Annual Energy Summit Day 1 — Exploring Energy Value Chains

On Oct. 1–2, 2024, the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and Baker Botts co-hosted the eighth annual Energy Summit. This year's summit focused on the complexity of interactions across energy value chains, underscoring the challenges and opportunities associated with transitioning multi faceted energy systems in economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable ways. The two-day event featured international and domestic perspectives that highlighted a variety of issues from incumbent to nascent energy supply chains across the global landscape.

It was a hybrid event: Attendees were able to participate in person or virtually. It was free and open to the public.

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Presentations:

Supply Chains and Resource Constraints in Energy Systems by Kenneth B. Medlock

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Agenda: Day 1

Day 2 details are here.

8:30 am	Welcome Remarks The Honorable David M. Satterfield Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Former Ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey Danny David Managing Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P. Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D. James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
8:45 am	Setting the Scene: Supply Chains and Resource Constraints in Energy Systems Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D. Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
9:15 am	Panel: Investment, Returns, and Investor Preference Moderator: Gabe Collins, Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Patrick Yip Managing Director, Head of Growth Equity, Climate Investment (CI) Shawn Cumberland Managing Partner, EnCap Energy Transition, EnCap Investments Gary Petersen Founder, EnCap Investments Garry Tanner Partner, Quantum Capital
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Fireside Chat Host: Mona Dajani, Partner, Baker Botts Kathleen Ash President and CEO, Denbury, Inc.
10:45 am	Panel: Assessing Low Carbon Pathways — The Roles of Carbon Capture and Hydrogen Moderator: Mona Dajani, Baker Botts Doris Fujii Head of Hydrogen and CCUS Analysis, bp Brian Weeks Senior Director Business Development, GTI Energy Dave Edwards, Ph.D. Director and Advocate for Hydrogen Energy, Air Liquide
11:45 am	Panel: The Legal Landscape around Sustainability — Compliance and Reporting Moderator: Matthew Kuryla, Partner, Baker Botts Ron Curtis Managing Counsel-Climate and Sustainability, ExxonMobil Chris Wright CEO & Chairman, Liberty Energy
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Conversation: Plastics, Re-X, Sustainability, and the “Energy” Value Chain Moderator: Rachel Meidl, Fellow in Energy and Sustainability, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Linette Leadon Director of EHS Sustainability & Emergency Management, MD Anderson Ganesh Nagarajan, Ph.D. Senior Director of Plastics, WM
1:30 pm	Panel: Transitions in Transportation — The Future of Fuels Moderator: Edward M. Emmett, Fellow in Energy and Transportation Policy, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Matt Leuck Technical Manager, Renewable Road Transportation, Neste Cintia Ciancio Chief Executive Officer, Hoctant Lee Raymond Global Head of Project Development, First Ammonia
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Panel: LNG Market Evolution Moderator: Jason Bennett, Partner, Baker Botts Julie Mayo Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Sempra Infrastructure Anatol Feygin Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, Cheniere Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D. Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
3:45 pm	Adjourn