Monday, May 22, 2017
11:00 a.m. Registration open
1:00–4:00 p.m. Tours of campus energy facilities
1:00–2:15 p.m. Tour Session #1
- Battery & Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center
- Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
- Pennsylvania Housing Research Center/Energy Efficient Housing
- Petroleum and natural gas engineering labs (Drilling/Subsurface)
- Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Laboratory
2:15–2:45 p.m. Break & bus transfer
2:45–4:00 p.m. Tour Session #2
- Applied Research Lab, Center for Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition, CIMP-3D
- Battery Application Technology Testing & Energy Research Laboratory (BATTERY) & the Hydrogen Fueling Station - Larson Transportation Institute
- Biomass and Thermal Battery Labs
- College of Earth and Mineral Sciences - Energy Institute & Center for Combustion, Power and Propulsion
- East Steam Plant
4:00–6:30 p.m. Poster Session (with heavy appetizers)
6:30–7:30 p.m. Welcome—Moderated Panel Discussion with Bill Ritter, Jr.—Energy and Society
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
7:45 a.m. Registration open
8:00–8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and networking session
8:30–8:45 a.m. Welcome
8:45–9:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Andrew Ott
9:45–10:15 a.m. Networking break
10:15–11:30 a.m. Breakout sessions
- Additive Manufacturing
- Advanced Technologies on the Future of Nuclear Power
- Clean Coal
- Dimethyl Ether: A Paradigm Shift to Replace Diesel-Fueled Transportation with an Equally Efficient Fuel
- Energy and Industry: Integrating the Internet of Things
- The Energy Literacy Landscape—Providers, Programs, and Priorities in Pennsylvania
- Microgrid, Built Environment
- Oil and Gas
- The Pennsylvania Energy Solutions Network for Economic Development
- Regulating Energy and Engaging Stakeholders: Law, Policy, and Stakeholder Engagement in a Changing World
11:30–12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30–1:30 p.m. Speakers: Energy in Pennsylvania
1:30–2:45 p.m. Breakout sessions
- Bioenergy and Water Quality
- Chemicals and Materials
- Energy Across Borders: Geopolitics, Conflict and International Arbitration
- Energy Literacy Roadmap to the Future—A Ten-Year Plan for Enhancing Energy Literacy in Pennsylvania
- The Future of Energy Storage
- Integrated Education
- Our Solar Future
- Propulsion and Power Generation
- Regional Power System Evolution
- Wind Energy Applications in Pennsylvania—Building a Stakeholder Network
2:45–3:00 p.m. Networking break
3:00–4:00 p.m. Plenary: Moderated Panel Discussion—Future State of Energy
4:00–4:15 p.m. Wrap Up