September 2025 Virtual Lunchtime Lecture

Join us for our September Virtual Lunchtime Lecture - “What Will Be Our Sources of Energy in the Mid-21st Century?”

In 2022, Congress enacted the Inflation Reduction Act to “accelerate the transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” An inadvertent consequence of that act was to give rise to the misconception that traditional sources of energy would be substantially diminished if not eliminated.

Analyses conducted by public and private institutions tasked with forecasting energy sources to mid-century show that solar and wind renewables may rise to provide 25% of 2050 global energy needs, whereas the historical sources of energy—oil and natural gas based on fossil fuels—will continue to deliver 50% of energy consumption in the mid-21st century. In our September Lunchtime Lecture, Dr. Ehud I. Ronn will explore the forecasts of energy sources into the mid-century and briefly lay out the policy implications of these forecasts in terms of ensuring stability and reliability of energy sources.

Texas Exes, a non-profit organization, is excited to bring our virtual Lunchtime Lectures to you free of charge. If you can, please consider making a donation when registering to help us continue to engage alumni and students across the globe.

Meet the Guest Speaker: Dr. Ehud I. Ronn

Professor, Department of Finance, McCombs School of Business

Ehud I. Ronn has been a professor of Finance at the McCombs School of Business at TheUniversity of Texas at Austin, since 1988. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1983.

In addition to teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Ronn has held visiting appointments at academic institutions in the U. S., Europe and the Far East. He has published articles on investments, interest rate instruments and energy derivatives in academic and practitioner literature.

Dr. Ronn’s addtional teachings include professional programs and intensives on topics ranging from the social role of finance to investments and energy finance for professional MBAs.

From 1991–1993, Dr. Ronn served as Vice President, Trading Research Group at Merrill Lynch & Co. He was the founding director of the University of Texas Center for Energy Finance from 1997–2009, and the commodity market modeling practice area manager at Morgan Stanley & Co from 2010–2011.

In Nov. 2004, Dr. Ronn was selected by Energy Risk to the “Energy Risk Hall of Fame.”

Our virtual Lunchtime Lectures are hosted on Zoom. The Zoom link will be included in your Eventbrite confirmation email and resent to all registered attendees the week of the lecture.

Registration for our September Virtual Lunchtime Lecture will close at midnight on Sunday, September 14.