List of Groups and Topics

Here is a partial list of academic, corporate and governmental entities Llewellyn King has addressed, and some of the topics of his speeches follow:

Academia

Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
Stanford University
George Washington University
American University
University of Florida
Stevens Institute of Technology
Wakefield School

Corporations

Bechtel
Babcock & Wilcox
Combustion Engineering
General Electric
General Atomics
General Dynamics
Westinghouse
Planmetrics
Bethlehem Steel
United Technologies
StatoilHydro, Oslo, Norway
Carolina Power & Light
Pacific Gas & Electric
Salt River Project
Lehman Brothers
Salomon Brothers
New York Society of Security Analysts
UBS
Drexel Burnham Lambert
CoBank
American Machine and Foundry
Tenaska

Government

U.S. Senate (testimony)
U.S. House (testimony)
U.S. Department of Energy, General Counsel’s Office
National Laboratories: Lawrence Livermore, Sandia, Los Alamos, Idaho, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest
Bonneville Power Administration
Texas State Legislature
Southern Governors Association
Australian Parliament
Singapore Energy Department

Trade Associations

National Mining Association
Edison Electric Institute
American Gas Association
Nuclear Energy Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Public Power Association
Large Public Power Council
American Gas Association
Natural Gas Supply Association
National Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives
American Council of Independent Laboratories
Association of European Journalists
American Newspaper Guild
Specialized Information Publishers Association
American Bakers Association
Rotary Club
Houston Chamber of Commerce

U.S. And World Conferences

NATO, Brussels, Belgium
The Business Council, New York, NY
World Energy Council: Tokyo and London
Detwiler Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
The Uranium Institute, London
Coaltrans, Hamburg, Germany
The Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
Alan Fried Associates, Washington, DC
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
Jacques Cousteau Society, Hampton, VA
Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO and Wye River, MD
Keystone Center, Keystone, CO

Topics

Man and science
Individual fulfillment, adventure therapy
Global energy outlook, domestic energy outlook
Commodities in crisis
Understanding media
The impact of technology on people
Moving people: The transportation challenge

Covering the White House, From Twilight to Dark

Freedom of the press, in my view, has two parts. First there is the freedom to publish, to criticize and to petition. Then there is the critical issue of the freedom to gather the news — not just to report it but also to gather it. Without the freedom to gather the news, the freedom […]

Nuclear Booms in Asia as New Reactor Ideas Flourish in U.S.

By Llewellyn King The nuclear electric industry has sustained some mighty blows in the United States and Western Europe in recent years. It might be reeling, but it is not out and it is not going down for the count. Taken globally, things are good. The need to curb carbon in the air, to service […]

Whoosh! The Electric Car Is Rolling into American Life

U.S. transportation is about to get a mighty electric shock. The days of the internal combustion engine are numbered. The electric car is about to do to the traditional gasoline and diesel car engine what the cell phone is doing to the copper-wire, landline telephone: shoulder it out of the way. Andrew Paterson, a principal […]

Trump’s Foreign Policy — Punish Friends, Reward Enemies

The Great Rift Valley extends from Syria down through east Africa to Mozambique. It is a huge depression with volcanic action, lakes and steep-sided gorges. Think of the Grand Canyon and start multiplying. When contemplating President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, I think of the Great Rift Valley: the largest gash in the Earth’s surface. The […]