8:30am – 9:30am

Coffee and Networking, Innovation Showcase, Student Posters

9:30 am – 10:45 am

Panel 1 – Energy Services Delivery: Is there a changing of the guard?

Moderator: Jatin Nathwani, Founding Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy; Professor & Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy, University of Waterloo

• (9:30am – 9:45am) Raymond Tracey, President and CEO, Essex Power Corporation
• (9:45am – 10:00am) Brian Rivard, Adjunct Research Professor, Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of Western Ontario
• (10:00am – 10:15am) TBA
• (10:15am – 10:30am) Bissan Ghaddar, Assistant Professor, Management Sciences, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario

Q&As (10:30am – 10:45am)

10:45am – 11:00am

Break, Innovation Showcase, Student Posters

11:00am – 12:15am

Panel 2 – Nano-based Energy Innovations: Breakthroughs or Bust?
(in partnership with Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology)

Moderator: Holger Kleinke, Professor & Program Director, Collaborative Graduate Nanotechnology Program, Chemistry, University of Waterloo

• (11:00am – 11:15am) Michael Fowler, Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo
• (11:15am – 11:30am) Daniel Shea, Co-Founder, 3E Nano Inc.
• (11:30am – 11:45am) Andy (Xueliang) Sun, Canada Research Chair in Development of Nanomaterials for Clean Energy; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering; Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario 
• (11:45am – 12:00pm) Samaneh Shahgaldi, Senior MEA R&D and Process Scientist, Fuel Cell and Green Energy Lab, University of Waterloo

Q&As (12:00pm – 12:15pm)

12:15pm – 1:00pm 

Lunch, Innovation Showcase, Networking & Industry-Academic Collaboration, Student Posters

1:00pm – 1:30pm 

Luncheon Key Note Speaker 

Jatin Nathwani, Founding Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy; Professor & Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy, University of Waterloo

1:30pm – 2:45pm 

Panel 3 – Bioenergy Solutions: Can it shape the transition to a low carbon future?
(in partnership with Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology)

• (1:30pm – 1:45pm) Rashmi Chandra, Postdoctoral Researcher, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo
• (1:45pm – 2:00pm) Trevor Charles, Professor, Biology, University of Waterloo
• (2:00pm – 2:15pm) Tej Gidda, Vice President, GHD; Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo
• (2:15pm – 2:30pm) TBA

Q&As (2:30pm – 2:45pm)

2:45pm – 3:15pm

Closing Key Note Speaker 

Tammy Bellamy, Senior Project Engineer (Water Services), Regional Municipality of Waterloo

2:45pm – 3:30pm

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

3:30pm – 4:30pm 

Reception, Innovation Showcase, Student Posters & Industry-Academic Collaboration