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EventsClimate Change and the Energy Transition: How can DA help?SDP Free Webinar - A best of DAAG 2019 Presentation
23 Oct, 2019 | 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET Panelists: Charlie Atkins, Director of Research & Development, Ramaco Carbon Eric Bickel, Associate Professor, University of Texas Austin Larry Neal, Retired, Chevron Moderator: Max Henrion, , PhD, CEO, Lumina Decision Systems Abstract: The growing recognition of the need to decarbonize our economies plus the stunning drop in costs of solar, wind, batteries, and other low-carbon technologies promise increasing disruption for traditional energy industries -- including oil and gas, electric utilities, and automobiles. How imminent are the threats and opportunities of the energy transition? Some of these companies were successful early adopters of decision analysis. How can decision analysis help them avoid getting stranded and find successful new roles? This SDP Webinar is a reprise of a panel session at DAAG in Denver, April 2019, which was voted as one of the top two sessions of that meeting. Add this event to your calendar
Panelists Eric Bickel, Associate Professor, University of Texas Austin J. Eric Bickel is an associate professor and director of both the Operations Research & Industrial Engineering and the Engineering Management programs at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the theory and practice of decision analysis. Professor Bickel is on the Board of Directors for Strategic Decisions Group and is Past-President of the Decision Analysis Society. His research into geoengineering was selected as the best approach to climate change by a panel of four Nobel Laureates in Economics. He holds an MS and PhD from the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University. Larry Neal, Retired Chevron Larry retired from Chevron in 2015 after 38 years and is now an independent Decision Professional and budding curmudgeon. Larry was a longtime leader of Chevron’s Decision Analysis Community and architect of Chevron’s proprietary decision analysis software SDA. Larry holds a BS degree in Chemistry from California State University, Bakersfield, and a MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California (retired). He is a founding Fellow, past-President, board member, and founding Chair of the Credentialing Committee of the Society of Decision Professionals. He also served on the Council of the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS. He is a lifetime member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Larry has been married to his wife Judy for 39 years. They have two children and two grandchildren. Larry’s current interests include foraging, basic welding, fishing, reading, gardening, cooking, and the art of fermentation. Moderator Max Henrion, PhD, CEO, Lumina Decision Systems J.Max Henrion is CEO and Founder of Lumina Decision Systems. He has experience as professor, decision analyst, software designer, and entrepreneur. He originated Analytica, Lumina’s software. He was formerly a Professor at Carnegie Mellon. He has published 3 books and over 70 articles in decision and risk analysis, energy and environment, and artificial intelligence. He has a BA from Cambridge and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon. His project on "Rigs to Reefs” won the 2014 Decision Analysis Practice Award. He was awarded the 2018 Ramsey Medal for lifetime contributions to decision analysis.
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