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) Chris Ford, Manager, Mechanical Engineering, Plant Operations, University of Waterloo
- (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) Zachary P. Cano, 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
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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)
Moderator:Catherine Burns, Executive Director, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology , University of Waterloo
- (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) John Wen, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo
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 |
3:15pm – 3:30pm | Wrap-up and Closing Remarks |
3:30pm – 4:30pm | Reception, Innovation Showcase, Student Posters & Industry-Academic Collaboration |