director maria van der hoeven has been executive director of iea since 2011. she is from the netherlands and has a remarkable variety of leadership positions, minister of economic affairs education culture and science and twice served as elected officials in the house of representatives. iea -- ernest moniz you will lead us off about the study and margot anderson will moderate the conversation. >> thanks, jason, thanks to the bbc for hosting this event. great organization and one that is always a pleasure to be here with. also my greetings to executive director at themaria van der hoeven with the we worked -- we will see a few words. to open this up in terms of a fewwhom we worked -- we will see a few words. to open this up in terms of a few things we had doing. the iea that you all are very familiar with, an organization certainly born in the energy security concerns around oil and remains extremely engaged in the energy security discussion but it is a much broader discussion that was four decades ago at the founding of the iea. i will say a few words about t