UT Energy Week 2016
Tuesday, February 16:
Mexico’s Electric Power Sector Reform
Opening Remarks: President Gregory Fenves (11:00 – 11:30)
Keynote Speaker and Lunch: Christopher Smithe (11:30 – 1:30)
Panel: Electric Power Reform (1:30 – 2:45)
Panel: The Role of Natural Gas (3: 15 – 4:30)
Program Summary: Challenges and Opportunities (4:30 – 5:00)
CleanTX Signature Event: Cleantech Across the Rio Grande (5:30 – 8:00)
Wednesday, February 17:
Energy & Society
Storage, Renewables, and Grid Management (9:00 – 10:15)
Water Initiatives in Texas: Energy, Technology, and Policy (10:30 – 11:45)
Lunch and Keynote Speakers: Russell Gold and Seamus McGraw (12:00 – 1:15)
The Science of Fracking (1:30 – 2:45)
Regulatory Responses to Fracking (3:00 – 4:15)
Powering the Cities of the Future (4:30 – 5:45)
Reception with Energy Thought Summit (5:45 – 7:00)
Thursday, February 18:
Utilities & The Grid
Food for Thought: Energy-Food Nexus (9:00 – 10:15)
De-Carbonizing the Grid (10:30 – 11:45)
Lunch and UT Energy Poll Presentation (12:00 – 1:15)
Financing Electrons (1:30 – 2:45)
Menace or Miracle? Rethinking Nuclear Waste (3:00 – 4:15)
Poster & Startup Competition Happy Hour Cosponsored by YPE (4:15 – 6:15)
Award Presentations for Poster and Startup Competitions (6:15 – 6:45)
Friday, February 19:
Challenges in the Oil & Gas Industry
Perpetuating the Boom? Advancements in Operations and Technology (9:00 – 10:15)
Financing Hydrocarbons (10:30 – 11:45)
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Lewis, Halliburton (12:00 – 1:15)
Energy and Geopolitics (1:30 – 2:45)
Oil & Gas Limbo: How Low Can Price Go? (3:00 – 4:15)
Keynote Speaker: Helge Hove Haldorsen, “E&P 2.0” (4:15 – 5:30)
Reception Hosted by Texas Exes (5:30 – 7:00)