Please join the London Business School Alumni Energy Club, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas, Stanford Alumni Club, Columbia Business School, and Global Energy Mentors to hear Dr. Michael Webber talk about his new book Power Trip and the upcoming documentary series. Michael will take us on a global tour of energy to explain how it is hidden in plain sight, serving as the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat. Energy is connected with water, food, transportation, wealth, cities and our national security.

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Complimentary copies of Michael's new book, Power Trip, will be available for the first 150 people.

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May 13th, 11:00AM-1:00PM

Engie's offices in Houston

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Biography - Dr. Michael Webber

 

Dr. Michael E. Webber is based in Paris, France where he serves as the Chief Science and Technology Officer at ENGIE, a global energy & infrastructure services company. Webber is also the Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources, Author, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Texas at Austin where he trains the next generation of energy leaders through research and education at the convergence of engineering, policy, and commercialization. His first book, Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival, which addresses the connection between earth’s most valuable resources and offers a hopeful approach toward a sustainable future, is receiving wide praise.

 

His upcoming bookPower Trip: the Story of Energy will be published May 7, 2019 with a 6-part companion series on PBS shortly afterwards. He was selected as a Fellow of ASME and as a member of the 4th class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, which is a leadership training program organized by Presidents George W. Bush and William J. Clinton. Webber has authored more than 400 publications, holds 6 patents, and serves on the advisory board for Scientific American.

 

A successful entrepreneur, Webber was one of three founders in 2015 for an educational technology startup, DISCO Learning Media, which was acquired in 2018 by Probility Media. Webber holds a B.S. and B.A. from UT Austin, and M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford. He was honored as an American Fellow of the German Marshall Fund and an AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellow on four separate occasions by the University of Texas for exceptional teaching.

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