Please join Vale Base Metals and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Emily Olson, Chief Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Officer, Vale Base Metals, for a virtual discussion titled Mining Innovation on Monday, April 8, 2024. 

Emily Olson is Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer of Vale Base Metals. Previously, she worked as Vice-President, Global Strategic Relations at Freeport-McMoRan, responsible for driving global strategic initiatives inclusive of governments, partners, and various external organizations. Prior to joining Freeport, Emily spent nearly 15 years with BP in both the US and London, most recently as Senior Vice President for Europe and Russia managing BP’s corporate interests across the regions. She has a degree in Political Science from Loyola University of Chicago and a Masters’ Degree in International Strategy & Diplomacy from the London School of Economics. 

Please join the Great Plains Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler presenting CO2 Storage Insurance at the CO₂NNECT on Carbon Storage Event on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in Austin, TX.

On the heels of the success of last year’s CO₂NNECT conference in New Mexico, GPI’s Carbon Action Alliance is excited to announce we’ll be adding a series of events, titled CO₂NNECT Conversations, in addition to our annual conference to support conversations on carbon management technologies, industrial decarbonization, project deployment, and community engagement. Our next event centers around a topic critical to the success of carbon management projects: carbon storage.

Attendees can expect a day full of engaging conversations on the importance of collaboration among diverse stakeholders, insights on how to communicate effectively and authentically with communities on the topic of carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage, and candid discussions on how states and Tribal nations can lead the way to economywide decarbonization through investments in carbon storage.

CO₂NNECT on Carbon Storage aims to make information about CO₂ storage accessible to all by fostering a shared understanding among a diverse set of stakeholders, including states, Tribal nations, NGOs, industry leaders, and communities.

Save your spot today to help shape the future of carbon management!

Host Hotel: JW Marriott Austin

Attendee Group Room Rate: $349 | Click here to book today. Spots are limited! 

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome David Greely, Chief Economist at Abaxx Industries, presenting a virtual seminar titled Building Smarter Markets to Enable the Energy Transition on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Dave Greely, Chief Economist of Abaxx Technologies, will discuss how Abaxx is building Smarter Markets — markets empowered by better financial technology and market infrastructure to address our biggest challenges, including the energy transition.

Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx Clearing are a Singapore-based commodity futures exchange and clearinghouse, introducing centrally cleared, physically deliverable commodities futures and derivatives to provide better price discovery and risk management tools for the commodities critical to our transition to a lower-carbon economy.

Please join Colorado School of Mines, the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe (SUIT) for the inaugural Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Symposium (NAMES), May 20-21, 2024 in Ignacio, Colorado.

The event will bring together tribal leaders, federal and state government, industry, academia, and finance to discuss and share thoughts on how to support decision making and energy and mining development and finance in Indian country. This approach will be founded on tribal sovereignty as its core principle.

The Symposium will be hosted at the Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio, Colorado. An optional tour will be offered on Monday, May 20 to Southern Ute Department of Energy operations sites and a full program is planned on Tuesday, May 21.

REGISTER: There is a nominal registration fee of $100 to attend the NAMES Symposium. Register at https://mines.eventsair.com/24pi1002a/namesreg/Site/Register.

SPONSOR: If you or your organization wish to financially support the inaugural NAMES Symposium, sponsorship opportunities are found at https://mines.eventsair.com/24pi1002a/namessponsor.

LODGING: The Sky Ute Casino Resort has rooms available for the event. Attached is information to help you reserve a room at the Sky Ute Casino Resort as well as alternate lodging in the region.  Hotel options.

We look forward to seeing you in May in Ignacio, Colorado.

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Please join the Energy Emissions Modeling Data Lab  (EEMDL) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we host a student poster session on Methane Emissions on Friday, March 29, 2024 in the Marquez Hall Atrium at the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, CO from 2-3pm MT.

Methane emissions are a big contributor to climate change, and something we can address in the short-term by eliminating them from oil and gas operations. Learn about innovative research in that direction in a poster session featuring work by the Energy Emissions Modeling Data Lab, a joint initiative between the University of Texas – Austin, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines. 

Please join CERA Week by S&P Global and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting at multiple sessions at CERA Week from Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22, 2024 in Houston, TX.

CERAWeek 2024 will explore strategies for a multidimensional, multispeed and multifuel energy transition. The drive for energy transition is reshaping the competitive landscape for companies and countries – creating new opportunities and risks across the energy value chain. The imperative to reduce emissions has grown in urgency. Yet expectations of a simple linear global transition have been shaken as climate goals compete with concerns over how to deliver economic growth while ensuring energy security, energy access, and affordability. The multidimensional energy transition reflects different realities and timelines by region, technology, industry strategies, the variety of social and political approaches and divergent national priorities in an increasingly multipolar world.

Please join the Mines Research Council, Office of RTT, McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Colorado Geological Survey as we welcome Mines 2023 Excellence in Research Award winner Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Matthew Siegfried, Assistant Professor, Geophysics, presenting for the Mines community at the Mines Research Council’s Research Fusion Event on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Golden, CO.

Please join the Energy Communities IWG, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for a workshop titled Intermountain West § 48C Regional Development on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Golden, CO.

The Energy Communities IWG, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), will host a regional workshop to highlight the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (§ 48C) in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Join them to learn how § 48C and other historic opportunities offered by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) can help catalyze clean energy projects that support economic development in energy communities and strengthen the nation’s energy supply chain.

§ 48C is an investment tax credit expanded by the IRA with $10 billion for energy projects in clean energy manufacturing and recycling, critical materials, or industrial greenhouse gas emissions reduction. At least 40% will be allocated for projects in designated energy communities.

Regional development workshops will include:

• A comprehensive overview of the 48C program to prepare potential applicants.
• A site-mapping tool demonstration.
• Discussion of the advantages of investing in energy communities.
• Panels representing a broad array of perspectives from potential project stakeholders.
• Networking opportunities.

The event is open to the public and will include project developers, asset owners, financiers, local/state/federal officials, community leaders, non-governmental organizations, and worker organizations.

For more information on events, please email them at contact@energycommunites.gov.
Please submit any programmatic questions to 48CQuestions@hq.doe.gov.