UT Energy Symposium

A weekly guest lecture series that is both free and open to the public and available for course credit.

In an effort to provide a multi-disciplinary platform for UT faculty and students to interact on the most pressing energy issues facing our world, the Energy Institute sponsors the UT Energy Symposium (UTES), which will enter its 25th semester in fall 2023.

The UTES serves as a “convener” for the campus community, uniting students interested in energy issues with faculty and others working on sustainable energy security. Students who register for the symposium receive one credit hour for the 15-week seminar course, which is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Ongoing themes for UTES include climate change policy, innovation and diffusion of energy technologies, low-carbon technology options and status, and behavioral aspects of energy consumption.

Each UTES talk will be recorded and posted on this page and on the Energy Institute YouTube channel following the event.

Instructor: Carey King
Unique Number (Fall 2023): 61200 (graduate students) / 60925 (undergraduates)
Day & Time: Tuesday, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Christa Hopkins, who can be reached at 512-475-8447 or christa@energy.utexas.edu, no later than five (5) business days prior to the event.

Upcoming UT Energy Symposium Talks

Date	Speaker	Talk Title
August 29, 2023	Michael Yamoah	Coherent implementation of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies and Ongoing Implications for ESG Investing
September 5, 2023	Scott Hughey & Shaun Boardman	Decarbonization - The New High-Tech Sector
September 12, 2023	Art Berman	An Energy Transition to Renewables Condemns Civilization to its Status Quo Path of Growth & Biophysical destruction
September 19, 2023	Julia SteinBerger	Living Well at Lower Energy Demand: Empirical Evidence and Future Research Directions
September 26, 2023	Mike Legatt	When Situational Awareness, Mental Models, and Adaptive Capacity Meet Control Room Surprises
October 3, 2023	Vida Asiegbu	Climate Investing x Diversity
October 10, 2023	Kevin Book	Carbon Trade War and the Energy Transition
October 17, 2023	Steve Kleen	Macroeconomics and Energy
October 24, 2023	Neil Kem	Exploring the Role of Hydrogen & Low-Carbon Fuels in the Energy Sector
October 31, 2023	Emily Grubert	Fossil Phaseout and the Just Energy Transition
November 7, 2023	Michael Webber & Carey King	Steelman Discussion: Should ERCOT Interconnect (synchronize) with the Eastern or Western Interconnect?
November 14, 2023	Melissa Lott	TBD
November 28, 2023	Clay Sell	Small Nuclear Reactors