Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Politics 2008: The Media Conference for the Election of the President Tuesday, October 14 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Session II Energy, the Election and Economic Emergency: Investment and Change in the Nation's Future Anne Korin, co-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) David Manning, Executive Vice President, National Grid Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund and author, "Earth: The Sequel" John Rennie, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American Rick Kessler, President, DowLohnes Government Strategies, Moderator Anne Korin is co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS). Korin chairs the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmental, labor and religious groups promoting ways to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. She appears in the media frequently and has written articles for Foreign Affairs, The American Interest, The National Review, Commentary Magazine, and the Journal of International Security Affairs. She is co-editor of Energy Security Challenges for the 21-Century (forthcoming 2009). Ms. Korin appears frequently on Capitol Hill and her advice is sought by members of Congress. Her education includes engineering degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and work towards a doctorate at Stanford University. David Manning, Executive Vice President, National Grid: David J. Manning joined KeySpan Energy as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs in April 1999. Mr. Manning is the Executive Officer reporting to the Chairman, with responsibility for Public Affairs, Government Relations, internal and external communications, community development and altruism, corporate brand strategy, and environmental policy and operations. Before joining KeySpan Energy, Mr. Manning had been President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) since 1995. From 1993 to 1995, he was Deputy Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, Canada, the source of approximately 14 percent of U.S. natural gas demand. From 1988 to 1993, he was Senior International Trade Counsel for the Government of Alberta, based in New York City. Previously he was in the private practice of law in Alberta, Canada. KeySpan Energy is the 4th largest natural gas distributor in the United States, serving much of New York City, Long Island, Boston and New Hampshire. It is also the largest investor owned electric power generator in New York State, and operates the LIPA electric system on Long Island under contract. Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund and author, "Earth: The Sequel": Fred Krupp is president of Environmental Defense Fund, a national nonprofit organization that links science, economics and law to solve the most serious environmental problems. The group concentrates on four goals: climate, oceans, human health and the common issues affecting land, water and wildlife. Krupp and Environmental Defense Fund helped develop market-based solutions such as the acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act. Krupp was a founding member of the United States Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of leading corporations and environment organizations supporting mandatory limits in the United States on global warming pollution. The largest private equity deal ever, the purchase of TXU, was made contingent on Environmental Defense Fund’s approval of their greenhouse gas management plan. Krupp has led the organization in a series of corporate partnerships with McDonald’s, BP, FedEx and others. Since Krupp joined Environmental Defense Fund in 1984, its annual budget has increased from $3 million to more than $75 million, full-time staff has quintupled from 50 to more than 300, membership has expanded from 40,000 to over 500,000, and new offices opened in North Carolina, Texas and Beijing. Eric "Rick" Kessler, President, Dow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC: Rick Kessler serves as President of Dow Lohnes Government Strategies. He has 20 years combined legislative experience on both the federal and state level, as well as significant federal, state and local campaign experience. Mr. Kessler is best known as the longtime chief of staff to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell (D-MI) and as a professional staffer handling energy and environmental issues on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he was the primary staffer to all the Democratic Committee Members on issues such as cogeneration, renewables, efficiency, hydro-power, public lands, oil, gas, coal, pipeline safety and energy-related research, remediation and tax policy. While serving as Chairman Dingell’s chief of staff, he also was responsible for all political, legislative, policy, press and administrative matters, including management of a multimillion budget and more than 20 staff located in four offices in two states. Most recently Mr. Kessler served as Director of New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine’s (D) Washington, DC office. He was responsible for all federal matters including congressional and executive branch relations for the State of New Jersey, and Mr. Kessler served as principal staffer to Governor Corzine in his role as Chairman of the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Committee. In particular, he played a major role in the development of the Governors’ policy on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and was a leading architect of the enactment of SCHIP shortfall funding legislation at the end of the 109th Congress. Early in his career, Mr. Kessler developed his command of energy and environment issues in legislative positions with Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and former Representative William J. Hughes (D-NJ) for whom he managed all Rep. Hughes’ Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee work. He also had primary responsibility for clean air, clean water, public lands protection and energy issues for Representatives Pallone and Hughes. Mr. Kessler is a graduate of Kenyon College and Rutgers University and also attended the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK. John Rennie, Editor in Chief, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN” John Rennie is only the seventh editor in chief in the 163-year history of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine. Since his appointment in late 1994, he has been the executive force behind the modernization and reinvigoration of this great publishing institution. Rennie joined the staff of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN as a member of the Board of Editors in 1989, having previously worked as a science writer covering biology, technology, and medicine for a variety of publications. He helped plan and edit several of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN’s distinguished single-topic issues, including Mind and Brain (Sept. 1992, the best-selling issue in SA’s history) and Life, Death and the Immune System (Sept. 1993, later republished as a book by W.H. Freeman). As editor in chief, Rennie oversaw such single-topic issues as Key Technologies for the 21st Century (Sept. 1995), What You Need to Know About Cancer (Sept. 1996) and A Matter of Time (Sept. 2002) All three of these issues were nominated for National Magazine Awards; What You Need to Know About Cancer and A Matter of Time both won for editorial excellence as Single-Topic Issues. In Sept. 2003 the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies honored Rennie with its Navigator Award for distinguished service in support of national science and technology policy. In 2000 the Council of Scientific Society Presidents bestowed on Rennie its Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science, which is given annually “to honor those who have become concurrently accomplished as researchers and/or educators, and as widely recognized magnifiers of the public's understanding of science.” Rennie was born in 1959, outside Boston. He received his bachelor of science degree from Yale University in 1981, after which he worked for several years in a laboratory at Harvard Medical School before embarking on his career as a science writer. His writing has appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, Longevity and other publications. His numerous television and radio appearances include the ABC World News Weekend, PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, A&E specials Eureka! 15 Top Inventors of the 20th Century and Scams, Schemes, and Scoundrels, Fox News Channel, Entertainment Tonight, ABC News Overnight, CBS Early Show, National Public Radio’s Science Friday and Minnesota Public Radio’s Marketplace. As a frequent public speaker, Rennie has appeared before audiences as diverse as those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee School of Journalism, and Middlebury College; he has also been featured twice at the World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, France, and at a variety of other conferences. 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