UT Energy Week 2021
Energy Transition: Agents of Change, Changing Agents
Tuesday, April 13
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Welcome and Intro • Click to view recording Varun Rai, University of Texas at Austin • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page |
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10:30 – 11:30 |
Panel 1: Energy Transition: Past, Present, and Future • Click to view recording Carey King, University of Texas at Austin (Moderator) Sanya Carley, Indiana University • Click to view PDF slides Aldo Flores-Quiroga, University of Texas at Austin • Click to view PDF slides Benjamin Sovacool, University of Sussex Business School • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Panel 2: Technology Pathways: Fork in the Road? • Click to view recording Benjamin Leibowicz, University of Texas at Austin (Moderator) Vivian Loftness, Carnegie Mellon University • Click to view PDF slides Vijay Swarup, ExxonMobil • Click to view PDF slides Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page |
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1:00 – 2:00 |
Panel 3: Sustaining the Transition: A New Social Contract • Click to view recording David Spence, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law (Moderator) Clark Miller, Arizona State University • Click to view PDF slides Jennie Stephens, Northeastern University • Click to view PDF slides Bill Weihl, Climate Voice • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Panel 4: Community Transitions: Enabling a Deep Change • Click to view recording Steven Pedigo, Affiliation (Moderator) Mijin Cha, Occidental College Dana Harmon, Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute Julia Haggerty, Montana State University Back to top of page |
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5:00 – 7:30 |
Student Research Competition Research into the development of novel energy technologies, energy policy, and financial, economic, and legal solutions is a vital part of addressing key energy-related challenges facing humanity beyond 2021. To promote the development of energy research in the academic community, UT Energy Week hosts an interdisciplinary research competition for both undergraduate and graduate students at UT. • Review the research presentations here. Back to top of page |
Wednesday, April 14
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9:30 – 11:00 |
Panel 1: Getting There: Energy Leadership in Unprecedented Times • Click to view recording Richard Chuchla, The University of Texas at Austin (Moderator) Jeff Makarewicz, Toyota Motor North America • Click to view PDF slides Ajay Mehta, Shell • Click to view PDF slides Raiford Smith, Google • Click to view PDF slides Back to top of page |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Panel 2: Funding the Transition: How Not to Break the Bank • Click to view recording Erik Funkhouser, The University of Texas at Austin (Moderator) David Bodek, S&P Global Barbara Burger, Chevron Jonathan Silver, Guggenheim Securities Susan Tierney, Analysis Group Back to top of page |
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1:00 – 2:00 |
Panel 3: Philanthropy in Energy Transition: The Visible Hand? • Click to view recording David Springer, The University of Texas at Austin (Moderator) Ashvin Dayal, The Rockefeller Foundation • Click to view PDF slides Danielle Deane-Ryan, Libra Foundation Marilu Hastings, Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation Evan Michelson, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Back to top of page |