2022 Satellite Data for Energy Analysis and Policy Conference: Speakers and Sessions
Union South, 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI
Thursday, October 6, 2022
9:00 am | Historical Insights to Inform the Energy Challenges of the Future | Marquee Cinema Room
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Welcome – Tracey Holloway, Program Chair, UW–Madison Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP)
Moderator – Max Duckworth, Co-founder, MaSa Partners
Brad Pierce, Director at Space Science and Engineering Center, UW–Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
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Paul Stackhouse, Senior Researcher Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center
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Morgan Edwards, Assistant Professor, UW–Madison LaFollette School of Public Affairs
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10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee & Networking
11:00- 12:15 pm | Session I
a: Managing Risks to Energy Systems | Marquee Cinema Room
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Moderator – Sarah Johnston, Assistant Professor, UW–Madison Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Sean Donegan, President and CEO, Satelytics
Chris Schmidt, Researcher, UW–Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
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Dean Yao, Solar Asset Manager, ConEdison Clean Energy Business
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b: Energy Demand and Built Environment | Northwoods Room
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Moderator – Missy Nergard, Director of Sustainability, UW–Madison Office of Sustainability
Shonali Pachauri, Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Christopher Elvidge, Director of the Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines
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Erinn Monroe-Nye, Lead Regulatory Relations and Policy Consultant, Alliant Energy
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12:15 – 1:45 pm | Lunch | Varsity Hall I/II
2:00 – 3:15 pm | Session II
a. Electricity Reliability | Northwoods Room
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Moderator – Elisa Graffy, Senior Advisor, Environmental Justice at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Simone Fobi, Research Scientist, Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab
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Rob Cirincione, Co-Founder and CEO, Sunairio
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Line Roald, Assistant Professor, UW–Madison College of Engineering
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b: Detecting and Responding to Methane Leaks | Marquee Cinema Room
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Moderator – Morgan Edwards, Assistant Professor, UW–Madison LaFollette School of Public Affairs
Daniel Varon, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
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Jon Goldstein, Senior Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Environmental Defense Fund
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Ángel Esparza, Principal Technical & Policy Advisor, GHGSat Inc.
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3:15 – 3:45 pm | Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:00 pm | Flash Talks | Marquee Cinema Room
Virtual + In Person
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5:30 – 7:00 pm | Networking Reception | Varsity Hall III
7:00 – 9:00 pm | Episodes 1 & 2 of ‘Meltdown: Three Mile Island’ (Netflix, 2022) | Northwoods Room
Hosted by Dr. Paul Wilson, Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Chair of the Department of Engineering Physics, UW–Madison
Friday, October 7, 2022
9:00 – 10:15 am | Session III
a: Renewable Energy Siting | Northwoods Room
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Moderator – Paul Stackhouse, Senior Researcher Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center
Niels Wolter, Owner, Madison Solar Consulting
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Jianyu Gu, Geospatial Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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Sam Dunaiski, Distributed Resources Director, RENEW Wisconsin
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b: Food-Energy-Water Nexus | Marquee Cinema Room
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Moderator – Rachel Licker, Principal Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
Bhartendu Pandey, Lead Urban Data Scientist, Princeton University
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Chris Kucharik, Agronomy Department Chair and Professor, UW–Madison, PI FEWscapes’
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Sara Walling, Senior Policy Manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes
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10:15 – 11:00 am | Coffee & Networking
11:00 – 12:15 pm | Closing Panel: New Frontiers for Satellite Data | Marquee Cinema Room
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Moderator – Tracey Holloway, Program Chair, UW–Madison Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP)
Paul Grogan, Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute for Technology
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Ben Saydah, Global Market Strategist Lead, BP
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Sheldon Drobot, Mission Area Lead for Environmental Intelligence and Sustainability, Ball Aerospace
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Afternoon | Activities and Tours
2:00 – 2:45 pm | Tour of the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) | Meet at WEI
by Mary Blanchard, Associate Director, WEI and Yiying Xiong, Associate Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Institute
2:00 pm (CT) | Training Session on NASA POWER | Industry Room
by Bradley Macpherson, Lead Geospatial Developer, NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources – POWER
3:00 pm | Career Roundtable for Students with Alliant Energy | Meet at 3rd Floor Library of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Building
3:00 – 3:45 pm | Tour of UW–Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) | Meet 1st Floor Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Building
by Brad Pierce, Director at Space Science and Engineering Center, UW–Madison
*Followed by Social Outing to Union South
3:00 pm (CT) | Online Talk
by Kyle Bradbury, Managing Director of Energy Data Analytics, Duke University
Engagement Committee Members
Tracey Holloway, UW–Madison
Morgan Edwards, UW–Madison
Brad Pierce, UW–Madison
Paul Stackhouse, NASA
Lynn Hobbie, MG&E
JP Brummond, Alliant
Max Duckworth, MaSa Partners
Giacomo Falchetta, IIASA
Ben Saydah, BP
Doug Carlson, Clearspring Energy
Simone Fobi, Columbia University
Thank you to our sponsors!
