HOUSTON – (March 15, 2024) – A number of experts in energy, carbon, hydrogen, sustainability, geopolitics and innovation from Rice University will appear at CERAWeek, an annual energy conference organized by the information and insights company S&P Global, to present their research or expertise March 18-22.
The week also features the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship’s annual Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition March 20, where more than 40 energy ventures driving efficiency and advancements toward the energy transition showcase their companies for cash prizes.
Representatives from Rice will include:
Reginald DesRoches, president of Rice
- "NextGen" Future Energy Leaders – Executive Conference, 5 p.m. March 21
Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research; professor of materials science and nanoengineering and physics and astronomy
- Innovation Odyssey: Evaluating the Journey from Lab to Market – Innovation Agora Climate Hub, 11 a.m. March 19
- US-China Innovation Race – Innovation Agora Climate Hub, 3:30 p.m. March 21
- Technology in a Competitive World – Executive Conference, 9 a.m. March 22
Matteo Pasquali, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; professor of chemistry and materials science and nanoengineering; director of Rice’s Carbon Hub
- Circular Carbon: Exploring Material Transition Strategies – Innovation Agora Carbon Hub, 9:30 a.m. March 19
- Disruptors in Low-Carbon Technology – Innovation Agora Carbon Hub, 3:30 p.m. March 19
- Materials Transition – Executive Conference, 12 p.m. March 20
David Satterfield, director of Rice’s Baker Institute; the Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; former U.S. ambassador
- Dinner & Dialogue | Geopolitics: How risky is the global order? – Executive Conference, 7:30 p.m. March 19
- Spotlight: New geopolitics of the Middle East – Executive Conference, 3:20 p.m. March 20
Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
- Everything is Bigger in Texas: Building Hydrogen City – Innovation Agora Hydrogen Hub, 1 p.m. March 19
Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and sustainability at the Baker Institute
- The Pride and Prejudice of Sustainability: Rethinking sustainability from a systems perspective – Innovation Agora Pod 2, 1:30 p.m. March 19
Carrie Masiello, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor of Biogeochemistry, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences; professor of chemistry and biosciences; director of Rice’s Sustainability Institute
- Carbon Credits: Opportunities and challenges as a policy tool – Innovation Agora Climate Hub, 1 p.m. March 19
Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology; co-founder of the field of energy humanities
- Design is Destiny: Solving climate change by design – Innovation Agora Climate Hub, 10 a.m. March 21
Aditya Mohite, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and materials science and nanoengineering
- NextGen Solar Technologies – Innovation Agora Studio, 12:30 p.m. March 21
Haotian Wang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
- Electrochemical Approaches to Decarbonizing Fuels and Chemicals – Innovation Agora Lyceum Lab 2, 4:30 p.m. March 21
Alina Kampouri, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
- Special Programs – Women in Energy
Gokce Gunel, associate professor of anthropology
- Special Programs – Women in Energy
Brad Burke, associate vice president for industry and new ventures at Rice’s Office of Innovation; executive director of Rice Alliance
Rice Alliance Venture Day and Pitch Competition
- Houston Energy Initiative Energy Venture Day and Pitch Competition, 1 p.m. March 20
- HETI Pitch Competition: Judging Session, 5 p.m. March 20