8:00 – 8:30

Registration & Breakfast – Crum Auditorium Foyer, RRH 1.400F

8:30 – 8:45

Opening Address – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Jay Hartzell
President, The University of Texas at Austin

8:45 – 9:15

Opening Keynote – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Ezra Yacob
CEO, EOG

9:15 – 10:00

Panel: Progress Toward Energy Independence After the 1970s Oil Embargo – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
JR DeShazo (Moderator)
Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Buzz Smith
Executive Director, Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TXETRA)
Michael Webber
Professor and John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:00

Panel: HyVelocity Hub – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Brian Korgel
Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Crystal Perkins
Senior Regional Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy
Gaurav Sinha
Vice President, Green Hydrogen Origination, The AES Company
Charlie Trivette
Business Venture Advisor, ExxonMobil
Liz Ramsay Dalton (Moderator)
Executive Director, HyVelocity Hub, GTI Energy

11:00 – 11:45

Panel: Low-Carbon Aviation – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400

Parker Bryant
Head of Product, ZeroAvia
Santh Sathya
CEO, LuftCar
Danielle McLean (Moderator)
Founder, HYSKY Society
Additional panelists TBA

11:45 – 1:15

Lunch | Career Engagement Mix & Mingle
– Rowling Hall Atrium, RRH 1.300
Participating Companies:
• AES
• ExxonMobil
• P66
• RWE
• Shell
• Siemens
• Sunnova
If your company would like to participate in this event, email nora@energy.utexas.edu.Campus Energy Tour
Details TBA

1:15 – 2:00

Panel: Embodied Carbon – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Juliana Felkner
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
Dirk Kestner
Principal, Director of Sustainable Design; Walter P. Moore
Jennifer Wong
Director, Materials Lab, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
Gail Vittori (Moderator)
Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Additional panelists TBA

2:00 – 2:30

BETWEEN TWO CACTI WITH BRIAN KORGEL
Ira Ehrenpreis (Founder and managing partner, DBL; Independent Director, Tesla Board) in conversation with Brian Korgel (Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin)

2:30 – 3:00

Fireside Chat: Decarbonization Roadmapping: The Why, What, and How
– Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Ryan Macaluso (Manager of New Energies & Carbon, Motiva Enterprise) and Jerry Price (Managing Director, Green Star BCS) in conversation with Drew Higgins (Board Chair, Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance [TXETRA])

3:00 – 3:15

BreakFREE COURSE Hosted by Texas Executive Education
Creative Solutions to Complex Problems, Taught by Gaylen Paulson
Elegant solutions may appear obvious in hindsight but are difficult to identify in the moment. Learn very practical strategies for discovering creative solutions. Explore individual problem-solving methods and tactics, along with ways to overcome barriers to innovative thinking. Go beyond brainstorming to harness the creative energy of the group while avoiding “analysis paralysis” and the dreaded “groupthink.”

3:15 – 4:00

Panel: Geothermal – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Silviu Livescu
Co-Founder, CTO Bedrock Energy
Malcolm Ross
Strategic Advisor, Eavor Technologies
Cindy Taff
CEO, Sage Geosystems Inc.
Ken Wisian (Moderator)
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

4:00 – 4:45

Panel: When Community Engagement Works: Success Stories & Best Practices – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
Dorian Cockrell
Vice President, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Nagruk Harcharek
President, The Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat
Marilu Hastings
Executive Vice President, The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation; Advisory Board Chair, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

4:45 – 5:30

Panel: Sunshine, Wine, & Wool: Agrivoltaics in Texas’ Energy Transition – Crum Auditorium, RRH 1.400
JR Howard
CEO, Texas Solar Sheep
Blake Mendez
Board President, CleanCo Energie
Alexis Pascaris
Agrivoltaic Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kyle Simpson (Moderator)
Advisory Board Member, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin; Board Member, Permian Basin Energy Development Laboratory (PEDL); Principal, KSE Holdings

5:30 – 7:30

Evening Reception
Student-Led Energy Research Poster Competition
– Crum Auditorium Foyer, RRH 1.400F
Hosted by the Longhorn Energy Club (LEC), Switch Energy Club, and UT American Nuclear Society
Student Club Showcase & Mixer
– Rowling Hall Atrium, RRH 1.300