to take a few questions from the audience that were damaged by atlantic adrienne arsht center peter schechter after about -- "mexico rising: comprehensive energy reform at last?." he will spend but tim is to give an overview of his findings and reports and all he should have. for those turning in the cast has been made live on our site as of 8:30 a.m. david and undersecretary will join duncan wood and jorge pinon in a conversation moderated by peter schechter. don't worry, there'll be lots of audience, however i these questions in q&a. we will be taking questions via twitter for members of her webcast audience as those those tuning in via c-span but if you want to live with event and want to get out your phone during the event as long as you're not checking your own e-mail you can live tweet -- all on the agenda you got. we are joined by a very impressive group of speakers. you have the full bio so i will not read each one but briefly, duncan wood is director of the mexican institute of the woodrow wilson center. duncan is both a mexico and energy expert, and is one of the most come one of th

he has agreed to take a few questions from the audience that will be measured by the director peter schechterr that, the mexico rising comprehensive energy reform. he will spend about 10 minutes to give an overview of his findings in the report that all of you should have. this has now been made live on our site at 8:30 this morning. they will then join others in the conversation moderated by peter. there will be lots of time for audience questions. we will also be taking questions via twitter and c-span. if you want to live tweet the event, as long as you're not checking your own e-mail, you can live tweet #mxemreform. it is all on the agenda you got. we are joined by a very impressive group of speakers. you have their full bios. i will not read each one. duncan is the director of the mexico institute of the woodrow wilson center. he is both a mexico and energy expert. he is one of the foremost thinkers here in washington on issues. we are excited that he is with us today. this is at the university of texas at austin. david goldwyn is president of goldwyn global strategies. he is an energy g

. >> again, i am peter schechter, latinrector of the adrian america center. thank you for the presentations. last week i was reprimanded in an interview by a journalist for being too enthusiastic about what mexico has done. to my panelists, that is a warning because i'm going to try and redeem myself and be overly severe. i am going to try to center my questions on three principal mechanics ofis the the reform, the business implications of the reform, and then, what are the implications for mexico and mexico's you jury? -- future? i am not an energy expert. i am a commonly found washington policy civilian. let me start with duncan and asking for his comments. i would love you if you could place those comments within the context of what is is going to mean for a new north american revival, in particularly the in industry, but now that nafta is coming on to his 20th year, what is nafta 2.0 and what is the reform in that? >> thank you for inviting me today. i would ask of the sacrament -- paramountthat it is a -- paradigm shift. i fell into it almost by accident

. >> again, i am peter schechter, the director of the adrian latin america center. thank you for the presentations. last week i was reprimanded in an interview by a journalist for being too enthusiastic about what mexico has done. to my panelists, that is a warning because i'm going to try and redeem myself and be overly severe. i am going to try to center my questions on three principal areas, which is the mechanics of the reform, the business implications of the reform, and then, what are the implications for mexico and mexico's future? i am not an energy expert. i am a commonly found washington policy civilian. let me start with duncan and asking for his comments. i would love you if you could place those comments within the context of what is is going to mean for a new north american revival, in particularly the energy industry, but now that nafta is coming on to his 20th year, what is nafta 2.0 and what is the reform in that? >> thank you for inviting me today. i would ask of the sentiment that it is a paradigm shift. i fell into it almost by accident back in 2