Agenda ESW 2023
Stanford Energy Solutions Week
May 1-4, 2023
By invitation
Program I Agenda I Speakers I Videos
Agenda
Stanford Energy Solutions Week
May 1-4, 2023
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305
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Monday, May 1
Stanford Energy Research Initiative Affiliate Member Meetings
Stanford Research Initiative Affiliate Member Meetings take place throughout the day. Member meetings are by-invitation.
Contact us to inquire about Member meetings.
Bits & Watts Initiative
9:00-5:00pm Bits & Watts Affiliate Meeting
6:00pm Bits & Watts Member Reception & Dinner
Hydrogen Initiative
8:30-11:00am Hydrogen Initiative Affiliate Meeting
11:00-12:00pm Hydrogen Student Meet & Greet
12:00-1:30pm Lunch & Start-up Meet & Greet
Natural Gas Initiative
2:00-4:00pm Natural Gas Initiative Member Meeting
StorageX Initiative
1:30-4:00pm StorageX Initiative Affiliate Meeting
4:30-5:30pm StorageX Initiative Student Meet & Greet
5:30-8:00pm StorageX Initiative Affiliate Dinner
Carbon Management
4:15-5:15pm Carbon Management Emerging Initiative Information Meeting
Tuesday, May 2
Technology Development
8:30 - 8:45 am: Welcome
Yi Cui, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Fortinet Founders Professor of Engineering, Stanford University; Faculty Director, Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
8:45 - 9:15 am: Keynote
Arun Majumdar, Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
9:15-10:15 am: Energy Conversion Technologies
Yi Cui (Moderator), Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Fortinet Founders Professor of Engineering, Stanford University; Faculty Director, Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Shanhui Fan, Professor, School of Engineering, Stanford University
Alberto Salleo, Professor and Department Chair Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University
Break
10:40-12:00pm: Emerging Technologies in Electrical Energy Storage
Will Chueh (Moderator), Associate Professor, Faculty Co-Director, Stanford StorageX Initiative, Stanford University
Wendy Gu, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Hamdi Tchelepi, Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Renee Zhao, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
12:00-1:30pm: Lunch & Research Poster Session
1:30-2:50pm: New Energy Carriers and Fuels
Thomas Jaramillo (Moderator), Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Arthur Grossman, Senior Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science and a Courtesy Professor in Stanford Biology.
Matteo Cargnello, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Matthew Kanan, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Johanna Nelson-Weker, Lead Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Break
3:10-4:20pm: Carbon Management
Sarah Saltzer (Moderator), Managing Director of the Stanford Center for Carbon Storage, Stanford University
Connor Nolan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Allison Hoyt, Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University
Tony Kovscek, Professor, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
4:30pm-5:30pm Reception and Research Poster Session
Adjourn
Wednesday, May 3
Energy Systems and Applications
8:30-9:30am: Enabling a Clean Energy Economy
Marc Roston (Moderator), Research Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University
Robert Litterman, Founding Partner, Kepos Capital
Peter Freed, Head of Energy Strategy, Meta
Brandon Middaugh, Senior Director, Climate Innovation Fund, Microsoft
9:30-10:40am: Creating Energy Systems for an Equitable Transition to Sustainability
Holmes Hummel (Moderator), Managing Director, Energy Equity & Just Transitions, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Inês Azevedo, Associate Professor, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Adam Brandt, Associate Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Ram Rajagopal, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
John Weyant, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Break
10:50-11:30am: Buildings and Facilities
Richard Sassoon (Moderator), Executive Director, Strategic Energy Alliance, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Jacques de Chalendar, Adjunct Professor, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Lincoln Bleveans, Executive Director, Sustainability & Energy Management, Stanford University
11:30-12:30pm: Sustainable Transportation
Liang Min (Moderator), Managing Director, Bits & Watts Initiative, Stanford University
Naomi Boness, Managing Director of the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative, Stanford University
Jimmy Chen, Managing Director, Stanford Corporate Affiliates, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Ram Rajagopal, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
12:30-2:00pm: Lunch and Research Poster Session
2:00-3:10pm: Industry Decarbonization
Naomi Boness (Moderator), Managing Director of the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative, Stanford University
Sahar El Abbadi, Post-doctoral Scholar, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Leora Dresselhaur-Marais, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Jonathan Fan, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Tiziana Vanorio, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University
Break
3:30-4:30pm: Sustainable Manufacturing
Jennifer Milne (Moderator), Associate Director for Advanced Research Projects, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Dan Congreve, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Joseph DeSimone, Professor of Translational Medicine and Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Danielle Mai, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
4:30pm Closing Reflections
Franklin Orr, Professor Emeritus, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
4:45-5:45pm: Reception & Research Poster Session
Adjourn
Thursday, May 4
Long Duration Energy Storage
8:30-8:45am: Keynote
Steven Chu, Professor, Energy Science & Engineering, of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, and of Physics, Stanford University
8:45-10:15am: LDES Requirements and Opportunities
Will Chueh (Moderator), Associate Professor, Faculty Co-Director, Stanford StorageX Initiative, Stanford University
Clyde Loutan, Principal, Renewable Energy Integration, CAISO
Erin Minear, Program Manager, Energy Storage, EPRI
Adrian Yao, Graduate Researcher, Stanford University; Co-founder & Former CTO, EnPower
10:30am-12:00pm LDS Regional Panel: Africa, China, Europe, US, India, Middle East
Jimmy Chen (Moderator), Managing Director of StorageX, Stanford University
Elizabeth Endler, Chief Scientist - Energy Storage & Integration, Shell
Mark Thurber, Associate Director for Research, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University
Saumitra Saxena, Research Scientist, Clean Combustions Research Center (CCRC), KAUST
Anna Siefken, Senior Advisor, Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. Department of Energy
Bo Shen, Energy/Environment Research Scientist, International Energy Analysis, LBNL
12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch1:30pm-3:00pm Technology Options
Naomi Boness (Moderator), Managing Director of the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative, Stanford University
Adam Brandt, Associate Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Yi Cui, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Fortinet Founders Professor of Engineering, Stanford University; Faculty Director, Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Eric Fleckten, Chief Operating Officer, EMRGY
Chris Graves, Founder & CEO, Noon Energy
James Klausner, Chairman & Co-Founder, RedoxBlox
3:00pm Long Duration Storage program adjourns
Thursday, May 48:30AM-5:00pm: Net-Zero Alliance Roundtable
Industry leaders meet to discuss pathways for collective action to achieve net-zero business. Topics include: Foundations for Corporate Climate ActionShaping the Future of Executive EducationDecarbonization PathwaysEmerging Technology Solutions to achieve Net-Zero By Invitation. Contact us to inquire about the Net-Zero Alliance Roundtable.
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