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This special episode features exclusive interviews from S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026, focusing on the themes of energy, technology, and geopolitics amidst the conflict in Iran.

We present a Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026. SmarterMarkets™ was in Houston last week for CERAWeek to partner with S&P Global. We sat down with participants at the energy industry's most influential annual conference. The theme for this year's conference was Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology, and Geopolitics – and the implications of the conflict in Iran were on everyone's mind. We’ve compiled a selection of those interviews into this Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™. If you would like to listen to the full interviews, they are available on the SmarterMarkets™ Presents media portal. They’re also available on our second podcast channel, SmarterMarkets™ Presents. Our guests are: Arjun Murti – Partner at Veriten & Publisher of "Super-Spiked" on Substack Susan Sakmar – Visiting Professor at University of Houston Law Center & Board Member of Flex LNG Jeff Currie – Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle Radhika Krishnan – Chief Product and Technology Officer, Quorum Software Michael Greenstone – Director, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) David…

People in this episode

Guests: Arjun Murti, Susan Sakmar, Jeff Currie, Radhika Krishnan, Michael Greenstone, David Keith

Topics covered

• energy
• technology
• geopolitics
• CERAWeek
• interviews
• competition
• Iran conflict

Keywords

• CERAWeek
• energy industry
• geopolitics
• technology
• Iran conflict
• interviews
• S&P Global

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P Global, University of Houston Law Center, Flex LNG, Energy Pathways, Carlyle, Quorum Software, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, Climate Systems Engineering Initiative

Places: Houston

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