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 — Pecos
Dean Foreman - President, USAEE / Karr Ingham - Vice President, Conferences, UASEE

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
Roger Cryan, Dong Fu, Ken Simonson, Jonathan Smoke | Moderator: Dean Foreman

11:25 am - 12:40 pm

Concurrent Sessions — Pecos, Rio Grande, West Fork I, West Fork II, Bur Oak, Worthington

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 — Pecos, Rio Grande, West Fork I, West Fork II, Bur Oak, Worthington

3:25 pm - 4:40 pm

Dual Plenary I: Organizational Clarity and Cohesion — Pecos
Ravi Kathuria 

Dual Plenary II: Public and Private Sector Career Paths — Rio Grande
Jeffrey Bush, Hannah Gagarin, Garrett Golding, Jennifer Heullant | Moderator: Shruti K. Mishra 

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions — Pecos, Rio Grande, West Fork I, West Fork II, Bur Oak, Worthington

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: Ray Rothrock - Technology, Power, and The Role of Nuclear — Pecos

10:00 am - 11:15 am

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

Dual Plenary II: Energy Policy at a Crossroads – Navigating Risks, Flashpoints, and Opportunities — Rio Grande
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
Claudio Galimberti, Rob Schwiers | Moderator: Karr Ingham

Dual Plenary II: Nuclear’s Role in the Evolving Energy Economy — Rio Grande
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
Horace O. Hobbs, Alfred Luaces, Martha Gilchrist Moore, Harold "Skip" York | Moderator: Amy Brock

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

3:10 pm - 4:25 pm

Concurrent Sessions — Pecos, Rio Grande, West Fork I, West Fork II, Bur Oak, Worthington

4:35 pm - 5:50 pm

Concurrent Sessions — Pecos, Rio Grande, West Fork I, West Fork II, Bur Oak, Worthington

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 — Pecos, Rio Grande, West Fork I, West Fork II, Bur Oak, Worthington

11:50 am - 1:00 pm

Closing Lunch — Pecos