Portions of Energy Summit to be streamed live

The summit, hosted by the four-campus University of Missouri System, will be held April 22-23 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The two-day event features Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens and several other national experts on energy policy and research. Several Missouri S&T researchers will also discuss their work during the summit. Portions of the summit will be broadcast live via the Internet. They include Pickens' keynote address and all of the April 22 speakers, from noon through approximately 6:30 p.m. To access the live broadcast, go online to www.umsystem.edu/summits/energy2009/program/schedule. Pickens - the architect of the "Pickens Plan" to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil - is the keynote speaker for the Missouri Energy Summit. Pickens' address is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 (Earth Day), in Jesse Hall Auditorium on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. Read more about the Energy Summit on the Missouri S&T News site.