Doha, Qatar - Update on our news announcement from March:  At a festive gala ceremony held at the world-renowned Islamic Museum of Art, professor Giacomo Luciani has received the lifetime achievement award in education, for advancing education for future energy leaders.  See full story in the Gulf Times (photo, above, with Dr. Luciani second from the right in the front row).  Our original announcement of the award is, below.  Congratulations, Giacomo!
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March 2015 - The Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Energy Awards Foundation of Qatar has announced Dr. Giacomo Luciani, Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Programmes at the Graduate Institute, as the Winner of the 2015 International Energy Award for Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of Education for Future Energy Leaders.  The ceremony will be held at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha (photo, above) on May 5, 2015.

Dr. Giacomo Luciani is a co-founder and Co-Director of the Executive Master in International Oil and Gas Leadership, a programme of the Institute's Executive Education division, now in its third cohort and accepting applications for its fourth cohort in Fall 2015.  Dr. Luciani is also Scientific Director of the Master in International Energy of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences-Po.  He is currently delivering a MOOC (with SciencesPo) and maintains a blog of energy-related news and commentary.

The Al-Attiyah Foundation established this International Energy Award for Lifetime Achievement, now in its third year, to recognize distinguished individuals for an outstanding record of accomplishment over the span of a full academic career -- acknowledging individuals who have made an exceptional impact with distinct personal achievements for a consistent and prolonged period of engagement.  Previous winner of the award in 2014 was Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore.
 

Prof. Luciani (right), with the current Executive Master participants at Villa Barton