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Energy Summit 2018 - Working Agenda

2018 Energy Summit Agenda (PDF)

Updated 2:30pm, July 31

• Opening Plenary Session

  Speakers

  • Chancellor Sheri Everts
  • Lee F. Ball Jr. - Chief Sustainability Officer, Appalachian State University
  • Ivan Urlaub - Executive Director, NCSEA NC General Assembly Representative
  • John Szoka - NC General Assembly Representative, Senior Chairman of the Energy and Public Utilities Committee, and Chairman of the Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy
  • Janice Pope - Interim Department of Communication Chair, Appalachian State
  • Keith Benson - Director, Energy, Navy Installations Command
  • Amory Lovins - Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Jennifer Mundt - Energy Director, NC Department of Environmental Quality
  • Meghan Fay Zahniser - Executive Director, The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

  2:00pm - 4:15pm
  Holmes Convocation Center
• Opening Reception

  5:00pm-7:00pm
  Holmes Convocation Center
• Keynote Event

  • eTown hosted by Nick and Helen Forster, and featuring Josh Ritter and Mandolin Orange. A live recording of this nationally syndicated radio show. Event Page

  8:00pm - 10:00pm
  Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

• Breakfast

  7:00am- 8:00am
  Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom
• Registration

  8:00am - 5:00pm
  2nd Floor, Plemmons Student Union
• Plenary Session

  Speakers

  • Ronak Bhatt – Principal, RIN Advisors
  • David Doctor – President & CEO, E4 Carolinas
  • David Orr – Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Oberlin College
  • Tony Cortese - Co-founder of the Crane Institute and Principal of the Intentional Endowments Network
  • Glen Macdonald - Crane Institute Board Member
  • Dennis Johnson - Chief Investment Officer, TIAA Endowment & Philanthropic Services
  • Anne Rogers - Associate Director, Office of Campus Sustainabilty, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Shan Arora - Director, The Kendeda Building
  • Anisha Sharma - Director of Environmental Sustainability, Appalachian State University Student Government Association
  • Nicole Hagerman Miller – Managing Director, Biomimicry 3.8
  • Jeff Ramsdell - Professor and Faculty in Residence for Innovation in Teaching

  8:30am- 11:25am
  Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
• Lunch & Poster Session

  11:50am- 1:30pm
  Plemmons Student Union
• Working Group Sessions
  Student Summit
  

  • Academic Integration
  • High Performance Campus Design
  • Campus-Based Energy Efficiency
  • Finance, Regulatory, and Energy Generation
  • Transportation-Oriented Opportunities
  • Zero Waste/Waste Reduction
  • Student Summit

  1:30pm - 4:30pm
  Plemmons Student Union
• Reception

  5:00pm - 7:00pm
  Plemmons Student Union - Parkway Ballroom

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• Breakfast

  7:00am - 8:00am
  Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom
• Registration

  8:00am - 5:00pm
  2nd Floor, Plemmons Student Union
• Plenary Session

  Speakers

  • Ashley Allen, Sustainability Senior Manager for Climate and Land, Mars Incorporated
  • Brian O’Hara – Senior Vice President Strategy & Government Affairs, Strata Solar
  • Mark Fleming – President & CEO, Conservatives for Clean Energy
  • Brad Ives – Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Enterprises and Chief Sustainability Officer, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Matt James – Environmental Specialist, NC Department of Environmental Quality
  • Reid Conway – Senior Energy Specialist, NC Department of Environmental Quality
  • Honoring Len Hoey
  • Cailin Peterson and Steven Tulevech – Student Highlight
  • Student Poster Awards

  8:30am - 11:25am
  Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
• Gather Lunch

  11:45pm - Noon
  Plemmons Student Union
• Working Groups & Student Summit

  Noon - 1:30pm
• Adjourn

  1:30pm
• Post Summit Tours

  1:45pm
  Plemmons Student Union - Locust St.