Morgan D. Bazilian is Director of the Payne Institute and Professor of Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines.

Previously, he was Lead Energy Specialist at the World Bank. He has over two decades of experience in energy, natural resources, and environmental policy and international affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in energy analysis and was a Fulbright Fellow.

He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Ireland’s National Climate Council. He is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, and an adjunct professor of thermal physics at University College Cork.

He has published over 180 papers in learned journals, and his 2008 book: “Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security” is a seminal work in the field. His work has appeared in Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, WSJ, Washington Post, New York Times, FT, and Foreign Affairs.

Dr. Bazilian was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Advisory Council on Energy, and served as an advisor to the International Energy’s World Energy Outlook, for many years, as well as Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Global Energy Outlook.

He holds (or has held) academic affiliations at The Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden, Columbia University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, and IIASA.

Dr. Bazilian was the European Union’s lead negotiator on technology issues at the UN’s climate change negotiations, and a member of the UN Expert Group on Technology. He was the first Chair of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership Programme Board, and a founder of the UNEP Public Finance Alliance steering group. He was a contributing author to the IPCC and the Global Energy Assessment, and served as an advisor to a €200M cleantech venture capital fund.

Previously he was a Deputy Director at NREL. Prior to that, Morgan worked as a senior diplomat in the UN. Prior to this post, he worked in the Irish Government as Chief Advisor for the Energy Minister, and was the Deputy CEO of the Irish National Energy Agency.

Zainub Noor is the Director of Technology & Innovation at Halliburton Labs, helping propel early-stage energy and climate tech companies towards commercial scale. Leveraging Halliburton's corporate platforms and industrial-scale resources, she plays a pivotal role in shaping the future energy system by accelerating innovative solutions.

Zainub has a diverse background spanning the broad energy sector in technology development, strategy and business management across multiple regions globally. She served as the Global R&D Head for Reservoir Recovery and Production Operations, where she led digital transformation initiatives to optimize asset development and production operations for energy operators globally. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of projects in digital oil fields, field development, and asset digital twins, with a geographic focus that includes the Middle East, North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Actively engaged in oil and gas industry forums serving in several committees and awarded multiple patent and published papers. Recognized as top 25 Women in Energy by Oil and Gas Investor in 2021, and the Global Elite 100 Leaders by Petroleum Economist.