Dinner Keynote The GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040 Dr. James Conca
	Dr. James L. Conca is the Director of the New Mexico State University Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), a radiochemistry facility dedicated to environmental monitoring and mitigation of radioactive materials, and the development of sustainable energy distributions. Conca obtained a Ph.D. in Geochemistry in 1985, and both a Masters in Planetary Science, from the California Institute of Technology and a BS in Geology and Biochemistry from Brown University in 1979.
He came to NMSU from Los Alamos National Laboratory where he was project leader for Radionuclide Geochemistry. Before that, Conca was on the faculty at Washington State University, was President of UFA Ventures, Inc, and a consultant for DOE, DOD, EPA, USGS and private industry. He will speak about his recent book, The GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040 co-authored with Dr. Judith Wright. The book addresses integration of all energy sources into a rational global energy strategy.