Please join us for our annual discussion on the outlook for winter fuels where we explore seasonal weather trends and critical factors that impact global demand for all winter fuels. This year, we are joined by Dr. Joseph DeCarolis, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration as our keynote speaker. He will discuss EIA’s winter fuels outlook as well as critical issues ahead ranging from weather, to the state of the U.S. and global economies, to geopolitical factors and any other developments that affect the winter fuels outlook. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Greg Sharenow, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Commodities and Real Assets at PIMCO, who will share his view and further delve into the issues.
This event will be a virtual session via Zoom Webinar from 12:00 PM until 1:30 PM ET. Additional details will be provided to registered attendees prior to the session.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Joseph DeCarolis
Dr. Joseph DeCarolis was confirmed Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 31, 2022. Before his appointment as EIA Administrator, Dr. DeCarolis served as a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University (NC State). He also previously worked as an environmental scientist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, where he engaged in energy systems modeling to quantify the air pollution impacts from future energy system development.
His career and publications have centered on addressing energy and environmental challenges as they relate to engineering, economics, and public policy. His core research involves developing and applying energy system models to examine energy futures under uncertainty. The modeling work has focused on maximizing transparency, partly through open source code and data and partly on developing a toolkit to rigorously assess future uncertainty. He has also engaged in collaborative research focused on conducting techno-economic assessments of various energy technologies, integrating building energy simulation into the architectural design process, and applying life cycle assessment to solid waste management.
His distinguished honors and awards include the NC State Outstanding Teaching Award, NC State Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, the American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding New Teacher Award (Southeastern Section), and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He was also named a University Faculty Scholar at NC State.
Dr. DeCarolis received a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and he holds a BS in Physics and Environmental Science and Policy from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
SPEAKERS
Greg Sharenow
Greg Sharenow is a managing director and portfolio manager in PIMCO's Newport Beach office, focusing on commodities, real assets, and inflation solutions. He leads PIMCO’s commodity portfolio management group. He also co-manages PIMCO’s Energy and Tactical Credit Opportunities strategy. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he was an energy trader at Hess Energy Trading, Goldman Sachs, and DE Shaw. He was previously senior energy economist at Goldman Sachs. His co-authored article, “Beating Benchmarks,” won the Second Annual Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award for Outstanding Article after it was published in the Journal of Portfolio Management. He has 24 years of investment and financial services experience and holds bachelor's degrees in mathematical methods in the social sciences and in economics from Northwestern University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
MODERATOR
Jason Lemme
Jason Lemme is Assistant Treasurer of the Energy Forum Advisory Board. He is a Managing Director at Hartree Partners LP and sits on the company’s Executive Committee. Mr. Lemme has served in various roles in trading, origination and investment since joining the company in 2002. He graduated with a B.A. Economics (summa cum laude) from Rutgers University and earned a M.Sc. Global Market Economics from the London School of Economics.
PROGRAM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Presentation and Discussion
COST
This session is complimentary for all attendees. Registration is required for event link details.