Past Events

This week at the Energy Symposium, Dr. Sol Hart, Associate Professor in both Communication and Media and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan, will present a talk entitled "Engaging the public on renewable energy and carbon dioxide removal."

This week at the Energy Symposium, Barbara Finamore, Senior Strategic Director for Asia at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will lead a discussion on the role of China and the environment.

This week at the Energy Symposium, Dr. Joel Landry, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics at Penn State University, will present a talk about political permit allocations and the feasibility of federal carbon policy. 

This week at the Energy Symposium, Dr. John Besley, Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations at Michigan State University, will present a talk titled, "Making science communication more strategic."

This week at the Energy Symposium, Kara Kockelman, the Dewitt Greer Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will present a talk titled "Energy & Emissions Implications of Self-Driving Vehicles."

This week at the Energy Symposium, Dr. Frank Male, postdoctoral fellow at the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, will present on the technology progress and physics constraints around tight oil production.

This week at the Energy Symposium, Mike Sloan, President of Virtus Energy Research Associates, will lead a discussion titled, "Which Costs Less to Power Our Future:  Fossil Fuel or Clean Energy?".

This week at the Energy Symposium, Tim Siegler, postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Brian A Korgel in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at UT-Austin, will present a talk titled "The 10th Birthday of the Perovskite Solar Cell: Will They Ever Grow Up?".

This week at the Energy Symposium, Dr. Saleem Ali, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware, will present a talk titled "Elements of Energy: Considering the role of Critical Metals."

This week at the Energy Symposium, Asher Price, a journalist at the Austin American-Statesman, will present a talk titled "Fighting Over Eden: Energy, Environment and Religion in Modern America."