UT Energy Week 2023
What Starts Here Energizes the World
Tuesday, March 28
2022-2023 Energy Seed Grant Program Presentations and Poster Session
Opening Remarks (2:00-2:05)
Presentations 1-10 (2:05 – 2:55)
Break (2:55 – 3:25)
Presentations 11-17 (3:25 – 3:55)
Poster Session (4:00 – 5:00)
Industry Night & Reception (5:30 – 7:30)
Wednesday, March 29
Welcome and Opening Remarks (9:00 – 9:10)
Women in Energy Panel & Breakfast Reception, Sponsored by Phillips 66 (9:10 – 11:30)
Undergraduate Student Networking with Industry (11:30 – 1:00)
Opening Remarks for Afternoon Sessions (1:00 – 1:15)
Opening Keynote (1:15 – 2:00)
Panel: Geothermal (2:00 – 3:15)
Break (3:15 – 3:30)
Panel: DERs and the Grid (3:30 – 4:45)
Day 1 Closing Remarks (4:45 – 4:55)
Graduate Student Networking with Industry (5:00 – 7:00)
Thursday, March 30
Welcome and Opening Remarks (9:00 – 9:15)
Policy approaches to Decarbonization: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Keynote Address by Professor Sheila Olmstead, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin (9:15 – 10:00)
Break (3:15 – 3:30)
Panel: Coordination of gas and electricity, Enhancing the reliability of the ERCOT grid (10:15 – 11:15)
Panel: The Inflation Reduction Act: Impact to Energy (11:15 – 12:15)
Networking Lunch (12:15 – 1:45)
Keynote Address by Professor David Allen, Melvin H. Gertz Regents Chair in Chemical Engineering, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering (1:45 – 2:30)
Panel: Energy Justice in the Energy Transition (2:30 – 3:30)
Break (3:30 – 3:45)
Panel: Focus on the Permian Basin (3:45 – 4:50)
Day 2 Closing Remarks (4:50 – 5:00)
Invitation-only KBH Reception & Honoree Dinner (6:00 – 7:00)
Friday, March 31
KBH Energy Center Program (8:00 – 2:00)