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 |
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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 |
UT Energy Symposium Talks
January 19, 2012
Utility of the Future
Roger Duncan, Research Analyst, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy
November 17, 2011
Our Sustainable Earth
Dr. Raymond L Orbach, Director, Energy Institute, UT Austin
November 3, 2011
International Coal Markets: Coal, Climate, and China
Richard Morse, Director, Coal and CCS research, Program on Energy, Stanford University
October 27, 2011
Solving the Climate Problem at Scale: An Environmentalist’s Perspective
Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force
October 20, 2011
International Mechanisms for Climate Change Finance
Gevorg Sargsyan, Program Coordinator, Climate Investment Funds, World Bank
October 13, 2011
Impact of Wind Generation Development on Thermal Generation Investments
C.K. Woo, Senior Partner, Energy+Environmental Economics
October 6, 2011
The Eagle Ford Shale: Opportunity and Responsibility
David J. Porter, Texas Railroad Commissioner
September 29, 2011
The Future of Natural Gas in the US
Marianne Kah, Chief Economist, ConocoPhillips
September 22, 2011
New Developments in Solar Photovoltaic Technologies and Markets
Dr. Ryne Rafaelle, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Rochester Institute of Technology
September 15, 2011
Smart Grids and the Pecan Street Project
Brewster McCracken, Executive Director, Pecan Street Project
September 8, 2011
Regulatory Mechanisms to Foster Investments in Energy Efficiency
Jay Zarnikau, Adjunct Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs and President, Frontier Associates
September 1, 2011
Historical Energy Overview & Why There is No Consensus for the Future
Dr. Carey King, Research Fellow, CIEEP, UT Austin