Tulane Energy Conference - The Changing Energy Landscape
Thursday, April 7 & Friday, April 8, 2022
John Giffen Weinmann Hall I 6329 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70118
Tulane Center for Energy Law is hosting its third Energy Law Conference, gathering global experts from industry,
government, law practice, and academia to discuss current pressing energy challenges and opportunities.
This free hybrid conference offers both in-person attendance (with CLE credits available) and virtual attendance (without
CLE credits); register here to participate.
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Program
DAY 1 - Thursday, April 7, 2022
8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN
9:15 a.m. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Speakers:
David D. Meyer - Dean, Mitchell Franklin Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School
Kim P. Talus - James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law, Director of the Center for Energy Law, Tulane University Law School
9:30 a.m. CARBON NEUTRALITY AND LNG CONTRACTS
Moderator: Kim P. Talus - James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law, Director of the Center for Energy Law, Tulane
University Law School
"Energy transition-related disputes under long-term energy contracts: Disputes concerning measurement and certification of GHG emissions"
Speaker: Agnieszka Ason - Visiting Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (UK)
"Energy transition and contract adjustments: Toward increasing flexibility"
Speaker: James E. Atkin - Partner, Reed Smith (London)
"Carbon-neutral LNG: Contractual methodology for reporting GHG emissions for LNG"
Speaker: Jason Bennett - Partner; Department Chair, Global Projects Practice; Baker Botts (Houston)
11 a.m. BREAK
11:05 a.m. CLIMATE CHANGE: ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND ARBITRATION
Moderator: Harry Phillips - Junior Member, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property; Research Assistant; C/PP/US; Juris Doctor Candidate; Tulane University Law School
"Energy infrastructure projects in the United States: Who decides and on what basis?"
Speakers:
Clare Ellis - Associate, Hunton Andrews Kurth (San Francisco)
George P. Sibley Ill - Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth (Richmond)
"Climate claims against states and companies: The case of Netherlands"
Speaker: Silke Goldberg - Partner, Global Head of ESG, Leader of Climate Change Practice; Herbert Smith Freehills
(London)
"Arbitration and climate change"
Speaker: Mark D. Stadnyk - Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (Houston and New York)
12:35 p.m. LUNCH I Marian Mayer Berkett Multi-Purpose Room
1:30 p.m. CLIMATE CHANGE: SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM AND PUBLIC PRESSURE
Moderator: Kristoffer Svendsen - Senior Research Fellow, Center for Energy Law;
Tulane University Law School
"Greenwashing and brown-spinning: How heightened expectations around ESG are affecting litigation risks"
Speaker: Amy Pharr Hefley - Partner; Co-Chair, Securities & Shareholder Litigation Practice Group (Firmwide); Chair, Litigation Department (Houston); Baker Botts (Houston)
"Shareholder activism in oil and gas"
Speaker: Ann M. Lipton - Michael M. Fleishman Associate Professor in Business Law and Entrepreneurship, Associate Dean for Faculty Research; Tulane University Law School
"Carbon neutrality and Louisiana"
Speaker: Harry Vorhoff - Deputy Director, Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
3 p.m. COFFEE BREAK I Marian Mayer Berkett Multi-Purpose Room
3:15 p.m. KEY REGULATORY AND COMMERCIAL ISSUES IN ENERGY TRANSITION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Kim P. Talus - James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law, Director of the
Center for Energy Law, Tulane University Law School
"Regulatory framework for offshore wind power projects in the Gulf"
Speakers:
Jana L. Grauberger - Shareholder, Liskow & Lewis (Houston)
Andrew Tuozzolo - Chief of Staff; Helena Morena, Council member-at-Large;
New Orleans City Council
Stephen W. Wiegand - Shareholder, Liskow & Lewis (New Orleans)
"Hydrogen markets and hydrogen hubs: Prerequisites for the hydrogen economy"
Speaker: Drake Hernandez - Senior Associate, Energy; Charles River Associates (Boston)
"Energy transition to what? And how do we get there?"
Speakers:
Ryan Hopkins - Partner, White & Case (Houston)
Taylor Pullins - Partner, White & Case (Houston)
"Financing renewable H2 projects: Bridging the economic gap"
Speaker: Cameron Kelly - General Counsel, Australian Renewable Energy Agency
(ARENA) (Sydney)
5 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS
Speaker: Kristoffer Svendsen - Senior Research Fellow, Center for Energy Law; Tulane University Law School
5:15 p.m. RECEPTION I Marian Mayer Berkett Multi-Purpose Room
6:30 p.m. CONFERENCE DAY 1 CONCLUDES
DAY 2 - Friday, April 8, 2022
9 a.m. COFFEE I Marian Mayer Berkett Multi-Purpose Room
9:30 a.m. ENERGY IMPLICATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
Moderator: Randel R. Young - Senior Consultant, Energy, Charles River Associates;
Distinguished Research Fellow, Tulane Center for Energy Law, Tulane University Law School
"U.S. and global energy after the attack on Ukraine"
Speaker: Anas F. Alhajji - Managing Partner, Energy Outlook Advisors (Dallas)
"United States' extraterritorial sanctions and international law:
The Russian pipeline dilemma"
Speaker: Gunther Handl - The Eberhard Deutsch Chair in Public International Law,
Tulane University Law School
"Russian sanctions and energy industry"
Speaker: Mark Kantor - Independent Arbitrator and Mediator (Washington, D.C.)
"Energy policy and energy market changes after the attack"
Speaker: Kim P. Talus - James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law, Director of the Center for
Energy Law, Tulane University Law School
11:30 a.m. CONFERENCE CONCLUDES