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Wednesday, March 25th

Oil and Gas Leadership in Achieving Speed and Scale

Oil and gas leadership is a driving force behind recent advancements in next generation geothermal energy. Explore how the industry's legacy of breakthrough technological advancement, speed, and scale is enabling transformative developments in next generation geothermal energy.

Location: Geothermal House in the Innovation Agora

Wednesday, March 25th

Schedule of Events

8:00 - 9:00 AM
Borehole Brews Coffee Hour: Geothermal Leaders in Oil and Gas Meet-Up

Kick off the morning with leaders bringing oil and gas scale to geothermal energy. Whether already initiated or new to the party, if your background is oil and gas, this session is for you.

9:00 - 11:30 AM
Open Networking/Delegation Tours

Explore the "Journey to the Center of the Earth" virtual reality experience, the "Geothermal Energy at Oil and Gas Scale" guided augmented reality experience, and the GeoMap experience.

10:30 - 11:15 AM
Agora Lyceum Session: Removing Financial Barriers to Enable Global Scale: The Launch of a Geothermal Resource Management Standard

Established commercial practices, with an emphasis on the commercial infrastructure that enables free flow of capital in the oil and gas industry, can be adapted to build robust and well-functioning financing ecosystem to scale geothermal energy. Join the leaders of a newly launched initiative to develop geothermal resources standards, modeled after standards that were utilized to support trillions of dollars of investment in the oil and gas industry. *Note this session is taking place outside of Geothermal House.


  • Jamie Beard, Executive Director, Project InnerSpace
  • Simon Seaton, CEO, Society of Petroleum Engineers International
  • Herman Acuna, President, Ryder Scott
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshop Luncheon: Removing Financial Barriers to Enable Global Scale: The Launch of a Geothermal Resource Management Standard

Over the past century, the oil and gas industry has developed a sophisticated commercial infrastructure that enables capital to flow efficiently into energy projects at scale. This infrastructure includes transaction frameworks, financial instruments, risk classification systems, and regulatory practices that structure how projects are financed, developed, and traded. Many of these institutional mechanisms can be adapted to geothermal at a fraction of the cost and time required to create new systems. Join us for a deep dive and interactive workshop exploring the newly launched Geothermal Resources Management System (GRMS) initiative.


  • Tim Lines, Project InnerSpace
  • Stephen Gardner, Managing Senior VP, Ryder Scott
  • Mahesh Jayaraman, Society of Petroleum Engineers International
1:00 - 1:45 PM
Tackling Bottlenecks in the Next Generation Geothermal Capital Stack: Lessons From the Field, and Pathways Forward

Join us for an insightful exchange of ideas about the challenges and opportunities in the geothermal capital stack, where industry experts share lessons learned from the field, and dive into innovative capital stack solutions that will catalyze scale.


  • Meghan Pasricha, Partner, Credit and Capital Solutions, Galvanize
  • Mark Gallogly, Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Three Cairns Group
1:45 - 2:30 PM
Geothermal at Scale: A Strategic Investment Case for Oil Majors in Premium-Priced AI Baseload Power

Join us for a debate and discussion on the business case for engagement of oil and gas majors in next generation geothermal deployment — with deep dives on the financial returns, risk profile, and strategic fit for the majors.


  • Greg Leveille, Project InnerSpace, Fmr CTO ConocoPhillips
  • Tim Lines, Project InnerSpace
2:30 - 3:15 PM
Building the Future of Geothermal Energy Through Innovative Industry Partnerships

Join three mid-stage startups as they explore how innovative partnerships with industrial partners, big tech, utilities, and the oil and gas industry has propelled the entities forward.


  • Ghazal Izadi, Ph.D., COO, XGS Energy
  • Derek Dixon, CCO, GreenFire Energy
  • Jason Peart, COO, Sage Geosystems
3:15 - 4:30 PM
Open Networking

Explore the "Journey to the Center of the Earth" virtual reality experience, the "Geothermal Energy at Oil and Gas Scale" guided augmented reality experience, and the GeoMap experience.

4:30 - 5:00 PM
Keynote Remarks: Building a Future of Energy Abundance

Announcement Forthcoming.

5:00 - 6:00 PM
Make American Geothermal More Abundant (MAGMA) Happy Hour in the Lava Lounge

Gather with industry leaders and innovators to celebrate the growing momentum behind geothermal in the United States and beyond.

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