Energy Careers in Crisis?
Recruiting Tomorrow's Energy Generation

21 October 2003

Whenever the energy industry is in the public eye, it always seems to be for something negative which produces a bias against aspiring talent joining the industry. Yet, the need for energy is growing, especially green energy.

Unfortunately, the employee demographics suggest a brain drain is upon us; for example, the average age of the domestic oil & gas workforce is around 50 with projections that 40% will retire by the end of the decade. But job seekers see a mature industry that is part of the old smokestack industrial revolution steeped in traditional old fashion culture.

The huge technical and business challenges of meeting not only today's but future energy demand does not get messaged through to the youth. Leading energy companies forward, whether it is one of the super majors, a de-regulating utility, a virtual energy company, or something else, will require the best that universities can offer. Given this backdrop, the purpose of the symposium is to address this looming question of "energy careers in crisis?" and to discuss possible solutions through the role of education, government, and industry.

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	Carl Michael Smith Assistant Secretary of Fossil Fuel Department of Energy
	Robert Mosbacher, Sr. Chairman, Mosbacher Energy & former Secretary of Commerce

	Introduction
	Framing The Problem • Lane Sloan, Executive Director, UH-GEMI Moderator • Paul Baker, Sr. VP & GM for Eastern Operations, Dominion E&P • Richard Smalley, 1996 Nobel Prize Winner, Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Rice University • Michael Economides, Professor of Chemical Engineering, UH
	Ambassadors • Mike Minyard, Amerada Hess • Chris Dalton, Landmark Graphics • Murray Gardin, Unocal • Todd Hornbeck, CEO Hornbeck Offshore • Tamara Joslin, Early Experience Programs, bp America
	Lessons Learned • Mindy Burney, Assistant Director, Oklahoma Energy Resources Board • Greg Bustin, President & CEO, Bustin & Co. • Susan Moore, Lyondell Chemical Company, a member of Plastics Council • Mike Parr, Executive Director, National Cattleman's Beef Association
	Role of Education • Christine Economides, Director of Petroleum Engineering Program, UH • Ehud Ronn, Professor of Finance & Director, Center for Energy Finance Education & Research, University of Texas • Mark Baxter, Director, Maquire Energy Institute • Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance & Director of Energy Markets, UH-GEMI
	Role of Government • Brett Perlman, former Public Utility Commission of Texas • Ronald Oligney, Director, Texas Energy Center
	Role of Industry • Paul T. Bulmahn, CEO ATP Oil & Gas • Rod Erskine, President of El Paso Production company • Steve Raben, Partner, Russell Reynolds • Bob Harvey, EVP and Group President Wholesale, Reliant Resources • Tim Holt, VP Onshore US, bp • Harold Korell, CEO Southwestern Energy • Pete Miller, Chairman, President & CEO National Oilwell • Chris Ross, Leader Houston Petroleum Practice, CRAI • Lew Watts, Sr. VP Marketing & Strategy, Halliburton
	Industry Panels