Hydrogen Workforce Summit
Monday, October 7
Rowling Hall, 300 W. Martin Luther King Blvd., Crum Auditorium & Foyer, Rowling Hall Atrium. See parking details.
10:00 a.m. | Poster Competition
12:30 p.m. | Registration
Light Refreshments Provided
1:20 p.m. | Welcome Remarks
Brian Korgel, Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
1:30 p.m. | Hydrogen Economy Unveiled: Market Trends, Tech Advances, and Innovators
Parul Dhall, Houston
Director of Strategic Marketing, Technip Energies
2:00 p.m. | Bridging Communities and Careers: Leaders Shaping Hydrogen’s Workforce Future
Daniel Henry, Houston
Senior Development Manager, Green Hydrogen, AES Clean Energy
2:30 p.m. | Connecting Houston's Underserved Communities to Demand-Driven Hydrogen Opportunities Through Employer-led Workforce Development
Bryant Black, Houston
Director, Regional Workforce Development, Greater Houston Partnership
3:00 p.m. | Networking Break
3:30 p.m. | Driving the Hydrogen Workforce Innovation from Development to Deployment
Lacy Wolf, Jr., Houston
Principal Industry Liaison-Construction, Gulf Coast Workforce Board-Workforce Solutions
Leonard Aguilar, San Antonio
Secretary-Treasurer, Texas AFL-CIO
Michael Lewis, Austin
Director, Center for Electromechanics, The University of Texas at Austin
Krystal York, Kalamazoo, MI
Senior Engineer, Low-Carbon Resources, Electric Power Research Institute
4:15 p.m. | Empowering Hydrogen Workforce Pathways: Strategies for Inclusive Growth and Leadership
Juliet Stipeche, Houston (Moderator)
Executive Director, Gulf Coast Workforce Board | Director, Houston-Galveston Area Council
Eric M. Goodie, Houston
Executive Vice President, Houston Area Urban League
Ann Pham, Houston
Corporate Workforce Development Manager, Worley
Paul Puente, Houston
Executive Secretary, Houston Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council
Rommell Williams, Houston
Director, Workforce Development & Training, Houston Area Urban League
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | Networking Reception, Student Meet & Greet
Hydrogen Day
Tuesday, October 8
Rowling Hall, 300 W. Martin Luther King Blvd., Crum Auditorium & Foyer, Rowling Hall Atrium. See parking details.
7:30 a.m. | Registration
Coffee and Breakfast Provided
8:30 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
Brian Korgel, Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
President Jay Hartzell, President, The University of Texas at Austin
State Rep. Drew Darby, Texas House of Representatives, District 72
9:00 a.m. | Opening Keynote: Harnessing Hydrogen
Austin Knight, Houston
Vice President, Hydrogen, Chevron New Energies
9:30 a.m. | H2@UT
Austin Knight, Houston (Moderator)
Vice President, Hydrogen, Chevron New Energies
Vaibhav Bahadur, Austin
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Emily Beagle, Austin
Research Associate, Webber Energy Group, The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Lewis, Austin
Director, Center for Electromechanics, The University of Texas at Austin
Ning Lin, Austin
Chief Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
10:15 a.m. | Networking Break
10:30 a.m. | Large Scale Green Hydrogen Projects - Opportunities & Challenges
Pradeep Venkataraman, Houston
Sr. Technical Director, Green Hydrogen, AES Clean Energy
11:00 a.m. | Geological Storage of Hydrogen
Mark Shuster, Austin (Moderator)
Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Andrey Bakulin, Austin
Research Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Harold Evin, Houston
Director CCUS and H2 Tubular Products, Vallourec
Capucine Saikia-Courault, Houston
Principal Geologist, PG, Geostock Sandia
11:45 a.m. | Networking Lunch
Poster Session & Competition
12:30 p.m. | UT Energy Symposium: Hydrogen in the Energy Transition, Emergence from Research Interest to National Priority
Frank Wolak, Washington, DC
President & CEO, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association
1:15 p.m. | Networking Break
1:30 p.m. | Technology Enablers for Low CI Hydrogen at Scale
David Dankworth, Princeton, New Jersey
Hydrogen Portfolio Manager, Low Carbon Solutions Technology, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering
2:00 p.m. | The Emerging Hydrogen Market
Stephen Scott, Houston (Moderator)
Green Star BCS
Preston Kurtz, Houston
Hydrogen Business Director - West Gulf Coast, Air Products
Ben Meinke, Houston
Vice President, Hydrogen Business Line Manager, Kiewit
Shayan Salemizadeh, Chicago, IL
Director, Business Development & Strategy, Blackcurrant
2:45 p.m. | Networking Break
3:00 p.m. | Hydrogen Transport and End Use
Andy Uhler, Austin (Moderator)
Energy Journalism Fellow, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Benoît Chedal-Anglay, Houston
Commercial Director Americas, Global Solutions, Axens
Keiichiro Segawa, Tokyo
Chief Executive Staff Officer, Hydrogen Strategy Division, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tokyo
Manager of the Overseas Hydrogen Supply Chain Group, ENEOS Corporation
3:45 p.m. | Hydrogen Production and End Use
Parul Dhall, Houston (Moderator)
Director of Strategic Marketing, Technip Energies
Yohei Hayakawa, Houston
Sr. Vice President of Energy Transition Division, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Americas
Nigel Jenvey, Houston
Vice President Energy Transition Project Development, Baker Hughes
Takashi Morishita Ph.D., Menlo Park, CA
General Manager, Corporate Venture Capital, Ashai Kasei
4:30 p.m. | Atomically Thin 2D Membranes for Next-Generation Hydrogen Technologies
Piran R. Kidambi, Nashville, TN
Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin | Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
4:45 p.m. | Between Two Cacti. HyVelocity Hub: Building the Clean Hydrogen Economy in Texas
Brian Korgel, Austin (Moderator)
Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Liz Ramsay Dalton, Austin
Executive Director, HyVelocity Hub, GTI Energy
5:15 p.m. | Adjourn
Poster Winner Announced
5:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Networking Reception
Optional: H2@Scale Tour
Wednesday, October 9
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Tour of H2@Scale at UT Pickle Research Campus
Address: H2@Scale Research & Demonstration Site
2927 James Hart Trail, Austin, 78758
Parking: please print the below parking details and permit.
Information: Please note that the site is uncovered. Wear appropriate clothing and be mindful of weather conditions. Light Breakfast will be provided.
Summit Steering Committee
Salma Adman, Air Liquide, Communications manager & Business partner
Douglas Bannerman, GIT Energy, Senior Program Manager, HyVelocity Hub
Sergio Castellanos, The University of Texas at Austin, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Assistant Professor
Margaret Cook, HARC, Deputy Director, Climate Equity & Resilience
Monique Hennington, The University of Texas at Austin, Energy Institute, Managing Director of Regional Initiatives
Erica Holloway, The AES Corporation, Stakeholder Relations Manager
Juliet Stipeche, Gulf Coast Workforce Solutions, Executive Director
Woodrow W. Winchester, III, CPEM, The University of Texas at Austin Engineering Executive Education, Executive Director
Krystal York, EPRI, Senior Engineer, Low-Carbon Resources