On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the Center on Global Energy Policy hosted its 6th annual Columbia Global Energy Summit.
The forum included keynote remarks, interviews and plenary conversations with senior energy sector leaders focused on key issues and questions at the intersection of energy policy, financial markets, the environment and geopolitics.
AGENDA
7:45 – 8:30am
Registration
8:30 – 8:35am
Welcome Remarks Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
8:35 – 8:40am
Opening Remarks Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
8:40–9:20am
The Future of Electric Vehicles
Tony Posawatz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invictus iCAR LLC
Dr. Dan Steingart, Stanley-Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy, Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
Dr. Arun Majumdar, Co-Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Jay Precourt Provostial Chair, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Photon Science, Stanford University
Moderator: Jonathan Elkind, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
1:45 – 2:25pm
New Challenges in Energy Geopolitics
Francis Fannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Dr. Dan Yergin, Vice Chairman of IHS Markit; Founder of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Moderator: Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
2:25 – 2:55pm
Keynote Conversation
Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Moderator: Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
2:55 – 3:35pm
A Changing Oil and Gas Landscape
Meg Gentle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tellurian Inc.
Katie Jackson, Executive Vice President, Commercial and New Business Development, Shell
Scott Sheffield, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pioneer Natural Resources
Moderator: Dr. Dan Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS Markit; Founder, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
3:35 – 3:50pm
Coffee Break
3:50 – 4:30pm
Energy and Climate Policy: The View from D.C.
George David Banks, Executive Vice President, American Council on Capital Formation; Former Special Assistant to President Trump for International Energy and Environment at the National Economic and National Security Councils
Carlos Curbelo, Former Representative, Florida's 26th Congressional District; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President for Energy and Environment Policy, Center for American Progress
Moderator: Mona Sutphen, Senior Advisor, Vistria Group LLC; Center on Global Energy Policy Advisory Board Member
4:30 – 5:00pm
Keynote Conversation
Heidi Heitkamp, Former U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 2013 to 2019
Moderator: Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
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