• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Sally Benson

Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Deputy Director for Energy & Chief Strategist for the Energy Transition

An internationally-recognized energy expert, Dr. Benson serves as Deputy Director for Energy & Chief Strategist for the Energy Transition at OSTP. Trained as an earth scientist and engineer, she is an expert on wide variety of topics related to energy and the environment. For the past 25 years, she has focused on deep decarbonization of the global energy system. She comes to OSTP from Stanford University where she is the Precourt Family Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, in the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences. During her time at Stanford, she was also the Director of the Global Climate and Energy Project, a research program focused on discovering and developing new technologies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the energy system. Prior to joining Stanford University, she was at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she held many positions, including Earth Sciences Division Director, Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences, and Deputy Director for Operations. She has been a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and a member of several National Academies of Sciences studies related to energy and the environment, most recently the study on Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration.

Sessions With Sally Benson

Wednesday, 13 March

  • 04:20pm - 05:00pm (CST) / -

    CCUS Strategies & Business Models

    Panel Climate/Environment/Sustainability Gas

    Carbon capture, use, and storage is recognized as a vital option in the quest to reduce carbon emissions. The technology exists and is proven, but deployment needs to accelerate. How can policymakers and industry participants work together to provide the necessary incentives to spur activity and gain public trust?