October 13, 2009 | 8:00PM |OPENING SESSION

Carnegie Music Hall

Carnegie Music Hall Main Auditorium
Lecture by FAREED ZAKARIA
CNN host & Newsweek columnist

Topic: “The Real Solution to the Middle East Crisis”

Introduction by the Honorable Paul O’Neill
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary

October 14, 2009 | 8:00am (Registration 7:30am) to 11:45am | BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM

Duquesne Club

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi
Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman

Introduction by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh

Remarks: The Honorable Ambassador Patrick N. Theros, President, US-Qatar Business Council, Washington, D.C., and former Ambassador from the United States to Qatar

Introduced by Mark S. Kamlet,
Provost and Executive Vice President of Carnegie Mellon

SPECIAL PRESENTATION – “MASDAR CITY: THE FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL, ZERO WASTE CITY IN THE WORLD.” | Mr. Khaled Awad, Director – Property Development Unit, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company-Masdar. Mr. Awad, who oversees development of Masdar City, will discuss the opportunities and challenges in building the first clean tech, sustainable city in the world.

Includes video presentation and Q & A.

PANEL DISCUSSION:

The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion led by Dennis Yablonsky, Chief Executive Officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development and former Secretary of Commerce for the State of Pennsylvania. The topic is Pittsburgh’s energy economy and the region’s innovations in green technology.

Panelists include:

Nicholas J. Deluliis,  Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CONSOL Energy Inc. and President and Chief Operating Officer of CNX Gas Corporation

Lauren Flannery, Managing Principal—Forms+Surfaces

David L. Porges, President and Chief Operating Officer, EQT Corporation

Sean Rollman, Chief Financial Officer—Plextronics

Keith Schaefer, President & Chief Executive Officer, BPL Global

Venkee Sharma, President and Chief Executive Officer—Aquatech International

Antonio Torres, Vice President—NOVA Chemicals

Jerry Whitaker, President—Eaton Electric