Please save the date for a special breakfast program hosted jointly by the Houston Energy Finance Group (HEFG) and the Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) Energy & Natural Resources Special Interest Group (SIG).

Featuring Keynote Speaker: Jesse Thompson

Senior Business Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch

View Jesse Thompson's official Dallas Fed profile

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026

Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch

Schedule: 8:00 a.m. Breakfast and networking | 8:30 a.m. Presentation | 9:30 a.m. Program concludes

PROGRAM FOCUS

• Big-picture market conditions
• Domestic oil and gas upstream activity, exports and trade, refining and petrochemicals, including how we got here and the outlook ahead
• Power pricing trends, generation, construction and outlook

Following the program, attendees may visit the Dallas Fed Visitor Center, where a guide will be available to answer questions.

Registration details will follow.

We hope you will join us for this timely discussion of the economic and energy trends shaping our industry.

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Jesse Thompson

Senior Business Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch

View Jesse Thompson's official Dallas Fed profile

Jesse Thompson is a senior business economist at the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Thompson, who joined the Bank in 2010, performs research and analysis on issues affecting the Houston and Gulf Coast economy. In particular, he studies issues surrounding area hydrocarbon industries. He also collects information for the Dallas Fed’s Beige Book summary of current economic conditions. He is author of the monthly Energy Indicator and Houston Economic Indicators. He also contributes to the publication Southwest Economy.

Thompson earned an MA in economics, with emphasis on empirical microeconomics, and BA in philosophy and economics from the University of Houston.