In a few short weeks between the beginning of February and the middle of March 2020, the world saw an unprecedented drop in demand for energy, particularly for transportation fuels. Though the immediacy and scale of the drop are invariably related to the COVID-19 pandemic, other factors, such as increasing Russian and Saudi production as well as continued climate concerns have also had an effect. This same period saw some of the world’s largest energy companies propose future carbon neutrality targets, continue diversification of their business model from fossil fuels, and increase their investment in negative emissions technology startups. Despite the pandemic, renewable buildout continues. Energy businesses also face a reckoning over environment, social, and governance policies and their commitments to anti-racism.
Join University of Houston energy and climate law experts, energy general counsel, negative carbon technology business entrepreneurs and Blank Rome attorneys as we take stock and make sense of the new post-COVID world of energy in our Special 2020 North American Conference Webinar Edition.
Sponsored by Blank Rome, LLP, the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (EENR) Center of the University of Houston Law Center, UH Energy, the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico (UNAM), and the Energy Transition Governance and Law Project (funded by the European Union and with the University of Lyon III)
Program
AGENDA
8:45 A.M. |
Welcome to our Changed World
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9:00 A.M. |
Technological Innovation and Energy
Energy Investment in Direct Air Capture and Other technologies
Innovations in low carbon emissions and IP innovation,
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10:30 A.M. |
Discussions with Dean Leonard Baynes: Carbon Neutrality, COVID-19, The Economy, Black Lives Matter and the 2020 Election. Corporate General Counsel Panel:
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11:30 A.M. |
Roundtable: The Business and Policy Future for North American Energy-Lessons from COVID
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| 12:30 P.M. | Wrap Up and Questions
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