Our next in-person lunch meeting will be Friday, January 10 at 11:30AM at the Enverus Campus, located on the first floor of Building 6, 2901 Via Fortuna, Austin, TX 78746. January's speaker will be Benjamin W. Sebree of the Sebree Law Firm PLLC in Austin, whose presentation is titled, "The Geothermal Energy Revolution: What's Next? Plus: Who Owns the Heat?" Ben Sebree is an attorney and well-known governmental relations practitioner. Having served as Vice-President and General Counsel for the Texas Oil and Gas Association, having been appointed by Governor Perry to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, having been elected to the Governing Council of the Oil, Gas and Energy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and possessing a long and effective career in Austin, Sebree's legal and governmental expertise is well-recognized. Ben represents numerous clients before the Texas Legislature, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the General Land Office, the Public Utility Commission, and various other agencies, manages an energy and natural resources practice, and consults with governmental officials and businesses both in Texas as well as nationally. Mr. Sebree represents several Fortune 100 companies, including clients in the upstream, mid-stream, and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry, water recycling clients, geothermal clients, several leading trade associations, large land and mineral owners, various elected officials, and other clients. Legislative and regulatory representation include issues regarding energy policy, geothermal, oil and gas, water law and regulation, environmental matters, state and local taxation, tax incentives, pipelines, refining and marketing, economic development, conservation, land use and management, eminent domain, and transportation. REGISTER HERE! Parking Notes: If the visitor parking area in front of Building 6 is full, please park in the parking lot for Building 5 in the area marked as "Open Parking", which is designated by the green box in the picture below. From there, follow the yellow arrows to the Enverus parking garage. Once inside the garage, use the elevator to go to the first floor of the Enverus building as usual.