• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Morgan Bazilian

Colorado School of Mines

Director, Payne Institute & Professor of Public Policy

Morgan Bazilian is the Director of the Payne Institute and Professor of Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. With over two decades of experience in the energy sector, Dr. Bazilian is regarded as a leading expert in international affairs, security, policy, and investment. Dr. Bazilian has published in Science, Nature, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and other leading journals. His book Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security is considered a seminal work in energy finance and security. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Sustainable Finance Programme at Oxford University, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, Dr. Bazilian was a senior diplomat at the United Nations, and lead energy specialist at the World Bank. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Irish Government as Principal Advisor to the Energy Minister. He was also the European Union’s lead negotiator on technology at the UN climate negotiations. A Fulbright fellow, Bazilian holds a PhD in areas related to energy systems.

Sessions With Morgan Bazilian

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 09:30am - 10:20am (CST) / -

    The New Prize: Securing lithium, battery materials & renewables supply chain
    Clean Tech

    The market for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries—the undisputed battery of choice for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) market—is expected to grow quickly in the coming years. What is the future availability of the various metals that are required to manufacture the different types of Li-ion batteries? Can enough lithium supply be brought online to enable the mass adoption of EVs? Will there be any bottlenecks for the metals used in Li-ion battery cells, and could this hinder EV adoption? What other potential disruptions are on the horizon for the battery supply chain?