Location: All sessions will be held in the Shamrock Ballroom (Room 261). Lunch will be held in the Conrad N. Hilton Ballroom (Room S202).
8:30: Registration and continental breakfast
8:45: Welcome
- Mark Clarke, Faculty Senate President and Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston
- Renu Khator, Chancellor, University of Houston System, and President, University of Houston
9:00: Energy in Transition
- H. David Ramm, Partner, DKRW Energy LLC
9:45: Break
10:00: New Horizons in Traditional Energy
- Moderator: Alex Ignatiev, Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Chemistry and Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Houston
- Janok Bhattacharya, Professor of Geology, Robert Sheriff Professor of Sequence Stratigraphy, Deltaic Systems, University of Houston
- Christopher Liner, Professor of Geophysics, Reflection Seismology, University of Houston
- David E. Roberts, Jr., Executive Vice President of Worldwide Upstream Operations, Marathon Oil Corporation
- Michael Harold, Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston
- Britt Dearman, Manager of Special Projects, Apache Corporation
- Allan Jacobson, Robert A. Welch Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity
12:00: Lunch and poster sessions
12:30: Keynote address: David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, State of Texas
1:30: Future Directions in Energy
- Moderator: Peter Bishop, Associate Professor, Future Studies , University of Houston
Innovation in the Power Industry
- Glen Stancil, Vice President of EV Services, NRG
Superconductivity and Smart Grid
- Venkat (Selva) Selvamanickam, M. D. Anderson Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Alternative Energy
- Alex Freundlich, Research Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston
- John White, Managing Director of The Wind Alliance
- Philip Camarata, Design Engineer, Standard Renewable, Division of GridPoint
- Joe Meppelink, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director of Applied Research, University of Houston
Law and Public Policy
- Jacqueline Weaver, A. A. White Professor of Law, University of Houston
- Joseph Pratt, Cullen Professor of Business and History, University of Houston
- Tracy Hester, Director of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Center and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston
Green UH
- Emily Messa, Assistant Vice President for University Services, University of Houston
3:45: Conclusion
- John Antel, System Senior Vice Chancellor, University of Houston System, and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Houston
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