Oct. 01. 2024

On Oct. 1–2, 2024, the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and Baker Botts will co-host our eighth annual Energy Summit. This year's summit will focus on the complexity of interactions across energy value chains, underscoring the challenges and opportunities associated with transitioning multi faceted energy systems in economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable ways. The two-day event will feature international and domestic perspectives that highlight a variety of issues from incumbent to nascent energy supply chains across the global landscape.

8:30 am Welcome Remarks

The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Former Ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey
Danny David
Managing Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

8:45 am Setting the Scene: Supply Chains and Resource Constraints in Energy Systems

Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

9:15 am Panel: Investment, Returns, and Investor Preference

Moderator: Gabe Collins, Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Patrick Yip
Managing Director, Head of Growth Equity, Climate Investment (CI)
Shawn Cumberland
Managing Partner, EnCap Energy Transition, EnCap Investments
Gary Petersen
Founder, EnCap Investments
Garry Tanner
Partner, Quantum Capital

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Fireside Chat

Host: Mona Dajani, Partner, Baker Botts
Kathleen Ash
President and CEO, Denbury, Inc.

10:45 am Panel: Assessing Low Carbon Pathways — The Roles of Carbon Capture and Hydrogen

Moderator: Mona Dajani, Baker Botts
Doris Fujii
Head of Hydrogen and CCUS Analysis, bp
Chris Powers
Vice President Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, Chevron
Ankur Awasthi, Ph.D.
General Manager, Supply Development, Woodside Energy
Dave Edwards, Ph.D.
Director and Advocate for Hydrogen Energy, Air Liquide

11:45 am Panel: The Legal Landscape around Sustainability — Compliance and Reporting

Moderator: Matthew Kuryla, Partner, Baker Botts
Ron Curtis
Managing Counsel-Climate and Sustainability, ExxonMobil
Chris Wright
CEO & Chairman, Liberty Energy

12:15 pm Lunch

1:00pm Conversation: Plastics, Re-X, Sustainability, and the “Energy” Value Chain

Moderator: Rachel Meidl, Fellow in Energy and Sustainability, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Linette Leadon
Director of EHS Sustainability & Emergency Management, MD Anderson
Ganesh Nagarajan, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Plastics, WM

1:30 pm Panel: Transitions in Transportation — The Future of Fuels

Moderator: Edward M. Emmett, Fellow in Energy and Transportation Policy, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Matt Leuck
Technical Manager, Renewable Road Transportation, Neste
Cintia Ciancio
Chief Executive Officer, Hoctant
Lee Raymond
Global Head of Project Development, First Ammonia

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm Panel: LNG Market Evolution

Moderator: Jason Bennett, Partner, Baker Botts
Julie Mayo
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Sempra Infrastructure
Anatol Feygin
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Cheniere
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute

3:45 pm Adjourn

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