2016 Conference Agenda
2016 Conference Agenda
Eight Annual Yale Alumni in Energy Conference
April 14
10:30AM
Shuttle to West Campus Conference Center from Omni Hotel
11:00AM
Tour of West Campus Energy Research Center led by Gary Brudvig, Director of the Yale Energy Sciences Institute, and the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry. Lunch on West Campus will be available in the West Campus Dining Room. The shuttle will return participants to the Omni afterward.
6:30PM
Informal cocktails and dinner at Olea Restaurant, 39 High Street, New Haven (Pre-registration required)
April 15
7:45AM
Shuttle to West Campus Conference Center from Omni Hotel
8:00AM
Coffee and pastries at West Campus Confernece Center
8:30AM
Welcome & Introductions: Barbara Tyran ‘79 MBA, Conference Chair
8:35AM
Opening Remarks
Gary Brudvig, Director of the Yale Energy Sciences Institute
Benjamin Silliman, Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry
Serena Su ‘16 MBA, Event Chair, SOM Energy Club
8:45AM
Opening Keynote
Thomas Kuhn ‘68, President, Edison Electric Institute
9:15AM
Electricity Operations
Elliot Mainzer ‘98 MBA ‘98 MES, CEO Bonneville Power Administration
Warren Lasher ‘87, Director of System Planning, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas
10:00AM
Morning Break
10:20AM
Electric Utilities - Where do we go? Technologies, Regulation, Clean Power Plan
Barbara Tyran ‘79 MBA, Director, Government & External Relations, Electric Power Research Institute
Russell Frisby ‘75 LAW, Partner, Stinson Leonard Street, Washington, DC
Doug Smith ‘86 JD, Van Ness Feldman LLP, Washington, DC
11:30AM
New Technology Development & Applications
Mothusi Pahl ‘07, Alphabet Energy
Walter Schindler ‘73 ‘77 PhD, CEO, Sail Capital
Joe Munisteri ‘52, CEO, MJB Water Corporation
12:30PM
Lunch
1:30PM
Dee Seigel ‘06, MBA, Associate Chief Sustainability Officer
2:00PM
Markets in Crude Oil and Natural Gas; Managing the New Price
Howard Gruenspecht ‘74, PhD, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration
James Levy ‘99, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, LLC
3:00PM
Afternoon Break
3:20PM
Climate and Energy Perceptions
Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
4:00PM
Energy Security
Jeffrey Katz ‘89 PhD, Chief Technology Officer Energy and Utilities Industry, IBM
Richard Kidd ‘93 MPPM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability
5:30PM
Closing Remarks and Reception