Join DOE alumni on September 9, 2026, from 12-1 p.m. ET for a conversation ahead of Houston Climate Week about why Texas, and Houston in particular, keeps becoming the place where hard, capital-intensive, geology-dependent energy technology gets built and proven out. Moderated by Jocelyn Brown-Saracino, Executive Director of the DOE Alumni Network; panelists OCED alum and Chair of Houston Climate Week Katie O'Shea; LPO, CFO and OCED alum Robin Wong; EERE alum Mike O’Connor and LPO and OCED alum Doug Schultz trace fifty years of DOE's presence in Houston, from de-risking methane and coal-fired carbon capture to today's work on hydrogen, geothermal, and direct air capture, and connect it to the bigger picture across the state: Texas leads the nation in wind and solar deployment, and its drilling and workforce base is now fueling a geothermal build-out too. RSVP here.