(Book Talk) America's Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Student Symposium with Guest Speakers Matthew Dean and Justin S. Davenport
Matthew Dean, NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD Candidate in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Justin S. Davenport, JD Candidate, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
Lessons from the Real World (Science & Nature > Government Policies & Regulations)
Bill Flores, Vice-Chair and Independent Board Member, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT); Former Member of Congress—U.S. House of Representatives (2011-2021)
The Pros & Cons of Being a Municipal Utility in a Future With More Renewable Electricity
Erika Bierschbach, Vice President of Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning, Austin Energy
Energy Prices and the World Economy
James Hamilton, Professor, Economics, University of California San Diego
Loving the Alien: CO2 Deserves Our Affection but Save a Seat for Some Other Surprising Climate Change Allies
Jan Mertens, Chief Science Officer, ENGIE Research, Professor, Ghent University
An Oxford-Style Debate on University Fossil Fuel Divestment
Debate participants include: Cutler Cleveland, Dan Cohn, Bradford Cornell, and Brent Bennett
Moderated by: Carey King
Stranded Fossil-Fuel Assets Translate to Major Losses for Investors in Advanced Economics
Gregor Semieniuk, Assistant Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute and Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Building a Molten Salt Research Reactor in Texas by 2025
Derek Haas, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Kevin Clarno, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering (NEXTRA), The University of Texas at Austin
Constraints and Opportunities for Human Futures - A Systems Overview
Nathan Hagens, Director, The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future (ISEOF)