April 28, 2022
Approved for 4.5 hours of Texas MCLE credit
University of Houston Law Center
Co-Sponsored with Blank Rome LLP, University of Calgary Law School,
Center for Global Law and Policy for the Americas
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Blackburn The Carbon Future Has Arrived 2022
McMonigle Presentation Outline
9:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:10
Welcome and Opening Remarks – Welcome to the Energy Pivot
Tracy Hester, UH EENR Center Faculty Co-Director
Susan Bickley, Blank Rome LLP
10:10 – 11:10
The International Perspective on the Carbon Pivot
Joseph McMonigle, Secretary General, International Energy Forum [introduced by Susan Bickley; followed by dialogue with Keith LeTourneau]11:10 – 12:10
Emerging Opportunities From Carbon Management and Avoiding Transition Turmoil. Prof. Gina Warren, UHLC EENR Center (moderator)
Jim Blackburn, Rice University, Gulf Coast Carbon Exchange
Chuck McConnell, UH Center for Carbon Management in Energy, Carbon Sequestration and DAC Hubs in Houston Under the IIJA
Tom Kerr, World Bank, South Asia Climate Strategy Director, China and India After Glasgow
Frederick Lowther, Blank Rome LLP, Nuclear Energy’s Role in the Energy Transition
12:20 – 1:20
Keynote Speaker – Sheila Hollis, Executive Director, U.S. Energy Association [in dialogue with Brett Snyder, Blank Rome]
1:20 – 2:30
Lunch break
2:30 – 3:45
Discussions with Dean Leonard Baynes: Legal Needs for Energy Companies Moving Beyond Carbon.
Corporate General Counsel/Senior Executive Panel.
Dean Leonard Baynes, UH Law Center (moderator)
Ken Neikirk, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Helix Energy Solutions Group
Kay McCall, President and Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alliance Houston
Deonne Cunningham Nauls, General Counsel, GlidePath Power Solutions
Janet L. Carrig, former General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ConocoPhillips3:45 – 4:00
Concluding remarks
