Sustainability Forum

The Sustainability Forum is a unique conference track at SusTech 2024 that focuses on the aspirations and goals of industry practitioners and technical professionals. This one-day event features a unique blend of experts in policy, leadership, and technology. It features talks on energy efficiency; the affect of electrification on the modern-day grid; hot topics in sustainability; microelectronics energy efficiency scaling; improved polymers for fuel cells; and off-shore power generation. There will be a panel on ”Promising Heat Pump Developments: Perspectives from the Pacific Northwest’ organized by the Oregon Dept. of Energy.

Attendees can receive PDH/CEU credit for attendance.

Agenda

All Times and dates shown in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

April 17 (Wednesday) 8:00 am – 4:30pm (Multnomah)
SusTech 2024 Sustainability Forum
8:00 – 8:50 am	Electrification is a key strategy for decarbonizing all sectors of the U.S. economy	Opening Remarks and Keynote: Hellen Chen, Research Analyst in the Industry Program, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
9:00 – 9:50 am	Electrification and the Grid	C. E. Ted Witham & Joe Cappeta, Eaton
10:00 – 11:30 am	Panel: Promising Heat Pump Developments: Perspectives from the Pacific Northwest	Organized by Stephanie Kruse, P.E., Oregon Dept. of Energy
11:45 am – 12:15 pm	Special Session: Hot Topics in Sustainability	Maike Luiken, IEEE SusTech Initiative
12:15 – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 pm	Increasing Computing Energy Efficiency is Key Requirement for Sustainability	Tina Kaarsberg, Acting Program Manager, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
2:15 – 3:00 pm	Efficient, Cost-Effective Polymeric Materials Design for Clean Energy and Biomedical Technologies via Biomass Valorization	Shudipto Konika Dishari, Ross McCollum Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:15 – 4:00 pm	Off-shore Wind Power Studies	Dmitry Kosterev, BPA
4:15 pm	SusTech 2024 Student Poster Awards
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks & SusTech 2025