Texas Hydrogen Roundtable

Welcome and Objectives

Christine Dixon Thiesing, Associate Vice President for Research (Innovation & Economic Impact), UT Austin 

Bob Hebner, Center for Electromechanics, UT Austin

Varun Rai, Energy Institute, UT Austin

Energy in Texas: Policymakers’ View

Remarks by The Honorable Michael McCaul, U.S. House of Representatives, Co-Chair, Congressional High Tech Caucus

Remarks by The Honorable Drew Darby, Texas House of Representatives, Vice Chair of the House Business & Industry Committee and Member, House Energy Resources Committee

Underlying Context for Hydrogen: Global and U.S. Perspective

Bob Hebner, Center for Electromechanics, UT Austin

Daryl Wilson, Hydrogen Council

Sunita Satyapal, U.S. Department of Energy

Presentations: Hebner, Wilson, Satyapal

H2@Scale Project and Other Hydrogen Research at UT Austin

Varun Rai, Energy Institute, UT Austin

Nico Bouwkamp, Frontier Energy

Presentations: Rai, Bouwkamp

Hydrogen Production: Pathways and Critical Needs

Joe Powell, Shell

Brian Weeks, Gas Technology Institute

Al Burgunder, Linde

Presentations: Powell, Weeks

Remarks by The Honorable Marc Veasey, U.S. House of Representatives; Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Hydrogen Storage and Distribution: Infrastructure Development and Coordination

Gordon Salahor, Wolf Midstream

Mark Shuster, Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin

Bob Oesterreich, Chart Industries

Presentations: Salahor, Shuster, Oesterreich

Hydrogen Applications in Transportation and Power Generation

  Nakul Prasad, Siemens 

  Ricky Sakai, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

  Ed Young, Toyota

Presentations: Prasad, Sakai

Industrial Applications and Opportunities for Hydrogen

Jack Broodo, Dow

Tristan Aspray, ExxonMobil

Brett Perlman, Center for Houston’s Future

Presentations: Perlman

Preparing Texas for a Hydrogen Future: Concluding Remarks and Next Steps

Bob Hebner, Center for Electromechanics, UT Austin

Varun Rai, Energy Institute, UT Austin