The Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), an initiative of Ecologic Institute and the Atlantic Council, hosted the Transatlantic Cooperation on Energy Security and Climate Change Conference on 3 October 2013 at the Atlantic Council's headquarters in Washington, DC. Over 130 people, including 31 ELEEP Members, were welcomed by Damon Wilson, ACUS's Executive Vice President, and Michael Mehling, President of Ecologic Institute US. The conference's sessions featured high-level energy and climate representatives from Britain, the Czech Republic, and the European Union, senior officials from three US presidential administrations, nonprofit experts, and journalists.

The conference was sponsored by a grant from the Robert Bosch Foundation. The ELEEP Network is also receives significant funding from the European Union.

The conference's unique model provides ELEEP's members – exceptional young professionals in the energy and environmental policy space – the opportunity to share the stage with established thought leaders, senior experts, and policy makers. Some of the expert speakers included:

• Vaclav Batruska, Ambassador-at-large for energy security for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic;
• the Honorable C. Boyden Gray, former US Ambassador to the EU;
• Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, special representative for climate change at the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office;
• Christian  Burgsmueller, Head of Transport, Energy, Environment and Nuclear Affairs  Section, the European Union Delegation to the United States; and
• Georg Maue, First Secretary for Climate and Energy Issues, the German Embassy to the United States.

The event concluded with a special post-conference networking and recruiting event for the ELEEP Network for DC based young professionals in the energy and environmental policy community.

For more information about the ELEEP Network or to apply to join the ELEEP Network, please contact Dominic Marcellino, Fellow at Ecologic Institute.