Wednesday, February 17
Energy & Society
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9:00 – 10:15 |
Panel: Food for Thought: Energy-food Nexus Ty Vaughn, Monsanto Michael Webber, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Director of the Energy Institute, UT Austin Rajeev Patel, Research Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin (Moderator) |
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10:30 – 11:45 |
Panel: Water Initiatives in Texas: Energy, Technology, and Policy Charles Porter, Professor, St. Edward’s University Brewster McCracken, Pecan Street, Inc. • Click to view PDF slides Darrell Peckham, Peckham P.G., LLC • Click to view PDF slides Bridget Scanlon, Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin • Click to view PDF slides Jim Malewitz, Energy Reporter, Texas Tribune (Moderator) |
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12:00 – 1:15 |
Lunch and Keynote Speakers: Russell Gold, UT Energy Journalism Fellow and Journalist at the Wall Street Journal Seamus McGraw, Author of The End of Country: Dispatches from the Frack Zone |
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1:30 – 2:45 |
The Science of Fracking Rob Jackson, Professor, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University • Click to view PDF slides Cliff Frohlich, Associate Director, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin • Click to view PDF slides David T. Allen, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin • Click to view PDF slides David Spence, Professor, School of Law and McCombs School of Business, UT Austin (Moderator) |
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3:00 – 4:15 |
Regulatory Responses to Fracking Scott Anderson, Senior Policy Director, US Climate and Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund Mike Smith, Executive Director, Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission Matt Lepore, Director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Colorado Department of Natural Resources • Click to view PDF slides John Smelko, Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Manager, North Region, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation • Click to view PDF slides Melinda Taylor, Executive Director, KBH Center for Energy, Law & Business, UT Austin (Moderator) |
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4:30 – 5:45 |
Panel: Powering the Cities of the Future Bert Haskell, Pecan Street Inc. Josh Rhodes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Institute, UT Austin • Click to view PDF slides Roger Duncan, Research Fellow, Energy Institute, UT Austin • Click to view PDF slides Petra Liedl, School of Architecture, UT Austin (Moderator) • Click to view PDF slides |
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5:45 – 7:00 |
Reception at Clive Bar on Rainey Street sponsored by Zpryme and Energy Thought Summit 2016 |