Prof. John Deutch of MIT will present the 2010 Godkin Lecture at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Deutch will explain why United States energy policy has failed over the last forty years to put the country on a path toward greater energy efficiency, less imports, less risk of climate change, and more rapid innovation. He recommends changes to the policy making process. Deutch argues that, without such changes, future progress on energy policy is highly doubtful.

The John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum is open to the public.

About the Speaker: John M. Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as Director of Central Intelligence from May 1995–December 1996. From 1994–95, he served as Deputy Secretary of Defense and served as Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology from 1993–94. John Deutch has also served as Director of Energy Research (1977–79), Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology (1979), and Undersecretary (1979–80) in the United States Department of Energy.

In addition, John Deutch has served on the President’s Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee (1980–81); the President’s Commission on Strategic Forces (1983); the White House Science Council (1985–89); the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (1990–93); the President’s Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (1996); and the President’s Commission on Reducing and Protecting Government Secrecy (1996). He currently is a member of the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (1997) and the Chairman of the President’s Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (1998). Dr. Deutch serves as director for the following publicly held companies: Ariad Pharmaceutical, Citicorp, CMS Energy, Cummins, Raytheon, and Schlumberger Ltd.

Dr. Deutch has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970 and has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of Science, and Provost. Dr. Deutch has published over 120 technical publications in physical chemistry, as well as numerous publications on technology, international security, and public policy issues.