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Europeans are bracing for a difficult winter and economic pain after energy exports from Russia were cut. Join as Barron's senior managing editor Lauren R. Rublin and energy experts from McCloskey by OPIS examine the impact on consumers in Europe and the U.S., how the energy ecosystem is adapting, and what the absence of Russian fuel means for the future of nuclear, coal, renewables, and natural gas.

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Andrew Blumenfeld
Data Analytics Director, McCloskey by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company
Andy Blumenfeld brings over thirty-years of experience to McCloskey after spending most of his career at Arch Resources (formerly Arch Coal). His expertise is market analysis and strategy, and he and his team cover North American coal, natural gas, and power. At Arch he advised all departments at the company regarding domestic and international coal supply, demand, transportation, regulatory analysis, litigation support and prices. In addition to internal clients, he presented his findings at numerous conferences and seminars. For about two years, Andy was a senior research consultant with Resource Data International (now Platts) in Boulder, Colorado where he authored an extensive study on Central Appalachia coal supply and demand.
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Lauren Rublin
Senior Managing Editor
Lauren R. Rublin is the senior managing editor at Barron's, overseeing Roundtables and Special Projects. She previously worked in book publishing, and at Fairchild Publications and Time Inc.
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Dr. James Stevenson
Executive Director Research Lead, McCloskey by OPIS, a Dow Jones company
Dr. James Stevenson is Executive Director and leads Coal, Metals & Mining research at McCloskey by OPIS, a Dow Jones Company (OPIS was part of IHS Markit until March 2022). Previously he led Global Coal research, and before that he headed up analysis of North American coal. Dr. Stevenson’s primary expertise includes supply-demand and price dynamics of global thermal and metallurgical coal, iron ore, steel and ferrous scrap. He also has extensive experience in trading of coal, natural gas, and power, as well as being experienced in M&A and business development, both at McCloskey and also having been a part of a number of asset and offtake deals in the coal supply space.

Prior to joining IHS Markit, Dr. Stevenson spent six years in commodity trading, most recently as Vice President, Coal Analysis at Mercuria Energy Trading, and before that as Coal Strategist at Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy. He also worked in the energy trading team at Eraring Energy in the Australian utility industry, working primarily in risk management as well as strategy around coal procurement, power sales, and carbon strategy.

Dr. Stevenson holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Sydney in Australia, and a PhD from Yale University.
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