University of Houston Law Center Event Discusses Growing Threats to North American Energy Security
Industry and academic leaders will discuss the increasing political, climatic, and criminal risks to the North American energy supply during the University of Houston Law Center’s seventh annual North American Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Conference on Thursday, April 27.
Delivering the conference keynote will be Kristen Eichensehr, who serves as the Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law and Director of the National Security Law Center at the University of Virginia Law School.
“In the last year, we have seen massive changes in energy use and distribution related to geo-political and supply chain disruptions, as well as increasing climate ferocity and cyber-attacks. This conference looks at these topics together and in perspective. It is an important issue being addressed by a talented group of speakers,” said Victor B. Flatt, professor of law, UH Energy Fellow and co-director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center.
Under the conference theme of energy security, panelists will discuss geo-political risks, climate impacts on electricity, privacy and cyber-security risks and supply chain disruptions.
The more than 20 speakers and panelists presenting are:
Susan Bickley, partner, Blank Rome
Victor B. Flatt, professor of law, UH Energy Fellow, and co-director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center
Gina Warren, professor of law and co-director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center
Julian Cardenas, research assistant professor and director of the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center
Anthony Rapa, partner, Blank Rome
Kristen Van de Biezenbos, associate professor, University of Calgary
Miranda Leppla, Environmental Law Clinic director, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Tracy Hester, instructional associate professor of law and co-director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center
Hannah Wiseman, professor of law and Distinguished UHLC Visitor, Penn State Law School
Pablo Pinto, professor and director, UH Hobby School of Public Affairs
Nikolas Guggenberger, assistant professor, University of Houston Law Center
Tiffany Li, assistant professor, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
Alan Rozenshtein, associate professor, University of Minnesota Law School
Andrew Wills, chief of staff and senior advisor, DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
Alex Nisenbaum, partner, Blank Rome
Leonard M. Baynes, dean and professor of law, University of Houston Law Center
Gregory Brown, general counsel, Evolution Well Services
David Cooke, general counsel, Arm Energy Holdings
Andrew Costa, general counsel, Atlantic Methanol
Deonne Cunningham Nauls, general counsel, GlidePath Power Solutions, LLC
Paula M. Narcisse, general counsel, Worldwide Oilfield Machine
Linda D. Primrose, general counsel and corporate secretary of the legal department, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.)
Bo Shi, general counsel, Crescent Energy
Elizabeth Trujillo, professor of law and founding director of the Initiative on Global Law and Policy for the Americas, University of Houston Law Center
Keith LeTourneau, partner, Blank Rome
The event is co-sponsored by the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center (EENR), UH Law Center’s Initiative on Global Law and Policy for the Americas, UH Energy, UH Hobby School of Public Affairs, Gutierrez Energy Management Institute (GEMI) at UH’s C. T. Bauer College of Business, Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Blank Rome LLP and the University of Calgary Faculty of Law.
The conference will be in-person on Thursday, April 27 from 8:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. CST at the University of Houston Law Center, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd. Attendees may also join virtually. Participating attorneys will receive 6.5 hours of Texas continuing legal education credit.