STANFORD NATURAL GAS INITIATIVE ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Bridging the Gap from Methane Measurements to Meaningful Emissions Reductions
Day 1: October 9, 2024
8:00 – 8:45 AM Breakfast and Registration
8:45 – 9:00 AM Welcome and Overview – Naomi Boness, Managing Director, Natural Gas Initiative and Co-Managing Director, Hydrogen Initiative (Stanford)
9:00 – 9:45 AM Keynote: “Meaningful Methane Reductions: Rest of World”, Bob Kleinberg, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University
Center on Global Energy Policy, and Senior Fellow at the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy
9:45 – 10:45 AM Panel Session 1: The Evolving Us Methane Landscape
Moderator: Amanda Harmon, Director, Zero Emissions Systems (GTI Energy)
● Elena Berman, Chief Technical Officer (Insight M)
● Dan Cusworth, Project Scientist (Carbon Mapper)
● Steve Deiker, Founder (Basin Wide)
10:45 – 11:15 AM Break
11:15 – 12:00 PM Panel Session 2: Size Matters: Emissions Reduction and Upstream Capital Deployment for Small to Midsize Operators
Moderator: Jessica Shumlich, Chief Executive Officer (Highwood Emissions)
● Keila Diamond, Managing Director and Head of ESG (Quantum Energy)
● Arjun Murti, Equity Research Analyst, Partner (Veriten)
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM Overview of Stanford's Methane Activities, Adam Brandt, Associate Professor of Energy Science Engineering (Stanford)
2:00 – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 – 3:15 PM Panel Session 3: Global Methane Monitoring Systems Impact on Emissions
Moderator: Evan Sherwin, Research Scientist (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
● Millie Chu-Baird, Vice President, Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)(EDF)
● Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute; Professor, Public Policy (Colorado School of Mines)
● Dylan Jervis, Senior Scientist (GHG Sat)
● Chris Konek, Lead Scientist (Global Methane Hub)
3:15 – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 – 3:55 PM Open Discussion Forum 3:55 – 4:00 PM Closing Remarks
4:00 – 6:00 PM Reception