Agenda

11:30 am - 5:00 pm

Tour 1:  Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant
Tour 2:  Barnett Shale Gas Tour

11:30 am - 7:00 pm

Registration - Pecos Foyer

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Ph.D. Day - Bur Oak

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Opening Reception - Terrace

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration | Pecos Foyer

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast Buffet | Pecos

8:00 am - 8:55 am

Student Mentoring Breakfast | West Fork I

9:00 am - 9:10 am

Welcome Address: Dean Foreman - President, USAEE; Karr Ingham - Vice President, Conferences, UASEE | Pecos

9:10 am - 9:50 am

Opening Keynote: Thomas J. Gleeson - Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas | Pecos

10:00 am - 11:15 am

Opening Plenary: Cross-Industry Perspective on the Energy Outlook | Pecos
Panel: Roger Cryan; Dong Fu; Ken Simonson; Jonathan Smoke | Moderator: Dean Foreman

11:25 am - 12:40 pm

Concurrent Sessions

12:40 pm - 2:00 pm

Keynote Lunch: CEO Perspective on Energy and Economic Growth | Pecos
Eugenio Madero - CEO, Rassini | Moderator: Ravi Kathuria - President, Houston Strategy Forum

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:25 pm - 4:40 pm

Dual Plenary I: Organizational Clarity & Cohesion | Pecos
Presenter: Ravi Kathuria 

Dual Plenary II: Public & Private Sector Career Paths | Rio Grande
Panel: Jeffrey Bush; Hannah Gagarin; Garrett Golding | Moderator: Shruti K. Mishra 

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Best Poster Award Competition and Reception | Terrace

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration | Pecos Foyer

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast Buffet | Pecos

8:00 am- 8:50 am

USAEE Business Meeting | Rio Grande

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Keynote: Technology, Power, and The Role of Nuclear | Ray Rothrock - Venture Capitalist and Philanthropist | Pecos

10:00 am - 11:15 am

Dual Plenary I: From Data Centers to Driveways: Tracking Texas' Power Appetite | Pecos
Panel: Bill Barnes; Chad Burnett; Kristi Hobbs | Moderator: Bryan Sams

Dual Plenary II: Energy Policy at a Crossroads – Navigating Risks, Flashpoints, and Opportunities | Rio Grande
Panel: Kevin Book; Lynn Granger; Lucian Pugliaresi | Moderator: Kunal Patel

11:25 am - 12:40 pm

Dual Plenary I: Oil and Gas Planning and Policy Challenges | Pecos
Panel: Claudio Galimberti; Rob Schwiers | Moderator: Karr Ingham

Dual Plenary II: Nuclear’s Role in the Evolving Energy Economy | Rio Grande
Panel: John Bistline; Stephen Comello; Laura O. Taylor | Moderator: Anna Broughel

12:40 pm - 1:45 pm

Awards Lunch | Pecos

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Dual Plenary I: Downstream Supply Chains in Refining and Petrochemicals | Pecos
Panel: Horace O. Hobbs; Alfred Luaces; Martha Gilchrist Moore; Harold "Skip" York | Moderator: Amy Brock

Dual Plenary II: Natural Gas and NGLs | Rio Grande
Panel: Matt Barr; Caleb Francis; Ken Medlock | Moderator: Ning Lin

3:10 pm - 4:25 pm

Concurrent Sessions

4:35 pm - 5:50 pm

Concurrent Sessions

6:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Offsite Event: An Evening at the World Famous Joe T. Garcia's

7:00 am- 12:00 pm

Registration | Pecos Foyer

8:00 am - 8:50 am

Breakfast Buffet | Pecos

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Plenary Session | Pecos

10:25 am - 11:40 am

Concurrent Sessions

11:50 am - 1:00 pm

Closing Lunch