Keynote Speaker for IDEA2025 Announced
IDEA is thrilled to announce that Joseph Majkut, Director at Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS, Geopolitical & Innovation Energy Expert, will serve as the Keynote Speaker for IDEA2025.
Mr. Majkut will deliver his remarks as part of our Awards Recognition and Keynote Luncheon, Wednesday, June 4.
Joseph Majkut is a defining expert on the geopolitics of energy and climate change, serving as the Director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). With deep expertise in climate science, policy, and risk analysis, he shapes global strategies for a secure and sustainable energy transition. His work bridges the intersection of economic priorities, climate risk management, and national security, ensuring that policymakers, businesses, and governments can navigate the evolving global energy landscape with confidence.
In his role in CSIS, he leads the program's work understanding the geopolitics of energy and climate change and working to ensure a global energy transition that is responsive to the risks of climate change and the economic and strategic priorities of the United States and the world.
Joseph is an expert in climate science, climate policy, and risk and uncertainty analysis for decision making. He is frequently cited in trade and national media on the politics of climate change and has testified before Congress on climate change and science.
Before CSIS, Majkut worked as the director of climate policy at the Niskanen Center, where he led that group's efforts to research and promote carbon pricing, low-carbon innovation, regulatory reform, and other market reforms to speed decarbonization.
From 2014 to 2015, he worked in the U.S. Senate as a congressional science fellow, supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geosciences Institute.
He holds a PhD from Princeton University in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the Delft University of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.
Please join us at IDEA2025 for what is certain to be an invaluable conversation.