SMU Geothermal Conference Itinerary
Monday, June 13
1 pm - 5 pm
Geothermal 101 Short Course
Tuesday, June 14
7 am -8:30 am
Registration & Networking8:30 am -4 pm Presentations
4:30 pm - 8 pm Keynote Speaker & Reception
Wednesday, June 15
8 - 9 am
Registration & Poster Session9 am - 4 pm Presentations
Detailed Agenda with Speaker Times
Booth Exhibitors
Cryostar SAS
Gulf Coast Green Energy
PermaWorks, LLC
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems
Sologen Systems, LLC
Program Presenters
Keynote Speaker
Charles Levey
Vice President
Electric Power Industry Generation Trends and the Role of Renewable Energy
P. V. (Suri) Suryanarayana
Blade Energy Partners, Exec. VP, Engineering, Research, and Development
Alternative system designs for co-production of geothermal energy and optimization of total energy recovery from oil & gas wells
Hal Macartney
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., Geoscience Advisor – Rockies Asset
A Raton Basin Geothermal Prospect
John Fox
ElectraTherm Inc., Chief Executive Officer
Small Scale Power Generation from Geothermal and Co-Produced Fluids
Susan Petty
AltaRock Energy Inc., President and Chief Technology Officer
Multiple Zone Stimulation of EGS Wells – Key to Reservoir Optimization
Kevin Myers
High-Potential Working Fluids for Next-Generation Binary Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle for EGS
Mark Leidig
Weston Geophysical Corp., Research Seismologist
Methods of Monitoring Hydraulic Stimulation
Kevin Wallace
Power Engineers, Inc., Sr. Project Manager
Dinosaur and Ant are Friends! – O&G and Geothermal Can Join Forces
Jamie Hutchins
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Research Assistant
Extending the Economic Life of Onshore Petroleum Wells by Reducing Operating Costs
Allan Muns
Richard Langson
Langson Energy, Inventor, Founder, President
Generating low-cost Electricity from Pressure
Gas Equipment Engineering Corporation, Chief Operating Officer
Baseline System Costs for 50 MW EGS -- A Function of: Working Fluid, Technology, and Location
Tim Reinhardt
DOE Geothermal Technologies Program, Co-Produced Geothermal Fluids Program Analyst
Update on Funding Opportunities through the DOE
Texas Senator Kip Averitt
Seiichi Nagihara
Texas Tech University, Associate Professor of Geosciences
A borehole geothermal database for the US Exclusive Economic Zone of the Gulf of Mexico
Howard McLaughlin
Tristream Resources, CEO
An Overview of Australian Geothermal Projects
TAS Energy Inc., Director of Geothermal Business Development
Keeping it Simple... Developing Financeable Geothermal Projects
Bruce Bullock
Maguire Energy Institute, Director
DOE Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center, P.E., Geothermal Advisor
Coproduced and Low Temperature Geothermal Resources as Electrical Power Producers
Robert Wright
Baker Botts LLP, Partner
Key Legal Issues and Their Impact on Geothermal Development
UT Austin Bureau of Economic Geology, Research Associate
The Transformation of Tight Shale Gas Reservoirs to Geothermal Energy Production
U of North Dakota, Petroleum Research, Education, and Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence
North Dakota Geothermal Binary Power Projects
Steve Erdahl
GreenTech Renewables LLC, Founder & CEO
Finance Panel - Raising Venture Capital
Elias Hinckley
Kilpatrick-Townsend & Stockton LLP, Partner
Finance Panel - Tax Incentives
James Smith
SMU - Cox, Cary Maguire Chair in Oil & Gas Management
Finance Panel - Oil and Gas Motivation
Toni Boyd
Oregon Institute of Technology Geo-Heat Center, Senior Engineer
Trials and Tribulation of the Oregon Institute of Technology Small-Scale Power Plant
MLKay Technologies, Director
Data Availability for Projects
Bernie Karl
Chena Hot Springs
Sustainable is Attainable
Zachary Frone, Mitchell Williams, Joe Batir, Nicole Sica
SMU Geothermal Graduate Students
Google.org US Resource Project Update
Kevin Kerlin
Helidyne LLC
Total-flow geothermal power generation
Anna Crowell
UND Department of Geology & Geological Engineering
Using GIS to Estimate Geothermal Energy Reserves in Sedimentary Basins
For questions about the conference call Maria Richards (214-768-1975) or Cathy Chickering (214-768-1510).