8:30am - 9:00am | Registration and Coffee & Networking |
9:00am - 9:15am | Opening Remarks - Dr. Claudio Cañizares
- Executive Director | Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
- University Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Charmaine Dean
- Vice President, Research & International | Office of Research | University of Waterloo
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9:15am - 9:45am | Opening Keynote Speaker - Harneet Panesar
- Chief Operating Officer | Ontario Energy Board
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9:45am - 10:00am | Break & Tradeshow/Product Display |
10:00am - 11:30am | Panel 1: Power Grid for Decarbonization: Renewables, Distributed Energy Resources, Microgrids, and EV Integration
Moderator: Dr. Kankar Bhattacharya
Professor & Department Chair | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo - Dr. Claudio Cañizares
- Executive Director | Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
- University Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Michael Fisher
- Assistant Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Sahar Pirooz Azad
- Assistant Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Shesha Jayaram
- Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Mehrdad Pirnia
- Continuing Lecturer | Management Science & Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
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11:30am - 12:00pm | Panel 1: Q&As and Discussion |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch & Tradeshow/Product Display |
1:00pm – 2:30pm | Panel 2: Technologies for a Net-Zero Future: Hydrogen & Ammonia, CCS, Geothermal, and SMR
Moderator: Dr. David Clausi
Professor & Associate Dean, Research & External Partnerships | Systems Design Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo - Dr. Xin Zeng
- Postdoctoral Fellow | Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- [Presenting on behalf of Dr. Xianguo Li | Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo]
- Dr. XiaoYu Wu
- Assistant Professor | Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Maurice Dusseault
- Professor | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Faculty of Science | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Eric Croiset
- Professor | Chemical Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Dipanjan Basu
- Professor | Civil & Environmental Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Conrad Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo
- Assistant Professor | Chemistry | Faculty of Science | University of Waterloo
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2:30pm – 3:00pm | Panel 2: Q&As and Discussion |
3:00pm – 3:15pm | Break & Tradeshow/Product Display |
3:15pm – 5:00pm | Panel 3: Sustainable and Just Energy Transition: Policy, Economics, Communities, and Equity
Moderator: Dr. Neil Craik
Professor & Director | School of Environment, Enterprise and Development | Faculty of Environment | University of Waterloo - Dr. Jatin Nathwani
- Professor | Management Science & Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Board Member | Balsillie School of International Affairs
- Dr. Jennifer Lynes
- Associate Professor | School of Environment, Enterprise and Development | Faculty of Environment | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Olaf Weber
- Professor | Schulich School of Business | York University
- Dr. Sarah Burch
- Executive Director | Waterloo Climate Institute
- Professor | Geography & Environmental Management | Faculty of Environment | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam
- Professor | Systems Design Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
- Dr. Roydon Fraser
- Professor | Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
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5:00pm – 5:30pm | Panel 3: Q&As and Discussion with hors d'oeuvre |
5:30pm – 6:00pm | Closing Keynote Speaker - Suzanne Kearns
- Founding Director | Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics
- Associate Professor | Aviation | Faculty of Environment | University of Waterloo
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6:00pm – 6:15pm | Closing Remarks and Next Steps - Dr. Claudio Cañizares
Executive Director | Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy - University Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo
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