Tbilisi. A meeting was held on November 20 with the former President of company Shell Oil and the lead scientist of the Arizona University John Hofmeister. Challenges that the energy sector of the world and Georgia faces were discussed at the event. John Hofmeister has delivered a presentation on the planning of energy projects that would take into account as the country's economic interests, as well as the citizens' social interests and needs; further, he has talked about strategies of searching for investors.The meeting was organized by the East-West Management Institute, the Economic Policy Research Center, and the Global Institute for Sustainable Development functioning with the Arizona State University.