UT Energy Week 2022

Leveraging Our Strengths, Focusing on the Future

Monday, February 28

Environment, Energy, and Sustainability (E.E.S) Student Program

Salutations and Welcome to UT Energy Week (4:00-4:10)

Keynote Talk by Prof. Michael Webber: Don’t Mess with Texas: Getting the Lone Star State to Net-zero by 2050 (4:10 – 5:00)

Early Careers in Energy, Environment and Sustainability: What Early-Career Professionals are doing in Today’s Most Exciting Organizations | How it works: Insights from E.E.S. insiders and hiring managers (5:15 – 6:10)

Meet UT Austin E.E.S Graduate Students | Networking and Refreshments (6:10 – 7:15)

Tuesday, March 1

Welcome and Introduction (9:00 – 9:15)

Fueling a Sustainable Energy Transition (FSET) Research Showcase – Session 1 (9:15 – 12:30)

UT Energy Symposium – The Future of Energy – Keynote Talk by Bruce L. Niemeyer,
Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability, Chevron (12:30 – 1:30)

Fueling a Sustainable Energy Transition (FSET) Research Showcase – Session 2 (2:00 – 3:00)

Panel 1: Emergence of the Energy Innovation Ecosystem in Austin, Texas (3:00 – 4:00)

Panel 2: Critical Minerals Supply Chain: Addressing an Energy Transition Bottleneck (4:00 – 5:00)

Wednesday, March 2

Welcome and Opening Remarks (9:00 – 9:05)

The Great Energy Transition, Keynote Address by John Berger, CEO, Sunnova Energy International Inc. (9:05 – 9:45)

Panel 3: Hydrogen Storage and the Power Sector (9:45 – 10:45)

Panel 4: Hydrogen Generation and Distribution (11:00 – 12:00)

Panel 5: Improving Grid Resilience (12:45 – 1:45)

Panel 6: Carbon Removal Entering the Mainstream (1:45 – 2:45)

Panel 7: Industrial Decarbonization (3:00 – 4:00)

Panel 8: Finance of Emerging Energy Startups (4:00 – 5:00)

Thursday, March 3

Cockrell School of Engineering Energy Panel – Our Energy Future (4:00 – 5:00)