CERAWeek, the United States’s largest oil and gas conference, runs from
March 18 to the 22nd
in Houston, Texas.
Day One Agenda
Day Two Agenda
Day Three Agenda
Day Four Agenda
Day Five Agenda
Monday
09:30am – 10:10am (CST) / 10:30am- 11:10am (EST)
DOE R&D Overview
Overview of DOE early to mid stage R&D
activities. Panelists from Labs, ARPA-e,
EERE
Speakers:
- Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer for the Department of
Energy and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions
- Steven Ashby, Director of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
- Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
11:00am – 11:40am (CST) / 12:00pm- 12:40pm (EST)
The “Capital Transition” Funding the Energy Transition
Energy has reemerged as a great driving force in finance, unlocking
capital for the sector and underpinning rising investment. Energy
remains the lifeblood of national economies, and in a newly competitive
era, both legacy fossil fuel and new cleantech assets are being funded
despite higher interest rates. How this new energy era plays out will be
determined by how the “capital transition” unfolds, and the availability
of private and public capital for existing and emerging technologies.
How does the renewed focus on energy attract capital and shareholders’
interest?  How do capital markets, companies and governments manage a
“capital transition”?  
Speakers:
- Roger Diwan
- Jigar Shah, Department of Energy
- Marcel van Poecke
- Christian Bruch
11:30am – 12:15pm (CST) / 12:30pm- 1:15pm (EST)
DOE Continuum – Carbon Management
Speakers:
- Darien Sturges, Senior Advisor, United States Department of Energy,
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
- Noah Deich, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Carbon
Management in the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management,
Department of Energy
- Katheryn Scott, United States Department of Energy, Office of
Technology Transitions
12:40pm – 01:55pm (CST) / 1:40pm- 2:55pm (EST)
Luncheon & Keynote Address
Speakers:
- Daniel Yergin
- Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy
02:05pm – 02:45pm (CST) / 3:05pm- 3:45pm (EST)
Energy: The impact of competition and rivalries in a multipolar world
Governments around the world are competing to win the clean energy
industries of the future. Some countries are relying on incentives,
others are using regulation to accelerate clean energy deployment while
also bringing green supply lines close to home. How will energy
competition reshape economic ties? What are the energy transition
security drivers and how do companies navigate this new landscape? 
Speakers:
- Carlos Pascual
- Amos Hochstein, Special Presidential Coordinator for Global
Infrastructure and Energy Security
- Catherine MacGregor
- Kadri Simson
03:30pm – 04:10pm (CST) / 4:30pm- 5:10pm (EST)
Enabling Critical Technologies through Public-Private Partner
Partnerships
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) can play a crucial role in
facilitating the expansion of clean energy. Energy transformation
requires coordinated, holistic, whole-systems solutions across our full
energy economy to accelerate new technologies, integrate energy systems
and implement solutions at scale. What needs to be done to secure
financial support, foster collaboration and promote mutual understanding
between the private and public sectors?
Speakers:
- Shin Kim
- Vyshi Suntharalingam, Chief Technology & Engineering Officer (CTEO)
for the United States Department of Defense Office of Strategic
Capital
- Vanessa Chan
- Hans Kobler
04:00pm – 04:30pm (CST) / 5:00pm- 5:30pm (EST)
Hydrogen Policy Post IRA: What is the status
of the American hydrogen hubs?
Hear from America’s newest hydrogen hub to hear how this historic
investment of clean energy through hydrogen will help the United States
meet its energy security goals. Diverse regions will enjoy federal
support to help regional economies and with a large investment in clean
energy jobs and manufacturing. These diverse regions will kickstart the
United States energy economy with large scale production projects,
transportation networks and decarbonizing industry. Hear directly from
the hubs to get the latest updates.
Speakers:
- Noah Feingold
- Kelly Cummins, Acting Director for the Office of Clean Energy
Demonstrations (OCED) at the U.S. Department of Energy
- Eric Guter
- Manka Khanna
04:30pm – 04:55pm (CST) / 5:30pm- 5:55pm (EST)
Spotlight | How U.S. Policy Can Accelerate the Energy Transition
The year 2024 is pivotal for U.S. ambitions to drive climate action and
sustain energy security. The U.S. legal foundations are in place through
the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
COP28 created a framework for transitioning
away from fossil fuels. How will climate ambitions translate into an
agenda that drives investment nationally and globally to accelerate
emission reductions? How quickly can IRA
incentives be incorporated into the tax code? Can permitting reform keep
pace with infrastructure demands? What are the strategies to leverage
private capital, especially for developing countries? Will industry be
welcomed as a partner in innovation and decarbonization? Join a dialogue
with the new U.S. Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change to
understand how he is shaping the U.S. agenda for 2024 and preparing for
future challenges.
Speakers:
- Carlos Pascual
- John Podesta, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change
04:30pm – 05:10pm (CST) / 5:30pm- 6:10pm (EST)
Hydrogen: How to grow a market
Countries are providing incentives to develop new hydrogen markets, with
the U.S. leading the way on the scale of government funding available to
the emerging industry. Yet there are still questions about how hydrogen
can be produced cleanly at scale, and how new end-user markets will
develop, creating uncertainties about the hydrogen business’ pace of
growth and ultimate size. Where will supply come from? Which use case
segments are most promising for hydrogen demand? Where can hydrogen
compete with traditional fuels without government support? 
Speakers:
- Shankari Srinivasan
- David Crane, Department of Energy
- Seifi Ghasemi
- Marco AlverÃ
- Stéphane Michel
4:55pm – 05:15pm (CST) / 5:55pm- 6:15pm (EST)
Spotlight | Energy Present and Energy Future
Speakers:
- Daniel Yergin
- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
05:00pm – 05:30pm (CST) / 6:00pm- 6:30pm (EST) Solutions to Decarbonize
Hard-to-Abate Sectors Carbon Management/Decarbonization Hard-to-abate
sectors have many decarbonization approaches available to consider.
These include changing manufacturing processes and operations to reduce
costs and emissions; waste heat integration; utilizing lower-carbon
materials and feedstocks; electrification; energy efficiency; using
renewable power; as well as participating in low-carbon hubs with
CCUS and hydrogen. How are different
industries selecting viable solutions? Which solutions can save costs or
boost revenue as well as cut emissions? What emerging solutions could
transform some of these harder-to-abate sectors?
Speakers:
- Deb Ryan
- Kendall Dilling
- Kai Guo
- Katheryn Scott, United States Department of Energy, Office of
Technology Transitions
5:15pm – 05:35pm (CST) / 6:15pm- 6:35pm (EST)
Spotlight | Energy Security and National Security
Speakers:
- Daniel Yergin
- Sen. Daniel Sullivan (R-Alaska)
07:30pm – 09:00pm (CST) / 8:30pm- 10:00pm (EST)
Climate Policies Post COP28
Climate change has become a top-tier agenda item for governments around
the world and at international forums like the UN and
G20. What are the different approaches that
governments are taking at home to tackle climate change? How is climate
ambition reshaping the global energy system, political alliances and
trade? Can international initiatives still rally a consensus or must new
strategies emerge to address the combined challenges of energy security,
transition and affordability?
Speakers:
- Anna Mosby
- Charlotte Wolff-Bye
- Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Europe, Eurasia,
Africa and the Middle East in the Office of International Affairs at
the U.S. Department of Energy
- Julien Perez
- Alisa Newman Hood
- Paul McConnell
S&P Global
Texas
03/18/2024 at 09:30AM
