2024 Agenda

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

3:30 - 4:30 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Moderator: Kimberly Gramm

Thursday, November 14, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lobby

9:00 - 9:10 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

9:15 - 10:00 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Moderator: Kimberly Gramm

10:15 - 11:00 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

  • Daniel F. Shantz

    Co-principal investigator and interim director of use-inspired research and development, FUEL; The Entergy Chair in Clean Energy Engineering, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering

10:15 - 11:00 AM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

Moderator: Paulo B. Goes

  • Ludovico Feoli

    Director, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University
  • Francisco J. Monaldi

    Director, Latin America Energy Program, Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)

Marshall Family Commons

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

  • Joshua A. Basseches

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Policy, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

12:00 - 1:00 PM (CST)

1:00 - 2:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

  • Jay Hakes

    Presidential and Energy Historian; Author, The Presidents and the Planet – Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush

2:15 - 3:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

3:15 - 4:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

  • Cameron Poole

    Energy & Innovation Manager, Greater New Orleans, Inc.
  • Rebecca Shearman

    Program Director, NSF Engines - Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) | Division of Innovation and Technology Ecosystems (ITE) | Innovation Programs Section

3:15 - 4:00 PM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

Moderator: Robin Forman, PhD

4:15 - 5:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Moderator: Ehab Meselhe

  • Susan Hamm

    Director, Integrated Strategies Office, EERE, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Dr. Roderick Jackson

    Laboratory Program Manager – Building Technologies R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); U.S. Department of Energy Oppenheimer Fellow

4:15 - 5:00 PM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

  • Matthew Escarra

    Professor, Physics & Engineering Physics and Instrumentation for Nanoscience and Innovation Core Facilities, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering
  • Matt Kisber

    Chairman and Co Founder, Silicon Ranch Corporation

5:00 - 6:30 PM

LBC TBA

Friday, November 15, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lobby

9:00 - 10:00 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Moderator: Pierre Conner

  • Aniket Shah

    Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability and Transition Strategy, Jefferies Group LLC

10:15 - 11:00 AM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Moderator: Lawrence J. Kahn

10:15 - 11:00 AM (CST)

Marshall Family Commons

  • Garrett Golding

    Assistant Vice President for Energy Programs, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Matt Hart

    Vice President, Investor Relations, Churchill Stateside Securities, LLC

10:15 - 11:00 AM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

Moderator: Brian McNamara

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)

Marshall Family Commons

Moderator: Daniel F. Shantz

  • Jim Blackburn

    Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law and co-director, SSPEED Center, Rice University
  • Kera Gautreau

    Senior Director and Development Lead, Houston Energy Transition Initiatives (HETI) at the Greater Houston Partnership

12:00 - 1:00 PM (CST)

1:00 - 2:00 PM (CST)

Marshall Family Commons

Moderator: Eric Smith

2:15 - 3:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

  • Ben Byboth

    Sr. Manager, Business Development and Strategy, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  • Sierra Cato

    Principal, Energy Policy Practice Group, Lewis-Burke Associates LLC

2:15 - 3:00 PM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

Moderator: Anu Varadharajan

3:15 - 4:00 PM (CST)

Kendall Cram Lecture Hall

3:15 - 4:00 PM (CST)

Qatar Ballroom

Moderator: Randall M. Ebner