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2023 Events Archive 

• Please join Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting Energy and Mineral Security and Geopolitics at Benchmark Week 2023.  For more details follow this link. November 15, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Pedro Lagrava Burgoa, Bolivian Senator for Potisi, presenting a hybrid seminar titled the Scenario for Bolivian Mining and Lithium.  For more details follow this link. November 15, 2023.
• Please join NREL and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Morgan Bazilian presenting a Keynote titled Energy and National Security at the NREL Advanced Energy and National Security Conference on November 14, 2023 in Golden, CO.  
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy, Mines DI&A, and Mines Athletics as we welcome Johnnie Johnson, Former NFL All-Pro, presenting a virtual seminar titled From Athletics to Engineering: 8 Ways to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for All.  For more details follow this link. November 6, 2023.
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• Join the Colorado School of Mines’ Global Energy Future Initiative (GEFI) and the Innov8x for a Energy Challenge where students will pitch solutions to current challenges submitted by leading energy companies, competing to win funding to pursue energy research and startups.  For more details follow this link.  November 3, 2023.
• Join Colorado School of Mines’ Global Energy Future Initiative (GEFI) as we explore the tremendous challenges facing the energy sector and meet the innovators rising to meet them.  For more details follow this link.  November 2, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Joel Gratz, founding meteorologist at Open Snow, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Chasing Powder and Finding Weather Windows for Outdoor Adventures.  For more details follow this link. November 1, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jason Eleson, Founder and Senior Geoscientist, the GeoIntegra Group, presenting a hybrid seminar titled On Site Screening and Geologic Modeling and Simulation of Prospective Carbonate Reservoirs for CO2 Storage in Central Kansas.  For more details follow this link. October 25, 2023.
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• Please join the Universität Bonn and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Kathleen Hancock presenting at the International Security Forum Bonn 2023 on Innovation and Technology: Shortcuts to Sustainable Futures?  For more details follow this link.  October 20, 2023.
• Please join the World Investment Forum and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler presenting Financial Instruments for Early Retirement of Fossil-Fuel-Assets.  For more details follow this link. October 19, 2023.
• Please join WRISE, WISEM, and Colorado School of Mines as they present a panel discussion featuring Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Kathleen Hancock discussing Renewable Energy: Where are the Jobs? For more details follow this link.  October 12, 2023.
• Please join the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler presenting a virtual seminar Exploring How Carbon Credits are Evolving in the Oil and Gas Sector.  For more details follow this link. October 12, 2023.
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• Please join the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Dorit Hammerling and Fellow Dr. Arvind Ravikumar presenting at the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab – 2023 Annual Hybrid Event.  For more details follow this link. October 11 and October 12, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Levi Patterson, Mines Alumni, Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Energy and Science Policy: A Staff Perspective from the U.S. Senate. For more details follow this link. October 11, 2023.
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• Please join The Polycrisis and Phenomenal World and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian on a virtual seminar presenting Oil and Politics in the Mid-Transition. For more details follow this link. October 5, 2023.
• Please join Network 20/20 and  the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian on a virtual seminar presenting the Geopolitics of Critical Mineral Supply Chains.  For more details follow this link. October 2, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Kevin Pykkonen, EVP of Technology Ventures at Carbon America, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Carbon America’s Patented FrostCC Process. For more details follow this link. September 27, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and Colorado State University as we host Payne Institute CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield and Faculty Fellow Mike McGuirk on a virtual seminar Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS).  September 20, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Oğuzhan Kiran, Head of Department, Republic of Türkiye – Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Energy Outlook of Türkiye in the Light of Regional and Global Dynamics. For more details follow this link. September 19, 2023.
• Please join the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (seai) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting at the 2023 SEAI National Energy Research and Policy Conference titled Achieving Sustainable Energy Security.  For more details follow this link.  September 14, 2023.
• Please join the Science Summit at the UN General Assembly and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Kathleen Hancock presenting Science Storytelling for the SDGs with Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Developments Solutions Neworks (SDSN) at the Science Summit at UNGA78 in New York, NY.  For more details follow this link.  September 13, 2023.
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• Please join the Mines Humanitarian Engineering Department and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Jessica Smith presenting Exploring the Intersection of STEM & Society Through CSR and ESG in Golden, CO.  For more details follow this link. September 5, 2023.
• Please join the International Energy Forum (IEF) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting Global Critical Minerals Supply & Transition Requirements at the IEF – FMF Critical Minerals Outlooks Symposium.  For more details follow this link. August 15, 2023.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru (UNSA) are co-hosting the seminar series, “Managing Conflict in Extractive Environments.” The three-part series will feature globally renowned speakers and panelists discussing trends, causes, and approaches to manage conflicts in mining and extractive industries.  The last in the series will feature a panel discussion with Eliseo Zeballos Zeballos, Professor of Sociology, UNSA, Angel Manrique Linares, Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo), Arequipa, and Paola Bustamante Suarez, Ex-Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Peru. For more details follow this link.  July 13, 2023.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru (UNSA) are co-hosting the seminar series, “Managing Conflict in Extractive Environments.” The three-part series will feature globally renowned speakers and panelists discussing trends, causes, and approaches to manage conflicts in mining and extractive industries.  The second in the series will be Saleem Ali, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware.  For more details follow this link.  July 6, 2023.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Peru (UNSA) are co-hosting the seminar series, “Managing Conflict in Extractive Environments.” The three-part series will feature globally renowned speakers and panelists discussing trends, causes, and approaches to manage conflicts in mining and extractive industries.  The first in the series will be Benjamin Sovacool at BU Institute for Global Sustainability.  For more details follow this link.  June 22, 2023.
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• Please join the Stanford|Doerr School of Sustainability and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian moderating a panel titled Critical Minerals: From Exploration to Batteries at the Mineral-X Symposium at Stanford, CA.  For more details follow this link. June 20, 2023.
• Please join the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will co-host the 41st International Energy Workshop (IEW) in Golden, Colorado, USA.  For more details follow this link. June 13-15, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Maris Densmore, Director, Industrial Solutions, American Carbon Registry – Winrock International and Staci Taruscio, CEO, Rebellion Energy Solutions, presenting a virtual seminar titled Prioritizing Sustainability: The ACR Methodology Putting Methane Emissions Reductions through Orphan Well Plugging Within Reach.  For more details follow this link. May 24, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome John Dowd, CEO, and Govind Friedland, COO, GoGreen Investments, presenting a virtual seminar titled Unleashing Wall Street to Invest in Critical Mineral for the EV Battery Supply Chain and the Policy Challenges.  For more details follow this link.  April 27, 2023.
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• Please join the Cities Summit of the Americas and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines for a Cities Summit Side Event – Partners in Development – Mining and Cities in the Americas.  For more details follow this link. April 25, 2023.
• Please join the 2023 IEEE Green Technologies Conference and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting a Keynote titled Energy System Security, Policy, and Investment.  For more details follow this link. April 19, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Heidi Gill, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Solution Group, presenting a hybrid presentation titled Increasing Regulations – How Operational and Human Data are Colliding to Meet the New Requirements.  For more details follow this link. April 19, 2023.
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• Please join Garfield County, Colorado Mesa University Unconventional Energy Center, and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute presenting a keynote at the Energy and Environment Symposium, Oil and Gas Education for Local Government in New Castle, Co. For more details follow this link.  April 12 and 13, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Ross Bhappu, Partner, Head of Private Equity Mature Funds, Resource Capital Funds, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Financing the Energy Transition Metal Requirements in Alderson Hall, room 134, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.  For more details follow this link.  April 12, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Rob Witwer, General Counsel and Senior VP for Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, Onward Energy, presenting a hybrid seminar titled From the Trenches of the Energy Transition: The Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Decarbonization.  For more details follow this link.  March 29, 2023.
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• Please UNECE and the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jessica Smith presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Raw Materials in Vulnerable Geographies: Impact on Women.  For more details follow this link. March 23, 2023.
• Please join SXSW and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Researcher Juliet Akamboe, presenting a seminar titled The EV Battery Supply Chain Paradox. For more details follow this link. March 11, 2023.
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• Please join the Mines Distinguished Lecture Series at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Ryan Richards, Professor of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Perspectives in Chemistry and Community .  For more details follow this link. March 7, 2023.
• Please join S&P Global and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting in multiple sessions at CERA week being held in Houston, TX.  For more details follow this link. March 6-10, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Trisha Curtis, President and CEO, PetroNerds LLC, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Geopolitics of Oil and Gas.  For more details follow this link.  February 28, 2023.
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• Please join the Canadian American Business Council and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome moderator Giselle Commissiong, Global Lead, Hatch Advisory, at the Canada / US Cooperation on the Development, Processing and Recycling of Critical Minerals.  For more details follow this link.  February 27, 2023.
• Please join the University of Denver Department of Geography and the Environment as they welcome Dr. Tilottama Ghosh, Research Associate, Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy, presenting Earth Observations Group’s Data Gems from the Night.  For more details follow this link. February 23, 2023.
• Please join S&P Global and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian for a virtual seminar titled Russia’s War and the Energy Transition.  For more details follow this link. February 21, 2023.
• Please join the Colorado School of Mines Chemistry, Materials Science Program and the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Faculty Fellow Professor Mike McGuirk, Department of Chemistry Materials Science Program, presenting the Next Generation of Porous Crystals.  For more details follow this link.  February 15, 2023.
• Please join the Power Systems Engineering Research Center and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Quihua Huang, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, presenting a webinar titled Convergence of AI, Physics, Computing, and Control for Intelligent Power System Control.  For more details follow this link.  February 15, 2023.
• Please join the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Cullen Hendrix, Senior Fellow PIIE, presenting a virtual seminar titled Challenging China’s Critical Mineral Dominance.  For more details follow this link. February 15, 2023.
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• Please join the Colorado School of Mines Mining Engineering and Geology Departments and the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Holley, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Responsible Critical Minerals.  For more details follow this link. February 9, 2023.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy Sustainable Finance Lab at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Sam Arnold, Co-Founder and COO, CarbonPath, presenting at virtual seminar titled A Novel Approach to Fund the Premature Shutting Down of Oil and Gas Wells.  For more details follow this link. February 9, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. David Newbery, Emeritus Professor and Director of The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) – Cambridge University, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Evolution of GB Electricity Markets and Regulation.  For more details follow this link. February 1, 2023.
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• Please join the IFC and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines for the virtual launch of IFC’s Net Zero Roadmap to 2050 for Copper & Nickel Mining Value Chains.  For more details follow this link. January 30, 2023.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Gregory Brew,  Postdoctoral Fellow, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University, presenting a virtual seminar titled Petroleum and Progress in Iran: Oil, Development, and the Cold War.  For more details follow this link. January 26, 2023.
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• Please join CSIS and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, for a virtual seminar titled Mining, Climate Risks, and the Western Hemisphere.  For more details follow this link. January 25, 2023.
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• Please join the Materials Research Society and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy Geopolitics, Security, and Critical Minerals at the Materials Challenges for the Energy Transition Workshop.  For more details follow this link. January 19, 2023.
• Please the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dr. William Nuttall, Professor of Energy, The Open University, presenting a virtual seminar titled Nuclear Renaissance – Second Addition.  For more details follow this link. January 18, 2023.
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• Please join the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Director Dr. Christopher Elvidge, presenting a virtual seminar titled Monitoring Economic Activities Using Night Time Light Imagery: Innovation Over the Last 10 Years.  For more details follow this link. January 17, 2023.
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2022 Events Archive 

• Please join the AGU and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome several Faculty Fellows presenting at a hybrid fall meeting titled Science Leads the Future.  For more details follow this link.  December 12 through Friday, December 16, 2022.
• Please join El Financiero|Bloomberg TV and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute, on a podcast discussing Critical Minerals of the Energy Transition.  December 9, 2022.
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• Please join the Houston Strategy Forum and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Brad Handler, Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager, presenting at the 2022 Carbon Symposium.  For more details follow this link. December 8, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Gagan Sidhu, Director, CEEW Centre for Energy Finance, presenting a virtual seminar titled Financing India’s Clean Energy Transition. For more details follow this link. November 30, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is CCUS at the Bell Creek Field presented by Jason Eleson, Consulting Geologist/Owner, GeoIntegra Consulting, LLC.  For more details follow this link.  November 30, 2022.
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• Please join Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a seminar titled Building Regional Cathodes Supply Chains.  For more details follow this link. November 17, 2022.
• Mines Global Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy are pleased to be co-hosts for CCUS Conference in Golden, CO.  For more details follow this link.  Monday, November 14 – Friday, November 18, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City as we welcome Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Shifts in Energy Geopolitics – Clean Energy.  For more details follow this link.  November 10, 2022
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Chris Clack, Founder and CEO of Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC., presenting a hybrid seminar titled Economy-wide Decarbonization of the United States & Europe. For more details follow this link.  November 9, 2022.
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• Please join Jeffries and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Brad Handler, Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Financial Mechanisms Around Coal Retirement.  For more details follow this link. November 8, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, Founder and President at SVB Energy International and SVB Green Access, presenting a virtual seminar titled Russia War: Energy & Food Security, Energy Transition, and Energy and Safe Water Access.  For more details follow this link. November 2, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is the What is International Standards Organization Doing in the CCUS Space? presented by Anna Littlefield and Mindy Solomon, Geophysical Advisor, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures .  For more details follow this link.  November 2, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is Designing the U.S. Energy Transition: A Frontier Onshore CCS Project to Make Climate Change History presented by Karen Lechtenberg, Geology Manager, Carbon America. For more details follow this link.  October 26, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Mines Rick Tallman ’85, MS ’93 Founder and Partner Renova Capital, presenting a hybrid seminar titled An Unconventional Way to Drive the Energy Transition.  For more details follow this link. October 24, 2022.
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• Please join the Center for Creative Climate Communication and Behavior Change (C3BC) and the CIRES Center for Social and Environmental Futures (C-SEF). as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Ian Lange, Associate Professor, Economics and Business at Colorado School of Mines, presenting a seminar titled Technology and Motivation.  For more details follow this link. October 19, 2022.
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• Please join Ascend Analytics and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a seminar titled Critical Minerals and Supply Chain – Can Clean Energy Supply Keep up with Demand? For more details follow this link.  October 19, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is the Data Challenge and Opportunity in Environmental Monitoring for CCUS Projects presented by Anna Littlefield.  For more details follow this link.  October 19, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Advisory Board Member Dr. Carole Nakhle, Founder and CEO Crystol Energy, presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy Crisis: How Did We Get Here, and What’s Next? For more details follow this link.  October 12, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is Overview of the DOE Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) Program, 2022 presented by Siew Chang, Student Researcher, Payne Institute for Public Policy.  For more details follow this link.  October 12, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Kathleen Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Srinivas Parinandi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder, and Dr. Jonas Nahm,  Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS, presenting a virtual seminar on their new book titled Oxford Handbook of Energy Politics: Local and Global Politics of Energy.  For more details follow this link. October 7, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Josh Busby, Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin, presenting a in person seminar titled States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security.  For more details follow this link. October 6, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is the Quantifying Rock Characteristics in the San Andres Formation that Promote CO2 Sequestration, Permian Basin, USA presented by Mitch Schneider, MS Student, Department of Geology, colorado School of Mines. For more details follow this link.  October 5, 2022.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we present an award winning documentary film titled Net Zero from Rational Middle.  After the movie there will be an insightful panel conversation with Rational Middle documentary maker Gregory Kallenberg, and industry experts Glenn Wright, Shell Renewables & Energy Solutions, and Greg Clough, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines. For more details follow this link.  September 28, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is Permitting Overview for Class VI and LCFS Certified CO2 Sequestration in the United States presented by Jessica Gregg, Director, Environmental and Regulatory Compliance, Carbon America. For more details follow this link.  September 28, 2022.
• Please join the Institute of the Americas and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian presenting a seminar titled Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition.  For more details follow this link. September 28, 2022.
• Please join the Global Clean Energy Action Forum as they welcome Colorado School of Mines Walt Copan, Rod Eggert, and Morgan Bazilian, presenting a seminar titled Critical Minerals in Pittsburgh, PA . For more details follow this link. September 23, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Christopher Higgins, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Forever Chemicals in our Water? The Growing Importance of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Contaminants.  For more details follow this link. September 22, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines every Wednesday for a hybrid topical CCUS discussion and coffee hour hosted by CCUS Program Manager Anna Littlefield from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in Coorstek, Room 370.  Today’s topic is the Primacy: What is it Good For presented by Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Ian Lange, Professor of Economics, Director of the Mineral and Energy Economics Program, Colorado School of Mines.  For more details follow this link.  September 14, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Zubin Bamji, Program Manager, Energy & Extractives Global Practice, World Bank, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Towards Zero Routine Global Gas Flaring.  For more details follow this link. September 13, 2022.
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• Please join Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative for the first-ever Innovation Forum and Innov8x Challenge event.  The Global Energy Future INNOVATION FORUM on September 7, 2022 will showcase some of the most ground-breaking research that makes Mines the leader in solving the world’s biggest challenges to the global energy future. The Innov8x CHALLENGE on September 8, 2022 will feature presentations from Mines Students, pitching solutions to the most pressing Challenges and Problems facing industry today, and competing to win funding from GEFI to further pursue their innovative research.  For more details follow this link.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler for a virtual discussion with Deb Chattopadhyay, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank titled Accelerated Retirement of Coal Plants. For more details follow this link.  September 8, 2022.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines is a proud supporter of the Atlantic Council‘s 2022 Veterans Advanced Energy Summit in Chicago, IL.  For more details follow this link. August 8 and August 9, 2022.
• Please join the Missouri S&T, NSF, and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals and Energy Geopolitics.  For more details follow this link. August 5, 2022.
• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Director Christopher Elvidge presented for the ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center in Singapore on the EOG research using the VIIRS Nightfire on July 27, 2022.
• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Director Christopher Elvidge presented for the National University of Singapore Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) on the EOG’s Data Gems From the Night VIIRS research on July 26, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Javier Blas, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, and Jack Farchy, Senior Reporter at Bloomberg News, presenting a virtual book launch for the newly published The World For Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.  For more details follow this link. July 7, 2022.
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• Please join the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Science Team and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Christopher Elvidge, Director Payne Institute Earth Observation Group, presenting a hybrid seminar titled Overview of Satellite Observed Nighttime Lights.  For more details follow this link. June 1, 2022.
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• Please join Nomadic Venture Partners and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a keynote address at the Industrial Climate Tech Summit.  For more details follow this link.  June 1, 2022.
• Please join the Denver Association of Business Economists and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Faculty Fellow Ian Lange, Economics and Business, presenting A Look at What is Ahead for Mineral and Energy Markets.  For more details follow this link.  May 18, 2022.
• Please join the Edison Electric Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute for Public Policy, on a virtual panel titled Redesigning Supply Chains: People, Politics, Materials, Markets.  For more details follow this link.  April 28, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jay Hakes, Presidential and Energy Historian, Author, and former Administrator of the U.S. Information Administration, presenting a virtual seminar titled University Research for the Future of Energy.  For more details follow this link. April 27, 2022.
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• Please join the Global Chamber Denver and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jordy Lee, Payne Institute Program Manager, presenting a seminar titled Why Isn’t Everyone Driving an Electric Vehicle? For more details follow this link.  April 26, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Adrian Tuck, Chief Executive Officer, Uplight, presenting a virtual seminar titled Building a Unicorn in the Clean Energy Market – Lessons from the Field.  For more details follow this link. April 26, 2022.
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• Please join the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we congratulate Payne Institute Fellow Alex Gilbert as one of the winners of the 2021 IAEA International Essay Competition on Nuclear Law for Students and Early Career Professionals.  April 26, 2022.
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• The Payne Institute and the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University hosted a two event for the University Energy Institute Collaborative at Colorado School of Mines.  This first-of-its-kind partnership of U.S. university-based energy institutes formed to address the critical challenges facing America’s energy systems. Partners include over 150 energy institutes and a network of energy experts from around the world working together to inspire meaningful research, engage scholarship, inform regional and national policy, impact decision-making, and re-imagine energy education to be ready to create the future of energy systems.  April 26 and 27, 2022.
• Please join NREL and the Colorado School of Mines as they welcome Anna Littlefield, Payne Institute CCUS Program Manager, presenting a seminar titled Geotechnical Considerations for Policy-Makers.  For more details follow this link. April 25, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Tanya Heikkila, PhD, Professor, Co-Director, Center for Policy and Democracy, University of Colorado, Denver, presenting a virtual seminar titled Unpacking the Intensity of Policy Conflicts: Lessons from Debates Over Shale Oil and Gas in the U.S. For more details follow this link.  April 19, 2022.
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• Please join the Dartmouth Engineering and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, presenting a virtual seminar titled Geopolitics of Energy Transitions.  For more details follow this link. April 15, 2022.
• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Peter B. Kelemen, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Columbia University, presenting a live seminar titled Carbon Mineralization for CO2 Removal from Air and Permanent Storage at the Gigaton Scale.  For more details follow this link.  April 8, 2022.
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• Please join the Columbia University Climate School – The Earth Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Rethinking the Sustainability of the Clean Energy Transition.  For more details follow this link.  April 8, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy and Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Brian McAdoo, Associate Professor of Earth and Climate Science at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, and Dr. Eliza Hotchkiss, Senior Resilience Analyst and Group Manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy System Resistance to Natural Hazards.  For more details follow this link. April 7, 2022.
• Please join the Mines Research Council, RTT Office and Arthur Lakes Library as they welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Robert Braun, Rowlinson Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Mines/NREL Advanced Energy Systems Program presenting a seminar titled Prospects of Emerging Electrochemical Energy Systems for Energy Storage and Conversion.  For more details follow this link.  March 31, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and Rystad Energy as we welcome Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler presenting a virtual seminar titled Creating a Sustainable Future.  For more details follow this link. March 31, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy and Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a seminar titled Geopolitics of Energy Transitions.  For more details follow this link. March 30, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Todd Chapman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and Ecuador, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals and Mining in South America.  For more details follow this link. March 29, 2022.
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• Please join the Mines Natural Resources and Energy Policy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office, presenting a seminar live in CoorsTek Science and Engineering Center, 140 (Studio), or virtual titled Achieving Climate Goals: Colorado’s GHG Roadmap.  For more details follow this link. March 17, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Randy Bell, Senior Director and Richard Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council, presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy Politics.  For more details follow this link.  March 15, 2022.
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• Please join IHS Market and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute for Public Policy, presenting at CERA Week 2022 in Houston, TX.  For more details follow this link.  March 9, 2022.
• Please join the Center for Western Priorities and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Program Manager Brad Handler presenting a virtual seminar titled U.S. Oil Industry Activity Levels and Recent Oil and Natural Gas Prices.  For more details follow this link. March 9, 2022.
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• Please join the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, NREP, and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as presenting a seminar titled Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: History, Energy, and Cybersecurity. For more details follow this link.  March 3, 2022.
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• Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian along with Shalanda Baker, Deputy Director for the Energy Justice Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the US Department of Interior, addressed the 2022 Fellowship Recruitments of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute in a private event. March 2, 2022.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Arvind Ravikumar, Research Associate Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas – Austin​, presenting a virtual seminar titled Can We Finally Solve the Methane Challenge? For more details follow this link. March 1, 2022.
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• Please join us for the inaugural Mines Methane Symposium – Issues and Opportunities held virtually, bringing together thought leaders from industry, academia, think tanks, and U.S. state and federal government, as well as foreign government leaders on the economic, policy and technology issues and opportunities related to addressing methane emissions.  For more details follow this link. February 17, 2022
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative, EnerCom and Mines Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center as they welcome Keynote speaker Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian for The Energy Venture Investment Summit. For more details follow this link. February 16 and Thursday, February 17, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Colorado Senator Chris Hansen, Senate District 31, presenting a virtual seminar titled Colorado Energy Policy: Trends and Options for the Future.  For more details follow this link. February 8, 2022.
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• Please join the Mines Investment Club and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Brad Handler, Payne Institute Research Associate, presenting a virtual seminar titled Introduction to the Role of Sell-Side Equity Research.  For more details follow this link. February 7, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Deb Chattopadhyay, Leader, Power System Planning Group, World Bank, presenting a virtual seminar titled Regional Integration of Power Systems: Issues and Case Studies on Economic Benefits of Interconnection.  For more details follow this link. February 1, 2022.
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• Please join the Energy for Growth Hub and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Brad Handler, Payne Institute Research Associate, presenting a virtual seminar titled How Public Funders can Help Take Coal Offline Ahead of Schedule and Promote a Just Transition in Low-Income and Emerging Economies.  For more details follow this link. January 27, 2022.
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• Please join the World Bank and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, presenting a virtual seminar titled What’s Next with Green Finance and Carbon Markets? For more details follow this link. January 27, 2022.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Bryan Hannegan, President and CEO, Holy Cross Energy, presenting a virtual seminar titled Our Journey to 100% Clean Energy.  For more details follow this link. January 18, 2022.
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• Please join Our Energy Policy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Morgan D. Bazilian, Director Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals: America’s Achilles’ Heel?   For more details follow this link.  January 12, 2022.
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2021 Events Archive 

• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome moderators Mark Deinert and Morgan Bazilian with Shannon Bragg-Sitton, John Jackson, Ken Darlington, Cristian Rabiti, Jonathan Hackett, Briana Gunn, Don Strickland, Alice Wong, and Scott Melbye, presenting a virtual seminar titled Microreactors to Meet ESG Goals in Mining Operations.  Individual presentations will be followed by a roundtable discussion. For more details follow this link. December 15, 2021.
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• The Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Ian Lange is speaking at a private event for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the Department of Treasury on the Implications of the Energy Transition on Fossil-Fuel Producing Communities on Tuesday, December 14, 2021.
• Please join European Space Agency and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Director Dr. Morgan D. Bazilian, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Geopolitics of Energy Transition – Space-based Solar Power for Net Zero.  For more details follow this link. December 9, 2021.
• Please join REthink Energy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Morgan D. Bazilian presenting a virtual seminar titled International Reflections on the Outcome of COP-26.  For more details follow this link. December 7, 2021.
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• Please join the 21st Century Energy Transition for the Transformations: Energy, Infrastructure, eMobility Conference.  For more details follow this link. November 18, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Mauricio Gutierrez, President and Chief Executive Officer, NRG Energy, and Mines Alumni, presenting a virtual seminar titled A Conversation on the Clean Energy Transition with Mauricio Gutierrez.  For more details follow this link. November 16, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Michael Turner, Director of Building Innovation & Energy Finance – Colorado Energy Office AND Laura Singer, CCUS Program Manager – Payne Institute for Public Policy presenting a virtual seminar titled Colorado’s CCUS Task Force and Key Policy Recommendations for States.  For more details follow this link. November 16, 2021.
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• Please join the 21st Century Energy Transition for the Transformations: Energy, Infrastructure, eMobility Conference.  For more details follow this link. November 11, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Amy Myers Jaffe, Managing Director, Climate Policy Lab and Research Professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, presenting a virtual book launch titled Energy’s Digital Future – Harnessing Innovation for American Resilience and National Security.  For more details follow this link.  November 11, 2021.
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• The Colorado State Land Board welcomed Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian at the monthly Land Board meeting, presenting a seminar titled The Energy Mix of the Future – How do oil and gas companies fit into the world energy mix for the next 100 years? November 10, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and COMET at COP-26 as we welcome Jordy Lee, Program Manager, Supply Chain Transparency Initiative, Payne Institute for Public Policy, presenting a seminar titled A Deep Dive into the COMET Framework at COP-26.  For more details follow this link. November 5, 2021.
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• Please join the 21st Century Energy Transition for the Transformations: Energy, Infrastructure, eMobility Conference.  For more details follow this link.  November 4, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines for a Colorado Carbon Capture Use and Sequestration (CCUS) Task Force Virtual Public Engagement Session.  For full details follow this link. November 3, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Faculty Senate for their Distinguished Lecture Series as they welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Carolyn Koh, William K. Coors Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Promise and Challenges of Gas Hydrates.  For more details follow this link. October 28, 2021.
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• Please join the Mining Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines as they welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. H. Şebnem Düzgün, Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Endowed Chair of the Mining Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines presenting a live and virtual seminar titled Big Data and AI in Mine Safety.  For more details follow this link. October 27, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech as we welcome Gosia Nowakowska-Miller, Allison Forrest, Kristi Disney Bruckner, Allison Coppel, and Sharon Flynn presenting a seminar titled ESG in the Field.  For full details follow this link. October 26 from noon-2pm MT.  This event will not be recorded.
• Please join World Learning Inc. as they welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Ian Lange, Associate Professor Economics and Business, and Director of the Mineral and Energy Economics program at Mines, presenting a keynote on Critical Minerals.  October 20, 2021.
• Please join the Mining Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines as they welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Ian Lange, Associate Professor Economics and Business, and Director of the Mineral and Energy Economics program at Mines presenting a live and virtual seminar titled Mining Policy from an Insiders Prospective.  For full details follow this link.  October 20, 2021.
• Please join the Atlantic Council and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Advisory Council member for the Veterans Energy Initiative, presenting a webinar titled Geopolitics of the Energy Transition.  Tuesday, October 19, 2021.
• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Allyson Anderson Book, Vice President of Energy Transition, Baker Hughes, presenting a virtual seminar titled Sustainability and the Supply Chain.  For more details follow this link. October 14, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Stephen Hammer, Advisor, Global Partnerships and Strategy, World Bank Climate Change Group, presenting a virtual seminar titled Mind the Gap – Finding the Trillions Needed for Global Climate Action.  For more details follow this link. October 7, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Matt Gallagher, Mines Alumni, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Greenlake Energy Ventures, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Fossil Future – Where Does Old Fossil Fit in a Low Carbon Future.  For more details follow this link. October 1, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech as we welcome Fellow Rod Eggert, Professor, Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics, Deputy Director of Critical Materials Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Mineral and Sustainable Development.  For more details follow this link. September 28, 2021.
• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Lawrence Jones, Vice President, International Programs at the Edison Electric Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Pathways to Resilient Energy Infrastructures for a Net Zero World. For more details follow this link.  September 16, 2021.
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• Please join the Instytut Polityki Energetycznej and  Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals at the 6th Scientific Conference – Energy Security – Pillars and Development Perspective 2021. For more details follow this link.  September 13, 2021.
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• Please join the ISME 2021 and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Christopher Elvidge, Senior Research Associate, Payne Institute Earth Observation Group, presenting a virtual seminar titled Shining a Light on a Dark Ocean – All Domain Remote Sensing.  For more details follow this link. September 9, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Colorado State Senator Chris Hansen, Senate District 31, presenting a virtual seminar titled Colorado’s Energy Landscape with Chris Hansen. For more details follow this link.  September 9, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome moderators Mark Deinert and Morgan Bazilian with panelists Daniel Kammen, John Kotek, Allison Macfarlane, Rachel Slaybaugh, and Frank N. von Hippel, presenting a virtual seminar titled The Role of Nuclear Power in Addressing Climate Change. For more details follow this link.   August 27, 2021.  Individual presentation from the panelists will be followed by a roundtable discussion.
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• Please join the COGA Energy Summit, Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Program Manager Laura Singer presenting a seminar titled Mitigating GHGs – Challenges, Opportunities and a Realistic Path Forward. For more details follow this link. August 24, 2021.
• Please join the Atlantic Council and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled Geopolitics of the Energy Transition.  For more details follow this link. The 2021 Advanced Energy Week is Monday, August 2 – Friday, August 6, 2021. Dr. Morgan Bazilian is speaking from 2:00pm – 4:00pm MT on Wednesday, August 4, 2021.
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• Please join the United States Energy Association as they welcome Faculty Fellow Dr. Roderick G. Eggert,  Professor, Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics, Deputy Director of the Critical Materials Institute, presenting a webinar titled Mineral Resources for the Energy Transition: Research Needs for Assuring a Resilient Supply Chain.  For more details follow this link. August 2 – Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Michael Cohen, Chief U.S. Economist and Head of Oil Analysis at bp, discussing the 70th bp Statistical Review of World Energy.  For more details follow this link. July 29, 2021.
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• Please join the Resilient Infrastructure + Security Energy Consortium (RISE) and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled Supply Chain + Critical Materials Security. For more details follow this link. July 28, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development as we welcome Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled Critical Minerals in the Americas: Understanding the Opportunity. For more details follow this link. July 27, 2021.
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• Please join the UNSA and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines presenting a webinar titled the Center for Training and Management in Conflict Resolution over Natural Resources from UNSA.  For more details follow this link. June 23, 2021.
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• Please join Sustainable Energy for All and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Todd Moss, Executive Director, Energy for Growth Hub, Katie Auth, Policy Director, Energy for Growth Hub, Mines PhD Student John Ayaburi, Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, and Greer Gosnell, Senior Research Associate, Payne Institute presenting a webinar titled New Metrics for Energy Access.  For more details follow this link. June 22, 2021.
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• The Canadian American Business Council and our partners the Battery Materials and Technology Coalition, the Payne Institute of the Colorado School of Mines, and the Province of Québec invite you to a roundtable discussion on Canada-U.S. collaboration on critical minerals processing. Joining the roundtable is Payne Faculty Fellow Dr. Ian Lange, Director, Mineral and Energy Economics Program at Colorado School of Mines. For more details follow this link.  June 17, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative for an evening with John Bradford, Mines’ Vice President for Global Initiatives, discussing the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative.  For more details follow this link. June 16, 2021.
• Please join the Peruvian Engineers Association and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled Mineral Foundations of the Energy Transition.  For more details follow this link.  June 9, 2021.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Kansas City Federal Reserve Board welcome Fellow Brad Handler presenting a private webinar titled U.S. Oil & Gas Adapts to Climate Change.  For more details follow this link. June 3, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Susan Shannon, Vice President Government Relations, International Organizations and Policy, Shell, presenting a webinar titled Powering Progress.  For more details follow this link. May 20, 2021.
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• Please join the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines for the 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium as we welcome Deputy Director Greg Clough for a webinar titled Supply Chain Transparency. For more details follow this link.  May 14, 2021.
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• Please join Energy vs. Climate and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Thomas Koch Blank,senior principal at RMI, presenting a webinar titled Decarbonizing Heavy Industry.  For more details follow this link. May 6, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Roger Duncan, retired Research Fellow at the Energy Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and General Manager of Austin Energy, and Dr. Michael E. Webber, Chief Science and Technology Officer at ENGIE, and Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas, Austin, presenting a webinar book launch for Future of Buildings, Transportation, and Power.  For more details follow this link. May 5, 2021.
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• Please join the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines for the 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium as we welcome Program Manager Jordy Lee for a webinar titled Clean Energy Investment: How Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) is Playing a Big Role. For more details follow this link.  May 4, 2021.
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• Please join the Canadian Renewable Energy Association and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, Payne Institute Senior Research Associate, presenting a webinar titled Exploring Opportunities for Green Hydrogen.  For more details follow this link. April 29, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Eric Blank, Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, presenting a webinar titled Colorado Clean Energy Policy: A Regulatory View.  For more details follow this link. April 27, 2021.
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• Please join the Embassy of Canada and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, moderates a webinar titled Delivering Climate Ambition.  For more details follow this link. April 27, 2021.
• Please join CNBC and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as our Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian discusses President Biden’s Climate Summit.  For more details follow this link. April 22, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, U.S. Navy, Retired, presenting a webinar titled Climate Change and National Security: The Need to Address a Growing Global Threat.  For full details follow this link. April 22, 2021.
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• Please join Energy vs. Climate and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Ken Caldeira, Gates Ventures, presenting a webinar titled What Can We Know About Energy Futures? For full details follow this link. April 22, 2021.
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• Please join the Atlantic Council and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Morgan Bazilian speaking at a webinar titled Sustainable Minerals for the Energy Transition.  For full details follow this link.  April 21, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dustin Mulvaney, Professor in the Environmental Studies Department at San José State University (SJSU), presenting a webinar titled Circular Economies to Decarbonize Electricity and Mobility.  For full details follow this link.  April 20, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jeffrey Ackermann, former Chairman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission presenting a webinar titled Public Policy, Public Utilities and (Regulatory) Pursuit of the Public Interest.  For full details follow this link. April 15, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Neil Fromer, Executive Director, Programs, Resnick Sustainability Institute, California Institute of Technology, presenting a webinar titled Decarbonizing Industrial Production.  For more details follow this link. April 13, 2021.
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• Please join the American Association of Geographers and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Tilottama Ghosh, Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Research Associate, presenting a webinar titled Using Building Volume Per Capita (BVPC) to Assess Spatial Inequality in Denver and Surrounding Counties.  For full details follow this link.  April 10, 2021.
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• Please join Energy vs. Climate and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Amy Meyers Jaffe, Research Professor and Managing Director of the Climacy Lab at Tufts University, presenting a webinar titled Decarbonizing Transportation. For more details follow this link.  April 8, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Paula Gant, PhD., Senior Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Gas Technology Institute (GTI), presenting a webinar titled Managing Carbon, Growing Economies: Ambition. Innovation. Scale. Collaboration. All Required. For more details follow this link.  April 8, 2021.
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• Please join the Inter-American Development Bank and the  Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, Senior Research Associate, presenting a webinar titled Argentina’s Lithium Strategy.  For more details follow this link. April 7, 2021.
• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Eamon Ryan T.D, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, Ireland, presenting a webinar titled Ireland’s Climate Change Strategy. For more details follow this link. April 7, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Andrew L. Spielman, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck, LLP, presenting a webinar titled Colorado’s Energy Future: Are We There Yet?  For more details follow this link.  April 6, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Getches-Wilkinson Center, CU Law School, as we welcome Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General, Sharon Jacobs, Associate Professor and Board Member of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment, University of Colorado Law School, and Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled A Conversation on Energy and Climate with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.  For more details follow this link. March 26, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome moderator John Bradford, Vice President for Global Initiatives, Colorado School of Mines, and Manika Prasad, Professor Geophysics, presenting a webinar titled CCUS @ Mines Research Showcase.  For more details follow this link. March 25, 2021.  Various Colorado School of Mines researchers will be presenting.
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• Please join the Calgary Climate Symposium as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Rebuilding Alberta’s Energy Sector.  For more details follow this link. March 25, 2021.
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• Please join the FGL Society and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, presenting a webinar titled Climate Emergency and Canada’s Energy Future.  For more details follow this link. March 24, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Former Colorado Governor and Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, presenting a webinar titled The Energy Transition and Public Policy.  For more details follow this link. March 23, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Jennifer Wilcox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, presenting a webinar titled The Role of Carbon Capture in Helping to Meet Climate Goals.  For full details follow this link. March 22, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Keynote Speakers Doug Conquest, Vice President, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures Services, and Charlene Russell, Chief Commercial Officer, Carbon America, presenting at the Mines CCUS Expo.  For full details follow this link.  March 18 and Friday, March 19, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Alex Gilbert, Project Manager, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, presenting a webinar titled Governance of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World. For full details follow this link.  March 16, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Lee Beck, CCUS Policy Innovation Director, Clean Air Task Force, Samantha McCulloch, Head of CCUS Unit, International Energy Agency, and Michael Weiner, Associate Director, Carbon Utilization Research Council, presenting a webinar titled Policy Perspective for CCUS. For full details follow this link. March 11, 2021.
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• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Solar in Alberta: What Does it Look Like and How Do We Manage It? For full details follow this link. March 5, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome George Sparks, President and CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, presenting a webinar titled Merit and Equity in a Capitalist Meritocracy. For full details follow this link. March 4, 2021.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy, Mines DI&A, and Mines Athletics are pleased to host a webinar book launch featuring Johnnie Johnson and Dr. Michael E. Webber on their new collaboration “From Athletics to Engineering: 8 Ways to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for All.” For full details follow this link. March 3, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dr. Costa Samaras, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, presenting a webinar titled Assessing U.S. Passenger Vehicle Decarbonization Under Electrification and Automation Uncertainty.  For full details follow this link. March 2, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Getches-Wilkinson Center, CU Law School, as we welcome Eric Blank, Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Julie Murphy, Director, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sharon Jacobs, Associate Professor and Board Member of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment, University of Colorado Law School, and Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled Energy and Climate Law and Policy in Colorado.  For full details follow this link. February 26, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Christopher Smith, Senior Vice President, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Cheniere, presenting a webinar titled The Role of Natural Gas in the Clean Energy Economy of the Future.  For full details follow this link. February 25, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Advisory Board Member David Victor,  Professor; Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy and Co-director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, and Danny Cullenward, Policy Director at CarbonPlan and lecturer at Stanford Law School, presenting a webinar on their new book titled Making Climate Policy Work.  For full details follow this link. February 23, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Ambassador Samantha Power, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and author of The Education of an Idealist, for a webinar conversation.  For full details follow this link. February 16, 2021.
• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, as they welcome  guest Laura Lynch of CBC’s What on Earth on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Energy, Climate, and the Media: What Gets Lost in Translation.  For full details follow this link. February 16, 2021.
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• Please join the Institute of Internal Auditors Houston Chapter as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, presenting a webinar titled ESG Investing and what it means for the Energy Industry.  For full details follow this link.  February 12, 2021.
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• Please join the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance as they welcome Payne Institute Program Manager Jordy Lee presenting a webinar titled Extractive Industries: Green Transition in Mining.  For full details follow this link. February 11, 2021 at 9:00am.
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• Please join the Vienna Energy Forum as they welcome Payne Institute Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting a webinar titled Industry Decarbonisation – Hard to Abate Sectors. For full details follow this link. February 10, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Scot W. Anderson, Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector, Hogan Lovells, presenting a webinar titled Addressing the Resource Curse.  For full details follow this link.  February 9, 2021.
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• Please join the Vail Symposium as they welcome Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar titled Navigating the Energy Transition.  For full details follow this link. February 4, 2021.
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• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, as they welcome Mark Jaccard, a professor at Simon Fraser University where he currently directs the School of Resource and Environmental Management, presenting a podcast titled Canada’s New Climate Plan.  For full details follow this link. February 4, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Advisory Board Member Dr. Daniel M. Kammen,  Professor of Energy, University of California, Berkeley, presenting a webinar titled Climate Justice and Global Decarbonization.  For full details follow this link. February 4, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dr. Benjamin Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Economics & Business, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a webinar titled Management of Flaring and Methane Emissions from the Oil & Gas Sector: Incentives and Constraints. For full details follow this link. February 2, 2021.
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• Please join Baker Hughes as they welcome Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, presenting a webinar for their Annual Meeting.  For full details follow this link. February 1, 2021.
• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome J.W. Postal, CEO & Founder at Nikola Power, presenting a webinar titled Mitigating Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence. For full details follow this link.  January 28, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dr. Roderick G. Eggert, Professor, Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics, Deputy Director of Critical Materials Institute, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a webinar titled US Public Policy Toward Critical Materials – Neoliberalism, Industrial Policy, and a Bit of History.  For full details follow this link. January 26, 2021.
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• Please join the Rockefeller Foundation as they welcome Fellow Todd Moss, Executive Director, Energy for Growth Hub, presenting a webinar titled Raising Energy Ambitions: The Modern Energy Minimum.  For full details follow this link. January 26, 2021.
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• Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman at IHS Markit, presenting at webinar on his new book titled THE NEW MAP – Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations. For full details follow this link. January 21, 2021.
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• Please join CleanTech Forum San Francisco as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon presenting a webinar titled Betting on Hydrogen – but How Much is Hype? For full details follow this link. January 20, 2021.
• Please join the Denver Council on Foreign Relations as they welcome Payne Institute Director Morgan D. Bazilian presenting a webinar titled Critical Minerals & U.S. National Security.   For full details follow this link. January 19, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Alice K. Jackson, President, Xcel Energy – Colorado, presenting at webinar titled Considerations in Building an Economic Low Carbon Electric System.  For full details follow this link. January 19, 2021.
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• Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is presenting at the Atlantic Council private workshop focused on the geopolitics of critical mineral supply chains organized on the sidelines of the Global Energy Forum, part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. For full details follow this link.  January 18, 2021.
• Please join Colorado Governor Jared Polis sharing an update on Colorado’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. Gov. Polis will be joined by members of the General Assembly, the clean energy and utility sector, and members of his Cabinet. For full details follow this link. January 14, 2021.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Equinor, presenting at webinar titled Equinor Energy Perspectives – Long-Term Macro and Energy Market Outlook. For full details follow this link. January 14, 2021.
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• Please join The Gulf Intelligence “Global” UAE Energy Forum 2021 as they welcome Payne Institute Director Dr. Morgan Bazilian presenting a webinar titled How Can Biden Reposition the US as a Climate Leader in his First 100 Days in Office? For full details follow this link.  January 13, 2021.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Corby Anderson, Harrison-Western Professor, Associate Director, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, Colorado School of Mines, presenting a webinar titled Innovation in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy in the Production of High Tech and Critical Metals. For full details follow this link.  January 7, 2021.
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• Please join the American Economic Association as they welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute of Public Policy, presenting a webinar titled Flaring in a Global Context.  For full details follow this link. January 4, 2021.

2020 Events Archive   

• Please join the Columbian Association of Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists (ACGGP) as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Jordy Lee as he gives the Keynote – Stable Energy in a Dynamic World for their Sustainability and Energy Summit.  For full details follow this link. December 11, 2020.
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• Please join Geo4Dev as they welcome Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Director Dr. Christopher Elvidge presenting a webinar on the development of global nighttime lights. For full details follow this link. December 10-11, 2020.
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• Please join The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon for a webinar titled Canada’s Hydrogen Potential. For full details follow this link.  December 8, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is interviewed on this Gulf Intelligence ‘Two Minute Warning’ episode on issues of: just transitions, climate leadership under the Joe Biden administration, methane emissions monitoring, geopolitics, and more. December 7, 2020.
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• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, as they welcome Elizabeth May, MP and former leader of the Green Party of Canada, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Nuclear’s Role in Canada’s Low-Carbon Future? For full details follow this link. December 4, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Earth Observation Group Research Associate Dr. Mikhail Zhizhin presenting a webinar titled Measuring Upstream and Downstream Gas Flaring from Space at Nighttime with VIIRS Nightfire. For full details follow this link.  No registration required.  December 1, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines is pleased to host members of the NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education Program (PIRE) Responsible Mining, Responsible Communities project – Kathleen Smits, Michelle Schwartz, and Jose Velasquez, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington presenting at webinar titled Environmental Remediation in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining Communities. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. November 19, 2020.
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• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a podcast titled Climate Finance for Oil and Gas. For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  November 18, 2020.
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• Join the discussion with distinguished Doctor Kevin Moore about his experience working, teaching, and researching as an electrical engineer while focusing on design, education, diversity, and inclusion. Dr. Moore’s interests include iterative learning, robotics, and robotics systems. He is the executive director of Humanitarian Engineering and the director of the Robotics Program at Mines. We can’t wait to hear about the fascinating topics, stories, and perspectives we expect him to bring to our next interview! For full details follow this link.  No registration required.  November 17, 2020.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Steven J. Davis, JD, PhD, Professor of Earth System Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, presenting at webinar titled Unit-Level Analyses of the Power Sector. For full details follow this link.  No registration required.  November 17, 2020.
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• Please join the University of Cambridge, UK as they welcome Payne Director Morgan Bazilian for a webinar titled Towards a Just Transition. For full details follow this link. Registration Required. November 17, 2020.
• Please join Québec Mines + Énergie as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon on a webinar titled Critical and Strategic Minerals Strategies in the United States and Europe – What Place for Quebec? For full details follow this link. Registration Required.  November 16, 2020.
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• Please join the Posner Center as they welcome Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines Director Morgan Bazilian presenting at webinar titled SDG 7 & 13 Affordable Clean Energy & Climate Action. For full details follow this link.  Monday, November 16, 2020.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy in attending the 13th Annual Energy Africa Conference for webinars “Investing in Africa’s Energy Future in The New Normal and Transforming the African economy by providing accessible, affordable, sustainable, and reliable energy solutions to every citizen.” For full details follow this link. Registration Required. November 12 and November 13.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Samantha McCulloch, Head of CCUS Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA), presenting at webinar titled CCUS in Clean Energy Transitions. For full details follow this link.  No registration required.  November 12, 2020.
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• Please join the Business Renewables Centre Canada and Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon present a webinar titled RECs and Carbon Offsets.  For full details follow this link.  Registration required. November 10, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeller, International Energy Agency (IEA), presenting World Energy Outlook 2020. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. November 10, 2020.
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• Please join the GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon presenting at the webinar titled Resource Curse vs. Climate Smart Mining – How to Ensure Responsible Commodity Supply for the Energy Transition?  For full details follow this link. November 10, 2020.
• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, with special guest Dr. Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), on the Energy vs. Climate series for a podcast titled What the U.S. Election Means for Canadian Energy.  For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  Friday, November 6, 2020.
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• Please join the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies – Public Utilities Commission as they welcome Payne Director Morgan Bazilian presenting at webinar titled The Future of Natural Gas. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. November 5, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director General for Science of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, presenting at webinar titled Transformations Within Reach: Partnerships for the Future. For full details follow this link.  No registration required.  November 3, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Michael Cohen, Chief U.S. Economist and Head of Oil Analysis at bp, presenting at webinar titled bp Energy Outlook – 2020 Edition. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 29, 2020.
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• Please join the Sustainable Development Solutions Network USA (SDSN USA), as they welcome Payne Institute Advisory Board Member David Victor and Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian presenting at webinar titled Transforming the Power Sector in America’s Zero-Carbon Action Plan.  For full details follow this link.  Registration required. October 28, 2020.
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• Please join the Mines Natural Resources & Energy Policy Master’s Program (NREP), Mines Sustainability Group, and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Howard Geller, Executive Director of the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP), presenting at webinar titled Energy Efficiency as an Energy Resource. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 28, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Dr. Daniel Nussbaum, Chair, Energy Academic Group, Naval Postgraduate School, presenting a webinar titled Energy Security in the Era of Hybrid Warfare. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 28, 2020.
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• Please join the GEN IV International Forum as they welcome Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Amy Schweikert, Research Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, presenting at webinar titled The Global Potential for Small and Micro Reactor Systems to Provide Electricity Access.  For full details follow this link.  No registration required.  October 28, 2020.
• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a podcast titled Are “Nature-based Solutions” a Natural Policy Choice? For full details follow this link.  Registration required. October 23, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Arvind P. Ravikumar, Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Harrisburg University, presenting a webinar titled Is the Expansion in the Global LNG Industry Compatible with Paris Climate Targets? For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 22, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute for Public Policy and the Humanitarian Engineering Program at Colorado School of Mines are pleased to host a webinar featuring members of the NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education Program (PIRE) Responsible Mining, Responsible Communities project discussing Nurturing Global Engineering Education During The COVID-19 Pandemic. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. Wednesday, October 21, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Jamie Webster, Senior Director, BCG Center for Energy Impact, for a webinar titled Oil Demand Metamorphosis from COVID-19. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 21, 2020.
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• Please join Engineers Ireland and Morgan D. Bazilian present at the virtual National Conference titled Engineering Climate Action: Solutions to Combat Climate Change in Ireland. For full details follow this link.  Registration required. October 21, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Prince Musab Al-Saud, Director – Office of Political and Congressional Affairs, The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC for a webinar titled Saudi Arabia Foreign Policy Priorities, Vision 2030 and the Response to COVID in the Kingdom.   For full details follow this link. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. October 20, 2020.
• Payne Institute Fellow Alex Gilbert is speaking at a webinar for the Mars Society at their 23rd Annual International Mars Society Convention on Establishing a Nuclear Fuel Cycle for Mars Exploration and Settlement. October 15-18, 2020.
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• Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Fellow Dr. Griff Thompson, Director, Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, U.S. State Department, presenting The Energy Transition: Political, Social and Economic Implications.  For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 15, 2020.
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• Please join the Countdown TEDx Calgary Webinar Series as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon on a TEDx Calgary presentation titled Countdown to Climate Change. For full details follow this link. Registration required. October 14, 2020.
• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian talks about the Low-Carbon Transition with Michael Liebreich on Cleaning Up.  October 14, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Patrick Heller, Advisor, Natural Resource Governance Institute, Senior Visiting Fellow, Center for Law, Energy & Environment, U.C. Berkeley Law School, presenting National Oil Companies: Roles, Governance and Risks in a Changing Future. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 13, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian discusses Renewable Natural Gas: Greening the Gas Grid with IHS Markit on this recent webinar.  October 13, 2020.
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• Payne Institute for Public Policy welcomes Randolph Bell, Director, Global Energy Center; Richard Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security Atlantic Council, presenting a webinar titled Scaling Up the Hydrogen Economy: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities for Hydrogen Production and Applications. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 8, 2020.
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• Please join the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory as they host Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian for a webinar titled Infrastructure Part 1: Contention in the Energy Sector.  For full details follow this link.  Registration required. Thursday, October 8, 2020.
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• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate podcast titled Critical Minerals for Clean Technologies: Canada’s Competitive Edge? For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  October 8, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Advisory Board Member Dr. Atul Arya, Chief Energy Strategist at IHS Markit, presenting a webinar titled Transforming Oil/Gas Companies to Energy Companies: The New Narrative?  For full details follow this link.  No registration required. October 6, 2020.
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• Please join RealClear Politics and the Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian for a webinar titled Reinventing Our Domestic Minerals Supply Chain in a Post-Pandemic World.  The webinar will be an in-depth conversation on the challenges facing the U.S.’ over reliance on mineral imports and domestic mineral production.  For full details follow this link.  Registration required. October 1, 2020.
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• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon presenting Achieving Net Zero: The Renewable Electricity Act and What to Do Now to Hit Emissions Targets at the Alberta Power Symposium. For full details follow this link.  Registration required. September 30 – October 1, 2020.
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• Please join the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian for a presentation titled The Coming Energy Transformation: Drivers, Consequences, and Implications for Geopolitics. For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  September 29 – October 1, 2020.
• Payne Institute welcomes Dr. Tim Boersma, Non-Resident Fellow at the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, Director, Sustainability & Strategy Advisory, ABN AMRO, presenting a webinar titled The Possible Role of Natural Gas in Various Energy Transition Pathways.  For full details follow this link.  No registration required. September 30, 2020.
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• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian will speak on Power Planning in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States for the IGC (International Growth Centre) discussion on the State of Fragility.  For full details follow this link.  September 28, 2020.
• Please join the NSE Energy at Colorado School of Mines and Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dr. Paulo Tabares-Velas present Buildings are a Big Deal! Buildings in the Context of Smart Grid, Electrification and COVID19.  For full details follow this link. No registration required. September 23, 2020.
• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate podcast titled The New Hydrogen Economy: Pathway or Panacea? For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  September 23, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian will speak at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center webinar Grid Resilience in the Face of Extreme Weather Events. For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  September 21, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Fellow Dr. Dolf Gielen, Director, IRENA Innovation and Technology Center, will present a webinar titled Greening the Gas System. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. September 11, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute and the U.S. Department of State Energy Resource Governance Initiative (ERGI) present a webinar Social License to Operate: Transparency and Growth of ESG Concerns in Mining.  For full details and registration follow this link.  September 11, 2020.
• Please join Energy Dialogues for a webinar titled Permian Basin Perspectives.  The discussion will address – Permian rebound – How to future-proof a region for optimal global supply positioning? For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  September 10, 2020.
• Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate podcast titled Build Back Better. For full details follow this link.  Registration required.  September 9, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Adam Sieminski, President, KAPSARC, presenting a webinar titled Circular Carbon Economy. For full details follow this link.  No registration required. September 2, 2020.
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• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian will present The Carbon Challenge at the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) emPower20 virtual experience.  Registration is required.  August 26-28, 2020.
• Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Greer Gosnell and Daire McCoy, Grantham Research Institute, LSE, present a webinar titled Market Failures and Willingness-to-Accept the Smart Energy Transition: Experimental Evidence from the UK.  August 24, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute and the U.S. Department of State Energy Resource Governance Initiative (ERGI) present a webinar Sustainable Midstream Supply Chains – Mineral Processing, Industrial Policy, and Environmental Stewardship.  For full details and registration follow this link.  August 20, 2020.
• Payne Senior Research Associate Jordy Lee will present Managing Risk: What Every Oil & Gas Leader Needs to Understand Climate and Public Health Trends at the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) Energy Summit 2020 virtual event.  Registration is required. August 17-19, 2020.
• The Payne Institute is proud to partner with the Atlantic Council – Veterans Advanced Energy Project to present Veterans Advanced Energy Week.  August 10-13, 2020.
• Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon will discuss the recent announcements regarding the Alberta Oil Sands with Ryan Jesperson on 630CHED.  Follow this link to listen. August 6, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute and the U.S. Department of State – Energy Resource Governance Initiative (ERGI) will host a series of webinars in the next few months.  First up – Bringing Together Government, Industry, and Community brings together the governments of Australia, Botswana, Canada, Peru, and the United States founded ERGI with the understanding that clean energy solutions and electrified transport are a major part of the broader energy ecosystem. Dramatic increases in industrial scale solar and wind energy and personal electric vehicles are projected within the next ten years. While policy makers and think tanks are confronting issues like renewable intermittency and project financing, to date there has been limited attention given to the minerals, metals, and critical supply chains that will provide the foundation for this energy transition. For full details and registration follow this link.  August 6, 2020.
• The Payne Institute is proud to partner with the Atlantic Council in presenting National Security and the Energy Transition: Why US Leadership Matters.  Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian will present the closing remarks.  Please follow this link to register. July 29, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Yotam Ariel, Co-Founder and CEO of Bluefield, for a webinar presenting Precise Methane Data via Satellites and AI. No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links. July 21, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency, for a webinar presenting the IEA’s Special Report on Sustainable Recovery. No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links. July 1, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Faculty Fellows Sebnum Duzgun, Jurgen Brune, and Sridhar Seetharaman invite you to join their NSF Virtual Expo on their new Personalized AI Guidance Ecosystem for Seamless Workforce Transitioning (PAIGE).  Please follow this link for details and registration. July 1-2, 2020.
• The Payne Institute is hosting a book launch webinar – Global Energy Politics by Payne Institute Fellow Thijs Van de Graaf, Associate Professor of International Politics at Ghent University, Belgium and Dr. Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex, UK and Professor of Business & Social Sciences, Aarhus University, DK.  No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links. June 17, 2020.
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• Morgan Bazilian will present the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition to Payne Fellow Kathleen Hancock‘s Energy Politics class.  June 11, 2020.
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• Morgan Bazilian will present on the Coming Energy Transformation: Drivers, Consequences and Implications for Geopolitics in a webinar for the 2020 AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition (ACE).  Please follow this link to register.  June 9, 2020.
• Michael Cohen, Chief U.S. Economist and Head of Oil Analysis at BP, will present a webinar titled the Oil Industry and Market Impacts of COVID-19. No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links. June 9, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Fellow Dr. Paasha Mahdavi, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California Santa Barbara, will present a webinar titled the Politics of Oil Nationalizations and Implications for the Energy Transition.  No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links.  June 4, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group’s Dr. Chris Elvidge will present Sub-pixel Analysis of Flaming and Smoldering Combustion at the USFS-NASA Virtual Pitch Fest.  Please follow this link to register.  June 2-3, 2020.
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• Morgan Bazilian will present at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) virtual workshop Mineral Criticality and the Energy Transition.  Please follow this link to register.  June 2, 2020.
• The Payne Institute will host the Denver Energy Dialogues. June 2, 2020.
• Payne Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon will present during a webinar titled Building Back Better by Fueling Innovation in the Energy Sector. Please follow this link to register. May 27, 2020.
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• Payne Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon will present at the Alberta Premium WH-SKEY webinar Alberta in the Energy Crisis – Episode III, The Investor Visits.  Please follow this link to register.  May 26, 2020.
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• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian will moderate the Energy Dialogues live webinar Greening Gas Across the Value Chain.  Topics of discussion include: the vital role of continuous monitoring – a solution towards a more sustainable energy future, the implications and benefits of continuous monitoring beyond regulatory compliance, and technology and innovation in the energy industry.  Please follow this link to register.  May 21, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute is partnering with the Institute of Americas for the XXIX La Jolla Energy Virtual Conference. There is much to discuss this year with the implications of the Coronavirus but also the massive shock to the global oil market and its impact across the hemisphere. What do these issues mean for Latin America? What are the policies governments should be considering for the “day after?” What does it signify for the energy transition?  We will mix analysis and discussion of these critical cross-cutting themes together with our usual country-focused panels. Please follow this link to register. May 18-22, 2020.
• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian will present on Lessons Learned and Adjusting to a New Normal for the EUCI complimentary webinar Pandemic Response – COVID-19 for Utilities.  Please follow this link to register.  May 19, 2020.
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  EUCI Presentation Notes
• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian will present the status of global energy security and the challenges presented by transition to a low-carbon energy system at the International Association for Energy Economics webinar Refreshing Global Energy Security Policy and Infrastructure for the Energy Transition.  Please follow this link to register.  May 13, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute welcomes Advisory Board member Dr. David Victor, Professor of Industrial Organization and Innovation, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego, presenting a webinar titled COVID-19: Impacts on Energy and Climate. No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links.  May 12, 2020.
  Victor Presentation Notes
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• The Payne Institute and the Institute of Americas are pleased to host a webinar, taking a look at the Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition. The webinar will feature a presentation by Nedal Nassar, Chief of the Materials Flow Analysis Section of the National Minerals Information Center at the United States Geological Survey. He will share details of their analysis of the risk facing the US’s manufacturing sector and highlight steps that the Federal government in the United States is taking to reduce that risk.  Please follow this link to register. May 7, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute and the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory presents a webinar – How Can Utilities Transform Their Energy Plans to Advance Clean Energy?  Please follow this link to register. May 4, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute and the Institute of Americas are pleased to host a webinar, taking a look at the Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition. The webinar will feature a presentation by Jorge Barrigh, Chairman of the Board of the Latin American & Caribbean Council on Renewable Energy (LAC-CORE). He will share his insights on the developments and outlook for renewable energy in Argentina, particularly as the country navigates the current economic and health care crisis. Please follow this link to register. April 30, 2020.
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• Payne Institute welcomes Fellow Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Equinor, presenting a webinar titled COVID-19, Lockdown and Market Turmoil – Implications for Energy Markets. No registration necessary: see flyer for details and link.  April 29, 2020
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  Wærness Presentation Notes 
• The Payne Institute and the Institute of Americas are pleased to host a webinar, taking a look at the Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition. The webinar will feature a presentation by Jesse Edmondson, Senior Partner at G&W Consulting and CEO of U.S. Critical Minerals LLC. He will share his perspectives as experienced geologist and advisor to mining and government entities on the opportunities and challenges for investors in the material supply chain for a decarbonized economy.  Please follow this link to register. April 23, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute and the Institute of Americas are pleased to host a webinar, taking a look at the Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition. The webinar will feature a presentation by Mark Pituch, Energy Officer in the Bureau of Energy Resources at the United States Department of State. He will share details of the ERGI and updates on implementation including governance principles and best practices at the core of the initiative.  Please follow this link to register. April 20, 2020.
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• Payne Director Morgan Bazilian presented a webinar titled Energy, Natural Resources, Geopolitics, Conflict and Peace to the Naval Post-Graduate Schools Defense Energy Seminar.  April 17, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute welcomes Nicole Hanson, ME/HE Mines 2014, Sustainability Specialist, International Copper Association, presenting a webinar titled Comparing Responsible Sourcing Approaches for Gold and Copper. No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links.  April 15, 2020.
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  Hanson Presentation Notes
• The Payne Institute welcomes Susan Tierney, Senior Advisor at Analysis Group, presenting a webinar titled Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting: Updating FERC’s Process for the 2020s and Beyond.  No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links.  April 14, 2020.
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  Tierney presentation Notes
• Morgan Bazilian will present on Satellite Analysis of Electricity Demand Loss in Selected Chinese Cities for the EUCI online seminar Pandemic Response – COVID-19 for Utilities.  Please follow this link to register.  April 9, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute Fellow Dolf Gielen, Director, IRENA Innovation and Technology Center, is presenting a webinar Deploying Renewables for Hard to Decarbonize Sectors.  No registration necessary: see flyer for details and links.  April 3, 2020.
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  Gielen presentation notes
• The Payne Institute is pleased to announce our joint webinar series with the Institute of Americas, taking a look at the Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition. First up, our own Research Associate, Jordy Lee, on April 2 at 10am (PDT) presenting the material and metal security of low-carbon energy transitions.  Please follow this link to register. April 2, 2020.
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  Payne Institute Earth Observation Group’s Dr. Chris Elvidge will present Global Satellite Studies of Nighttime Lights and Infrared Emitters at Mines in Green Center – Metals Hall at the CO School of Mines. March 10, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute welcomes Scot W. Anderson, Hogan Lovells, presenting No Country for Natural Resources in Alderson Hall, CO School of Mines.  March 5, 2020.
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• The Payne Institute Fellow Jonathan Sohn, Director, U.S. Government Relations, Capital Power, presenting Capital Power: Sustainability Strategies and Political Uncertainty in Marquez Hall, CO School of Mines.  March 3, 2020.
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• Morgan Bazilian will give the Keynote at the Mines Energy Venture Summit in Ballrooms D&E, Ben H. Parker Student Center at CO School of Mines. March 3, 2020.
• The Payne Institute co-hosts with Capital Power for a discussion regarding Carbon Capture Utilization & Sequestration (CCUS) at CO School of Mines.  March 3, 2020.
• Morgan Bazilian will present on the Energy Transition at CSIS in Washington, DC.  February 25-27, 2020.
• The Payne Institute welcomes Dr. Jay Lemery presenting Climate Change & Human Health, 2020 in Alderson Hall.  February 24, 2020. EVENT VIDEO
• Morgan Bazilian will present on the Energy Transition during the UT Energy Week 2020, in Austin, TX.  February 17-21, 2020.
• Dr. Judith Shapiro will present China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet? at the Green Center, Metals Hall, at Colorado School of Mines.  February 11, 2020.  EVENT VIDEO
• Payne Institute presents Chris Markuson, Director of Colorado and State Economic Transition for the BlueGreen Alliance, and Dennis Dougherty, Executive Director of the Colorado AFL-CIO discussing Just Transition: Supporting Coal Workers in the Evolving Energy Economy in Alderson Hall.  February 3, 2020.
• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group’s Chris Elvidge will give a seminar on Electric power reliability indices derived from satellite observations of surface lighting: preliminary results at Columbia University, New York City.  January 29, 2020.
• Payne Fellow Trisha Curtis, President and Co-Founder of PetroNerds, presents The Global Oil Market in 2020: Understanding the Role of US Shale in Hill Hall 204, CO School of Mines.  January 30, 2020.
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• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group’s Chris Elvidge will give a seminar on Electric power reliability indices derived from satellite observations of surface lighting: preliminary results at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.  January 30, 2020.
• Payne Fellow William Nuttall, Professor of Energy, The Open University, presents Hydrogen from Natural Gas – Key to a Low Carbon Future? in Brown Building, Room 125, CO School of Mines. January 27, 2020.
• Morgan Bazilian will present on Energy Security and Resilience at the Western Energy & Water Forum in Steamboat Springs, CO. January 22-25, 2020.
• Payne Faculty Fellow Nicole Smith will present Is responsible sourcing possible? An exploration of gold supply chains in Peru In Marquez Hall 322, Colorado School of Mines.  January 23, 2020.  EVENT VIDEO
• Payne Institute welcomes Arnaud Vasquez, CEO of HySeas Energy, as he presents Taking Hydrogen to the Seas – A Detailed Look at the Challenges of Deploying Hydrogen Fuel Cells in the Marine Environment in Alderson Hall, Room 134, CO School of Mines.  January 21, 2020.  EVENT VIDEO
• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group’s Chris Elvidge is giving a seminar on the Electric power reliability indices derived from satellite observations of surface lighting: preliminary results at the Asian Development Bank – Economic Analysis and Operational Support Division – Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department in Manila, Philippines. January 16, 2020.
• Greg Clough will present at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s workshop Global Illicit Oil Trade: Measuring Progress and Identifying Emerging Good Practices in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. January 10-12, 2020.
• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group’s Chris Elvidge is presenting on the Near real time update and distribution of VIIRS temporal profiles of surface lighting: preliminary testing at the 3rd International Workshop on Glocal Monitoring in Tokyo, Japan.  January 9-10, 2020.

2019 Events Archive

• Morgan Bazilian will present on An Energy Policy Approach to Climate Change Mitigation and The Green New Deal: From Resolution to Reality at the AGU Fall Meeting to be held in San Francisco, CA. December 9-13, 2019.
• Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Researcher Mikhail Zhizhin will present on Reading Gas Flare Histories with VIIRS Nightfire Temporal Profiles: preliminary results and Fishery Management from Space: Matching VIIRS Boat Detection with VMS Tracks at the AGU Fall Meeting to be held in San Francisco, CA. December 9-13, 2019.
• Prof. Tim Ohno, faculty advisor, and Lucy Davis, Mines Solar Decathlon Club, present How Mines Won the Solar Decathlon.  Refreshments and networking after the presentation, CO School of Mines, Brown Building, W250. November 21, 2019
• Morgan Bazilian will speak about the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition at the University College Cork: MaREI Institute in Cork, Ireland. November 18-20, 2019.
• The Payne Institute Fall Seminar Series presents Dr. Will Toor, Executive Director of the Colorado Energy Office presenting Transport Policy, Alderson Hall, room 230. November 14, 2019.
• Payne Fellow, and Colorado School of Mines Professor, Dr. P.K. Sen presents Water Delivery and Hydro Power Generation in the West, Part 1 on Wednesday, November 6, and Part 2 on November 13, 2019, Berthoud Hall, Colorado School of Mines.  November 13, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge presents on the Global satellite observations of surface lighting: From DMSP to VIIRS at the Dark-Sky Association 2019 awards ceremony proceedings in Tuscon, AZ.  November 8-9, 2019.
  Dark-Sky Presentation
• Morgan Bazilian will host a round table discussion on Energy and Resilience at the APPAM 41st Annual Research Conference: Rising to the Challenge: Engaging Diverse Perspectives on Issues and Evidence in Denver. November 7-9, 2019.
• The Payne Institute is a proud partner of the Vets2STEM Technology Expo Careers in Energy and Defense program at Colorado School of Mines Green Center (Vets2STEM program).  November 7-8, 2019.
• The Payne Institute will join with NREL and JISEA for a seminar titled The Renewable Opportunity in Mining: Program Scoping Meeting in Golden, CO. November 7, 2019.
• The Payne Institute  presents Jeff Logan, Chief Analyst in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center – NREL, discussing Electrification, in Engineering Hall, room 217.  November 7, 2019.
  Jeff Logan Presentation
• Payne Fellow, and Colorado School of Mines Professor, Dr. Salman Mohagheghi presents Asset-and-User-Aware Power Grid Dispatch During Extreme Temperatures at Colorado School of Mines.  November 6, 2019.
• Payne Fellow, and Colorado School of Mines Professor, Dr. P.K. Sen presents Water Delivery and Hydro Power Generation in the West, Part 1 on Wednesday, November 6, and Part 2 on November 13, 2019, Berthoud Hall, Colorado School of Mines.  November 6, 2019.
• Please join the Payne Institute for Perspectives on the Future of Oil and Gas with discussions from Wim Thomas, Eirik Wærness, and Michael Cohen – Scenarios: What is the Future of Energy, and Andreas Goldthau, Amy M. Jaffe and Sarah Ladislaw – Implications for Geopolitics & Industry in the Ben H. Parker Student Center Grand Ballroom at Colorado School of Mines (Agenda).  November 5, 2019.
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  Payne Institute presentation
  John Bradford presentation
  Michael Cohen presesntation
  Andreas Goldthau presentation
  Wim Thomas presentation
  Eirik Wærness presentation
• Chris Elvidge will deliver a talk about the Use of Night time VIIRS data for Fire Mapping/Monitoring for a webinar organized by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. November 4, 2019.
  Chris Elvidge Presentation
• Morgan Bazilian will chair a panel and speak on the Geopolitics of Energy Transition at the 37th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference titled Energy Transitions in the 21st Century to be held in Denver. November 3-4, 2019.
• The Payne Institute Fall Seminar Series presents Colorado Representative Chris Hansen, District 6, Denver discussing State Politics and Policy, Alderson Hall, room 230. October 31, 2019.
• The Payne Institute Fall Seminar Series presents Jeffrey Ackerman, Chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission discussing Public Utilities Regulation, Alderson Hall, room 230.  October 24, 2019.
  Jeff Ackerman presentation
• The Payne Institute Fall Seminar Series is glad to welcome Jeff Colgan presenting A Tale of Two OPECs at Hill Hall room 204.  October 21, 2019.
  Jeff Colgan 2014 IO – Limits of OPEC
• Morgan Bazilian will participate on a panel for Energy Conflict at the ISSS-IS Annual Conference 2019 at the Korbel School, Denver.  October 18-19, 2019.
• Greg Clough will participate in the 4th Energy and the Economy: Markets in Transition Conference hosted jointly by the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Dallas in Denver, Colorado.  October 18, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will participate at our partner KAPSARC hosted event the T20 on the G20. October 13-14, 2019.
• Payne Institute Fellow presents Children of a Lesser God: Why men and women who claim that Mining Engineering is boring are dead wrong in Brown Hall 206.  October 8, 2019.
• Payne Institute Expert Barbara Smith presents All’s Fair in Love & Global Development: He Said/She Said at the Posner Center, Denver, CO. October 3, 2019.
• Adrian Tuck, CEO of Uplight, will give a talk titled How I Almost Killed My Company a Story in Three Acts: Lessons from a Decade and a Half of Disrupting the Energy Market in the Student Center Ballrooms D&E, at Colorado School of Mines. October 1, 2019.
  Adrian Tuck Presentation
• Morgan Bazilian will participate in the Hurdles to Near-Earth Object (NEO) and Lunar Mineral Extraction Workshop. Organized in collaboration with Colorado School of Mines, the workshop will take place at United Launch Alliance’s headquarters in Centennial, Colorado. September 27, 2019.
• Payne Institute Senior Research Associate and Director of Future of Oil and Gas Initiative, Andrew Spielman, will discuss Energy and Natural Resources Law and Regulation in Alderson Hall room 230, at Colorado School of Mines.  September 26, 2019.
• The Payne Institute will join Carnegie Mellon University and Rice University in hosting the Inaugural University Energy Institute Leadership Summit – 2019 in Pittsburgh.  September 25-26, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will participate in the Ernst & Young 2019 Americas Mining and Metals Forum: Mining in 2040 at Colorado School of Mines.  September 23-24, 2019.
• Payne Institute presents John Putnam, CDPHE – Regulations, Policy, and the Energy Transition in Alderson Hall room 230. September 19, 2019.
  John Putnam presentation
• Greg Clough will participate in the “discussion of the focus on demand drivers for non-fuel minerals development underlying many views about future energy transitions” at a workshop hosted by the Baker Center for Energy Studies/Energy & Minerals Program and co-hosted by the Imperial College-London at Rice University. September 18-19, 2019.
• Payne Institute partners with NREL for the Open Energy Modeling North America Workshop.  Open Energy Modeling (Open-Mod) workshop to discuss how to further the use of open data and open software tools in the energy modeling community. September 18-19, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilan attended the 2019 Minerva Meeting and Program Review in Washington, DC. September 18, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will give a congressional testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate regarding the “Mineral and Metal Foundations of the Energy Transition” in Washington, DC. September 17, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will lead a panel at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – German Institute for International Security and Affairs (SWP – German government) in Berlin, Germany. September 16-19, 2019.
• The Payne Institute is hosting a Book Launch – Power Trip: the Story of Energy by Michael E. Webber, ENGIE at the Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines. September 16, 2019.
• The Payne Institute will host a seminar on the Future of Lithium Markets by Emily Sarah Hersh of DCDB Group at Colorado School of Mines. September 11, 2019.
  Emily Sarah Hersh Presentation
• The Payne Institute will host the Denver Energy Dialogues. September 10, 2019.
  Denver Energy Dialogues Summary – 2019
• Chris Elvidge presents “VIIRS data gems from the night” at the graduate student colloquium, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Colorado School of Mines. August 28, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will participate in the Thought Leaders Dinner as part of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) Energy Summit in Denver.  August 26-28, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will discuss Methane Hydrates during the 2019 Minerals Under Water Symposium: The Science of Politics of Extractive Industries in the Oceans and Beyond at the University of Delaware. August 28, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will discuss the Space Resources Institute Act with U.S. Congressman Scott Tipton in the Student Center Ballrooms BC at the CO School of Mines. August 26, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge presents “VIIRS Data Gems from the Nights” on the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) was designed primarily to meet the observational requirements of meteorologists. VIIRS are flown in 100 minute polar orbits and collect image data with a 3000 km swath. A complete set of daytime and nighttime images are collected every 24 hours. The VIIRS is similar to several other satellite sensors but is unique in the collection of low light imaging data in five spectral bands. August 23, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge presents “VIIRS boat detections in Somalia” at the One Earth Future in Broomfield, CO. August 28, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will host a round table discussion on Energy Transition at the Institute of the Americas in LaJolla, CA.  August 15, 2019.
• Greg Clough will moderate a discussion on Commodity Markets during the 3rd Annual JPMCC International Commodities Symposium in Denver. August 12-13, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian will present at the upcoming 2019 Veterans Advanced Energy Summit: Where the future of energy meets national security on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in Chicago.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) will be the Keynote speaker on the topic “VIIRS data gems from the night” at the 1st International Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development (ICARD) at the Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, Banten, Indonesia.  August 8, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) will discuss “Feasibility of developing a fishing ground for Indonesia”  in a fishing ground atlas meeting at the IPB University, School of Fisheries, Bogor, Indonesia.  August 6-7, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) will participate in the survey for a candidate location for VIIRS boat detection calibration lights for a future string-of-light VBD calibration facility at Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand.  August 1-3, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) is participating in a discussion about Grids and linear features in VIIRS boat detection at the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand.  July 31, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge is presenting on “Low light imaging of the Earth at night” at the NASA South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative Training Workshop, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. July 26, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge is discusses VIIRS boat detection (VBD) at the Singapore Navy Maritime Information Fusion Center, Singapore. July 24, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) is participating in the VIIRS boat detection briefing at the NASA South Asia Research Initiative Research meeting in Johur Bahru.  July 22,2019.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) is participating in the VIIRS Nightfire meeting with the satellite fire team a the Meteorological Service of Singapore. July 23,2019.
• Chris Elvidge of the Earth Observation Group (EOG) is speaking on VIIRS data gems from the night at the NASA South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SARI), Land Use/Cover Changes, Environment and Emissions in South/Southeast Asia – An International Regional Science Meeting, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.  July 22-31,2019.
• Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise will present “Peak Anything: Are We Running Out of Exhaustible Resources.” June 19, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge discusses Gas Flaring in Colorado at the Forum on the Future of Oil and Gas in Colorado at the Colorado School of Mines.  June 4, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge presents VIIRS boat detection data at the Marine Technology Department, Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand. May 28, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge discusses VIIRS boat detection spatial patterns in S.E. Asia at the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand. May 21, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge gives a VIIRS boat detection update at the Walton Family Foundation, Denver. May  17, 2019.
• Cory Welch and James Milford of Lumidyne Consulting present “Multi-Method Decision Modeling of Distributed Energy Resource Impacts on Electric Distribution Grids.” May 7, 2019.
• Mark Davis and Alessandra Kortenhorst from CH4STOP talk about “Satellite-Detected Natural Gas Flaring” April 23, 2019.
• Chris Elvidge presents on VIIRS boat detection to the Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific Intelligence Data Analysis Branch, in San Diego, CA. March 27, 2019.
• Edward Barbier, Professor of Economics at Colorado State University visits to discuss “From Limits to Growth to Planetary Boundaries: The Evolution of Economic Views on Natural Resource Scarcity” April 26, 2019.
• Kelly Sims Gallagher, Energy and Environmental Professor from The Fletcher School at Tufts University presents the launch of her book – Titans of the Climate March 21, 2019.
• Erik Waerness, Senior Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for Equinor presents “Energy Perspectives 2018” March 18, 2019.
• Morgan Bazilian to speak about The Changing Geopolitical Landscape for Minerals and Metals in the Energy Transition at the Innovation Agora during Ceraweek by IHS Markit.  March 11-15, 2019.
• “The Renewable Power of the Mine,” presented by Nicolas Maennling, Lead Economics and Policy Researcher for Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, February 28, 2019.
• Brian Efird, Senior Research Fellow and Program Director of Policy and Decision Science at KAPSARC talks about “The Politics of Emission Policy in the US” February 27, 2019.
• Leading thinkers and practitioners in the disciplines of oil and gas volatility gather to consider the affects volatile energy prices have had on the Rocky Mountain region, including those on local and state governments during the Colorado Oil & Gas Volatility Workshop Agenda, January 18, 2019.

2018 Events Archive

• Ben Hobbs of Johns Hopkins presents “Power System Planning and Markets” November 30, 2018.
• Senior Research Fellow and Chief Scientist of Energy Systems Integration at NRE, Mark O’Malley presents “Energy Systems Integration” November 26, 2018.
• Kathleen Staks, Executive Director of Colorado Energy Office leads “Panel Discussion: Pueblo’s Renewable Energy Transition” November 13, 2018.
• Andrea J. Vaccari, Director of Health, Environmental and Sustainable Development of the International Copper Association presents “Copper’s Role in the Energy Transition” November 7, 2018.
• Ambassador Christopher Hill of University of Denver’s Joseph Korbel School of International Studies talks about “United States Diplomacy and the Challenges Ahead” November 6, 2018.
• Dr. Ian M. Ralby of I.R. Consilium presents “Oil on the Water – A Look at Security Concerns Relating to Hydrocarbons Activity in the Maritime Domain” November 2, 2018.
• Brian O’Neill of University of Denver’s Joseph Korbel School of International Studies presents the results from the BRACE 1.5 study in “Does Half A Degree of Global Warming Matter?” October 29, 2018.
• Alex Gilbert of SparkLibrary discusses “The Emerging Economic, Environmental, and Geopolitical Implications of Changing U.S. Energy Trade” October 18, 2018.
• Adam Fraser of Elsevier leads “Getting Published in a Leading Journal: Perspectives of Authors, Editors, and Publishers” October 8, 2018.
• “Leading the Energy Transition” October 1, 2018.
  Presented by Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
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• “Energy in Africa” September 17, 2018.
  Presented by Todd Moss, Center for Global Development
• “The Oil-Climate Index” September 13, 2018.
  Presented by Deborah Gordon, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• “The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Transition” August 22, 2018.
  Presented by Arvind Ravikumar, Stanford University
• “RETScreen software and energy investment decision making” May 16, 2018.
  Presented by Gregory Leng, Natural Resources Canada
• “Weather-Informed Energy Systems Utilizing the WIS:dom Optimization Model” May 3, 2018.
  Presented by Christopher Clack, CEO, Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC
• “Ways of Price Making and the Problem of Markets in the U.S. Natural Gas Industry” April 26, 2018.
  Presented by William Boyd, professor of law at University of Colorado Law School
  Director of the Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Policy innovation
• “Climate Change and Inland Flood Risk in the Continental United States” April 17, 2018.
  Presented by Cameron Wobus, principal scientist, Abt Associates
• “Fires, Flares, Boats, and Lights – Data Gems From a NOAA Weather Satellite” April 11, 2018.
  Presented by Christopher D. Elvidge, PhD
  NOAA‐NESDIS‐NCEI Earth Observation Group
• “Vulnerability of the U.S. Electricity Grid to Climate and Water” April 5, 2018.
  Presented by Jordan Macknick, Energy – Water – Land Lead Analyst
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• “Colorado’s Electric Sector” April 3, 2018.
  Presented by Mark D. Safty, Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development
  School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver
• “Energy in Colorado” March 22, 2018.
  Presented by Andy Spielman, partner, co-partner-in-charge, Denver office
  Chair, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Practice at WilmerHale
• “Global Manufacturing and Trade of Renewable Energy Technologies” March 20, 2018.
  Presented by Jill Engel-Cox, director, Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center
  Deputy director, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• “Lessons from Australia on Clean Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Electricity Grids, Large and Small” March 1, 2018.
  Presented by Iain MacGill, associate professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Australia
  Joint director (engineering) UNSW Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets