Once a year, the LSU Center for Energy Studies brings together attendees from every corner of the field, from petroleum engineers to government policymakers, to network and hear from leaders in the world of energy.
Speakers this year covered a wide range of topics, from gas prices to government coal policy. The keynote speaker was John Wasik, author of Lightning Strikes: Timeless Lessons in Creativity from the Life and Work of Nikola Tesla, who discussed all that we can learn from one of the greatest inventors in modern history. 
The Energy Summit is also an opportunity for LSU students to connect with members of their future career fields. Cost of attendance is heavily discounted for students to encourage participation. 
Energy is a huge part of our everyday lives, from gasoline to air conditioning to the battery in our phones. It is important that we pay attention to events like these to keep up with what’s going on in the field.
In the words of Tesla himself, “Electrical science has revealed to us the true nature of light, has provided us with innumerable appliances and instruments of precision, and has thereby vastly added to the exactness of our knowledge.”