• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

NextGen at CERAWeek

NextGen at CERAWeek deepens the ever-important connection between academia and industry, creating a dynamic environment that cultivates top talent, uncovers fresh ideas, and discovers newfound energy transition pathways. This exciting new initiative builds on the already thriving innovation community at CERAWeek to help faculty source, fund, and scale impactful new concepts – and identify talent. 

NextGen accelerates these connections through engaging programming, targeted networking events, and collaborative discussions that inspire and spark the next generation of talent, ideas, and alliances. 

By fostering the industrial-academic nexus, NextGen ensures the formation of a motivated workforce and the emergence of novel solutions that drive lasting and meaningful change.

Contact

To learn more about the NextGen Program, contact Murray Fisher.

NextGen Reflections

Session Formats

  • Pods

    Featuring purpose-driven innovation and early-stage research at universities, energy and climate centers, and accelerators during 25-minute Pod sessions in the George Bush Ballroom of the Innovation Agora.

  • Lyceum Program

    The Lyceum Program features seminars on critical emerging topics in early-stage research and industrial-academic collaboration in a classroom lecture styled space

  • Amphitheatre

    Dedicated zone in a central area for discussions oriented toward advancing a passionate, diverse workforce of the future and deepening industrial-academic collaboration

  • Colloquium

    Exclusive, interactive format with discussions focused on enhancing collaborative partnerships between industry, government and academia

  • Meet-up

    Small, informal gathering of communities that share a common interest

  • Graduate Student Opportunity

    NextGen enables students to explore career opportunities and find industrial partners for research. 


    NextGen deepens the ever-important connection between academia and industry, creating a dynamic environment that cultivates top talent, uncovers fresh ideas and discovers newfound energy transition pathways.


    Apply for a complimentary NextGen pass to CERAWeek 2025.
    Apply now

  • Who should apply?

    NextGen is geared toward technical PhD students, recent graduates, and postdocs. We also accept applications from graduate students studying other disciplines, such as MBA, economics, and policy.

  • Why should students participate?

    – Attend “the superbowl of the energy industry” that inspires innovation and creates connection* 

    – Engage with potential employers from diverse industries 

    – Enjoy a tailored NextGen program featuring specialized content and targeted networking events 

    – Explore opportunities to present your innovative research

    *CNBC

  • Offer Benefits

    – Complimentary pass to the Innovation Agora

    – Access to 250+ startups and other entrepreneurs and investors

    –Curated program track for the NextGen community 

    – Myriad networking opportunities with other students, faculty, industry executives, talent development firms and Future Energy Leaders (FEL)

CERAWeek 2024 University Participation

China University of PetroleumMITThe Wharton School
Chulalongkorn UniversityMontana Technological UniversityTulane University
Colorado School of MinesPeking UniversityUniversity of Calgary
Colorado State UniversityPrairie View A&M UniversityUniversity of California
Columbia UniversityPrinceton UniversityUniversity of Chicago
Curtin UniversityRice UniversityUniversity of Houston
Dartmouth CollegeSan Diego State UniversityUniversity of Oxford
Georgetown University QatarSeoul National UniversityUniversity of Rochester
Harvard UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversityUniversity of Texas
Imperial College LondonStanford UniversityWilliam Marsh
Johns Hopkins UniversityTexas A&M UniversityYale University
Jones Graduate School of BusinessTexas Southern University 
 
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