Please join Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Kathleen Hancock and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Chris Hansen, Colorado State Senator, presenting Colorado Energy Policy and What’s Next on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at Colorado School of Mines. TOPIC: COLORADO ENERGY POLICY AND WHAT’S NEXT SPEAKER: CHRIS HANSEN, COLORADO STATE SENATOR HOSTED BY: PAYNE INSTITUTE FACULTY FELLOW DR. KATHLEEN HANCOCK AND THE PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY TIME: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM MT LIVE: MARQUEZ 335, 1600 ARAPAHOE STREET, GOLDEN, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (MAP) PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND SHARE THIS SEMINAR FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS FOLLOW THIS LINK Senator Hansen will be discussing the successes of Colorado’s recent energy legislation in making the state a national leader in the clean energy transition. This includes recent bills from the 2022, 2023, and 2024 legislative sessions as  well as a preview of legislation being considered for the 2025 session, RTOs and the grid, and the overall transition to a clean energy system. Senator Chris Hansen represents central and east Denver in the Colorado State Senate. He specializes in energy sector economics and data analytics, with 25 years of experience in the global energy industry. Prior to his work as an  elected official, he was Senior Director at IHS Markit (now S&P) where he led a global portfolio of energy products, events and partnerships and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, where he analyzed electricity and gas sector reform in India. Dr. Hansen holds a BSc in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University; a Graduate Diploma of Civil Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; a Master of Science in Engineering Systems from MIT; and a PhD in Economic Geography from Oxford University.

The Pathways Explorations Series features large-scale, TED-style talks where motivating and inspiring speakers tell their personal, academic and professional stories to our Mines campus community. The talks are required for CSM 101 students to learn about the many possible academic and career pathways available to them. The talks are open to all Mines students, faculty and staff, and will be live-streamed and recorded.

The Pathways Explorations Series features large-scale, TED-style talks where motivating and inspiring speakers tell their personal, academic and professional stories to our Mines campus community. The talks are required for CSM 101 students to learn about the many possible academic and career pathways available to them. The talks are open to all Mines students, faculty and staff, and will be live-streamed and recorded.

Poetry and Fiction Reading with Professor Leona Sevick (poet) and the NYTimes bestselling author Snowden Wright. Each will read from their new books and follow them with a question and answer period.

All students are welcome to attend to voice their ideas, concerns, and feedback with your Undergraduate Student Government.  Attend Senate meetings every week! Sitting in on Senate meetings allows you to voice your concerns, or learn about our current projects being worked on. Sit down with your class representatives, class president, or governing body representative and learn more about projects and initiatives that impact you.

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jahara “FRANKY” Matisek, Ph.D., presenting a hybrid seminar titled Western Security Assistance: Trends Amidst Great Power Competition on Friday, October 18 at Colorado School of Mines. TOPIC:  WESTERN SECURITY ASSISTANCE: TRENDS AMIDST GREAT POWER COMPETITION SPEAKER: JAHARA “FRANKY” MATISEK, PH.D., LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S. AIR FORCE, MILITARY PROFESSOR (NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT), U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE HOSTED BY: THE PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY TIME:  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024| 12:00PM – 1:00PM MT l LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED (until the food runs out) LIVE: MARQUEZ 126, 1600 ARAPAHOE STREET, GOLDEN, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (MAP) OR ZOOM VIRTUAL SEMINAR – NO REGISTRATION NECESSARY – FOLLOW THIS LINK PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND SHARE THIS SEMINAR FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS FOLLOW THIS LINK Since 2000, the US has spent over $400 billion on security assistance, and the rest of NATO has collectively spent over $100 billion on training and equipping foreign militaries as well. For much of the last two decades, Western security assistance emphasized the building up of security forces in weak states to conduct counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. However, as the US and the rest of NATO pivots towards preparations for conventional warfare and large-scale combat operations, notions of integrated deterrence in the era of great power competition are causing Western militaries to shift their emphasis on how to increase the military effectiveness of security forces they arm and advise. This presentation is based on fieldwork and over 500 interviews in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Ukraine, and various military bases around the world. Lieutenant Colonel Jahara ‘FRANKY’ Matisek (PhD) is a Military Professor in the National Security Affairs department at the US Naval War College and Research Fellow at the European Resilience Initiative Center. He is a US Air Force Command Pilot with over 3,700 hours of flight time in the C-17, E-11 BACN, T-6, and T-53.  He has published 2 books and over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, policy relevant outlets, and edited volumes. He is Co-PI for two DOD Minerva research projects and has been a Fellow at the Homeland Defense Institute, Modern War Institute, and Irregular Warfare Initiative.