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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
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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
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