Carlton Carroll| 202-682-8114 | carrollc@api.org
American Petroleum Institute To Release American Job Creation Report
Washington, DC, August 31, 2011 – Please join The American Petroleum Institute (API) in partnership with The Hill newspaper on Wednesday, September 7th, for an Energy Jobs Summit that will explore energy policy solutions for creating jobs in the U.S.
With unemployment rates still high, the energy sector is poised to do its part to help get Americans back to work. API will release a report that will unveil how the energy sector can help provide more than one million new American jobs.
Event schedule and participants in the half-day event include:
- 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
- 9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks The Hill Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon
- 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Opening Comments Jack Gerard, API President and CEO
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Congressional Perspective: Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
- 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Panel discussion, moderated by Paul Bledsoe, Bipartisan Policy Center
- 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Congressional Perspective: Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Luncheon/Keynote Speaker: John Watson, Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corporation
Panelists:
- Don Graves, Department of the Treasury (invited)
- Kate Gordon, Center for American Progress
- Dr. Ken Green, American Enterprise Institute
- Kyle Isakower, API
Wednesday, September 7th 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Room HVC-201
OPEN TO CREDENTIALED MEDIA - MULT BOX WILL BE PROVIDED
Please RSVP by emailing carrollc@api.org or calling 202-682-8114