The high-end international energy conference "Cambridge Energy Week" will be held in Houston, the "energy capital" of the United States, from the 6th to the 10th, focusing on how to address the dual challenges of energy security and energy transformation. The theme of this year's conference is "Sailing in a choppy world: energy, climate and security". The sponsor, S&P Global, said that in the recent year, under the continuous impact of the COVID-19, the Ukrainian crisis and geopolitical tensions, the energy market has been violently turbulent, and energy security has become a policy priority of all countries again. In the foreseeable future, global energy demand will continue to grow, and many countries are faced with a dilemma between ensuring energy security and promoting energy transformation. This year's meeting covered a wide range of topics, including post-epidemic global economic recovery, US energy policy, strategic mineral supply chain, electrification, global trade, energy financing, extreme climate, etc. In the field of traditional energy, the topic of natural gas has obviously increased; In the field of new energy, there have been more than 80 conferences with the theme of hydrogen energy alone, and the heat is striking. This year's "Cambridge Energy Week" has significantly expanded the scale of the "Innovation Fair" category of conferences, and paid more attention to transformative technologies and innovation. The hot topics include digitalization, artificial intelligence, network security, robotics, blockchain, additive manufacturing, energy efficiency and connectivity, the latest decarbonization technology and case studies. The keynote speakers are from traditional energy companies More than 220 start-ups and many technology and investment companies and academic institutions. Colleges and universities have always been important towns of scientific and technological innovation. The "University News" set up by the "Cambridge Energy Week" invited researchers from Stanford, MIT, Rice University and other universities to introduce their cutting-edge research projects this year. How to integrate energy and technology and promote innovation is regarded as the forefront of addressing the dual challenges of energy security and transformation. "Cambridge Energy Week" is an annual global conference organized by S&P Global and one of the highest international conferences in the energy industry. According to the organizers, this year is expected to have more than 7000 participants from more than 80 countries and regions. (Xinhua News Agency)