Evening at the Fed
Dinner and Discussion for High School Teachers
Dallas, February 1, 2007
San Antonio, December 5, 2006
El Paso, December 7, 2006
Houston, December 12, 2006

Fueling the Future: Critical Issues in Energy

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas hosted its signature event, Evening at the Fed, in December 2006 and January 2007. This series of dinner meetings for high school teachers is designed to inform educators on a timely and important issue so that they in turn can help their students understand the issue. The event provides opportunity for discussion and interaction with an economic expert. The meetings were held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Bank’s Dallas office and its branches in El Paso, Houston and San Antonio.

The dinner meetings featured an energy economist speaking about recent developments in energy markets and their effects on the regional, national and international economies.

The scheduled speaker was either Stephen P. A. Brown, director of energy economics and microeconomic policy analysis, or Mine K. Yücel, vice president and head of regional research at the Dallas Fed. They addressed such timely energy topics as:

• What’s driving high and volatile oil prices?
• How are world oil prices affected by:
  • resource scarcity?
  • resource development?
  • OPEC?
  • national oil companies?
• What role is Middle Eastern production likely to have in the evolution of world oil markets?
• How are market forces shaping natural gas prices? What about alternatives?
• What effect are energy prices having on U.S. economic activity?
• Does energy independence make economic sense?

Fast Facts

Locations and Dates

Dallas, February 1, 2007 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 2200 N. Pearl St., Dallas, TX 75201 Directions | Map   San Antonio, December 5, 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch 126 E. Nueva St., San Antonio, TX 78204 Directions   El Paso, December 7, 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch 301 E. Main St., El Paso, TX 79901 Directions   Houston, December 12, 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch 1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019 Directions [PDF]

Time

5:30 to 8 p.m. (includes dinner)

Credit

Certificates for two hours of professional development credit will be available.

More information

Heather McDonald Phone 214-922-5115 or 800-333-4460, ext. 25115 E-mail

About the Speakers

Stephen P. A. Brown
Director of Energy Economics and Microeconomic Policy Analysis
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Brown joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in 1981 after working as an energy economist for Brookhaven National Laboratory and teaching economics at several universities. He is currently an adjunct professor of economics at Southern Methodist University and Tulane University. Brown has authored numerous articles appearing in such publications as Economic Inquiry, Review of Regional Studies, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance and The Energy Journal, among others. Brown holds a B.S. in economics from California Polytechnic State University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.

Mine K. Yücel
Vice President and Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Yücel is head of the regional economics group at the Dallas Fed and an advisor to the Bank’s president on regional and energy issues. Her main research interests are analyzing the effects of energy price shocks, energy markets, regional growth and growth effects of fiscal policy. Yücel is past president for the U.S. Association of Energy Economics (USAEE) and the Dallas chapter of the National Association for Business Economics. She has served on the executive boards of the USAEE and the Dallas chapter of Women in Technology International. Before joining the Bank, she was an assistant professor of economics at Louisiana State University. Yücel has a B.S. and M.S. in mathematics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, and a Ph.D. in economics from Rice University.