The U.S. Energy Information Administration will hold its 2016 Energy Conference on July 11 and 12 in Washington, DC. This two-day event provides the opportunity to meet and network with energy analysts, decision makers, and EIA staff. This year's conference also includes an EIA job fair. Last year, more than 1,000 people from industry, government, and academia attended EIA's conference.
Session topics include:
Clean Power Plan: EIA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and state and regional perspectives
Oil demand and transportation: Transportation sector developments affecting oil demand and price response
Climate—next steps: Perspectives from the United States, Europe, and China
Oil supply: The role of technology advances and other factors driving the current and future supply situation
Energy efficiency: Measuring and achieving demand-side energy efficiency and developing standard metrics
LNG markets: Implications of a low energy price environment for demand and U.S. exports
Renewable electricity: State-level issues and perspectives
Oil and natural gas: State-level issues and perspectives
Industrial energy demand and efficiency: Secondary processing and waste fuel use in heavy industry
Global coal markets: The outlook for coal demand and supply
Renewable energy and the transmission grid: Integrating renewable energy capacity into electric system operations
Information technology and the energy industry: How the application of information technology is driving change in the energy industry
Keynote speakers include:
Steve Kean, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Dan Gardner, co-author of Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada
Gregory Goff, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Tesoro Corporation
Jeff Flake, U.S. Senator, Arizona, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
For the first time, the EIA conference will feature a job fair where people can learn about EIA career opportunities. Several job openings were recently made available. Selected applicants to those openings will be contacted to schedule interviews at the conference. Another round of job openings will be listed on EIA's Jobs Openings page and the federal hiring website USAJOBS during the conference. At the conference, EIA representatives will be available to talk about careers at EIA and how to apply for these positions.
To view current job openings, visit the job fair tab on the 2016 EIA Energy Conference website.