2024 PLENARY SPEAKERS - OCTOBER 7-9, 2024

PLENARY SESSION I (October 7, 2024)


8:00 - 9:00: The Honorable Brad Crabtree

Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

"Carbon Management: Progress to Date and Challenges Going Forward"

9:00 - 10:00: Dr. Omar Basha

Managing Director, ONB Engineering Research and Technical Services LLC

"Highlighting Critical Barriers in the CCUS Value Chain to Develop technically and Economically Feasible Solutions"

PLENARY SESSION II (October 8, 2024)


8:00 - 9:00: Dr. Ahmed Aboudheir

Chief Executive Officer of Aboudheir Consulting Ltd

"Design and Deployment of Large Scale CCUS Projects that Work Towards Net Zero by 2050"

9:00 - 10:00: Dr. Marianne Walck

Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) US-DOE

"Driving Clean Energy: NETL's Role, Integrated Systems, and the Path to Carbon Management "

PLENARY SESSION III (October 9, 2024)


8:00 - 9:00: The Honorable Charles McConnell

Assistant Secretary of Energy (2011-13) US-DOE Energy Officer UH Energy

Executive Director, Carbon Management and Energy Sustainability Chancellor/President’s Division, University of Houston

"The Energy Transition Requires CCUS for Transformation"

9:00 - 10:00: Dr. Evan Granite

Program Manager, Carbon Ore

Senior Technical Advisor, U.S. DOE - Fossil Energy & Carbon Management

"Domestic Wastes and Byproducts: A Resource for Critical Material Supply Chains"