Technical Program

April 13, 2021

All Eastern Standard Time                       

11:00 AM

11:15 AM

Introduction from the Conference Chairs

11:15 AM

1:30 PM

Plenary Panel

11:15 AM

11:40 AM

Harvesting Carbon from the Air via Direct Air Capture of CO2: Towards a Renewable Carbon Economy

Dr. Christopher W. Jones (Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech University)

11:40 AM

12:05 PM

Will Gibbons (DOE-EERE)

12:05 PM

12:30 PM

Jennifer Uhle (Vice President, Nuclear Energy Institute)

12:30 PM

12:55 PM

Navigating the most Consequential Technological Transition

Peter F. Green (Deputy Laboratory Director, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, NREL)

12:55 PM

1:30 PM

Roundtable Discussion, Moderated by Todd Allen, University of Michigan

1:30 PM

1:50 PM

Break

1:50 PM

2:50 PM

Manufacturing within Energy Systems

1:50 PM

2:10 PM

Ignasi Palou-Rivera (Technology Platform Director, RAPID Manufacturing Institute)

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Haresh Malkani (Chief Technology Officer, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute)

2:30 PM

2:50 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Anne Gaffney, Idaho National Laboratory

2:50 PM

3:10 PM

Break

3:10 PM

3:40 PM

Short Presentations

3:40 PM

3:55 PM

Question and Answer Panel with Short Presenters

3:55 PM

4:10 PM

Closing Statements

April 14, 2021

All Eastern Standard Time

11:00 AM

11:10 AM

Introduction from the Conference Chairs

11:10 AM

1:00 PM

Nuclear Plant Options/Concepts

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Xe-100: Not your Grandfather’s Nuclear System

Eben Mulder (Chief Nuclear Officer, X-Energy)

11:30 AM

11:50 AM

NuScale Power-A Scalable Clean Energy Solution

Jose Reyes (Co-Founder, NuScale Power)

11:50 AM

12:10 PM

Jacob DeWitte (Co-Founder and CEO, Oklo)

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Rob Corbin (TerraPower)

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Christine King, Idaho National Laboratory

1:00 PM

1:20 PM

Break

1:20 PM

2:50 PM

Unconventional Applications of Nuclear Energy

1:20 PM

1:40 PM

Richard Boardman (Laboratory Relationship Manager, INL)

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Nick Irvin (Southern Company)

2:00 PM

2:20 PM

Scott Hume (EPRI)

2:20 PM

2:50 PM

Question and Answer Panel moderated by Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Idaho National Laboratory

2:50 PM

3:10 PM

Break

3:10 PM

4:40 PM

Sustainable Mobility and Transportation

3:10 PM

3:30 PM

Freya Burton (Chief Sustainability and People Officer, LanzaTech)

3:30 PM

3:50 PM

Omer Onar (R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

3:50 PM

4:05 PM

Doris Oke (Northwestern University)

4:05 PM

4:20 PM

Vikram Mittal (United States Military Academy)

4:20 PM

4:40 PM

Question and Answer Panel

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Closing Statements

April 15, 2021

All Eastern Standard Time

11:00 AM

11:10 AM

Introduction from the Conference Chairs

11:10 AM

12:30 PM

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage and Carbon Removal

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Feng Jiao (Professor, University of Delaware)

11:30 AM

11:50 AM

Roger Aines (Energy Program Chief Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

11:50 AM

12:10 PM

Greeshma Gadikota (Assistant Professor, Cornell University)

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Deepika Malhotra, PNNL

12:30 PM

12:50 PM

Break

12:50 PM

2:40 PM

Wind, Solar, and Geothermal Resources for Decarbonization

12:50 PM

1:10 PM

Carrie Hitt (Executive Director, National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium)

1:10 PM

1:30 PM

Lauren Boyd (Geothermal Technologies Office, Department of Energy)

1:30 PM

1:50 PM

Jeff Tester (David Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow and Professor, Cornell University)

1:50 PM

2:10 PM

Solar Thermal Energy: From Power Generation to Chemical Processing

Wojciech Lipinski (Professor, The Australian National University)

2:10 PM

2:40 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Steve Chalk, Strategic Marketing Innovations

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Hydrogen and its Versatile Applications for Decarbonization

3:00 PM

3:20 PM

Mark Shuster (Associate Director, Energy Division, Bureau of Economic Geology)

3:00 PM

3:20 PM

Steve Chalk (Vice President, Strategic Marketing Innovations)

3:20 PM

3:40 PM

Jonathan Lane (Senior Development Professional, Linde)

3:40 PM

3:55 PM

Joseph Pegna (Free Form Fibers)

3:55 PM

4:10 PM

Barton Norton (Kontak, Inc.)

3:40 PM

4:00 PM

Question and Answer Panel Moderated by Richard Boardman, Idaho National Laboratory

4:00 PM

4:10 PM

Closing Statements