ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP
COMMENCEMENT 2011

PHOTO/Z. CHAFE Masters Class 2011

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Alumni House, UC Berkeley
Reception immediately following ceremony.

Keynote Speaker: Peter Hayes (ERG PhD 1989)
Peter Hayes, is Director, Nautilus Institute and Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He works at the nexus of security, environment and energy policy problems. Best known for cooperative engagement strategies in North Korea, he has developed techniques at Nautilus Institute for seeking near-term solutions to global security and sustainability problems and applied them in East Asia, Australia, and South Asia. Peter has worked for many international organizations including UN Development Programme, Asian Development Bank, and Global Environment Facility.

He was founding director of the Environment Liaison Centre in Kenya in 1975. He has traveled, lived, and worked in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. He has visited North Korea seven times. He received the MacArthur Fellowship (2000) "for combining rigorous multidisciplinary training and technological knowledge with cultural sensitivity, policy acumen, and diplomatic skills...including non-governmental diplomacy of the highest order;” the Gleitsman Award (2001) for "exceptional achievement of people who have initiated social change;” and the Global Korea Award (2001) for "individuals or groups who have made significant contribution to cross-cultural understanding, global education, and well-being of Korean people around the world." He was born in Melbourne Australia; today he is a dual national of Australia and the United States. He is married with two children. He graduated from ERG, UC Berkeley in 1989. He is on the editorial board of Pacific Focus, North Korea Review, and Global Asia. His publications are found at http://www.nautilus.org/about/staff/peter-hayes/peter.html/