• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Walter Isaacson

Tulane University

Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values

Walter Isaacson is a Professor of History at Tulane. He has been the editor of Time Magazine, the CEO and Chairman of CNN, and the CEO of the Aspen Institute. He is an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg, a financial services firm based in New York City, a cohost of the PBS show Amanpour & Co., a contributor to CNBC, and host of the podcast “Trailblazers, from Dell Technologies.” He is the author of The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021), Leonardo da Vinci (2017), The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014), Steve Jobs (2011), Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).

 

Sessions With Walter Isaacson

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 08:30am - 09:20am (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation: John Browne and Walter Isaacson

    Join visionary energy leader Lord Browne and historian and biographer Walter Isaacson as they discuss innovation and innovators. What lessons can we learn from history? Introduced by Atul Arya, SVP and Chief Energy Strategist, IHS Markit.

  • 03:30pm - 04:20pm (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation: Reimagining Houston—The capital of new energy

    What does “energy transition” mean for Houston’s future? Houston faces great opportunities—and challenges—in developing and scaling new low-carbon energy solutions. How will Houston position itself as a global innovation hub for emerging energy and low-carbon solutions? What is the role of leading universities in advancing the new energy ecosystem? How can Houston attract risk capital needed to accelerate entrepreneurship and startups? What lessons can be gleaned from other innovation cities? Join these thought and business leaders in exploring the vision, strategies, and pathways to transforming Houston’s energy future.