Robert Read Distinguished Lecture Event

Registration Closed - Unfortuantely, we cannot accept walk-ins for this event.

Keynote Talk: "DISCONNECTION: Energy Fantasy is Colliding with Energy Reality" - Mark Mathis

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - MARK MATHIS:

For more than twenty years Mark Mathis has been an advocate for good energy policies for America and the world.

Mark is creator of Clear Energy Alliance videos, short-form animated explainers on important energy topics that are misunderstood and often misrepresented in the mainstream press. He is the Producer/Director of spOILed, a 2011 film that examines the vital role oil plays in our daily lives. In 2016 Mathis released Fractured, a documentary that makes the case that the words and phrases we use in describing energy are dangerously deceptive—sometimes intentionally so. Mark is author of Feeding the Media Beast: An Easy Recipe for Great Publicity. His book is published in the U.S., China, Russia, Korea, and India and has been used in several universities as a textbook in journalism and communications classes.

Mark was the Founder and Executive Director of the energy education non-profit organization CARE, Citizens’ Alliance for Responsible Energy. In 2005 he testified before Congress on the dangers of environmental extremist groups. Over the years Mark has been a featured speaker for such varied and distinguished organizations as the National Football League, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Association, the Department of Justice, Saudi Research & Marketing, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and many others.

SCHEDULE:

6:00PM - Networking/Cocktail Hour

7:00PM - Dinner

7:45PM - Keynote Talk, Mark Mathis, "DISCONNECTION: Energy Fantasy is Colliding with Energy Reality"