Inside the Coffeehouse

Episode 1
Inside the Coffeehouse

This week, we kick off our new series Inside the Coffeehouse. In this series introduction, host David Greely introduces SmarterMarkets™ Coffeehouse, our new social media platform for advancing the conversation on energy, climate, markets, and technology – and he discusses why we’re doubling down on meaningful conversations and on markets during these divisive times.

Hosted By

David Greely
Episode 2
Inside the Coffeehouse

On our new series Inside the Coffeehouse, this week we welcome two guests from Abaxx Exchange into the SmarterMarkets™ studio: Alasdair Were and Joe Raia. Alasdair is Head of Environmental Markets and Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange.

David Greely sits down with Alasdair and Joe to discuss what the US elections and COP29 may mean for carbon markets, what innovative environmental products the markets need next, and what we should be discussing now to create the smarter markets that are necessary to navigate the uncertain times ahead.

Hosted By

David Greely
Episode 3
Inside the Coffeehouse

We continue our Inside the Coffeehouse series where we’re introducing you to Coffeehouse, our new social media platform for advancing the conversation on energy, climate, markets, and technology.

We have two guests joining us today. Susan Sakmar is Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, Board Member at Flex LNG, and Author of Energy for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges for LNG. And Eirik Wærness is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at Equinor.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Susan and Eirik for a transatlantic conversation on the future of energy following the US elections – and asks them to share their perspectives on what it may mean for the US oil and natural gas industry, LNG, and Europe.

Hosted By

David Greely
Episode 4
Inside the Coffeehouse

This holiday weekend on our Inside the Coffeehouse series, we welcome Arjun Murti and Jeff Currie back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio.

Arjun is Partner at Veriten and Publisher of “Super-Spiked” on Substack. Jeff Currie is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle.

David Greely sits down with Jeff and Arjun, reuniting these two former Goldman partners and colleagues to share their perspectives on the market, economic, and political forces shaping the future of our energy markets.

Hosted By

David Greely

Ranting on the inadequacies of our systems and riffing on ideas for how to solve them …

SmarterMarkets™ brings together the icons and entrepreneurs of technology, commodities and finance to examine how market systems can be redesigned and improved to address the most important challenges of our time.