Annual Energy Summit Day 2 — Exploring Energy Value Chains

On Oct. 1–2, 2024, the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and Baker Botts co-hosted our 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 highlight 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:

ERCOT and the State of the Power Industry by Chad V. Seely

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Agenda: Day 2

Day 1 details are here.

8:30 am	Opening Remarks Reginald DesRoches President, Rice University
8:40 am	Conversation: ERCOT and the State of the Power Industry Moderator: 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 Chad V. Seely Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, ERCOT
9:10 am	Panel: Electricity in Transition Moderator: Elaine Walsh, Partner, Baker Botts Sandhya Ganapathy Chief Executive Officer, EDP Renewables North America Rolf Gibbels Head of Worldwide Business Development Energy & Utilities, Amazon Web Services Rob Gaudette Executive Vice President, NRG Business John Berger Chief Executive Officer, Sunnova
10:10 am	Fireside Chat Host: Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., Baker Institute Carolyn Comer President, Shell Energy North America; Senior Vice President, Shell Energy Americas
10:40 am	Break
10:50 am	Fireside Chat Host: Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D., Baker Institute Jason Ryan Executive Vice President, Regulatory Services and Government Affairs, CenterPoint Energy
11:15 am	Panel: What’s in a Barrel? The Role of Oil in Transitions Moderator: Mark Finley, Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Fellipe Balieiro Executive Director, Energy and Mobility, S&P Global Zainub Noor Director, Technology & Innovation, Halliburton Labs Sean Maher Chief Economist, Phillips 66 Shane Young Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Coterra
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Panel: Critical Minerals and Materials Transitions Moderator: Michelle Michot Foss, Ph.D., Fellow in Energy, Minerals and Materials, Baker Institute for Public Policy Rebecca Seidl Partner, Baker Botts Nicholas Lugansky Head of Mining, SLB Doug Moorehead Chief Operating Officer, ENGIE North America Inc. Bryan Hassin Chief Executive Officer, Dexmat Marc Cutler Country Manager, GEOLITH
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Panel: Around the World in 60 Minutes — Regional Transition Perspectives Moderator: Henry Haggard, Nonresident Fellow, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Jim Krane, Ph.D. Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, Co-director, Middle East Energy Roundtable, Baker Institute Gabe Collins, Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute Francisco Monaldi, Ph.D. Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Director, Latin America Energy Program, Baker Institute
3:30 pm	Energy and US Foreign Policy Introduction: The Honorable David M. Satterfield, Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Former Ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R. Pyatt Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State
4:00 pm	Adjourn