ARCHIVE: 2022 Conference

November 11, 2022

SCHEDULE

* All times are EST *

8:00AM-8:45AM: Lincoln Hall

Breakfast & Registration

The Wharton Energy Club and Conference Team would like to welcome you to the 14th annual Energy Conference. Please join us for a quick introduction. We are excited to be together on screen for a full day of interesting panels and conversations with you.

8:45AM-9:00AM: Lincoln Hall

Opening remarks

The Wharton Energy Club and Conference Team would like to welcome you to the 14th annual Energy Conference. Please join us for a quick introduction. We are excited to be together for a full day of interesting panels and conversations with you.

9:00AM-9:30AM: Lincoln Hall

Morning Keynote: Karbon

Henrik Fleischer, Founder

Karbon's patented carbon capture technology removes CO2 from industrial exhaust gas at utility scale and low cost allowing thermal power, steel, cement and other industrial plants to operate as zero-carbon.

9:40AM-10:40AM: Lincoln Memorial

The big shift

The energy industry is at a tipping point. What role can the Majors play in and accelerating the energy transition?

9:40AM-10:40AM: Library Lounge

The just transition

Advanced economies are moving decisively towards a greener energy mix. This transition might generate new forms of poverty and inequality in many parts of the world. How do they manifest, and what can be done about them?

10:40AM-11:50AM: Lincoln Hall

Financing a Green Future

New technologies often face an uphill battle for financing because of their perceived high risk. How can financiers, from VCs to banks, work to derisk these crucial investments?

11:50PM-12:50PM: Lincoln Hall

Lunch

Lunch will be provided in the Union League's conference hall.

1:00PM-1:35PM: Lincoln Hall

Afternoon Keynote: PECO

Mike Innocenzo, President & CEO

Leading the Region’s Transition to a Clean Energy Future

1:45PM-2:45PM: Lincoln Memorial

The Stabilizing Act

The energy mix is evolving rapidly and becoming more dependent on renewable energy sources. With this change comes a myriad of challenges for power & utility companies. How are they adapting their systems to meet them?

1:45PM-2:45PM: Library Lounge

Unlocking Hydrogen

Hydrogen is showing much promise for decarbonizing the hard-to-abate sectors. What is its current adoption status, and how can we accelerate it?

2:55PM-3:55PM: Lincoln Memorial

369 Reasons to Believe

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is predicted to get the US closer to its emissions goals. What does the IRA do for the green energy industry, and what more needs to be done?

2:55PM-3:55PM: Library Lounge

CCS - a Solution for Net Zero?

Many believe Carbon Capture and Storage holds the key to the rapid decarbonization of our economies. What are the most promising technologies and projects in development? How could we scale them up?

3:55PM-4:10PM: Lincoln Hall

Thank you note

PANELS

* indicates panel moderator

The Big shift

The energy industry is at a tipping point – What role can the Majors play in solving the world’s energy conundrum and accelerating the energy transition?

The world needs to meet the increasing demand for more affordable energy while limiting climate change. Recent socio-economic changes and geopolitical events highlighted the complexity of such a task. However, major energy players possess the capital and savoir-faire required to develop and scale the emerging technologies necessary to achieve energy security and climate change goals. What are they doing about that? What are the implications for their business models?

Sunday Shepherd

General Manager, Chevron

Stephanie Curulewski

VP, British Petroleum

Neeraj Nandurdikar

Global Head of Power & Renewables Consulting, Wood Mackenzie

Arthur van Benthem *

Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton

The Stabilizing Act

The energy mix is evolving rapidly and becoming more dependent on renewable energy sources. With this change comes a myriad of challenges for power & utility companies - How are they adapting their systems to meet them?

Rapid adoption of renewable energy sources in places like Germany has reduced greenhouse gas emissions but exposed the grid to the green energy intermittency challenge - How could power & utilities solve this problem without resorting to fossil fuels? What solutions are utilities and technology providers pursuing? What role can grid-scale batteries, smart grids, hydrogen, and nuclear energy play in the future?

Jeff Weiss

CEO & Founder, Distributed Sun

Benjamin Vannier

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Michael Panfil *

Senior Director and Lead Counsel of Climate Risk & Clean Power, Environmental Defense Fund

369 billion reasons to believe?

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is predicted to get the US closer to its emissions goals - what does the IRA do for the green energy industry, and what more needs to be done?

With $369 billion in incentives for energy and climate-related programs, the Inflation Reduction Act is expected to reshape the U.S. energy industry. How will these provisions affect the U.S energy industry? Who are the biggest winners? What does this legislation mean for US climate ambitions?

Karl Hausker

Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute

David Hill

Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy

Greg Geller

Head of Regulatory Affairs (USA & Canada), Enel North America

Angela Pachon *

Research Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Financing a green future

New technologies often face an uphill battle for financing because of their perceived high risk. How can financiers, from VCs to banks, work to derisk these crucial investments?

Investments in emerging renewable technologies need to happen at unprecedented levels in the next few years if we are to reach our collective commitments for 2030. In a risk-off environment, how do we ensure that clean technologies financing does not lose momentum and continues to unlock and commercialize breakthrough innovation?

Jeffrey Price

MD & Co-head of Chemicals, J.P. Morgan

Stephen Rothstein

VP, Hudson Sustainable Group

Maria Ichizawa

Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley

Rishika Ghosh *

Senior Associate, Philadelphia Green Capital Corp

Unlocking hydrogen

Hydrogen is showing much promise for decarbonizing the hard-to- abate sectors - What is its current adoption status, and how can we accelerate it?

Hydrogen has the potential to solve intermittency-related problems and decarbonize heavy industry and heavy-duty transport. However, many of hydrogen’s main uses seem to be years away from being at parity with other energy sources due to the high cost of electrolyzers and renewable energy inputs. What are the lowest-hanging fruits for hydrogen adoption, and what can stakeholders do to accelerate adoption?

Lucy Darago

Principal, Boston Consulting Group

Tom Mourmouras

Commercial Manager, Shell

Warren Wang

Associate Director, Guidehouse

Freddie Briggs

VP, PDC Machines

Nicolaj Siggelkow *

Vice Dean, Wharton

CCS - a Solution for Net Zero?

Many believe Carbon Capture and Storage holds the key to the rapid decarbonization of our economies - What are the most promising technologies and projects in development? How could we scale them up?

An increasing number of developed economies and companies in the cement, mining, oil, gas, and steel industries are integrating carbon capture and storage solutions into their net-zero plans. However, only a handful of projects have proven financially and operationally sound. What are the existing barriers to scalability for CCS? What mechanisms can help accelerate the development of CCS projects?

Raymond Wood

MD, Head of Global Natural Resources Group, Bank of America

Mike Matson

Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group

Lee Stockwell

General Manager, US CCUS, Shell

Henrik Fleischer

Founder, Karbon CCS

Daniel Nothaft *

Lab Manager, Clean Energy Conversions Lab at Penn

The Just Transition

Advanced economies are moving decisively towards a greener energy mix. This transition might generate new forms of poverty and inequality in many parts of the world - How do they manifest, and what can be done about them?

Climate change and the required energy transition to fighting it demands a global response. However, moving away from fossil fuels and specific extractive industries will redistribute wealth between countries and within each of them. As the world embarks on this journey, what can be done to ensure that the energy transition is equitable and beneficial for all?