alexandr Vondra | David Waller | Michael Zantovasky | Pavol Zatlkaj | Jan Zizka
==Notes==