SPEAKING

Speaker, Addressed high-level executive session organized by Ministry of Energy within Government of Uganda to present results of assessment regarding best structure for PPP to be used to develop and operate Power Transmission Line PPPs in Uganda and cross-border projects, February, 2020
Speaker, Presented 2-day workshop for executives in PPP in Kuala Lumpur; developed course in corporate governance for future delivery by same vendor, February, 2018

Speaker, Presented to Ministry staff results of assessment conducted for Bureau of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy, Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy of Liberia, with focus on electricity and renewable energy subsectors, December, 2016

Speaker, Conducted week-long training on PPP to 20-plus management staff of Kenya Railways Corporation in Nairobi, Kenya, March, 2014

Speaker, Conducted week-long PPP capacity building for 20-plus management staff in Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals and TANESCO, including risk management, February, 2013
Speaker, Conducted week-long PPP capacity building (including risk management) for 20-plus management staff in Angola’s Government, including Ministry of Finance, April, 2012

Dragon’s Paw, A Spy Novel, 2012
Speaker, PPP Projects: Screening, Feasibility, Risk, and Structuring, PPP Africa Conference organized by International Growth Centre (UK), Kampala, Uganda, December 2012
Book Review: “Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia,” by Christopher Beckwith for Policy Review, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Dec 2009-Jan 2010
Speaker, P3s and Infrastructure Finance, Council of Development Finance Agencies, Washington, DC, March 2009
Speaker, Legal Outsourcing, LegalTech West Coast, Los Angeles, June 2008
Speaker, Public-Private Partnerships, Council of Development Finance Agencies, St. Louis, April 2008
Speaker, Public-Private Partnerships in the US, Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Washington, DC, March 2009-March 2008
Book Review: “The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression,” by James Mann for Policy Review, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, June-July 2007
Speaker, Seminar on US-India Relations, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, February 2003
“Now, Play the India Card,” Policy Review, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Oct-Nov 2002
Book Review: “River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze,” by Peter Hessler for Policy Review, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, June 2001