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11th Annual SISE Conference
Systems Rethinking: The Search for New Energy Ecosystems »
University of Illinois, Chicago (Virtual), July 6-9, 2021
The Essential Guide to Earth Day 2021 »
Virtual, Week of April 19, 2021
10th Annual SISE Conference
In This Together: Sustainable Energy Infrastructure and the Gigaton Challenge »
University of Illinois, Chicago (Virtual), July 13-17, 2020
The Digital Oilfield; A Whole New Ballgame »
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas, November 13-14, 2017
U.S. Congressional Briefing
Tomorrow Just Happened: Carbon Capture »
Rayburn Building, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2017
Local Energy, America's Power: Local Energy Cluster Conference »
Abingdon, Virginia, December 5-6, 2016
Energy Expo »
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2-3, 2015
Systems Rethinking: The Search for New Energy Ecosystems »
University of Illinois, Chicago (Virtual), July 6-9, 2021
The Essential Guide to Earth Day 2021 »
Virtual, Week of April 19, 2021
10th Annual SISE Conference
In This Together: Sustainable Energy Infrastructure and the Gigaton Challenge »
University of Illinois, Chicago (Virtual), July 13-17, 2020
The Digital Oilfield; A Whole New Ballgame »
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas, November 13-14, 2017
U.S. Congressional Briefing
Tomorrow Just Happened: Carbon Capture »
Rayburn Building, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2017
Local Energy, America's Power: Local Energy Cluster Conference »
Abingdon, Virginia, December 5-6, 2016
Energy Expo »
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2-3, 2015
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11th annual SISE Conference
Systems Rethinking: The Search for New Energy Ecosystems Chicago, Illinois (Virtual). July 6-9, 2021 On July 6 - 9, the American Energy Society cohosted with the University of Illinois, Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory the 11th annual SISE Conference: Systems Rethinking.
Thought leaders from every energy subsector considered the greatest challenges in energy today, exploring key issues in the built environment, transportation, industry, manufacturing, agriculture and water. Each virtual session opened with an expert presentation on the current state and direction of the field, followed by an open discussion with SISE Fellows and the public. Access a summary of the proceedings » |
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Keynote Address: Climate Tipping Points and Ecosystems
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Dr. Kimberley Miner
Earth and Climate Scientist, NASA Professor of Climate Risk, University of Maine If/Then Ambassador, AAAS |
A Systems Approach to Positive Change
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Marianna Grossman
Founder, Minerva Ventures |
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Searching for New Power Systems
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Amy Heart
Senior Director, Public Policy at Sunrun |
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Searching for New Transportation Systems
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Adam Gromis
Public Policy Manager, Sustainability & Environmental Impact, Uber |
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Michael Buff
Manager of Infrastructure and Strategy & Planning for Electrify America |
New Energy Ecosystems: A Solutions-Oriented Approach
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Douglas Voigt
Urban Design and Planning Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) |
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Yasemin Kologlu
Design Director at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Sustainable Design and Climate Action Leader |
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Mark Nagis
Associate Director and Design Studio Head at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) |
Searching for New Infrastructure
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Deanna Zhang
Energy Tech Investment Banking Director, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. |
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Meghan Pasricha
Decarbonization, Energy Transition and ESG/Sustainability Investing Riverstone Holdings, LLC |
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Chris Leary
Investment Partner, Orion Energy Partners |
Searching for the New Build Environment
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Youssef Mestari
Chief Marketing Officer, Honeywell Building Technologies |
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Nikki Mehta
Director, Energy and Sustainability, Honeywell |
Denmark and the New Energy Ecosystem
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Charlotte Gjedde
Head of Partnerships, State of Green Denmark |
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Øyvind Vessia
Head Of Regulatory Affairs, Market development, Continental Europe at Ørsted |
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10th annual SISE Conference
In This Together: Sustainable Energy Infrastructure and the Gigaton Challenge Chicago, Illinois (Virtual). July 13-17, 2020 Proceedings From SISE
From July 13 through July 17, 2020, the American Energy Society, with co-host University of Illinois, Chicago, held a conference: "Sustainable Energy Infrastructure and the Gigaton Challenge." Background: “In This Together,” a virtual conference, covered a variety of topics related to energy and the environment. All participants had opportunities to personally engage with thought-leaders in solutions-oriented dialogue; an exclusive group of selected students used the tools of GoogleMaps and LinkedIn to build communities of purpose. |
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Keynotes
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Secretary Steven Chu
Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University Former US Secretary of Energy (2009 - 2012) Nobel Prize, Physics (1997) |
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Dr. Michael K. Dorsey
Limited Partner, IberSun Solar & IberSun Africa Co-Founder & Treasurer, Sunrise Movement |
Introducing the Gigaton Problem
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Daniel Poneman
President and CEO, Centrus Energy Corp. Former US Deputy Secretary of Energy (2009 - 2014) Acting Secretary of Energy (2013) |
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Melanie Kenderdine
Principal, Energy Futures Initiative |
Building Energy Communities & Networks
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The New Energy Economy
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Christopher Gould
Head of Corporate Strategy, Chief Innovation & Sustainability Officer, Exelon |
Decarbonizing the New Energy Economy
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Elena Crete
Manager, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) |
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Ryan Jones
Co-Founder, Evolved Energy Research |
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Jamil Farbes
Principal, Evolved Energy Research |
Data as a Tool for Change
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Marcella Bondie Keenan
Program Director, Climate Planning and Programs, Center for Neighborhood Technology |
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Jocelyn Leitzinger
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Eric Nost
Assistant Professor, Geography, University of Guelph |
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Anna Wolf
Project Manager, Water and Transportation, Center for Neighborhood Technology |
Change Through Organizing and Activism
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Annamaria Leon
Co-Founder, Permaculture Chicago Teaching Institute |
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Christopher Walsh
Hub Coordinator, Sunrise Movement Chicago |
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Ashley Young
Lead Youth Organizer (Florida), Alliance for Climate Education |
Wanted: Social Impact Start-ups
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Jason Blumberg
CEO and Managing Director, Energy Foundry |
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Francis Wang
CEO, NanoGraf Corporation |
Wanted: Social Impact Entrepreneurs
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Erik Birkerts
CEO, Clean Energy Trust |
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Amy Francetic
Managing Director, Buoyant Ventures |
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James Schulte
Director, Exelorate Growth, Exelon |
Additional Keynote
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Rachel McCormick
Consul General of Canada In Dallas, United States |
A Network for the Heartland and Beyond
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Aaron Annable
Counsellor, Embassy of Canada (Washington, D.C.) |
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Hamid Arastoopour
Director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainability and Energy Research (WISER), Illinois Institute of Technology |
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Deborah Philbrick
Program Officer, Climate Solutions |
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John Brogly
Water Director, Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance |
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The Digital Oilfield; A Whole New Ballgame
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas, November 13-14, 2017 “The Digital Oilfield" was a private, solutions-oriented conference that focused on new and emerging technology-driven business models, security and risk factors, and scenario planning seminars about digital technology adoption. Confirmed speakers included C-suite executives from Chevron, Statoil (Equinor), DCP Midstream, North Highland, the Texas Railroad Commission, and more.
The nexus of energy security and national security were addressed in the opening keynote, delivered by Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.), and in the closing address, delivered by Mark Mills, the AES Energy Writer of the Year, 2016. Conference attendees were also treated to a special presentation from the 2017 World Series champion Houston Astros on the impact of data-driven technology in baseball, as well as a private on-field tour of Minute Maid Park. |
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Keynotes
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Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.)
President, Lippold Strategies & Former Commander of the USS Cole CDR Lippold was in command of the USS Cole when it was targeted by a deadly al Qaeda terrorist attack in 2000, 11 months before 9/11. His team training prior to the attack and unflappable leadership after galvanized his crew to action, resulting in lives and the ship being saved. |
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Mark P. Mills
Technology Forecaster, Author Mark Mills is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science where he co-directs an Institute on Manufacturing Science and Innovation.In 2016, Mills was named "Energy Writer of the Year" by the American Energy Society. |
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A Whole New Ball Game: “What’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next?”
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Jon Krome
Head of Operations (Petroleum), BHP Billiton |
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Bill Johnson
CTO, DCP Midstream |
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Paul Miller
Executive Director of Big Data and Advanced Analytics, Oracle |
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Jim Claunch
VP of Operational Excellence, StatOil |
The Roar of the Crowd: “What does the customer want, and is the customer always right?”
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Vivek Chidambaram
Managing Director, Energy, Accenture Strategy, Energy |
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Binu Mathew
SVP and Global Head, Digital Products, BHGE |
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Michael Donohue
CTO, Uptake |
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Trond Ellefsen
CEO, Invatare AI |
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David Drescher
Co-Founder and CEO, Mission Secure |
Additional Keynotes
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Eric Jones
CEO, Enthought |
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Mike Fast
Director of Research and Development, Houston Astros |
“Digital as a solution for risk, security and rebuilding"
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Nate Clark
Principal (Partner), PwC |
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Allison Lami Sawyer
Co-Founder and CEO, Rebellion Photonics |
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Maynard Holt
CEO, Tudor, Pickering & Holt |
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Chad Sweet
Co-Founder and CEO, Chertoff Group |
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Apurva Mohan
Industrial IoT Cyber Security Lead, Schlumberger |
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U.S. Congressional Briefing
Tomorrow Just Happened: Carbon Capture Rayburn Building, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. March 3, 2019 The American Energy Society hosted a Congressional Briefing, "Carbon Capture: Tomorrow Just Happened."
It was a balanced, thoughtful, non-partisan discussion that emphasized the technical aspects of sequestration, utilization, and commercialization. Discussion topics included emerging energy technologies suitable to the Upper South, with special emphasis on potential business development and job creation. |
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Dr. Sally Benson
Professor of Energy Engineering, Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University Sally M. Benson holds multiple appointments at Stanford: Director of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), a pioneering university-industry partnership to develop innovative, low-carbon energy supplies to meet global energy needs; Professor of energy resources engineering in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences; and Co-Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy. |
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Howard J. Herzog
Senior Research Engineer, MIT Energy Initiative Howard J. Herzog has been on the MIT research staff, where he works on sponsored research involving energy and the environment, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas mitigation technologies. |
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Gary Rochelle
Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Austin-Texas Gary leads the Texas Carbon Management Program, focusing on carbon capture from coal and natural gas power plant flue gas to help mitigate anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The program's primary focus is to investigate post-combustion amine scrubbing, which is a flexible, tail-end technology that can be retrofitted onto existing power plants or be included as part of a greenfield installation. |
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Nicholas Flanders
Co-Founder and CEO, OPUS 12 OPUS 12 is developing revolutionary technology that transforms CO2 emissions into cost-competitive liquid fuels and chemicals, using only water and clean electricity as inputs. The technology can bolt onto any existing source of industrial CO2 emissions, from petroleum refineries to fossil fuel power plants. The products generated have a lower carbon footprint than conventional fuels and chemicals, but can be produced at similar cost. |
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Local Energy, America's Power
Abingdon, Virginia, December 5-6, 2016 "Local Energy, America's Power," at bucolic Emory & Henry College in Abingdon, VA, offered a balanced and deeply thoughtful review of the most pressing energy-related issues facing the country today. More importantly, the conference emphasized emerging energy technologies suitable to the Upper South, highlighting potential business development and job creation. A special evening program provided in-depth SWOT analysis of carbon capture.
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Keynote
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Jim Rogers
Former President and CEO, Duke Energy, author of "Lighting the World." In 2012 Jim merged Duke Energy with Progress Energy to make the largest utility in the United States. Jim began his career in energy as an Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, working as a consumer advocate to challenge the rate increases of utility companies, followed by a move to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. |
The Cutting Edge of Carbon Capture Technology
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David Mohler
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Clean Coal and Carbon Management, U.S. Department of Energy |
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Noah Deich
Executive Direcctor, Center for Carbon Removal |
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Dr. Thomas McDonald
CEO & Co-Founder, Mosaic Materials |
Signals for Change
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Lyn Jeffery
Research Director, Institute for the Future |
Conventional Solutions
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Thomas Tarka, P.E.
Engineer Systems Engineer, National Energy Technology Lab |
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Renewable Solutions
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Jonathan Miles
Director, Virginia Center for Wind Energy at JMU |
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Don Giecek
Senior Business Development Manager, Apex Clean Energy |
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Jeff Hudson
Senior Engineer-Performance, Duke Energy Renewables |
Access to and the Creation of an Innovative Ecosystem
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Marco Rubin
Senior Investment Director, Center for Innovative Technology |
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Henry Berling
Managing Director, KPMG Richmond |
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Infrastructure and Workforce
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Energy Expo
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2-3, 2015 Energy Expo (now "The Southeastern Energy Conference"), co-hosted by the Energy Club at Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, and the American Energy Society, convened energy researchers and industry experts to survey emerging technologies, with special emphasis on Atlanta's vibrant energy ecosystem.
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Jay Hakes
Author of "A Declaration of Energy Independence" Jay Hakes has a long history working on energy issues, including assistant to Interior during the Carter administration, Director of the Governor's Energy Office for Florida, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and Director for Research and Policy for President Obama. |
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Valerie Thomas
Professor, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech Dr. Thomas's research interests are energy and materials efficiency, sustainability, industrial ecology, technology assessment, international security, and science and technology policy. Dr. Thomas serves on the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. |
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Shannon Yee
Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech Dr. Yee’s research focuses on translating new fundamental scientific discoveries into applied energy conversion technologies. The ultimate goal of his research is to take fundamental scientific principles, apply them to interesting materials, leverage unique manufacturing strengths, and produce low-cost, scalable, energy conversion technologies. |
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Ben Hill
Principal, VentureLab, Georgia Tech Ben Hill focuses on the commercialization of renewable energy research and clean technology. Prior to joining VentureLab, Hill worked for the Advanced Technology Development Center, where he started the successful incubator program at the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology. |
