Tuesday 2015

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Building Bridges to a Sustainable World

Transitioning to low-carbon electricity generation

8:45 – 9:00	Welcome and Opening Remarks Margaret Cook, Chair of the Longhorn Energy Club • Click to view PDF slides
9:00 – 9:45	Keynote Doyle N. Beneby, President and Chief Executive Officer, CPS Energy • Click to view PDF slides.
9:45 – 11:00	Natural Gas: King for a Day or Here to Stay?* Moderator: Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune Featured panelists: Kevin Howell, Chairman of the Board, Illinois Power Generating Company Colin Leyden, Senior Manager of State Regulatory & Legislative Affairs for Natural Gas, Environmental Defense Fund Danielle Murray, Austin Energy Back to top of page
11:15 – 12:30	The Future for Nuclear* Moderator: Steven Biegalski, Director, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin Featured panelists: Vicky Bailey, Nuclear Matters Leadership Council Member Erich Schneider, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Kirk Sorensen, CEO, Flibe Energy • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page
12:30 – 2:15	Lunch – Keynote Speaker “Sustainable Energy Policies and Future-Oriented Building Design” Werner Lang, Professor and Director, Center for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building, Technical University of Munich • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page
2:15 – 3:30	NexusHaus – Energy, Water and Food Moderators: Petra Liedl, Michael Garrison and Adam Pyrek, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin Featured panelists: Robert Stefani, Conservation Program Specialist, Austin Water Utility Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager, Office of Sustainability, City of Austin Back to top of page
3:45 – 5:00	Communication Issues for the Energy Sector Moderator: Ken Cohen, VP Government and Public Affairs, ExxonMobil Featured panelists: Mica Odom, Communication Director, US Climate and Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund Michael Webber, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin LeeAnn Kahlor, Associate Professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, and Science Communication Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin Back to top of page
Evening Session
5:30 – 7:00	UT research on energy use in buildings, featuring Nexushaus – the Solar Decathlon Project: Hear about UT’s project to build a completely sustainable, solar-powered home on campus. YOUR future home may look like this. The session is free and open to the public. Free tours of the School of Architecture energy research facilities. Back to top of page
Other Energy Week Events
All day Continuing Legal Education Seminar: Renewable Energy Law (Day 1)
Judging of research poster competition Back to top of page
*This panel is hosted by the Longhorn Energy Club.