Lunch Plenary
Fireside Chat: The Power of "AND"
Friday, November 61:00 – 2:45
About This Session
This closing fireside chat examines what it takes to hold the energy transition’s most productive tensions, reliability and decarbonization, incumbent fuels and emerging technologies, near-term affordability and long-term transformation, without letting them collapse into opposition. The conversation will explore where the AND actually works and what the industry needs to do differently to make it stick.
Key Questions Explored
- Where does the energy transition most need both-and thinking rather than either-or framing?
- What does it look like when reliability and decarbonization reinforce each other rather than compete?
- How do you build coalitions that hold together under the pressure of real tradeoffs?
- What would the industry do differently if it took the power of AND as seriously as the technology itself?
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