Can Energy Pragmatism Secure Our Energy Future?
Energy is crucial to power economic growth, secure a basic standard of living for a growing global population, and pursue prosperity across global societies. Tulane University’s 2024 Future of Energy Forum will convene an interdisciplinary conversation between thought leaders from politics, business, the sciences, civil society, and leading researchers on how to build the energy systems of the future.
The energy systems of the future will combine offshore wind with carbon sequestration, hydrogen with carbon-free electricity, and LNG as a critical stabilizer of geo-political conflict. The Future of Energy Forum will ask how far such energy pragmatism can go to secure the energy future and where it can become more responsive to the demands of an increasingly wary global public.
What role will Louisiana play amidst an energy industry transition that calls for innovative solutions to meet global demands of a lower-carbon future? The upcoming Tulane Energy Forum hopes to provide some answers.
The Tulane Future of Energy Forum is a three-day event (Nov. 13-15) on the university’s Uptown campus that brings together top leaders from business, government, academia, and nonprofits, to discuss advances in wind, solar, hydrogen, carbon capture, battery technology, and other important aspects of energy expansion.
The event is free, open to the public, and seating will be available on a first come, first serve basis at the Lavin-Bernick Center at 29 McAlister Drive. Registration is now open.
Forum attendees will engage with leading industry experts and policymakers and network with top executives and decision-makers from across the energy sector. Speakers will join from Bernhard, Fusion Industry Association, Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Louisiana Economic Development, U.S. Department of Energy, Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL), Jefferies Group LLC, National Science Foundation, KPMG, among others. The forum will also feature interdisciplinary energy and sustainability researchers and experts from across Tulane University.
“Energy impacts every dimension of modern life; its future is the future of us all,” said Tulane University President Michael A. Fitts. “Tulane’s Future of Energy Forum will convene leaders from across politics, business, science, and society to engage in vital conversations that will shape the energy systems of tomorrow. Together, we will explore solutions to meet the world’s energy demands while driving prosperity and sustainability for future generations.”
The forum’s theme, Can Energy Pragmatism Secure Our Energy Future?, will focus on how far practical energy solutions can go to secure the energy future and address the demands of the global public. The forum will also highlight Louisiana’s role in the expanding energy landscape. Long a center of the oil and gas industry, the state is increasingly becoming a hub for alternative energy innovations such as wind power, carbon capture and hydrogen.
The forum will also discuss the role of artificial intelligence and analytics in energy; energy independence and grid security; electricity systems governance; emerging technologies and innovation; the expanding roles of energy sources including liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, offshore wind, fusion, and solar; and the evolution of the oil and gas industry.
“As a major energy hub, Louisiana is the ideal location for such a gathering of leading researchers, policymakers, and producers of the energy sources that will power and protect the future,” said Tulane Provost Robin Forman, senior vice president for academic affairs. “We need to bring real-world thinking into how we address the energy challenges ahead, and that’s what this forum is all about.”
Click here for a full list of the forum’s speakers.
About the Future of Energy Forum
As society confronts the challenge of meeting the escalating global demand for energy while moving towards a lower-carbon future, collaboration across sectors is more critical than ever before. The Future of Energy Forum at Tulane University will serve as a connector and catalyst for this collaboration – convening leaders in business, academia, government, and nonprofits from around the world to come together and engage in critical discussions about the future of energy.
Be part of the conversation that shapes our collective energy future! November 13 - 15, 2024 Tulane’s Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life New Orleans, Louisiana.
