Walt Patterson On Energy

Energy futures: Speeches




At Chatham House in 1993 I spoke about Technological Revolution. In 2000 I told a Uranium Institute symposium in London about 'Electricity In Flux', and an ABB colloquium in Interlaken about 'Future Electricity Systems'. In 2005 my keynote address at York University in Toronto was on 'The Electric Challenge: Getting The Story Right', and my lecture to the London Boroughs Energy Group on 'Getting Energy Right'. In 2006 my presentation to the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London was on 'Sustainable Electricity: Cultural Barriers'; at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London I declared that 'Energy Policy Is Infrastructure Policy'. In 2007 I spoke in London, Stornoway, Belfast and elsewhere, on my book Keeping The Lights On. In 2008 at the 'Electric West' conference in Las Vegas I gave a keynote speech entitled 'Down with conservation! Forget efficiency!'. At the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alberta, I argued that we should 'Start With Electricity'. At the 'Future Power' conference in London I discussed 'Upgrading Electricity'.

In 2009 I gave the keynote address at the 'Energy In Transition' conference of the Energy Institute in London, and spoke on 'Energy Security and Regulation' at a seminar at the Warwick Business School. At the Energy Ireland conference in Dublin, I spoke on 'What The Future Holds For Energy Users', and at the World Forum on Energy Regulation in Athens on 'Managing Energy Wrong: and What Regulators Can Do About It'. For UK-ISES I gave the David Hall Memorial Lecture, entitled 'Down With Fuel!'. In 2010 I gave the 'Core Connections' guest lecture at the University of New England, on 'Changing The Way The World Works'. At the Oxford Literary Festival, I called for 'A New Energy Story'. To the Electricity Policy Research Group at Cambridge, I gave a seminar on 'An Electric Planet?'. At Warwick Business School I spoke on 'Energy Policy and Regulation: Future Challenges'. In the opening plenary of the annual conference of the International Association for Energy Economics in Rio de Janeiro, I pointed 'Toward Real Energy Economics'.

On 13 April 2011, at the Chernobyl 25th anniversary conference in Barcelona, I took a different angle on 'Changing The Way The World Works'. On 10 June, at the Equinox Summit in Waterloo, Ontario, I described the 'Electric Future'. On 4 November, at the Conference on the Assessment of Future Energy Systems in Calgary, Alberta, I discussed 'Making Electricity Sustainable'. You can now see a video of the presentation here.



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