For the second consecutive year, the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and Baker Botts L.L.P. co-hosted their annual energy summit. This year’s event provided a forum for key market players and decision-makers to discuss the future of the dynamic energy industry, ranging from oil and gas to electricity, renewables and technology.
The summit featured more than a dozen speakers from the oil, gas and power industries, including prominent corporate leaders and energy industry experts from finance, investment and law. The program included panels, keynote speeches and an armchair session that addressed revolutions in energy and how economics, policy and technology are driving change across all energy markets.
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Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
This event was part of the 25th anniversary commemorative programs featuring the centers and research of Rice University’s Baker Institute.
Agenda
7:30 am
Breakfast and Registration
8:00 am
Introduction by Program Chairmen
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Steven R. Miles
Partner, Baker Botts
8:10 am
Opening Remarks
The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Director, Baker Institute
Andrew M. Baker
Managing Partner, Baker Botts
Opening Keynote Address
John Gibson
Chairman, Energy Technology, Tudor, Pickering, Holt, & Co.
Panel — Energy Transitions: The Future of Electric Power
William J. "John" Berger
CEO, Sunnova Energy Corporation
Emily Sanford Fisher
Vice President, Law & Corporate Secretary, Edison Electric Institute
Jim Steffes
Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Direct Energy
John Zahurancik
Chief Operating Officer, Fluence Energy
Moderated by: Megan H. Berge, Partner, Baker Botts
10:15 amMorning break
10:30 amMorning Keynote Address
Scott Nyquist
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
11:00 am
Panel — The Evolving International Natural Gas Landscape
Keynote: Jack A. Fusco, President and CEO, Cheniere Energy
Panelists
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Alan Townsend
Senior Industry Specialist, International Finance Corporation
Carlos Wheelock
LNG Americas, Vitol
Moderated by: Steven R. Miles, Partner, Baker Botts
12:15 pm
Lunch break1:30 pm
Lunch Keynote Address
The Honorable James A. Baker, III
Honorary Chair, Baker Institute, and Partner, Baker Botts
2:00 pm
Panel — The Permian Basin — Globally Important, Regionally Challenged and Technologically Opportunistic: A Microcosm of What’s to Come?
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Gabriel Collins
Baker Botts Fellow in Energy & Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
John England
Partner, Oil & Gas, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Joseph C. Gatto Jr.
President, CEO and Director, Callon Petroleum
Amir Gerges
General Manager for Permian, Shell
Moderated by: James H. Barkley, Partner, Baker Botts
3:30 pm
Afternoon break3:45 pm
Arm Chair Conversation — Financing the Energy Future
Gabriel Alonso
Executive Chairman, ConnectGen LLC
Chris G. Carter
Managing Partner, NGP Energy Capital
Roberto Simon
Managing Director and Head of Natural Resources and Infrastructure for the Americas, Société Générale
Moderated by: Martin Toulouse, Partner, Baker Botts
4:45 pmConcluding Remarks
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute
Reception