Annual Symposium on Energy and Society

December 3, 2024

We are looking forward to seeing you at the third annual Symposium on Energy and Society on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 8:30 am - 3 pm in the Irving Institute, room 155 or via Zoom. The symposium offers a chance for you to learn about the exciting research being advanced under the Irving Institute's three research priorities: 1) Accelerating Clean Tech Deployment, 2) Harnessing Data, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate the Energy Transition, and 3) Centering Health and Equity in the Clean Energy Transition. In-person attendees will also have an opportunity to connect with colleagues and find new opportunities to collaborate for impact.

Agenda

MORNING SESSIONS

8:30 – 9 am        
Coffee and networking

9 – 9:05 am    
Opening Remarks 
Geoff Parker, Charles E. Hutchinson '68A Professor of Engineering Innovation
Interim Faculty Director, Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy & Society
Barbara Will, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; A. and R. Newbury Professor of English

9:05 – 9:35 am        
Keynote
Kyle McEneaney, Head of Strategic Investments, Astera Institute

9:35 – 10:10 am    
Research focus: Health and Equity in the Clean Energy Transition
Moderator: Robert McLellan, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine
Panelists:

10:15 - 10:50 am    
Research focus: Data and Electrification for the Energy Transition 
Moderator: Geoff Parker
Panelists:

  • Vikrant Vaze, Stata Family Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering; Faculty Director, Master of Engineering Management Program
  • Junbo Zhao, Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering

10:50 - 11:05 am     
Coffee Break

11:05 – 11:40 am    
Research focus: Carbon Sequestration 
Moderator: George O'Toole, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Panelists:    

11:40 am – 12:20 pm    
Irving Institute Faculty Seed Grant Pitches 
Geoff Hautier, Hodgson Family Professor of Engineering
Joshua Landis, Senior Research Scientist, Earth Sciences
Kimberly Rose Clark, Lecturer and Researcher, Psychology and Brain Sciences
Yan Li, Assistant Professor of Engineering

12:20 – 1:05 pm    
Lunch and Poster Session (Atrium)

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

1:05 – 1:50 pm    
Partnerships and Implementation Panel 
Moderator: Joerg Matschullat, Senior Fellow, Irving Institute
Panelists:    

  • Jai Asundi, Executive Director at the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP)
  • Sarah Kelly, Research Scientist, Geography; Program Manager, Irving Institute Energy Justice Clinic
  • Ivan Beckman, Acting Director, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

1:50 – 3 pm         
Lightning Talks

3 – 4 pm        
Reception (Atrium)