Title: U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement – An Executive Seminar & Discussion

Date/Time: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 6:00 - 8.00 pm

Venue: Room 221, College of Management, Technology Square Georgia Institute of Technology, 800 W. Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30308-0520 USA

(Park on street, or at Georgia Tech hotel corner of Spring and Fifth Streets. Enter through rear entrance on Spring Street next to Barnes & Nobles Bookstore. Elevator to second floor.)

Organizers:

U.S. India Business & Research Center (USIBRC)

Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)

Asia Program, Center for Int'l Trade & Security, University of Georgia

Sponsored by (making financial sponsorship)

U.S. India Business & Research Center (USIBRC)

Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)

Objectives:
The U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation agreement will enable international participation in India’s safeguarded civilian nuclear complex, advance global non-proliferation, help combat international climate change efforts, and facilitate technology-embedded strategic partnership between the United States and India.

The proposed pact will permit member states of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to build reactors and to supply fuel under safeguards to India. This will help New Delhi meet its target of generating about 20,000mW electricity from nuclear sources by 2030, and proportionately reduce its oil and natural gas imports as well as its total carbon emissions. In addition to bringing India into the global non-proliferation mainstream, the deal will indirectly assist in removing international technology restrictions that were imposed after India conducted its first nuclear weapons test in 1974 and have stymied New Delhi’s developmental efforts. India has the world’s second largest population, eighth largest economy, and is the sixth largest energy consumer. Clearly, the stakes are high for India, but so are they for the international community, not to mention the considerable financial and business implications from the successful passage of this deal.

Speakers:

Dr. Geoffrey G. Eichholz - Emeritus Regents Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. PhD., D.Sc., University of Leeds. Author of over 100 technical publications. Fellow, Health Physics Society, Fellow, American Nuclear Society; past regional advisor to the International Atomic Energy Agency; former chair of divisions of the American Nuclear Society; recipient of the Robley Evans Memorial Medal, Health Physics Society, 2004.

Dr. Anupam Srivastava – Director, Asia Program, at the Center for International Trade & Security, University of Georgia, USA. CITS Asia program conducts public policy research on bilateral and multilateral economic and security issues among major Asian powers ( Russia, Japan, China, and India) and their relations with the United States. Dr. Srivastava works with both US and Indian officials on export control training and outreach, and has closely followed the nuclear negotiation. He is a frequent commentator on US-Asian security issues for BBC, CNBC, CNN, VOA, and various frontline newspapers in Asia and Europe.

Dr. Seema Gahlaut – Director, Training & Outreach, at the Center for International Trade & Security, University of Georgia, USA. She is also adjunct faculty at UGA’s School of Public & International Affairs. CITS offers training courses and outreach workshops on strategic trade and export controls to government officials and hi-tech industry from over 20 countries including India, China, Pakistan, South Korea and United States. Dr. Gahlaut oversees and participates in these programs.

Moderator - Professor John R. McIntyre – director of the federally funded Georgia Tech program CIBER with joint appointments in Georgia Tech's College of Management and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. Dr. McIntyre received his graduate education at McGill, Strasbourg and Northeastern Universities, obtaining his PhD at the University of Georgia. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in September l98l, he was Research Associate for International Management at the Dean Rusk Center of the University of Georgia Law School.

Structure: After a brief welcome a moderated panel of notable experts will focus on specific sectors, outline opportunities and strategies for capitalizing on the business possibilities arising from the U.S.-India nuclear deal.

Registration Cost: $30 per person ($20 for students/faculty). Pls. send check by mail or at the door. If paying by check, please make your check out to USIBRC and send it to the address below.

For event information, sponsorship opportunities and registration please contact:

Ani Agnihotri, US India Business and Research Center (USIBRC)
415 Lakehill Court, Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 404-394-6678 E-mail: usibrc@gmail.com